[lace-chat] Textile History Journal
Does anyone on Arachne have access to the American academic journal 'Textile History'? The article I am interested in is in the spring 1998 issue (vol 29 #1) and is entitled Domestic Industry in the Factory Age: Anglo-American Development of the ÅFamily Knitting Machine. I am particularly interested to any reference to the Leicester stocking/sock knitting machine. I was about to start a search of English reference libraries but knowing the Power of Arachne, thought I'd ask here first. Many thanks, Jacquie To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] At the surgery
They ask at the doctor's office why you are there and you have to say in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it's embarrassing. There's nothing worse than a Doctor's Receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients. I know most of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it. An 86-year-old man walked into a crowded Doctor's Waiting Room. As he approached the desk, the Receptionist said, Yes sir, what are you seeing the Doctor for today? There's something wrong with my dick, he replied. The Receptionist became irritated and said, You shouldn't come into acrowded Doctor's Room and say things like that. Why not? You asked me what was wrong and I told you, he said. The Receptionist replied, You've obviously caused some embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and then discussed the problem further with the Doctor in private. The man replied, You shouldn't ask people things in a room full of others, if the answer might embarrass anyone. The man walked out, waited several minutes and then re-entered. The Receptionist smiled smugly and asked, Yes? There's something wrong with my ear, he stated. The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. And what is wrong with your ear, Sir? I can't pee out of it, the man replied. The Waiting Room erupted in laughter. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Textile History 2
Before you all write and tell me - Malvary already has - I now know this is actually as English journal; my defence is that in the context in which I was told about it, I was led to believe (by default) that it was an American publication. So I didn't do the obvious and Google for it. I will phone them up tomorrow and see if I can get either a backnumber or a copy of the article. Jacquie 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: Language Evolution
Depends on how fluently you require the speaking. English, Spanish, French (give me a couple of weeks to get unrusty), Italian (ditto), Middle English to some extent, but I don't guarantee dialectal purity on ME. Can read a few more, again depending on how well you insist one know it before counting it, and have studied more than that off and on. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan MA PhD in Romance Linguistics, AMLS in Library Science, MS in computer science (the only thing that got me a paying job...) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Late-Night Jokes About High Gas Prices
From: R.P. Gas prices continue to rise. At the gas station near my house they have a slot for your credit card and one right next to it for your 401K. --Jay Leno President Bush said I wish I could wave a magic wand and lower gas prices. And then he said I wish I could wave a magic wand and bring the troops home. And he said I wish I could wave a magic wand and fix health care. And I was thinking this guy waves his wand more than Clinton. --David Letterman President Bush spoke with the Amish. He didn't want to, but it was the only group he could find that wasn't upset about the high price of gas. -Jay Leno As you know, the government takes 40 percent of what you make. The other 60 percent, of course, is taken by the gas stations. -- Jay Leno On the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq gas prices in L.A reached three dollars a gallon in some places. Didn't we win that war? I mean, I know there were no weapons of mass destruction but apparently there's no gas there either. -- Jay Leno The price of gas in California is going crazy. In fact, today I did something smart. I bought a gallon as an investment. -Jay Leno -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
