[lace-chat] :-) Office Party (4)
MEMORANDUM FROM : Patty Lewis, HR Director TO : All Employees 4th December RE : HOLIDAY PARTY What a diverse group we are ! I had no idea that 20th December begins the Muslim month of Ramadan, which forbids eating and drinking during daylight hours. There goes the party! Seriously, we can appreciate how a luncheon at this time of year does not accommodate our Muslim employees beliefs. Perhaps the Grill House can hold off on serving the meal until the end of the party or else package everything for you to take it home in a little foil doggy bag. Will that work ? Meanwhile, I have arranged for members of Weight Watchers to sit farthest from the dessert buffet and pregnant women will get the table closest to the ladies toilet. Gays are allowed to sit with each other and Lesbians do not HAVE to sit with Gay men. Each will have their own table and, yes, there will be flower arrangements on the Gay men's table. However, to the Senior Manager asking permission to cross dress, NO cross dressing will be allowed. Whilst on the subject of dress, despite several requests, the wearing of medals by ex- military personnel will not be permitted. We will have booster seats for short people, low-fat food will be available for those on a diet and the lighting will be kept at a low level to prevent bounce off bald headed people. We are unable to control the salt used in the food, so we suggest that people with high blood pressure taste the food first. There will be fresh fruit as dessert for Diabetics, but the restaurant cannot supply No Sugar desserts. Sorry!! DID I MISS ANYTHING? Patty To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] mittens
Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real gloves?? mittens keep your hands warmer than gloves - also they are easier and quicker to knit - in my experienceg jenny barron NE Scotland where it is snowing and I am hoping for a white Christmas To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] mittens
But I loved mittens!!! - they kept your hands much warmer than gloves did. Probably because your fingers were all together not separate. Sue That makes sense... But what age are we talking about here? I was still wearing mittens in 1st-3rd grades, and I find it hard to imagine that children who can write and do math can't put on gloves... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :-) Dot Com
Dot Com And lo it came to pass that the trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, Why doth thou travel far, from town to town, with thy goods when thou can trade without ever leaving thy tent? And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, How, Dear? And Dot replied, I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS). Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums, as long as he could have his way with her. And Dot said, There will be a lot of banging in the land. And Abraham replied, It is my most fervent wish that this be so. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had, at the top price, without ever moving from his tent. But his success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading. And the young did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums, that no one noticed that the real riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum company in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums that would only work if you bought Brother Gates' drumsticks. And Dot did say, Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others. And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known, eBay, he said, We need a name of a service that reflects what we are. And Dot replied, Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators. Whoopee! said Abraham. No, YAHOO! said Dot Com. 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] Re: 'moly'
So is this of the same genus as the Holy Moly g Joy wrote: No wonder it wasn't in your dictionaries! Mine says that moly is a mythical herb with a black root and milk-white flowers that Hermes gave to Odysseus. It also says that a European wild garlic that is cultivated for its yellow flowers has been named after it. ??? Man, English don't make no sense. At least they are both herbs. Though I don't think that a wild garlic would have sprigs to pick *or* lick. So the characters must have had a source of the mythical plant. Jane in Portchester UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Death of a very important person
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote The Hokey Kokey, died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in and then the trouble started. Jane in Portchester 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] measuring a child's coat
Weronika wrote: Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real gloves?? Maybe it starts when a child is a baby - can you imagine a mother dressing a wriggly baby in tiny gloves with separate tiny fingers? Mittens do simplify the process. And the mother keeps on giving the child mittens until it's big enough to put its own gloves on or complain about the mittens? Just a guess ... Oh, OK, I've just read further in the digest, and see that other ladies have said the same thing. G I do remember having the string joining my mittens, and it was a very long string. There was a knot tied in the middle, making a big loop next to my back, to make the string just the right length. I don't think I ever minded the string, or having mittens. My mother used to make me fur-backed mittens, and gloves later on, using rabbit-fur, and I loved them. And why are fingerless gloves also called mittens? I'm thinking of the lacy, ladies', variety, with only just enough finger to be separate, and also the woolly kind worn by old men (including DH G) with just the fingertips missing, for fiddly work in the cold. 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] Danish translation help needed - ASAP
OK, I thought I had Line's translation of the recipe, and I can't find it. I need to bake these cookies this weekend! I've got the Brunkagekrydderi packet and the Potaske packet --- but there's one ingredient I can't figure out: What is Pomeranstern/pomeransskal? -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:18:28PM -, Margery Allcock wrote: Weronika wrote: Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real gloves?? Maybe it starts when a child is a baby - can you imagine a mother dressing a wriggly baby in tiny gloves with separate tiny fingers? Mittens do simplify the process. And the mother keeps on giving the child mittens until it's big enough to put its own gloves on or complain about the mittens? Just a guess ... That all makes sense. I was wearing mittens long after I complained about them, but that might've been because you couldn't buy child-sized gloves in Poland when I was a kid... Well, or just because my mom believed kids should wear mittens g. They do keep you warmer, except when you're a 9-year-old who really cares about making good snowballs and so you take them off all the time to play in the snow, like I did... g Weronika -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Mittens
Hi All, When I was in my late 20s my sister gave me some beautiful bright green knitted mittens with bright embroidery on them. They had a wide cuff and were so big I couldn't stick them in the pocket of my coat. I didn't want to lose them so I put them on a string! Besides not losing them another convenience was that when I came inside I could throw my hands down and they'd both fall off. Very like the ice hockey players when they throw down their gloves to get in a fight G. I am also a big fan of mittens because of being able to double up on hand protection. It gets that cold here too! Single digits Fahreneit is when I go for two layers, I think. Jane in Vermont, USA where we're having the big Christmas celebration tomorrow. I'll be writing more after that! [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] measuring a child's coat
In my lexicon, those are mitts, not mittens! But different from oven-mitts -- Ah! but those are oven-gloves (even though they don't have fingers)!! Sue To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] measuring a child's coat
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes But different from oven-mitts -- Ah! but those are oven-gloves (even though they don't have fingers)!! I've always thought of oven mitts being singular, and oven gloves being the ones which are basically a strip of fabric with a padded pocket at each end - my oven mitt is basically a huge padded mitten. -- 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] Louise Story
Faye Owers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some years back a Christmas story was posted regarding Louise would anyone still have a copy on hand??? Oh, Faye! This was one of the few stories that actually made me laugh my tea through my nose! Ouch! So here, for your enjoyment, is CHRISTMAS WITH LOUISE As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay's kids' stockings were overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty. One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in an X-rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, What does this do? You're kidding me! Who would buy that? Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for Lovable Louise. She was at the bottom of the price scale. To call Louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination. On Christmas Eve, with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life. My sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after Santa had come and gone, I filled the dangling pantyhose with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. I went home, and giggled for a couple of hours. The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him VERY happy but had left the dog confused. She would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. We all agreed that Louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional Christmas dinner. My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. What the hell is that? she asked. My brother quickly explained, It's a doll. Who would play with something like that? Granny snapped. I had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. Where are her clothes?Granny continued. Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran, Jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. But Granny was relentless. Why doesn't she have any teeth? Again, I could have answered, but why would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, Hang on Granny, Hang on! My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace? I told him she was Jay's friend. A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting. It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at home. The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died, who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. Then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. The cat screamed. I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and Grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. My brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants and Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car. It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember. Later in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her to perfect health. Louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. I think Grandpa still calls her whenever he can get out of the house. Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com Who wants to make it perfectly clear that she is *forwarding* the Louise story for Faye, and has never seen Lovable Louise in the flesh, er, vinyl! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Mittens (was measuring a child's coat ..)
Obviously, this one was meant for all of us, not just for me... Begin forwarded message: From: dominique [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: December 18, 2004 12:28:45 EST To: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mittens (was measuring a child's coat ..) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] golly , i've only just realised that what you call mittens is not at all what i call mittens in french what do you call those gloves the fingers of which only cover half the hand. and by the way ladies what about changing the subject line from time to time dominique from Paris , france . Tamara P. Duvall a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Re: measuring a child's coatÓ. [2004/12/18 05:04] left over, with nowhere to go - or some similar mess!!! Sure you do; and keeping you in mittens till you're 10 or so makes it even more difficult to slot a finger into its appropriate hole when you move on to gloves. --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Moly
Due to double laundering (the message was sent to Clay, who also can't post to chat), this contribution is later than it ought to have been... Sue is having trouble sending this to Chat (she has not subscribed under her new email address), and forgot that I an no longer subscribed either! So perhaps you could send this on for her. Clay - Original Message - From: Sue Stephenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 7:55 PM Subject: Moly Clay, can you send this on to lace-chat? I can't get it to go through. Here is the message, which goes to Joy Beeson: The story of moly is in Book 10 of The Odyssey. Hermes pulls up the plant and gives it to Odysseus as an antidote to the poison that he knows Circe is about to serve up to Odysseus in the food she will offer him. (It works. Circe is so impressed with Odysseus that she offers to take him to bed!) Holy moly! Best, Sue Stephenson --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Mittens
At 08:36 AM 12/18/04 -0400, Margot Walker wrote: As someone who grew up in northern Canada, the reasons we wore mittens as children, and still wear mittens occasionally as adults are: 1 - they're much warmer than gloves and 2- if it is really cold (minus 20 or colder), you can wear two pairs of mittens or a pair of gloves under the mittens. While browsing in a department store several years ago, I came across a pair of mittens made by someone who had heard of wearing gloves under mittens and didn't quite grasp why: the sewn-in lining of the mittens had an individual sheath for each finger! I wonder whether anyone was dumb enough to buy them. My cycling mittens are split into two fingers: warmer than gloves, but you can still work the brake levers. A friend called them thalidomide mittens -- thalidomide was in the news at the time. In recent years, split mittens have become commercially available under the name of lobster claws. I made a set of three pairs: thin wool mittens that fit over my cycling gloves, worsted-weight mittens made to fit over the thin mittens -- but they can be worn alone because the mittens are thin -- and a thin pair of black wool gloves to be worn instead of the cycling gloves when it gets *really* cold. But I lost those and I'm wearing a pair of store-bought mystery-fiber gloves, as it may be several years before I can knit a replacement. I haven't even got around to darning the hole where the factory didn't put in a gusset. I wear them mostly for walking and driving, since it hasn't been cold enough for mittens this year, and I don't ride much any more. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's trying to snow. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] wearing gloves/mittens
To respond to the comment: I find it hard to imagine that children who can write and do math can't put on gloves... Manual dexterity and computation skills aren't necessarily equal at a given age, or even at any age (one could say they don't always go hand in glove - ack!). Some children who can read and write can put on gloves - others cannot - and some choose not to... ;) cheers Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins and New Christmas Bobbin www.woodhavenbobbins.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: Nativity scene
On Dec 18, 2004, at 3:49, Jean Nathan wrote: Madame Tussauds - a famous waxworks tourist attraction in London - set up a nativity scene with waxworks of famous people. Joseph and Mary were David and Victoria Beckham (a well-known English footballer and his ex-Spice Girls wife); Kylie minogue the angel; shepherds Hugh Grant, Graham Norton and Samuel L Jackson; and Tony Blair , the Duke of Edinburgh and George Bush were the wise men (yes, Tamara - really!). We've heard about the exhibit here (at least the readers of NYTimes did), and the Vatican's reaction to it. Talk about un-PC g As for George W(rong) Bush as a wise man... :) Long, long ago... when the expectations of the education were higher, and the term bell curve in grading unknown... 3 wise men was equvalent to The Magi, and people knew both terms. Now, magi is plural of magus, and magus, in my Oxford Concise is defined as a member of ancient Persian priestly caste, or as a sorcerer. I don't know what your Duke of Edinburgh did to deserve the casting, but, in the case of both your Tony Bliar and our prex it fits like a glove (or, at least, a mitten g). Both managed - via a sorcerer's spell? - to convince a large slice of population that Fata Morgana (WMDs in Iraq) is a reality, that invasion is a synonym of operation freedom, and that giving up democracy at home is its necessary collateral. In addition, *our* Mr B, frequently makes inspired decisions, shored up by faith only and no facts - that fits in with the priestly caste part of the definition... If it hadn't been for Mary (even I, a hard-core atheist, feel a tad queasy at the thought of a Spice Girl - however ex - in that role) and Joseph (can't see a connection between an elderly carpenter and a youngish ball-kicker), I'd have said Mme Tussaud's did a good job of casting :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #220
Tamara writes: But, in that case, why not just a ball-like thing, which houses all 5 (4 fingers and thumb)? Because it's hard enough to function with mittens or gloves. You need your thumb free to do anything. Of course, if you don't *have* to function... Margaret in PA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #220
At 9:42 PM -0500 12/18/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because it's hard enough to function with mittens or gloves. You need your thumb free to do anything. Of course, if you don't *have* to function... Mittens without thumbs ARE made (commercially, even) for tiny babies who neither want nor need to grab anything. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Danish translation help needed - ASAP
On Dec 18, 2004, at 16:51, Martha Krieg wrote: OK, I thought I had Line's translation of the recipe, and I can't find it. I need to bake these cookies this weekend! I've got the Brunkagekrydderi packet and the Potaske packet --- but there's one ingredient I can't figure out: What is Pomeranstern/pomeransskal? Not sure how many Danish members are on chat, and I've had no response from one (who I know is on lace only) so far. Since it's ASAP... Pomerans is orange, I'm pretty sure. Skal I'd guess to be peel (skin). No idea about tern. But, if you have access to a Danish/English translator, perhaps breaking up of the words might help? --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) 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: Danish translation help needed - ASAP
My best guess would be orange zest. Pam Dotson Everett, WA - Original Message - From: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat Arachne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 7:57 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Danish translation help needed - ASAP On Dec 18, 2004, at 16:51, Martha Krieg wrote: OK, I thought I had Line's translation of the recipe, and I can't find it. I need to bake these cookies this weekend! I've got the Brunkagekrydderi packet and the Potaske packet --- but there's one ingredient I can't figure out: What is Pomeranstern/pomeransskal? Not sure how many Danish members are on chat, and I've had no response from one (who I know is on lace only) so far. Since it's ASAP... Pomerans is orange, I'm pretty sure. Skal I'd guess to be peel (skin). No idea about tern. But, if you have access to a Danish/English translator, perhaps breaking up of the words might help? --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) 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]
