[lace-chat] Texas Gentleman
Certainly no offense to the Queen; I am a Royalist of the first order... Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA, formerly of Chesham, Bucks, UK They rode toward Buckingham Palace, each looking sideways and waving to the thousands of cheering Britons. So far everything is going well. Suddenly the right rear horse lets fly with the most horrendous, earth shaking, eye stinging, acrid blast of flatulence ever heard in the British Empire and so powerful, that it shakes the coach. Uncomfortable, but under control, the two Dignitaries of State do their best to ignore the incident. But, embarrassed, the Queen decides it's impossible to ignore it. Mr. President, please accept my regrets. I'm sure you understand that there are some things not even a Queen can control. Ever the Texas gentleman, the President replies, Your Majesty, please don't give the matter another thought. You know, if you hadn't said something, I would have thought it was one of the horses. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: mobile phone laws
Gidday all, In Australia it is definitely illegal to use a mobile in the car unless you have a hands free installation, and it is enforced. A friend In South Africa - same law, but as someone else pointed out it is the enforcement, and here that is not done (through lack of Police resources mainly), so people just do what they like. The road death toll here in one week is the same as Australia's for a whole year apparently, and if you drove around where I live you'd see why. Of course some people observe the rules, but in my experience there is generally not a lot of use of seat belts (and cramming up to 12 people in one van or shoved in the back of a utility), using mobile phones, speeding, a lot of unroadworthy vehicles, very dangerous overtaking on roads in poor condition with a lot of locals walking along the edges. The drink-driving alcohol limit is 0.05, same as in Australia, but when we at a restaurant or party say oh its my turn to drive so I'll only have light beer/soft drink thanks, we are laughed at, because no one ever expects to get caught. In Australia we DO get caught, so we don't dare do anything wrong. They are very strict about everything there and it pays off because a lot less people are killed on the roads than say 20 years ago. As for totally stopping at a Stop sign, if you DO the person behind you bips his horn at you! Michelle an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa Ian Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Meeting up at the NEC
In a message dated 12/2/2003 3:33:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Might go to Havant again as that's only a bit over an hour away and mostly the same suppliers as NEC are there. Then let's meet up at Havant - infact, when ever we have a big fair lets offer to meet if we are able to go. Liz Regards Liz Beecher I'm A HREF=http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee;blogging/A now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Using mobile phones in the car
Dear Jean, I have been listening to our local radio station, the discussion is about the new law where from 1st December we are not in the UK allowed to use our mobile phones unless we have a hands free, the question was asked, what about other countries around the world. what laws do they have about using a mobile phone. That law has been strictly applied here in Victoria, Australia for some time now. Many continue to disobey it but cop a stiff penalty when caught. David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] lace booklet on ebay
there is an interesting booklet published by the V A on ebay at the moment http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3569731168category=125 70 might be of interest jenny barron Elgin, Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Red shoes
Hello all, I never had a pair of red shoes. I did have a pair with very high cork platforms which had white sandal straps on them. (I'm trying very hard to remember.) And I also had a pair of very high black boots which my parents hated. My daughter is working on her own style (she's 13) but I don't think there'll be any such shoes in her fashion future. Heather Abbotsford, BC Almost finished this semester's classes. Just 2 major essays to go. At 11:55 AM 02/12/2003 +, Lynne Cumming wrote: My 16 year old daughter received her 'first' pay packet last week (has done a paper round for a year but it doesn't really count!) and promptly spent most of it on a pair of red shoes. Winkle picker, 3 stiletto jobs in bright red fabric. A pair of shoes to die for! I tried them on and my Achilles tendon screamed no, no!! Now, every woman I have spoken to since says, I had a pair of red shoes. Now my query is this, how many are there of you out there who have NEVER owned a pair of red shoes? I had a pair at 14 (plus boots which I had to dye black in the end to wear on my motorbike to school) and my father was furious when he discovered me limping around in the shoes because I couldn't bear to give them up and they were far too small! I have a photo for posterity (taken with my new digital camera - cheap from Lidl but it's not at all bad for the price) if anyone wants to drool! I wish I had legs like hers tho. Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. 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] red shoes
I was sitting here thinking No, I never had red shoes then it came to me that when I was about 14 I persuaded my mother to buy me some flat red shoes even though I knew we were probably strapped for cash at most times. What became of them? Well I visited a friend who had a duck pond and a kayak. My friend talked me into going into the kayak to paddle around the pond. In the middle she started rocking it and over we went. I came out of the pond covered in black mud and other duck unmentionables and only one shoe. There was no way I would go back in to rescue the other shoe and I went home on the bus in her plimsoles which were about 3 sizes too big for me. Don't think I ever got red shoes again. :( Janice Where I am off to lunch in a red hat and wearing purple for my Red Hat Society lunch. Maybe I should get some red shoes. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Red shoes
I never owned a pair of red shoes until my mother bought me a pair of red shoes when I was in my early 40's. She was the girl who liked color in her shoes. My flashiest pair of footwear was a pair of knee high lace up purple suede granny boots with 2 inch heels that I bought in 1965. My favorite shoes were a pair of real (leather not vinyl) patent leather mary jane's with a 2 1/2 inch chunky heel They were gorgeous and fit like a dream (and made in Italy) I fell in love with them in a newspaper add (full page spread) and my mother ordered them over the phone and they FIT. I got them for Christmas. What a wonderful present that was. I wore them till they literally disintergrated. That was a sad day sniff. Cearbhael - Original Message - From: H. Muth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Red shoes Hello all, I never had a pair of red shoes. I did have a pair with very high cork platforms which had white sandal straps on them. (I'm trying very hard to remember.) And I also had a pair of very high black boots which my parents hated. My daughter is working on her own style (she's 13) but I don't think there'll be any such shoes in her fashion future. Heather Abbotsford, BC Almost finished this semester's classes. Just 2 major essays to go. At 11:55 AM 02/12/2003 +, Lynne Cumming wrote: My 16 year old daughter received her 'first' pay packet last week (has done a paper round for a year but it doesn't really count!) and promptly spent most of it on a pair of red shoes. Winkle picker, 3 stiletto jobs in bright red fabric. A pair of shoes to die for! I tried them on and my Achilles tendon screamed no, no!! Now, every woman I have spoken to since says, I had a pair of red shoes. Now my query is this, how many are there of you out there who have NEVER owned a pair of red shoes? I had a pair at 14 (plus boots which I had to dye black in the end to wear on my motorbike to school) and my father was furious when he discovered me limping around in the shoes because I couldn't bear to give them up and they were far too small! I have a photo for posterity (taken with my new digital camera - cheap from Lidl but it's not at all bad for the price) if anyone wants to drool! I wish I had legs like hers tho. Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: [lace-chat] NEC pix
Hi everyone Thank you to Vivienne and Pat for posting the pix - one longs to have been there and with a bottomless pocket book, spacious carry bag(s). I'd have wanted to buy something from each stall! Then, go home and spend the rest of the year using it all, non-stop lacing...I do hope it was worthwhile for all the vendors and that there was less to pack home than to carry in? Vivienne's pix are at http://www.bigginslace.co.uk/nec2003.htm Pat's are at a link at http://www.roseground.com/ bye for now Bev in on a warm November day (when it should be cold) 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]
re: [lace-chat] red shoes
Ahhh -- Red shoes! You just had me on my knees checking the back corner of my closet, looking to see if I still had that pair of red velvet flats. I had them for at least 40 years but, as my feet expanded with old age, I could no longer wear them. They were delightful to wear to Christmas parties. Sadno longer there! I must have given them to the theatre or something. I think I remember that they had little diamond jewels on them. Alice in Oregon -- Where we have a brief pause between rains, and I'm still coping with a new computer, email, etc etc. Still haven't found the place to set up my signature. Sigh. A new computer may not have been my best decision lately. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] NEC
In a message dated 01/12/2003 21:41:38 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So where were Annette and Liz at 3 pm on Sunday In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes because we thought they were annoucing the winners of the draw. I think at 3pm they were announcing the draw - we all met up at 2pm, Jean :-). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Red shoes
I've had a couple of pairs of red shoes in my life - I *like* red shoes! But the winkle picker, 3 stiletto description reminded memy DH and self were walking past ladies shoes in a shop late last week, and he commented on the absurd pointy toes on display there. And the ridiculous height of the heels. I gently pointed out that the toes were not as pointy, nor the heels as high, as on the shoes I wore to our wedding 38 years ago! What amuses me is that each time the fashions return, the generation wearing them this time think they are the *height* of fashion and smartness, and that they've invented something new!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Lynne Cumming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My 16 year old daughter received her 'first' pay packet last week (has done a paper round for a year but it doesn't really count!) and promptly spent most of it on a pair of red shoes. Winkle picker, 3 stiletto jobs in bright red fabric. A pair of shoes to die for! I tried them on and my Achilles tendon screamed no, no!! Now, every woman I have spoken to since says, I had a pair of red shoes. Now my query is this, how many are there of you out there who have NEVER owned a pair of red shoes? I had a pair at 14 (plus boots which I had to dye black in the end to wear on my motorbike to school) and my father was furious when he discovered me limping around in the shoes because I couldn't bear to give them up and they were far too small! I have a photo for posterity (taken with my new digital camera - cheap from Lidl but it's not at all bad for the price) if anyone wants to drool! I wish I had legs like hers tho. Lynne. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [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]
Re: [lace-chat] Red shoes
I never had a pair of red shoes. I did have a pair with very high cork platforms which had white sandal straps on them. I had a pair like that! They had two inch platform with six inch heels, and I wore them on my first date with my husband, who is a foot taller than I am. I wore them until they crumbled, years ago. I have in my closet right now a pair of red cfm pumps with stiletto heels. I only bought them about 3 years ago, but I'd been waiting 30 years to find the right pair that fit me. When I did, they were mine! Pam Dotson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Using mobile phones in the car
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 08:50:45 +1100 (EST), Ruth wrote: Jean, here in Australia we must use a hands free when driving. In practice, many drivers do not use a hands free, but they face a hefty fine if caught. Many times I've wished I was a policewoman!!! Now we're trying to face the problem of how to police text-messaging, after a young girl, driving at speed and illegally holding her phone to write a text message at the same time, hit and killed someone.Out here you can go to gaol for causing a death in a traffic accident, so at the age of 22, she was facing a long time in gaol. After pleas from the victim's family, she was not sent to gaol - a very lucky young lady! The UK law is more general - it covers text messages as well as phone calls, also faxes, documents and use of the internet on anything hand held. There has been a similar case in England where a driver texting killed a cyclist, but the UK driver was only given a disqualification. -- The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. William Connor Magee Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace stitching page http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Green with envy!
Thank you for the pictures of the Fair. I am positively Green with Envy!!! :) What a wonderful time you must have had, with all those suppliers, - and goodies just waiting for a new home! Thank you for showing the rest of us just a glimpse of it. (says she - weeping!!!) You don't realize how lucky you are, to have access to such a day. Thanks to Jean, who mentioned about right clicking on the red x when a picture fails to materialize. I did not know about that. I will try it next time. The first time I went to the Biggins site, I missed out on a few pictures, but have just gone there again, and they all downloaded. I also managed to get the pattern from the Roseground site, the second time I visited it. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, Where the suburbs are mopping up after an horrendus storm and flash floods last night. [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] Re: ethnic mysteries
On Monday, Dec 1, 2003, at 18:53 US/Eastern, Sylvie Nguyen wrote: Being that I enjoy reading both types of books that you mentioned, suggestions of ethnic mysteries would be wonderful. Sigh... When I was a child, my father used to beat me if I forgot the title, the author and the detailed plot of any book I'd read, so I tried to remember. But... a) at an early age, my memory was *much better* than it is now. b) at 10, I had a shorter list of books read to remember than I do at 54. c) at 12, I was able to convince my father that any future beatings -- for whatever reason -- would be detrimental to *his* health, and he stopped. Whereupon I reverted to my preferential method of remembering -- a general impression (was I spell-bound and for how long, and why. Or why not). So, now, it's all one big soup-pot, with an occasional chunk of something recognisable floating up to the surface g When I read something super, I report it here before I forget it, with the book at the keyboard to give all the details. But 1 week later it joins the pot, where it keeps cooking till it's all one mush. After 2-3 weeks, all my memory of books read is passive -- I can still *recognise* the name of the author (more readily if I enjoyed a previous one); sometimes the title will ring a bell (faintly). Reading a few pages at random helps; some names I almost-remember not because I enjoyed the book, but because it was awful, and badly written can be detected in such spot-checking. Most of the books I read come from the library and go back there -- I don't buy all that many -- so I have nothing to help me jog the memory. Bangkok 8 (Thailand, Buddhist world) was really an excellent mystery. Stuart Kaminsky's series on Porfiry Rostnikov (USSR, both before and after its decomposition) is very good -- though somewhat uneven. I read (last month, that's why it's still chunks and not soup g) as many of those as were in the library, and the only one I remember better (also as being better) is the Cold Red Sunrise (Or, possibly, Red Cold Sunrise. Or something like that g). There's a *wonderful* series of *historical* mysteries (Japan, 16th? c), written by a Korean-American with an Anglosaxon surname (starts with an R; could be Rawlins, maybe?). The only *title* in the series I remember is Black Moth -- somewhere in the middle of the series (I think). Though the series is uniformly good, the first two (three?) books have Japanese words for titles, and that was more than I could remember for 5 minutes. There's one, I think, with concubine somewhere in the title :) If I come accross any of those books, I know immediately that they belong together and whether I've read that particular one or not, but I cannot dredge the details from my memory. Actually, soup memory isn't all that bad; it allows me to read the same book more than once and still enjoy it :) I remember having read it but almost never who'd done it... - 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: Red shoes
On Tuesday, Dec 2, 2003, at 06:55 US/Eastern, Lynne Cumming wrote: Now my query is this, how many are there of you out there who have NEVER owned a pair of red shoes? Sorry, not me :) My first pair of heels (modest 1.5 or so, and not tapered to a point) were beige; took a lot of begging (I was 14) to get them and they had to go with everything. The first (and only; I learnt quickly g) pair of pointy-toed, stilletto-heeled shoes, acquired (again, by whining) at 16, was white. But, that same year, I got (my first money) a pair of bright-red, flat-heel, round-nose, strap-through-the-instep (Mary Janes?) ones and adored them for years, until they could be fixed no longer. Red and black felt (with black leather toes and heels) Cossac boots were next and those, too, were loved through several winters. Had a pair of red sandals my first year in the US -- sadly gone now. And I have a pair of summer weight red moccasins -- the most comfortable shoes ever (almost like slippers), which I treasure and wear as little as possible because, once they go, I won't be able to either get them fixed or to replace them... I have a photo for posterity (taken with my new digital camera - cheap from Lidl but it's not at all bad for the price) if anyone wants to drool! Please? - 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] red shoes and mysteries
Tamara and gentle spiders, Thank you for the suggestion of mystery books to read. Like you, I have trouble remembering titles and authors not long after having read the books. I have even been known to have checked a book out of the library, start reading it, then remember that I had read it a few years previously. After several people urged me to read The DaVinci Code, I did and found it to be interesting. On my next trip to the library, I might look for another book by the same author. On the subject of red shoes, I have had a few pairs through the years. For the most part, I wear black footwear, but there is something fun about having one flashy pair of shoes. Last year I parted with my favorite dark red modestly heeled boots. They were replaced with dark red Naot clogs. Still they aren't quite as much fun as red shoes which I keep my eyes open for. When my sister was married some years ago, I had to wear a horrible red bridesmaid dress. Though I was asked to purchase matching red satin shoes, I was rebellious and bought some lovely red leather pumps. Figured I should get some satisfaction from the situation. Sylvie in cold Cherry Valley, Illinois, USA __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: NEC pics
Thanks to everyone who's sent me the URLs for Biggins and Roseground. I did end up seeing the Biggins ones -- thanks, Vivienne -- but still no luck on the Roseground ones; I think it's another instance of the Mac/Win problem; when I click on early photos etc, nothing happens; the right-hand side of the website (yes, it's the new, updated one) reponds as it ought to, the left-hand side sez java script open BigWin (or something like that), but remains locked... Thanks, Margery, for converting the lot to a yahoo album -- could see those, though they weren't anywhere near as clear as the Biggins ones; a bit like a woollen sweater that's gone through a washing machine g - 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] Earthquake
I see, in today's newspaper, that there was an earthquake up around Cooma during the night. I do hope you are alright, Noelene, and that your wonderful Round House has come to no harm. It registered - according to the paper, 3 on the Richter scale, and sounded like a train passing by. 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] Red shoes
- Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] and which were described by a male colleague as tart's shoes. You will not catch me dead in a pair of red shoes. As a medical student in the 1960's there were very few women around so we were surrounded by men all day. If a woman with red shoes would go past, one of the men invariably said There goes a woman without a pantie on!!! That has stuck in my mind. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
