[lace-chat] California fires OT and evacuation
Moved from Lace: On 10/24/07 4:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She suggests things such as keeping all your important documents together in one transportable container, having a single CD/DVD with copies of all your important photos, having an emergency food packetc etc; all obvious if you can think about it in the cold light of day, but not so obvious when a considerable element of stress is included in the equation. But the contents of that CD should *already* be in a remote location. Anything that easy to copy should have back-ups. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: blonde joke
I can't decide whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that my memory is like a rusty sieve... I think I may have seen this one before, but I'm not sure. From: R.P. Two tourists were driving through Wisconsin. As they were approaching Oconomowoc, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town's name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood at the counter, one of the tourists asked the blonde employee, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are--very slowly?" The blonde girl leaned over the counter and said, "Bur,gerrr, kng" -- 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]
[lace-chat] Re: evacuation
On Oct 24, 2007, at 17:17, Sue Harvey wrote: has seriously made me think about all the important documents, deeds, insurance etc and to get them all together where they are easily accesible, All our -- important but small -- documents (birth certificates, marriage certificates, my naturalization certificate, passports etc) are in a bank's lockbox. Well worth the price, since the bank's vaults are much better protected than anything we could provide at home. Also, banks' assets are the first, sometimes only ones, to be rescued (the root of the animosity betwen Mayor Giuliani and the NYC fire dept, post 9/11) For the rest... Just about everything is much beyond trying to rescue, even if we could decide what's most important (we both love books and the house is lined and littered with them). Like Sue, I'm neither in a flood plain nor in an area prone to wildfires. So, I'm very, very careful to make sure that every cigarette I smoke is fully extinguished :) Though, a near fire we once had was not started by my smoking, but by our (then) 5yr old... Who made himself a "reading nest" on the top bunk bed, in storage in the basement (TV room). He nailed to the wall a wool blanket, which made a kind of tent around him and his pillows. From there, he could peek out at what his father was watching on TV but could also shut himself off and read, if it was of no interest to him. His "reading light" was a naked bulb. Which touched the blanket, sometimes. And which he forgot to turn off one evening... The next morning, as we descended from the top floor to the ground one, we were met by clouds of smoke coming up the staircase from the basement... Really scary, since, at the time, I was still "into" miniatures (dollhouse) and my workshop -- full of combustible and potentially explosive -- "stuff" was down there too... Only the TV room ended up being a total loss (some becauuse things burnt, some because of the water), but we've been very, very careful about turning off the lights since, too :) -- 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]
[lace-chat] Emergencies
Hi All, www.flylady.net has a list of "11 points of preparedness" for any time you need to evacuate your house. It's quite thorough. I hope none of us have to do that! Sorry to send this to both lists but it's got good information. I just saw that Jacqui sent FLYlady's name but I will send this along with the URL. Jane in Vermont, USA where we had warm rain today. [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] RE: [lace-chat] Preference of book format
Hello Sue - and Carol!! I am totally in Sue's court on this one! I savor my books. I love to take them to bed for a read or a look-through. My eyes get tired much quicker when I'm reading off a screen than reading a book, and I don't enjoy reading a book on my computer. However having said THAT... I think that there is a tremendous market for a combination of the two!! Without thumbing through my books, I know that there are a few already out which do this. (Anny Noben-Slegers' Bevern folio comes to mind). The ideal, in my opinion, is a folio which would give, in printed form, a booklet with information about the lace which is the topic of the book. Suggested information includes history (if applicable), notes regarding color code for the diagrams, index, bibliography,. AND clear pictures of the projects presented in the folio. The CD would contain full-color (printable) diagrams, prickings (a variety of scales for each project would be a bonus if alternate threads were indicated!!), and close-up diagrams for tricky sections, with additional explanations. Not asking for much!! ; ) Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: "Sue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I would plump for a book every time because sometimes I don't want to > make anything but just to sit and browse through my lace books to decide > what to do next and I do not think I would get the same pleasure with > cd's > > Sue M Harvey > Norfolk UK > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [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: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] Preference of book format
I don't know which eBay offering you're referring to, but I would really like to take this opportunity to advise all Arachnids that in the not-too-distant past, the Professor's website at the University of Arizona was easily accessible to all. No one ever imagined that people interested in weaving and lacemaking would steal the work of others and sell it to others. However, there is good evidence that during that time, a number of people downloaded many files and compiled them into disks of books about weaving, lacemaking, and in some cases, a combination of the two. These offerings on eBay are almost certainly illegal downloads from the work of the Professor, and the work of Tess Parrish who scanned most of the lace documents involved. The website now requires registration in order to download for your own use, but this helps prevent the wholesale download of the entire library. CDs are available for LESS than the eBay selling price when you consider the quantity (and quality) of the information you get on your legal CD. So I fervently ask all lacemakers to avoid the offerings on eBay, and instead to support the work which was begun by Professor Ralph Griswald, with the assistance of Tess Parrish, and which is ongoing under the careful webmastery of Professor Griswald's successor (whose name escapes me... I am so sorry!). Sincerely, Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message -- From: "Shere'e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My preference would be for a CD as well. They store much easier than a > large book and I also like the ability to only print off what is > needed directly onto the card stock I use for my prickings. > > There is a pattern book on EBay for $7.95 that is simply an emailed > file. I would expect a CD to run a bit more but if it was over $20 US > I would want the ability to see the patterns before purchasing it to > decide if it has anything I would use frequently enough to make the > cost worth it to me. > > Shere'e > Seattle, WA USA > -- > www.webeweddings.com > Unique Weddings for Unique Couples > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [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: [lace-chat] Preference of book format
I would plump for a book every time because sometimes I don't want to make anything but just to sit and browse through my lace books to decide what to do next and I do not think I would get the same pleasure with cd's Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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] Preference of book format
My preference would be for a CD as well. They store much easier than a large book and I also like the ability to only print off what is needed directly onto the card stock I use for my prickings. There is a pattern book on EBay for $7.95 that is simply an emailed file. I would expect a CD to run a bit more but if it was over $20 US I would want the ability to see the patterns before purchasing it to decide if it has anything I would use frequently enough to make the cost worth it to me. Shere'e Seattle, WA USA -- www.webeweddings.com Unique Weddings for Unique Couples 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] California fires OT and evacuation
Have now moved my correspondence to chat - All the very sensible replies that I have had to my query as to what you would take in an evacuation has seriously made me think about all the important documents, deeds, insurance etc and to get them all together where they are easily accesible, although we would never have bush fires and as I live on high ground would probably never get flooded we are as likely as anybody to have a household fire, so it is on high priority list to do a.s.a.p. Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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: [lace] Preference of book format
I would prefer to buy it on CD and only print what I would need to use from it when I need to use it for various reasons. - Space - Environment Are the main two. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carole Lassak Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:09 PM To: lace-chat@arachne.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] Preference of book format I'm doing an informal survey and would value your opinions. Would you purchase a pattern book on CD if the CD insert showed thumbnail photos of the finished lace? If you had the choice of a printed pattern book--let's assume that it is not a hardbound volume--or a CD, which would you purchase? If you opted for the CD, how would you use it--to print out the entire publication, or only those patterns that were of specific interest to you. What would you consider a fair price for a pattern book on CD? Thanks for your responses!! I'll keep track of the responses and offer a summary in a couple weeks after folks have had time to respond. Carole Dublin, OH USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [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] Preference of book format
I'm doing an informal survey and would value your opinions. Would you purchase a pattern book on CD if the CD insert showed thumbnail photos of the finished lace? If you had the choice of a printed pattern book--let's assume that it is not a hardbound volume--or a CD, which would you purchase? If you opted for the CD, how would you use it--to print out the entire publication, or only those patterns that were of specific interest to you. What would you consider a fair price for a pattern book on CD? Thanks for your responses!! I'll keep track of the responses and offer a summary in a couple weeks after folks have had time to respond. Carole Dublin, OH USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Ellen Byerrum
Jane, glad you liked them. I've read all 5 that are availabe in paperback, and must say that I enjoyed them even better than Monica Ferris. I, like you, would love to get into her trunk full of 40s patterns, but I particularly liked the "fashion bites" at the end of the chapters. Lots of humour and good sense which applies no matter what your age. Looking forward to the next one. Jean in Poole. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
