[lace-chat] Roundabouts
Thanks for the link to the picture, Karen. I am just glad they don't have something like that here in Melbourne! What a nightmare to navigate!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [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] Canberra
That small cottage in Canberra is called Blundell's Cottage, I believe, and is from the very early settlement days. It is on the banks, now, of Lake Burley Griffin. When Helen & I went there, many, many years ago, there was a little old man looking after it, and he showed us some old needleworking tools, etc, and he got them from Nerilla's Antiques. Many Oz lacemakers will remember Nerilla, who sadly has passed on, now. She was invited to be guest speaker at the Melbourne Lace Days, on a regular basis, and brought with her, from Sydney, where she lived, some of her tools, needlework gizmos etc. Her talks were just SO entertaining, and informative. She also had a stall where we could buy some of her small antique tools. She is sadly missed. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [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-chat] Re: Wallabies
Well the Wallabies in the forest of France has hit the local news. It was just shown as a highlighted story for tonight's edition. Perhaps they include a few of the now almost extinct species missing from the bush. I wonder if the Australian government would allow them to emigrate back to their homeland. Lynn Scott in Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Wallabies
All this talk about wallabies sighted here and there out of their "natural habitat", and I realised that I had no idea what they were like (except similiar to kangaroos)... Not what size they were, not how they differed from kangaroos. So, I went a-googling... :) Well, they don't *differ* from kangaroos And, mistaking one for a rabbit, in a French countryside (where one might expect to see a rabbit, but not a pint-sized kangaroo) is not as laughable as all that... http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/marsupial/ Wallabyprintout.shtml - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: colour blindness etc.
On Thursday, Nov 13, 2003, at 19:56 US/Eastern, sharon wrote: When I was in art college (gods, was it really 40 yrs ago?) [...] We were told that with interior decorating one must *never, ever*, use purple. Purple was considered a colour that encouraged depression and suicide. Interesting eh? I never went to art school, never "did" much art, except for the compulsory once-a-week drawing class in primary and high school, but I *do* find most shades of purple depressing and avoid it like a plague. I do have some purples in my thread stash, but that's because much of my lacework is for gifts, and so many people seem to favour and request it. It doesn't make me *suicidal*(only Gregorian chants have that power ), but it sure saps all my will to continue living :) My Mother once made a purple dress for me (in the days when fabric was hard to find, so you bought what happened to be available) and I could never stop shivering whenever I wore it; I was always *cold* in it (despite its bright-gold buttons), my face would acquire the same (dead) purple hue... I experimented, one more time, some 30 yrs later, with lilac -- a lovely a piece of silk my stepson's wife gave me. I spent much more time making that dress than wearing it -- once was all I wore it, and I felt ill throughout the party. I never could quite understand the aversion, since it's not a truly "cold" colour (I don't, particularly, like cold colours, with the exception of a few shades), but I'm pragmatic enough to accept what *is*, whatever the reason... T, expecting a lot of flak once the fan pattern is published in the next IOLI Bulletin; I used 4 shades of green, and called 2 of them "warm"... :) - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] closet weight-training lacemakers
Good on you, Avital and Bev! They say a bit of exercise is good for you. I also do a little bit of weight training on the side, with my weights sitting on the floor near the TV ready to use while I'm watching something on the box. My DH started Kyokushin karate earlier this year to learn a bit of self defence and get fit, so I decided to join the ladies get fit class at the same place. We have this crazy little scotsman who is the owner/trainer/sensei and he takes us through our exercises with various weights -1,2 & 3 kg. I get there as often as my shiftwork allows. I just wish there were more hours in the day or days in the week for all the things I want to do, like starting the lace projects running round in my head, or even finishing some UFOs LOL!! Bye for now Sabine Spider 2 from Cooma [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] colour blindness etc.
When I was in art college (gods, was it really 40 yrs ago?) We had a young fellow that all the instructors were raving about..he used such unusual colour combinations. Well, in his third year, they finally learned he was colour blind..really says something about the art faculty eh? Brings to mind how current colour fads have changed. We were told that with interior decorating one must *never, ever*, use purple. Purple was considered a colour that encouraged depression and suicide. Interesting eh? We were also told that one shouldn't use primary colours with children because it was far too stimulating and made them hyperactive. Sharon on dull Vancouver Island 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: Canberra and Croydon
Oh! I know it well!!! It was the first time I'd heard of magic roundabouts, and I didn't believe it could work at all!!!I vowed to avoid the magic at all costs, but the day came when I found myself entering the dratted thing and the only way to go was onwards! The next day, I was talking to an elderly couple about the differences between driving in Australia or driving in England, and I mentioned "that" roundabout - and the dear old lady said: "I've got the ideal way to cope it, I just close my eyes"!So I asked her, did she drive? "Oh No! my husband does that!" Which didn't help me much at all, because I was driving on my own!! I finally decided they just take a little practice, but there's no way an Australian will believe they work - most roundabouts out here tend to be about 10 - 15' across, and I suspect the "give way to the right rule" no longer exists, so they just can't envisage it at all. There's another one at St. Albans, took my DH there a couple of years ago, just to show off to him!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Karen Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As well as traffic lights on roundabouts in the UK, there is also the magic > roundabout in Swindon. This is a lage roundabout surrounded by 5 smaller > ones, making it possible to travel around the roundabout in both a clockwise > and anticlockwise direction. > > And just in case you don't believe me or understand , there's a picture at > http://www.strum.co.uk/wessex/brunpic.htm > > Karen in Coventry, who is about to go and teach children how to make lace > snakes. http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
Noelene, I so agree with your description of Canberra, with all the communities hidden in valleys, it is almost impossible to get your bearings, it amazes me that we can head your way "thru the city" and never actually see Canberra. Lynn Scott in Wollongong, saying hooray for sunshine I have heaps of laundry to hang. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Colour blindness
On Thursday, Nov 13, 2003, at 04:07 US/Eastern, Jean Nathan wrote: DH isn't colour blind, but to him there's no such colour as turquoise - it's either blue or green. Well... I always thought that turquoise was "greeny-*blue*", but I've seen some that was almost entirely green... As Brenda says, "peach" is a vague colour too (apricot is more reliable, though )... And there are others, like "jade" or "amber". And you never know what you're going to get when you order something, sight-unseen, just by such a name; it depends on which particular version of "peach" or "amber" or "jade" the poducer might have in mind. Recently, I came across "hibiscus" (Pipers silks)... Sigh... As if hibiscus had only one shade :) And: "avocado" -- do we mean the innards or the skin? And, if the skin, is it the skin of the really "bumpy" one (v dark) or the smooth one (much brighter). "Olive"? the "black" one or the green one? And never mind "celery" -- when was the last time those people went grocery shopping? Or anywhere shopping? Stones are being irradiated, so you get green amber and blue topaz, flowers are cross-pollinated till lilac can be red... But I think, men in general (colour blind or no) tend to agonise less about the tiny differences in *shades*; mine certainly does. To him, "brown" is "brown", and the shade of it is immaterial. He even told me once (the nerve! ) that the ensemble I was wearing was wrong -- his mother always told him that brown and black didn't "go together". Yes, maybe, but the "brown" in question was mahogany, and on the red side of it at that... - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Canberra & Croydon
Liz - probably to help us poor Sydney-ites who have trouble coping with your right-turn system! Ruth Budge --- Elizabeth Ligeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here in Melbourne we have a roundabout that also has traffic lights at each > intersection! Just to be doubley sure!!! :)) > > from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] S.P. Thank you
What a lovely surprise I had when I opened the parcel that arrived this morning. I will make good use of the eye pillow as I have had several operations on my eyes, it will help to take the ache out of them at the end of a long day. The book marks are very pretty and I look forward to making them in the future, as I am making lace fairies at the moment. Thank you so much for my "smelly" parcel Best Wishes Sue in a dull overcast Southampton U.K. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
> Now Adelaide...that's another matter A planned city, with nice straight > roads planned on a grid - impossible to get lost there!! > The town where I went to university is also on a grid system and I thought it was the easiest place in the world to navigate, until I dated a young man who said he was always lost.I began to question his directional abilities at that point because not only were the streets on a grid, the east-west streets were numerical, and the north-south streets were alphabetical! And because the city was in the midst of a large agricultural area, the major streets were generally a mile apart, based on the old section lines. (A 'section' is one square mile or 640 acres.) Even in the huge city where I now live, the major streets in my suburbs are mostly one mile apart, again because of the old section lines. Where my house now sits was a rice field less than 25 years ago. Judy, waiting for the cold front in Houston [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-chat] Left/right/north/south
I seem to remember reading, when we came to Australia, that Canberra had been designed, not only to "look" nice, but to be easy to navigate around!! However, for over 20 years my Father and I would, on our trips to Canberra, go in search of the railway station. There it was, on the map. There were signposts directing one to the railway station. But we were never successful in finding it. I can even remember one sign which pointed the way - it was a pathway, which cut straight across the centre of a roundabout, which roundabout had a small forest growing in the middle of it. So Dad drove around the roundabout to find the other end of the pathway. There was a signpost on the other end of the pathway also pointing the way to the station straight back towards the side of the roundabout to where we'd started!!! Many's the time I've done the same as Noelene - apparently missed the road I'm looking for, but ended up where I wanted to be anyway...can't really work it out! (For those who don't know - a large area in the centre of Canberra has roads which are based on a circular pattern...if I remember correctly, a circular road around Parliament House is the centre of it all, and the circles get bigger the further away from PH you get. Now Adelaide...that's another matter A planned city, with nice straight roads planned on a grid - impossible to get lost there!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- W & N Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But as that involved a maze of roads, I opted for the > simpler route of turning south, and linking up with a major road that would > curve around to the east then back west and end up very close to where I > wanted to go. According to the street directory, that is. > > I never did find the major road, but some 10 minutes later I found myself > at the intersection of the street where I wanted to get to, http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Colour blindness and turquoise
A standard six colour colour-wheel has the primary colours, (red, blue & yellow) and the secondary colours, (purple, green and orange) arranged: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. You can sub divide to include yellow, green-yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, green-blue, blue . Turquoise is somewhere around green-blue or blue-green but is a rather vague name, a bit like "peach" is that orange, yellow orange, red-orange, orange-red? On 13 Nov 2003, at 09:07, Jean Nathan wrote: DH isn't colour blind, but to him there's no such colour as turquoise - it's either blue or green. He won't necessarily agree with me that a particular shade/hue of turquoise is leaning towards blue or towards green. I'll say a colour is a greeny turquoise, he'll say it's blue. Then another shade that I say is another greeny turquoise, he'll say is green. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ Supporting the [EMAIL PROTECTED] campaign 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: Canberra and Croydon
Hi All, They have one of those in hemel Hempstead too! When they built it, it was an absolute nightmare, but when I went back home after it was finished, and went round it for the first time, it seemed fairly straightforward - until you find someone absolutely petrified in the middle of one of the smaller roundabouts, terrified to move any way at all in case she (yes - it was a she!) hits something! Carol - in East Anglia, UK - where the worst roundabout is on the dge of Colchester, on the way to the University. Negotiate that at speed, with eyes shut!!! - Original Message - From: "Karen Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:42 AM Subject: [lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wallabies
Margery, Dominique et al, There have been sightings in the Peak District in the UK too - up around the Snake Pass and the Kinder Scout areas. They give one quite a shock, and no-one really sems to know where they originally came from - they have been there for upwards of fifty years, but the nearest zoo used to be in Manchester, so if they'd come from there, they'd had quite a journey! Carol - in East Anglia, UK Subject: [lace-chat] Wallabies To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal thanks
To my Secret Pal, Well what a lovely surprise. We had a note thro' the door that there was a package to be picked up at the Post Office, so off I toddled, and I was thrilled when I opened it. The sweets were a treat - they didn't do the diabetes any harm, as we had our three grandchildren with us for the weekend, and they were very helpful in getting rid of them!They really were delicious, as they children can also testify! I loved the notepaper - almost too good to use! The keyring was a delight too, so that has my house keys on it already, and the bobbins will be wound for the lace for my daughter-in-law's father's surplice - he is being ordained a permanent deacon in July and, although I have known about this for two years, the lace is still in my mind, not on the pillow!So - I shall now use the bobbins, and get cracking. Thanks once again - you are so generous. Carol To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Bush's visit to UK
Jean Peach wrote: A quick google came up with this from the Evening Standard newspaper: "Anti-war protesters today vowed to swamp London streets when George Bush makes a state visit as guest of the Queen from 19-21 November. Police are planning the biggest security operation ever seen in Britain, amid fears of terrorist attacks, and that tensions over Iraq will cause violence. President Bush will stay at Buckingham Palace and will be honoured by a state banquet. He will hold talks with Tony Blair and may be invited to address Parliament. The trip is a payback for the rapturous greeting given to Tony Blair in July by the US Congress for his backing over Iraq. Andrew Murray, of the Stop the War Coalition, said the protest could attract record crowds." I also heard on Radio 4 this morning that there will be 5,000 police on the streets as well as Bush's security people and that streets will be closed as thought necessary, ie when Bush is travelling along them. The streets are being closed so that protestors can't get near the routes he'll take and Bush won't see them. There's been some concern that security will be taken out of the hands of the British police, but the police are saying that they are in overall control and that the American security people will be answerable to them. Personally, I wouldn't visit London while this is going on as a lot of our police are bound to be armed, and we're not used to seeing firearms being carried on our streets. I'd be worried by that. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] "Dirty" book about Mother Theresa
Sue Ellen. I also am not too impressed with Mother Theresa - although as a Catholic, I suppose I should 'toe the party line'. I have only quickly skimmed thro' Hitchens' book, but his thoughts on the monies raised, and which were used to found new convents all over the world, instead of hospitals etc. for the destitute in India which she cared for, were similar to mine. On a more general theme, I also tend to think that vows of poverty etc. mean very little when all your living needs are met from the common purse - of course, there are no luxuries in convents, but there is no shortage of food or the essentials of life, which is not the case if you are a young lone mother with several children, living on what are laughingly called benefits! Many priests live what is called a life of poverty, but they can still jaunt off to Rome and travel internationally to visit friends - which the majority of their parishioners can't do. So maybe living a life of poverty is - like beauty - in the eye of the bejolder! Carol in East Anglia, UK - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] "Dirty" book about Mother Theresa To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] closet weight-training lacemakers
> to 38". Funny--I met him a couple years ago when he was here in Israel > and he sure didn't look like the Incredible Hulk in a buttondown shirt > and tie ;-) he he - the suit doesn't make the man :~ but I bet he had confidence. My dear youngest son pushes weights I can't even move and he *is* built like the Hulk (but he's more like a teddy bear - don't tell him I said that). -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks
I got your package this morning and what a lot of memories it brought back. I actually visited 5 of the churches on the dish towel, years ago when I took a fascinating 3 day study tour called 'The vernacular architecture of East Anglia" and then some years later, when I took a 2 week course at Cambridge University. The tape measure will come in very handy. I've carried one in my purse for years. Actually it's so old that the markings on the first 4 inches have worn off and there's no metric measurements on it. I've been meaning to replace it and now I have a lovely one from the Lacemakers' Circle. I'll try out the embroidery floss bobbin winder this afternoon. It should be very handy. Thanks again. The parcel was a great way to bring some sunlight into a very grey, rainy day. Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada [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] Secret pal thank you
Thank you dear pal for the 2004/2005 planner.The Cool clip bookmark,real cool. And the chocolates.They were in a neat gold bag.Will share with DH if he is good. Thank you brighten my day. Love Daphne To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karen Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >roundabout in Swindon. This is a lage roundabout surrounded by 5 smaller >ones, making it possible to travel around the roundabout in both a clockwise >and anticlockwise direction. We've got one in Tamworth, too - they've tried all sorts of things with it over the years, but the present solution seems to work. It's known as "The Egg" - basically because the central island is egg shaped. When they built the mini islands, it became a somewhat scrambled egg! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Help finding an Australian Lady
I've lost contact with an e-pal, and I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get in contact with her. Her name is Terri Kelly, and is a wonderful sew-er. She also made/makes patterns for garments for nursing mothers, using the name "mother-care"? In the transfer over to a larger hard-drive, somehow I lost her current email addy. The one I have is [EMAIL PROTECTED], and it doesn't work. Nor have I found a website for her, although she used to have one. Terri is a thoroughly delightful lady, and I would very much like to get in contact with her again. (Besides, I have a little parcel I think she would appreciate as her summer approaches). If you know how I can get in touch with her again, or by some slim chance know her, please email me privately. Or give her my email addy and ask her to get in touch with me. I know it's a long shot (how annoying is it when someone from a country you are visiting says, "Oh, you're from . . . , I have a friend/relative/etc. there, maybe you know him/her!) but because of her business, and because you arachneans seem to be such founts of wisdom and knowledge, I'm venturing to ask. Thank-you in advance. btw - is it PC to refer to people from Australia as "Aussies", or is that a term they are allowed to use of themselves, but not others? In sociology, "ingroup/outgroup". Just wondering. Rose-Marie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abbotsford, BC, Canada where it's too early to tell what kind of a day we're going to have, but seems mild and dry. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Canberra roads - Swindon
Reading all your messages about Canberra, I lived there till 1973, had no problems getting around. Then in 1999 I went back, I tried to get to the new Parliament, never got there could see the New Parliament Building but just did not have a clue how to find the road to it. I would have loved to have gone inside as I had on occasions worked at the old parliament. I tried to find the street I lived in Watson, all the roads had changed, never got there. I did eventually manage to find the suburb of Aranda, even found the house we lived in in Aranda. I did not have a map and being on my own. I did stop and ask people, they did not know either. I did manage to get down to the Cotter, and then to Tidbinbilla Tracking Station where my DH used to work, this time though I went with a friend otherwise I some how don't think I would have got there. Oh that small cottage, we went there when the children were young. Now where are the photos we took? My DH won't go to Swindon because of all those mini-roundabouts. Jean in Newbury To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Colour blindness
Oh that's interesting, my DH also comes up with funny descriptions of turquoise things, and doesn't seem to agree to use the turquoise name. Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DH isn't colour blind, but to him there's no such colour as turquoise - it's > either blue or green. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Canberra roads
Gidday Helen & Noelene and all,
[lace-chat] Bush's visit to UK
Can anyone tell me when Bush's is visiting London. Why I ask is this. First we had Ken Livingstone saying he had been told to close the centre of London down for the three days that Bush would be here on an official visit, he is apparently staying with the Queen. Ken Livingstone said that would be impossible. I came in from work this morning to be told by my DH that Blair has decided that as and when Bush is travelling around London they would use Terrorist legislation so that certain roads can be closed when Bush wants to use them. If that is the case I don't want to be in London whilst Bush is here as I need get around to quite a few places and don't want to get stuck. Jean in Newbury UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] closet weight-training lacemakers
Liz said: "Avital, 5'0" is only scary if it is your waist measurement" and Avital said: "Or my shoe size Sasquatch-ital" But Avital, if you have five feet, who cares what size they are? That's scary! LOL! Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Wallabies
Dominique said: "i just heard on tv that there were grey wallabies roaming in Rambouillet forest near Paris .. they escaped unnoticed from an animal park some thirty years ago and found the place was alright for breeding ..." There are wallabies on the loose in Bedfordshire (England) too - several generations ago they got loose within and outside Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable. The ones inside the zoo grounds are fairly tame - they creep up behind you and look to see what you're having for lunch, then bounce away if you get too close. I haven't seen the ones in the countryside, myself, but many people have reported seeing them. Hardy little animals, then. Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon
As well as traffic lights on roundabouts in the UK, there is also the magic roundabout in Swindon. This is a lage roundabout surrounded by 5 smaller ones, making it possible to travel around the roundabout in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. And just in case you don't believe me or understand , there's a picture at http://www.strum.co.uk/wessex/brunpic.htm Karen in Coventry, who is about to go and teach children how to make lace snakes. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks.
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you for my parcel which arrived today. The bobbin is the most beautiful one I have seen, I have heard of Stuart Johnson but have never seen his work. I can't wait to make a start on my Xmas decoration. Have my thinking hat on as to who you might be. I have been making lace fo 12 years. My birthday has just gone, Nov 9th. I collect cat ornaments and cuddly Teddies. Shirley in lovely sunny Oz. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Colour blindness
DH isn't colour blind, but to him there's no such colour as turquoise - it's either blue or green. He won't necessarily agree with me that a particular shade/hue of turquoise is leaning towards blue or towards green. I'll say a colour is a greeny turquoise, he'll say it's blue. Then another shade that I say is another greeny turquoise, he'll say is green. To me, there's no logic in what he sees. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Colour blindness
I have moved my comments to chat as they are no longer at all lace related. My partner is colour blind, and is the first person I had ever met who is. His "affliction" doesn't work at all as I had always thought of colour blindness - if I'd thought of it much at all. I suppose if I had wondered about it, it would have been in relation to interesting problems such as if someone can't see the difference between red and green, what do they see? Do they both look red, or both green, or brown which is what you get if you mix them - in which case surely they'd be red/ green/brown colour blind. Any way, so long as colours are bright and clear he can see them all. Where his problems start are with more subtle borders. He has a global "dark" colour which covers black, dark grey, brown, blue, red and green. This means he doesn't have a clue which is his navy suit and which is the grey. In fact, he thought they were the same colour (dark). He can tell if his socks are pairs or not, so he must see a difference between black and navy, but still can't see navy as a blue. I guess this is like the back and white television thing. At the other end he can't see very pale colours as different from white, particularly pink. This has to be a definite colour before he can see it. We also have some conversations at cross purposes when, for example, I am talking green and he is talking brown but this only happens when it is khaki/olive green so I can understand where his confusion is. However, he would probably maintain that they are really khaki/olive brown as he can see them as clearly different from emerald green. Since I have known him I have found out there are actually a lot of men who have this colour blindness at the edges - often not as strongly as Richard but the "is it pink or white" especially seems to ring true with quite a lot of men. Jacquie To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Canberra and Croydon
Liz wrote: That's not uncommon in the UK. There's a major roundabout of this type a few hundred yards from my home which I have to use for all journeys east or south. In addition to the traffic lights, the traffic lane road markings spiral out from the centre, so if you wanted to go three quarters of the way round, you go to the centre lane and stay there until the lane you want to exit on spirals out. The name of the exit road is painted large several times in each arm of the spiral. It used to be impossible to get on to the roundabout from some of the five feeder roads (different ones at different times of the day) unless you had the courage to throw your car into a space in fast moving traffic which was just about the same length as your car. Approach roads had huge queues and there were frequent accidents. Now, in theory, vehicles on all the feeder roads have an equal chance of getting on to the roundabout (depends on the timing f the traffic lights), and there's only the occasional collision when vehicles change lanes to exit. It carries a large volume of traffic, and the problems usually arise when someone not familiar with it tries to suddenly exit from the centre lane by cutting across the other lanes because they hadn't decided which road they need to exit on before getting on to the roundabout. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] google search
Hi, list! I just discovered, by going into google search and typing my family name in, for genealogy purposes, that some of my emails to this list came up in the search!! (fortunately wihout my email address, it says "Email protected") Not everything I've written, just one email I sent to Ruth bean, and one when we had the thread "English is hard to learn" The last one also has a series of links at the end leading to other postings from other arachnes about the same subject... Anyone knows anything about that, or why it should be so? If 2 postings, why not all? And why any of them at all, since this is supposed to be a subscription list, therefore not open to the public? I'm not so much worried as intrigued by this, and would love to hear from those who know... Yours in lace, = Helene, the froggy from Melbourne http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mother Teresa
> Annette: > well. not to get a flaming, bickering thread going but Equal time for the opposing view: > there are plenty of us in the world who don't have a high opinon of MT. > Sue Ellen That's so ironic! I'm with you and Christopher Hitchens on MT, but was scared of saying anything in my message that might betray that fact, since so many people seem to think she was practically a saint. I was so afraid of offending anyone that this time I've been TOO tactful Regards, Annette, London To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Argumentative
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