[lace-chat] secret pal thanks
Dear SP, Thanks for the neat package! I love the socks! That yarn is really neat. I've knit one pair of socks, so I know how much work they are. The cover cloth is cute, I'll take it to Ithaca with me. Love the chocolate, makes me feel like I've been out trick or treating. The MM tin will be a nice tatting project container. Thanks again, Sumac Susan G. MacLeodDummerston, VT USA NATA #69 new! www.sumac.us www.sover.net/~sumac To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Tonbridge/Tunbridge Wells
Moved this over from lace. Seven years ago I was living on the Devon/Somerset border, and had frequent trips into Devon. One day in Kingsbridge, Devon, an American couple stopped me and asked me where 'Harrods' was. They'd travelled to Kingsbridge especially to visit 'Harrods'. For those not in the UK, Kingsbridge is in Devon in the foot-shaped bit that sticks out bottom left of the British Isles, 'Harrods' is in Knightsbridge, London. It's a very up-market, expensive department store. So much so that you don't ask the price of something not marked with its price, because, if you have to do that, you can't afford it. It might have dumbed down by now. 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] Grandmas *rule*!!! :)
Gentle Spiders and all others, An absolutely *must see* film was presented to us tonight by the Washington and Lee University Film Society (of which I am a supporting member; run of the mill films bore me rigid, but I appreciate the offbeat ones). Do your best to see: The Triplets of Belleville; Sylvain Chomet, director, France 2003, PG-13, 80 minutes. It's an animated film (cartoon), but I would not recommend it for anyone under 10 - a bit too violent in spots for youngsters (much like Shrek 1 and Shrek 2), IMO. But, for all children between 10 and 80, a very satisfying and hilarious tale. And the more satisfying, the more general education you've had; the allusions - visual, aural, literary, historical, what have you - are thicker on the ground even than those in Shreks. I'm sure I missed at least half of them; I'm gonna try and see the film again and catch some more. I wish I understood French... There's *very little* text, and most of what's there is not supposed to be comprehensible - it's just white noise, vaguely Indo-European. Still... With the exception of hamburgers no hamburgers, what text there *is* (spoken or written) *is* in French. I understood a wee bit of it, but not all. Those of you who've seen the film already: is Belleville New York, or San Francisco? Or a send-off of both? Because of being in Ithaca, I'll miss the next week's selection: In America (Jim Sheridan, Ireland, 2003), and I'm really bummed out about that. But I'm sharpening my teeth for the show the week after that: 9/11. Everyone in the audience gasped when it was announced; WL is so conservative (on the right), especially as regards the student body, it's a miracle it hasn't snailed itself into a knot yet... :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Fw: One Nation Under God
As a resident atheist, I think it's my place to answer :) On Oct 1, 2004, at 22:14, Lynn Weasenforth wrote: A college professor, an avowed Atheist, was teaching his class. He shocked several of his students when he flatly stated he was going to prove there is no God. Addressing the ceiling he shouted: God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. [...] [...] a Marine just released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked up to the professor, hit him full force in the face, [...] [...] God was busy. He sent me. If I believed in God (and the rest of it), I'd have said it was the Devil who prompted the Marine. Since I don't believe in either God or the Devil, I figure the guy was suffering from battle fatigue, relieving his natural agressive instincts, and was self-delusional to boot :) The problem with *all* fanatics - no matter where they're coming from - is that they like to excuse their own - mostly *base* urges - with higher motives. Communists did that too - they jailed and killed people for their own good. As did all sorts of dictators all over the world and throughout history... Philosophical principle, political theory, God... They *all* have been twisted and re-interpreted to suit personal needs. Religious fanatics are no different, be they Muslims or Christians; any head that sticks out is going to be lopped off, in the name of God. Never mind that most of the people who believe in - supposedly - the same God are totally disgusted with the way it's being applied. Of course, the professor in the story is such a moron, that not only he, but whoever hired him ought to be fired :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
