Re: [lace-chat] Fwd: gas saving tips
Okay, I couldn't resist getting replying to this! I now live on the west coast of Canada but before that I lived in Portsmouth on the south coast of England. When I used to work just outside Portsmouth, I cycled there but suffered several accidents of one sort or another and was happy not to have to do that any more once I could afford a car. My last job was mostly in New Malden in Surrey (near Wimbledon) which was a 65 mile drive. If I was on the road by 5:30 in the morning, I could do the trip in 45 minutes door-to-door as it was mostly motorway or dual carriageway (and no, I may not have stuck to the speed limit!) If I left much later, it could take up to 4 hours. Driving home on a Friday afternoon in the summer was a nightmare with all the traffic heading for the coast, even using 'rat runs' around Hindhead (the main slow area by the time I left). Until my job required me to work a lot of extra hours, there used to be a group of 4 of us who would commute - someone to talk to when you are stationary in a queue of tr affic! A lot of people use public transport in the big cities but outside it just isn't available a lot of the time. Growing up on the border of Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire, we had no bus service to our county town (Bedford - where I used to play hockey) or my school town (we had a special school bus) or most other places. There were a couple of buses to Cambridge if you were willing to walk to the main road to get to it. Now, my recently widowed mother, living in the same village, doesn't even have that level of service with public transport. There are no buses to the nearest railway station and the nearest taxi (and I would dread to think how much they would charge) is 5 miles away. I can't comment on all areas but the ones I am familiar with (and nearly all my family members live in rural areas scattered around the UK) have very poor or non-existent public transport available. My first summer job was in Cambridge and I went in each day by bus. Though it was o nly 15 miles usually, the trip would take over an hour as the bus wended its way around all the intermediate villages. Still, it was my only option at that time. People here in the Vancouver area talk about heavy traffic but I have never seen anything close to the traffic jams in England. Looking at a map and measuring distances is one thing, looking at what the roads are like and where the route takes you is another. Then you have to add how many people are trying to use the same route and the differences between England and North America become apparent. Here in North America I have had occasion to work (and commute) in Massachusetts, California, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec and I have yet to witness anything like the traffic conditions in the UK (I worked in Edinburgh for a while as well). The 'grid system' in bigger towns and cities here also help getting through them as there tend to be alternative routes if there is an accident or something. One other comment - a US gallon is smaller than an imperial gallon. That doesn't mean that prices over here aren't a lot lower (and even more so in the US) but it is another factor to consider. Ever since I came here in 1997, it has worked out fairly accurately that I pay roughly the same price number-wise for petrol/gas as family members back in the UK, just with a different currency sign in front! As I said, I couldn't resist :-) Helen. On Sunday, June 01, 2008, at 10:54AM, Dora Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aren't walking and bicycling both more popular options in England than here? And isn't public transportation far better and far more publicly accepted as an actual transportation option? In the U.S., only the poor and students would be caught dead taking public transportation, except in New York City, where the middle class are sometimes caught dead taking public transportation but the rich never do. Here there are two badges of honor of any worthwhile human being - driving a car, and nto sharing housing, and people literally starve to maintain that standard of living. Also, the distances are much shorter in England than here. You can actually drive from Scotland to London in a few hours.I think half of England is within an hour's drive of London. Certainly two hours.In otherwords, you can drive halfway across England in the same time I can drive from one end of Austin to the other, and you could certainly drive across England in less time than I can drive from Austin to Houston. If gasoline ever reaches $8 a gallon here, I think there'll be a revolution. Either that or the population will finally learn how to ride bicycles. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Replica Christening Gown
Hi Jeri, Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I always marvel at the talent we have on Arachne. I have the referenced book (Honiton being one of my favourite laces). I think it is a shame that no new lace seems to have been commissioned for the replica gown. I suppose we have to remember that for 99%+ of the public, they wouldn't notice the difference and it would certainly have been expensive and very time consuming to produce these days. From the photos I've seen, there seems to be lace around the top of the replica gown but the overlay for the skirt bit just seems to be net whereas the original had lace on there. Helen. On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 05:24PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/19/2008 7:02:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James wore a replica of the satin and lace royal christening gown, which was made in 1841 and had been used for every royal christening until this one. The new robe was commissioned by the Queen to preserve the original. Does anyone know if the replica has machine or handmade lace on it? Any details? Thanks in advance, Helen (in sunny-for-a-few-minutes-but-chilly Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada). - Dear Helen and others interested, It is not possible to tell from the photographs on the various newspaper sites whether the replica has machine or handmade lace on it. It would be nice if they would exhibit both gowns at some time in future at Kensington Palace. For 9 large black and white photos of the lace (7 quite detailed of the lace, the others of Queen Victoria holding Albert Edward - Prince of Wales and of Princess Diana holding Prince William, plus a color photo of the skirt on book jacket cover), there is the following book, which you could borrow from InterLibrary Loan: Royal Honiton Lace By Elsie Luxton and Yusai Fukuyama Batsford ISBN 0-7134-5764-3, 1988 Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp0030002851) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Replica Christening Gown Again
Thanks to those who replied about my query re the new replica christening gown being used by the British royal family. As I suspected, there seems to be no evidence of handmade lace on it. I did think that we would have heard about it before now if any lacemaker had been commissioned to produce work for it. I do think it is a great shame though and sadly indicative of the current situation. I won't be pursuing any further enquiries but don't let that stop you all :-) Helen in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where we seem to be having a repeat of yesterday's weather. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Replica Christening Gown
Hi, I just noticed the following while scanning an article about the Queen's grandson being christened. James wore a replica of the satin and lace royal christening gown, which was made in 1841 and had been used for every royal christening until this one. The new robe was commissioned by the Queen to preserve the original. Does anyone know if the replica has machine or handmade lace on it? Any details? Thanks in advance, Helen (in sunny-for-a-few-minutes-but-chilly Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Sally Schoenberg
Sorry to trouble the list as a whole. Could Sally Schoenberg please contact me privately? I have a question re the PNWLC in June. Thanks :-) Helen. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Question - London Marriages
As the list is quiet at the moment, I will take the opportunity to pick the brains of all you genealogy experts and historians! I have a lot of family members on my tree who were born in the 1800s in villages around Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, etc. These are simple, country folk with the men often being farm labourers and the like. Anyway, there are a significant numbers (over 30) of marriages in London and I am wondering why this would have been? For example, you have person A born in village X, marries B also born in X. They go to London and get married then come back and their children are all born in or around X. The districts of London involved vary (St Pancras, Lambeth, Holborn, to name but a few). Can any of you shed any light on why they would have married in this way? A lot of the villages would have had rail links with London but still. Also, would one or both have had to move there for several weeks to meet the residency criteria - they would hardly have had the money for a special license, surely - or was there some sort of way round that? Any answers would be much appreciated :-) Regards, Helen (in Vancouver, BC where the earlier snow has now washed away) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbin Lace Survey Results
I decided that the end of the survey would be when I finally finished sewing together my lace heart and I did that this afternoon :-) I still hate the knots but I should be able to mask them against the second heart once that is made. They will be interlocked so if I start the second one at the right point (still to be finalised) then the end of that one should also be masked. Anyway, here are the results. I got a total of 47 responses, thank you. Several people mentioned more than one dislike so the numbers below total to rather more than 47. Some of the descriptions are broad. This is for a variety of reasons including the need to maintain some people's privacy. The first three items are the ones I listed originally, and then they go in random order! Winding bobbins = 7 Finishing = 13 Tallies (all types) = 12 Sewings = 6 Look of used bobbins = 1 Torchon fans = 1 Insufficient time = 2 Pricking = 3 Finished look = 3 Removing pins = 3 Replacing pins in pincushion = 3 Mounting = 4 Need to turn pillow = 1 Torchon spiders = 1 Starting = 1 Thread breaking during work = 1 Classes = 1 9 pin edge = 2 False plaits = 1 What a varied group we are! Still, it is reassuring to know that I am not the only out there who dislikes the finishing off bit. I have a question on that but will put it in a separate email ... Thank you again to those who participated. Helen (in an overcast Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Overlapping sewing/Lassen/Whatever
I am keen to try the lassen method of overlapping the ending and beginning of a piece. However, as my preferred thread size ranges from 120/2 to 185/2, I don't know what I am supposed to use for the lassen bit. I thought it was supposed to be a much finer thread than the original but where am I supposed to get it from? For those of you who do this type of ending yourself, what do you use for thread? I can't believe (or perhaps I don't want to, because I would be so jealous!) that you all have stashes of really fine thread that you can use. Please do tell me your secret(s) :-) Thanks in advance, Helen. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbin Lace Survey Again
Firstly, a big thank you to the 37 people from 8 different countries who have already kindly provided their answers. Since there must be more bobbin lacers on the list, I encourage you to pipe up with your response too - I will keep it anonymous if sent privately, I promise! So far, I have had to divide the answers into 16 different categories which is wonderful. I am really pleased that people didn't feel obliged to keep to the list that I initially provided (though I am also quietly pleased that my dislike of finishing is just in the lead count-wise). Of course some of you may not agree with the groupings when I let you know the answers in a week or so but hey, it's my survey :-) As I mentioned in the original email, there are no wrong answers. What you dislike may be someone else's favourite and that is just fine. In the same way different people find different tasks easy or difficult, it is what makes the world a great place. Please keep your answers coming ... Helen (in Vancouver, BC where we had a sprinkling of snow overnight but nowhere near as much as last weekend - and let's hope no flooding this week) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbin Lace Survey
As I sit here yet again avoiding the final sewing of my current lace piece (the first of two interlocked hearts, only 12 pairs for goodness sake!), I find myself pondering on what aspect of bobbin lace people dislike the most. I know lacemakers who profess to dislike most - or even hate and avoid at all costs - each of the following items. As you will have gathered, I fit into the second bunch though I am quite happy doing numbers 1 and 3. So which category do you fit in? (Sorry needlelacers and tatters!) Or is there something else that should be on the list? I will happily summarise the responses to the list in a couple of weeks so feel free to answer privately. There are no wrong answers ... 1) Winding bobbins 2) Final sewing together 3) Tallies (leaves, squares, triangles, any other type) Over to you in eager anticipation :-) Helen (in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where it has been a beautiful sunny day) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacemaking Ancestors Revisited
A big thank you to everyone who replied, either personally or to the list, about my question re lacemaking in Northamptonshire in the 1800s. It is interesting to learn (be reminded of? my memory is lacking these days!) that there was a Northamptonshire lace though I have yet to discover how it differs from Buckinghamshire. It was also lovely to hear about other people's textile-making ancestors. To clarify one item, 'my' branch of the Braybrooks moved from Keyston to Folksworth in Huntingdonshire and being a male relative, the lacemaking wouldn't have gone with him anyway. The family then went further into Huntingdonshire, to Broughton. I sometimes wonder what they would think about my trying to find out about them after all this time and from such a distance. As to the fact that an international discussion went on, electronically, about what type of lace might have been made - and the vast amount of knowledge on the subject of some of you - one can only assume that it would have been completely beyond their ken! Oh, and Adele, your absence from the RAL meeting was noted :-) Regards, Helen (in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where the earlier cloud has dissipated leaving a lovely clear blue sky and a red sunset) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacemaking Ancestors?
With the lace list being so quiet just now, I thought I'd tell you about one of my latest genealogical finds. While tracing one family (the Braybrooks) on my Dad's side, I found census records for them in 1841 in Keyston, Huntingdonshire and all the female members of the families (there were several groups) were lacemakers! That means I now have 'race memories' of lacemaking from both sides of the family as my maternal grandmother made lace most of her life though only as a hobby. Clearly I was meant to learn to make lace myself :-) What I don't know is the type of lace that would have been made in Keyston. It is on the border of Northamptonshire but could have been influenced by either Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire. Does anyone have any suggestions to offer? Happy lacing, Helen (in sunny Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where the local mountains are getting a fine sprinkling of snow to add to the beauty of the place) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] What kind of soul are you?
Interesting, thanks Janice! I came out as a Hunter Soul - I can relate to some of the description :-) Regards, Helen. On Tuesday, November 06, 2007, at 09:21AM, Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this questionnaire to see what kind of soul you are. Mine was a New Soul. Fun but not very accurate. I guess you have to be honest with your answers. :-) Janice http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofsoulareyouquiz/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Buddy map and also Lace Bat Patterns
When I worked here in Canada for a big American company, we would frequently get emails referring to the Continental US and sometimes they actually meant Canada as well as USA ... For lace content, does anyone know of any lace pattern for a bat (flying variety, not sporting)? Any size, any technique. Thanks in advance, Helen in sunny Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada On Thursday, September 13, 2007, at 04:01PM, Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 13, 2007, at 13:22, Jean Nathan wrote: It's like saying that the USA is Canada and Canda is the USA. Well, there are some people (also known as conspiracy nuts) who claim that United Corporation of North America -- consisting of Mexico, US and Canada -- is a concept whose time is to come soon... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Was Admin, now Tatting
I don't tat but that doesn't mean that I don't have questions :-) Avital, could you please explain what is pedantic about the doily you are making? Or is it the way you have chosen to make it? Is there a picture anywhere of this type of doily design? (Please, just remember to keep things simple so a non-tatter can understand!) Thank you in advance, Helen (in overly warm Vancouver, BC on the west coast of Canada, happy because her main cancer treatment finally finished this week :-) ) On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at 09:15PM, Avital [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippety snip I haven't been making lace except for some rather pedantic tatting (a Teiko Fujito doily--I love her designs!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Anglia Television
Hi, Do any of our British contingent know of a way I could contact Anglia Television by email? I would like to ask a question about a recent programme on behalf of my parents but can find no contact details on the internet. Thanks in advance, Helen (in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where the weather is heating up again unfortunately) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Hanging bobbins
With all this talk about hanging bobbins, has anyone ever come across one for Sarah Dazeley? It is mentioned in the Springett's book 'Success to the Lace Pillow' but they say they had never seen one themselves so couldn't confirm its existence. This is the one I would be interested in as Sarah did her fell deed, of killing her second husband, in the village I was brought up in (Wrestlingworth in Bedfordshire - don't worry, people living 7 miles away had never heard of it either!) If anyone knows anything about this bobbin I would be interested to hear from them. Thanks in anticipation, Helen (now in sunny and hot Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Harry Potter and Wearable Art
Out of interest (and because the list is quiet!), which audiobook version do other countries have? I always get (via my sister) the Stephen Fry ones from the UK because I find Jim Dale's version too silly but that is just my personal opinion. What about places like Australia and New Zealand? Do you get Mr Dale, Mr Fry or someone else? Helen (in wet and thankfully cooler Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) On Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 05:55PM, Jane Viking Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They spoke with Jim Dale (who KNOWS what happens!!) who reads the audiobooks of Harry Potter. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thanks and Request
Firstly, thank you to those who answered my question about school holidays in October - I now believe that I can book my trip safely :-) Secondly, a request. If you are replying to a previous email about something on a website, could you please include the URL in your reply? I can't believe that I am the only one who deletes messages very quickly and often the source message is gone. Though I may not have been sufficiently inspired to go and check the link when the original message came in, I quite often am when I see subsequent messages - but to no avail if the link has been deleted. I do fully support the reduction of the original message text to the salient details but I also believe that the extra line for the URL is fully justified. Thanks, Helen in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where the weather can't decide what it wants to do so is fitting in as many variations as possible ... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Two Questions ...
... one of which is lace related :-) 1) Has anyone made the lace heart in Bridget Cook's Weddings, Christenings Anniversaries in Lace book? I am interested to know what size thread would be a good choice if making the heart using the working diagram (i.e. the bigger diagram) instead of the actual pricking. I would appreciate suggestions please as I really don't have the energy or enthusiasm just now to do lots of experiments for myself. 2) I am hoping to visit London in October for a few days. Since I will be doing the usual touristy stuff and I prefer quiet and space, I am keen not to get caught up in hoardes of children on half-term holidays. Could someone in the know please advise which week(s) would be best to avoid? It is quite a while since I was at school myself ... Many thanks in advance, Helen (in sunny at last Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Water charges
Quite a while ago, David (I think) started a discussion about water charges. As the list is quiet, and I have just received my utility bill, I thought I'd pass on my numbers. As you will see, some things are paid for quarterly (based on meter readings) and some annually: 1) Water charge (quarterly) $20.00 2) Sewer charge (qtrly) $14.35 3) Meter maintenance (qtrly) $10.00 4) General waste (annual) $209.89 5) Drainage (annual) $66.86 If I pay the bill by 15th June, I get a 10% discount on all of the above. All amounts are in Canadian $s so you can do your own conversions ... Helen (in dark but previously warm and sunny Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] A Request for Assistance, from Lacefairy
I know it wasn't specifically asked but it seems to work well with Safari also :-) A lot of websites that pass the Firefox and IE test fail the Safari one (which is why I have Firefox as a backup browser on my iMac). Oh, and can I also mention that the website looks wonderful?! On Friday, March 23, 2007, at 03:46PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I have made a new front page for http://lace.lacefairy.com I know it works using web browser Mozilla Firefox but I'm not sure if it does with Microsoft IE. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Genealogy Question - Medals
Hi, Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in 1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI but it could have been some other time I suppose. Any websites that might be useful? Thanks in advance, Helen in wet and grey Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Genealogy Question - Medals
Thanks to those who have sent me emails already. Apologies for the confusion - I knew what I meant so surely all you should have as well, regardless of what I actually wrote?! (And if anyone gets mean about my being unclear then be warned, I can pull out the but I'm not well card faster than you can type your flames :-) ) I live in Canada now but my family roots are firmly placed in England (and nearly all in East Anglia) so it is English sites I need information on. I have tried Ancestry.co.uk but their information is currently limited to those with surnames beginning with A or B (and I am looking for Randall in this case) and I am not sure just what they will have when the rest is released - I tried looking for some other relatives who I know were in WWI (Braybrookes - some survived, some didn't) and there was nothing for any of them. I'm still hoping that people on this list will have the magic answer (and the list is really quiet) so here is the original question: Do any of you genealogy whizzkids know where I can find any information about military medals? My great uncle apparently won the Military Cross at some point but no-one in the family seems to know more than that. He was born in 1891 so my guess would be the medal was awarded during WWI but it could have been some other time I suppose. Any websites that might be useful? Oh, and it is still wet and grey here in Vancouver ... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Suggestions needed from a user of Earthlink ISP please
That would be System Administrator, Tamara :-) I have been one in my time (though not internet related, just LANs and WANs) and have known quite a few having been in the high tech industry for many years. However, I have never heard of the abbreviation sysad before. This person deals with doing updates as required to the system (adding and deleting bits, upgrading, etc.); identifying any problems (hardware, software, firmware, whatever) and fixing them; working with administrators for other systems that may be connected (as most tough issues are related to interconnectivity in some way or other); ensuring any and all licences, etc are current and correctly applied; lots of other fascinating techy type stuff dependent on the system. I suggest that you be happy that they are there and play nicely with them whenever there seems to be an issue :-) They can be horribly powerful - use that in your favour! On Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 09:05PM, Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When my son (then at the U) wrote me that he was a sysad for his club and dorm networks, I dug and dug through various dictionaries (including OED) for hours, trying to find sysad, before collapsing in total defeat... :) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacey Bicycle Basket
I thought I'd let you all know about a new product that should be available around about April (according to the website). It is a bicycle basket, made in plastic, but based on a crocheted blanket! There is a story behind the design but she seemed to want to produce something that looked like her grandmother's old hand-crocheted tablecloth. Not only can the basket be used on a bike, it can also be used as a table (upside down) and a version comes with a strap for shopping. You can see it at designhousestockholm.com where you need to go to Products and look for a little picture of a black bike with a vivid green basket which is the fifth picture down in the right-hand column. It is called Carrie. According to the article I was sent about it (from the Telegraph magazine), there is a store opening in London very soon (it says March, but then the article also says March for the basket being available) on the King's Road. Oh, and for anyone planning on rushing out and buying one, the article also says that the basket will cost 50 pounds! I have absolutely no connection with this product, I just thought you might be interested to know about another lacey product coming on the market. Helen in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where we had some snow last night but it is already melting (which I, for one, am glad about) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Medic Alert Products
Okay, I'll bite :-) What are Cash nametags? On Tuesday, January 02, 2007, at 01:44PM, Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This thread reminded me to check inside my helmet to make sure the information written there is up to date. (It wasn't; a sticker had peeled off revealing the WAY out-of- date information below.) I also try to remember to sew Cash nametags inside all my clothes. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it was frosty this morning, but it melted as soon as the sun hit it. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Medic Alert Products
Hi, I am needing to look at getting a medic alert bracelet. Does anyone on the list have experience of these products and the associated services? Are there alternatives? I would like to get something that alerts the medical authorities if/when required but would be an attractive piece of jewelry to everybody else - not much to ask, surely?! Any views, opinions, personal experiences, etc would be appreciated ... Best wishes for the new year (it is still 2006 here even if most of you have reached 2007 already :-) ) Helen (a smidge south of Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Deleted messages
Interesting comment re email addresses. I haven't checked the archive website myself. However, I have 7 email addresses (one main and six aliases) and the alias I use for Lace and Chat is the only one I ever get any spam on (and yes, I use the others regularly including for websites, external emails, etc) - my mail all appears nicely colour-coded so it is clear which address any email is sent to without opening it. The spam started immediately (certainly within 1 day) after I sent my first message to arachne from this address ... On Sunday, December 17, 2006, at 12:23AM, Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Karen wrote: This evening you were discussing some lace suppliers who had the bamboo/silk thread apart from other things. I managed to delete the message after reading it, but before I had bookmarked the site. Can someone please let me have it again. If you want to see messages that have been on Arachne Lace, they're archived on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/maillist.html#03505 There's a search facility if you're looking for a message on something specific. It's a public archive but email addresses are blanked out, so they don't generate spam and no-one could contact you by visiting the site. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Manitoba Census question
As the list is so quiet I have decided that I can disturb it with a Canadian genealogy question :-) I have found a 1906 census record for my granddad (he was in Canada briefly before returning to England to get married). It is difficult to read the address information so I can just go by how it is identified: the district was Brandon, Manitoba, sub-district 6, sub-district townships 7 8, ranges 27, 28 29 West Is there anyone out there who is able to translate this for me? I can send the census image if it helps. I am rather limited in my ability to investigate stuff myself at the moment but would really like the information (I need all the distractions I can get just now ...) Thanks in advance, Helen (in Richmond, BC where it doesn't seem to be raining for a change and where we are clear of the 'boil water' advisory still affecting Vancouver) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Genealogy and Copyright
Firstly, a huge thank you to all those people who were kind enough to respond to my question on genealogy. I'm thinking that perhaps I should go over to Vancouver Island and take lessons from Sharon (she is nearer than David in Ballarat) :-) I have another question that is totally unrelated (no pun intended). I am looking for information on copyright-type issues. I have my own views on what the answers are (my friends tell me I have a view on everything) but am trying to solicit information from you knowledgeable folk. The question is all about a photo that you have taken yourself and what you can/cannot legally do with that photo. I can come up with different scenarios which may, or may not, make a difference (and, I hasten to add, may or may not be relevant to what I want to do!) So here goes. You take a photo of: 1) a building from a public viewpoint (such as the road outside) 2) a building from within its grounds 3) an object within the grounds of a property (such as a statue, fountain, garden ornament, whatever) 4) something within a building (lace, architecture, painting, furniture, whatever) In each scenario (if the answer is different) what can you legally do with that photo? Again, here are some things you may want to do, in case there are different answers: 1) Publish it on your own website 2) Publish it in a magazine or book 3) Give it away as prints, postcards, pictures, whatever 4) Sell it (as above) 5) Turn it into something else (e.g. jigsaw puzzle, t-shirt embellishment, cross-stitch pattern) for your own use, to give away or to sell Oh, and let's assume that you were legally in the place where you took the picture and that photography was allowed! I would really appreciate knowing what people think is the answer(s) ... Thanks in advance, Helen (in rainy Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Genealogy Advice sought ...
Hi, I know that several of you enjoy genealogy so I am asking for some advice. Since I became unemployed I have been busy building my family tree on genesreunited and I have a lot of information already (I had some good data to start with). However, I am reaching the point where I really need to start looking at records that are only available to subscribers or for credits (ie it needs me to spend money!) I am mostly looking at information in the UK but occasionally it strays off to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the USA (and possibly elsewhere as well that I haven't identified). What I need advice on is which do you think is the best site to subscribe to? The main options I am aware of are Ancestry.co.uk and thegenealogist.co.uk. Which offers best value? My current thought is the latter but I really don't know, and maybe there are other sites as well? I would probably be doing a high number of searches (several common surnames!) so credits would add up considerably, I think it needs to be a 'you have access to everything' type of subscription . Opinions please :-) Thanks in advance, Helen (in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where, after a night of high winds and rain, the sun is shining and I can look out to blue skies) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] jane eyre
Hi Sue (and others), If you look at the article I referred to a few days back, the lace is new (assuming that the article is correct, I am not able to see the programme here in Canada!) See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/04/24/eflace22.xml Regards, Helen On Sunday, October 08, 2006, at 02:33PM, Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good evening spiders, have you been watching Jane Eyre, the dresses tonight had some very nice lace collars although they were fleeting glances they look genuine, I wonder if they are antique collars or just copies. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Power of Hands
(Forgive me if this was mentioned back in April, it has been a stressful year! I even sent this message first time around from the wrong email address so I don't think it got through first time ...) My family tend to save newspaper cuttings for me whenever they think I might be interested. I collected the latest batch when I went back to England a few weeks back. One of them, dated April 22nd 2006, from the Telegraph Weekend, was about lace makers in Sri Lanka. (See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/04/24/eflace22.xml for the web version of the article itself.) The article is all about how the lace makers suffered during the tsunami and how the UK costume designer, Andrea Galer, is trying to help them. Apparently their work is being featured in several UK TV and film productions. They are also selling a special wristband for £5. It would be interesting to know how much they tend to sell at the prices they are charging. Anyway, to find out more check out the website http://www.powerofhandsfoundation.co.uk It is good to see lace making a comeback in fashion, helped of course by the costume designers like Andrea, and that some people still see the value of handmade items. I hope that this trend continues and that it encompasses all types of lace - I am a particular fan of the wire lace made by Lenka Suchanek :-) and have even been known to wear some of her lace myself! (To see her latest stuff then check out the website http://www.lenkas.com ) All we need now is for someone like Lenka to make a successful connection with someone like Andrea and I will know that lace is truly back in fashion ... Helen (in sunny Vancouver, BC, on the west coast of mainland Canada where the lovely weather continues even into October) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] INIM, etc.
Greetings fellow I'm Not In Montrealers! As the list is still very quiet, I will bore you with my summer story ... Having not made any lace for about 3 years, I am happy to report that I have managed to make 5 different pieces this summer. Of course it has been helped by my being laid off from my job (company shutting down our site) so instead of 100 hour weeks at work, I have been idle (apart from 1 week supposedly studying for my Project Management Professional qualification at the end of June) for 7 weeks now. I have been busy doing major garden renovations and various household chores as well with lace just left for a few late evenings. I have made a 'Honiton Bobbin' and a Seahorse, both as part of the Honiton lace classes taught by my sister Susan, firstly in Portland, Oregon and then in Vancouver, BC. I then made a tap leaf, again in Honiton lace, from 'Honiton Lace Patterns' by Elsie Luxton. My two INIM pieces made this week have been my contributions to our (my two sisters and I) gift for our parents' golden wedding anniversary on 1st September. My eldest sister, Sarah, is painting a picture (some sort of rural scene, I think) while Susan is making a Honiton butterfly based on an Elsie Luxton design. For my contributions, I have made two pieces. The first, a wire lace butterfly (which I have named Bertie) based on a design from 'The Enchanted Lace' book by Ann Margaret Keller, a book I won at Portland :-). The second piece, which I have named Cyril, is based on the caterpillar from the Umbellifer pattern in 'Further Steps in Honiton Lace' by Susanne Thompson. I have to send them off to England thi s weekend to be attached to the picture - there won't be time when I arrive for the party - so I hope they get there safely. Okay, so the five pieces combined probably only take up about 2 square inches, but still! I hope to get started on another piece this weekend, and, depending on when I get another job, I might even start my 5 metre piece in the next month or so ... Thanks for getting this far! Helen (in Richmond, BC, on the west coast of mainland Canada - apparently the 10th happiest country in which to live - where there is still no rain so I suppose I'd better go and water the plants) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Animal Motifs in Lace
Hi, I was reading the introduction to my book Birds and Animals in Honiton Lace by Saikoh Takano as I am (finally!) planning on making my first piece from that book. Anyway, in the introduction it mentions the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the Sidmouth Museum and their splendid collections of animal motifs in lace. I looked on the web and, though I found a little bit about each of the museums Saikoh mentions, there didn't seem to be any mention of the lace he refers to. Does anyone have any knowledge of these collections including whether they are still there? Any information would be gratefully received as I really like such lace - this was the first lace book I ever bought, back in the mid-1990s, even though I had absolutely no idea how to make any of it :-) Thanks in advance, Helen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in Richmond, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where it has been another sunny day though it is now the middle of the night! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Road Users
Hi, I just came across a cutting from a few years back. In it is quoted an extract from draft regulations for road users in Canada in 1909. It was proposed by an organization calling itself the Farmers' Anti-Protective Society. Automobiles must be seasonally painted - that is, so they will merge with the pastoral ensemble and not be startling. On discovering an approaching team of horses, the automobilist must stop off-side and cover his machine with a tarpaulin, painted with scenery. In case a horse will not pass an automobile, notwithstanding the scenic tarpaulin, the automobilist will take the machine apart as rapidly as possible and conceal the parts in the grass. On approaching a corner where he cannot command a view of the road ahead, the automobilist must stop not less than 100 yards from the turn. The automobilist must then toot his horn, ring a bell, fire a revolver, shout Hallo and send up three bombs at intervals of five minutes. Automobiles running on the country roads at night must send up a red rocket every mile and wait ten minutes for the road to clear. They then may proceed carefuuly blowing their horns and shooting rockets. The speed limit on country roads this year will be secret and the penalty for violation will be $10 for every mile an offender is going in excess of it. Apparently it was intended to be taken seriously ... Helen in sunny Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
