On May 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: > Bev wrote: > >> Perhaps they meant making lace by hand commercially. For their living. > > Yes, that's exactly what they meant. And the report may have been advertised > as being about "the last place in the world etc., etc., " but the report > includes information on the competition the Indians get from the Chinese, so > I don't think that somewhat overblown claim was made by the reporter herself.
No, it's unlikely to have been her own claim; probably, that's what she was told by the workers. Everyone wants to be "unique" and "exceptional"; if you can't be the first, you take pride in being the last :) -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
