[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Hints and tips

[Clay Blackwell]

I think this is a wonderful idea!  How I wish Our Arachne group was 
sophisticated enough to save all of these tips!  Maybe someone in the group 
could do this?

Clay

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> On Jun 16, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Sue Harvey <2harv...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> We have a book going at the Norfolk a lacemakers in which anyone can write 
> down hints and tips that they have found useful,  and I wondered if we could 
> do something like this on Arachne as I have found the book very useful and 
> have indeed used a few if the tips since.  I will kick off with a tip that I 
> find useful, and that is after working the complete spider remove the centre 
> pin and smooth down threads until the hole disappears you will be surprised 
> at the difference it makes to the neatness off the spider.
> 
> Sue M Harvey
> Norfolk
> U.K. 
> 
> 
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[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Happy New Year

[Clay Blackwell]

Wee dram or three...!

And to all, a good night!  And a very healthy, happy, prosperous, and 
productive (lace-wise) new year to all of my lacemaking friends world-wide!

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA

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> On Dec 31, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Sue Duckles  wrote:
> 
> To all those who have, and to those who have not yet celebrated the 'turn 
> of the year'.  We're sitting with a 'wee dram' of whisky to celebrate!!

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[lace-chat] Re: [lace] DP - IOLI Arachne lunch 2014

[Clay Blackwell]

Whether or not I get to IOLI next year, I am sure that I would not opt for 
being charged $24 for a box lunch!  I would much rather see a time set aside in 
the lobby when we could gather, mingle, have a good time, and then strike out 
for a nearby restaurant that would be happy to seat a group for lunch at less 
than $10 per...

Clay

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On Oct 25, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Janice Blair  wrote:

> I heard on the convention grapevine that the hotel in Sacramento want to
> charge $24 for an Arachne box lunch next year, and I don't know if there will
> be additional taxes.  I know last year was $25 and some of us thought that was
> an awful lot for the amount of food we received.  Can I get the opinion of
> those who are likely to be attending next years convention whether they wish
> to proceed at this price, or whether we should just arrange to meet somewhere
> in the hotel at lunchtime for our get together. Maybe we could descend on the
> restaurant and ask for a table for 24 :-)   I have posted to both Lace and
> Chat, but please reply to Chat or to me privately as I do not want to clutter
> the list up with non-lace emails.  A decision needs to be made before the
> Bulletin deadline.
> Janice
>  
> Janice Blair
> Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of
> Chicago, Illinois, USA
> www.jblace.com
> http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org
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[lace-chat] Re: [lace] De not lurking

[Clay Blackwell]

Dear Joy,

Thank you for posting your picture of the Arachne Pin!  My computer had 
"issues" last week, and since retrieving if from the "Geek Squad", I've 
had to rediscover ways to get to stuff...  which is thankfully there.  
One thing I still haven't mastered (again) is getting control of my 
scanner.


So, you picture of the pin is welcome!

Thanks again,  and welcome back

Clay



On 3/21/2013 11:25 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

Cross-posted to Chat:  pick one or the other if you reply.

---

I have just rejoined after finally noticing that there
hadn't been any traffic for a long time --and eventually
getting around to looking into it-- so I'm probably a little
off the wall.

---

The first few messages that arrived appeared to be
castigating lurkers for lurking -- I've always thought
lurking a virtue (and find it a virtue that is very
difficult to cultivate).  Imagine a list where all thousand
of us said "Me too" to every post!

Every performance needs an audience; it's a pity there is no on-line 
way to sit quiet and look attentive.


The situation was clarified when I read more messages, but I
still want to say that Arachne should be a place where those
who have something to say feel free to say it, and those who
have nothing to say feel free to say *that*.

We are all of us one or the other at times.

---

Nearly everybody has a use for a square of lint-free cotton
cloth.  Big R and other box stores sell a large assortment
of them, and I've made a lot of "furoshikis" -- 22" square
if I make them from 45" fabric, but 24" square when that can
be cut economically.  Burrito-wrapping a sock-in-progress
with its yarn and needles keeps things from getting dirty
and tangled in my bag, and keeping a furoshiki or bandanna
on my lap while waiting for something makes putting the work
away when called a quick grab-and-stuff.

I intend to iron one of the plain black furoshikis today.
The dress I want to wear on Palm Sunday is very low in the
neck -- not only is this neckline drafty, it looks
ridiculous.  A black neck scarf takes care of both problems.

In a pinch, a 24" bandanna can be tied over my ears to keep
them warm.  (My head scarves are at least a yard square.)

(Both bandanna sizes can be thought of as about a third of a
meter, and a yard is almost a meter.)

---

Long before 9/11, I ran a round robin (a letter forwarded
from one reader to the next, with each recipient removing
his old contribution and adding a new one:  it was how we
managed before e-mail made mailing lists possible.)  The
package nearly always failed to return if sent across a
national border.

---

I looked up "piccalille" and "peccadillo" in the Compact
Oxford English Dictionary.  All quotes & spelling possibly
inaccurate -- I needed both my sewing glasses and the
magnifier that came with the O.E.D. to read the entry, so
I'm not checking anything.

"Piccalille" started out meaning a cutwork edging, then
transferred to the collars and ruffs so edged, and ended up
as a stiff support for a ruff!

"Peccadillo" is a diminutive of the latin word for "sin",
and completely unrelated to "piccalille".

Me speculating:  it seems obvious that "pick" and "pike" and
"piccador" share an ancestor, since a piccador is one who
pokes with a pike.

---
On 3/20/13 1:04 PM, Bev Walker wrote:


Just a thought about the fast pace of technology these
days - it is possible that flash drives will be replaced
by something else within two years?


I just took a look at my Drive E, and there is a nice flat
spot on the back where one could put a decal.

And (as was later pointed out) decals can be put on anything
with a patch of smooth surface.

---

I will be left out of anything that requires Pay Pal.

---

I scanned my Arachne pin and posted the file at
http://www.joy.debeeson.net/HAT.JPG
It isn't very clear, but I don't think my scanner can do much better.



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[lace-chat] The importance of Walking

[Clay Blackwell]

*/The Importance of
Walking /*
*Walking can add minutes to your life.
This enables you at 85 years old
to spend an additional 5 months in a*
*nursing**home at $7000 per month.

*
*My grandpa started walking**five miles a *
*daywhen he was 60.**Now he's 97 years old
and we don't know where he is.*
*
*
*I like long walks,especially when they are
takenby people who annoy me.*
*
*
*The only reason I would take up walkingis so
that I could hear heavy breathingagain.*
*

I have to walk early in the morning,
before my brain figures out what I'm
doing..***
**
*I**joined a health club last year,**spent about
400 bucks.**Haven't lost a pound.
Apparently you have to go there.*
*
*
*Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
I wash**my mouth out with chocolate.*
*

**The**advantage of exercising every day
is so when you die, they'll say,
'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'*
*
*
*If you are going to try cross-country
skiing,**start with a small country. *

**
*I know I got a lot of exercise**the last few *
*years,..just getting over the hill. *


*We all get heavier as we get older,because
there's a lot more information in our heads. *
*That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

***

*Every time I start thinking too muchabout how I
look,I just find a Happy Hour**and by the time I leave,
I look just fine.*
*


You could run this over to your friends
But just e-mail it to**them*

**

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Re: [lace-chat] Out of commission

[Clay Blackwell]

Soo   sorry to hear about this!!  Elbows are notorious for being 
painful when injured, so I hope you have a speedy recovery!!!  And 
BTW...  I hope the aggressive driver was identified and will be footing 
the bill!!!


Rather than try to make lace, may I suggest getting hooked on one of the 
fabulous British series on Netflix.  They're addictive, and a wonderful 
way to pass the time - even if you're in a pain-killer-induced fog!!


Take care, and keep us posted on your progress!

Clay

On 3/29/2012 4:20 PM, Witchy Woman wrote:

I'll  be out of commission for the next few weeks.  Crossing in a crosswalk
Tuesday morning..SUV heading towards me and not slowing down.  Started to run,
caught my foot on eneven pavement, fell, and landed on my elbow.  Surgery
tomorrow to install a mini erector set of screws and pins.  SIGH!! 
Anyone know any one-handed lace techniques?


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Re: [lace-chat] Lace Eyes

[Clay Blackwell]

It's probably just as well!!  I think this make-up is definitely meant 
for a very young woman!  Most of us would look silly trying to pull it 
off!!  But daggone, it's pretty!!


Clay

On 3/3/2012 12:56 PM, Janice Blair wrote:

Wish my hands were steady enough to do something like that.  Nowadays I can't
even manage eyeliner at all and eye makeup irritates my eyes.
Janice
  Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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From: Lora


Saw this on YouTube, wouldn't it be great to wear this to a lace day or
gathering (if anyone is brave enough!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AketFNPtOzM&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Von meinem iPod gesendet

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Re: [lace-chat] I won!

[Clay Blackwell]

Yes

No, we are not.  But sadly, there must be enough stupid people out there to 
make scams like this worth trying, because they keep popping up.

Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA. USA


Catherine Barley  wrote:

>Congratulations!  I've won at least five i-Pods too (or was i-Phones)! 
>We're not all as stupid as they think we are!
>
>Catherine Barley
>UK
>
>- Original Message - 
>From: "Clay Blackwell" 
>To: 
>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:08 PM
>Subject: [lace-chat] I won!
>
>
>>  How nice of Micro-Soft to give away an Apple!
>>
>> Naturally, I will share this with all of you when it arrives.
>>
>> Please don't worry...  I have not really fallen for this!
>>
>> Clay
>>
>>
>> Clay Blackwell
>> Lynchburg, VA. USA
>>
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Re: [lace-chat] I won!

[Clay Blackwell]

It shouldn't really be a problem!  After all, this Apple is coming from 
Micro-Soft!

Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA. USA


Agnes Boddington  wrote:

>Well Clay
>I do wonder how your're going to share an apple between all the members of 
>Arache, though the dollars should be a bit easier to share out.
>Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
>
>> Well, I know you'll all be happy to know that I won a drawing that I did 
>> not enter (in the UK) and will be getting one million US dollars and an 
>> Apple laptop from the "Micro-Soft UK" corporation after I send them the 
>> information they asked for.  How nice of Micro-Soft to give away an Apple!
>>
>> Naturally, I will share this with all of you when it arrives.
>>
>> Please don't worry...  I have not really fallen for this!
>>
>> Clay
>
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[lace-chat] I won!

[Clay Blackwell]

Well, I know you'll all be happy to know that I won a drawing that I did not 
enter (in the UK) and will be getting one million US dollars and an Apple 
laptop from the "Micro-Soft UK" corporation after I send them the information 
they asked for.  How nice of Micro-Soft to give away an Apple!   

Naturally, I will share this with all of you when it arrives.  

Please don't worry...  I have not really fallen for this!

Clay


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Lynchburg, VA. USA

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Re: [lace-chat] Rock throwing

[Clay Blackwell]

While my first reaction is just as both of you say, my instinct is that 
(1) exposing the victims to the delinquents who maimed them is cruel and 
counter-productive for them, and (2) seeing pain and death over and over 
will desensitize a person eventually, and they may become more hardened 
in the process.


Some years ago, there was actually an experimental program (here in the 
US, I believe), in which criminals who had caused a death were made to 
observe an autopsy.  They mostly became violently ill, but if I recall, 
there was no evidence that this changed their attitudes about moral 
decisions.


Clay

On 1/1/2012 11:00 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:

Dear Jean,

I think anyone, whatever the age, who throws missiles at vehicles, 
when caught, should be taken to the morgue and shown the body of 
someone injured in a car crash. I don't care how much trauma is 
causes them - it might just stop them doing it again.


I've thought about that over the years for all hoons. But I think that 
these days they've seen so many gory bodies on TV that it may not have 
the desired effect. What I would recommend is to make them work in 
Rehab with the injured for weeks and weeks.


As an aside, I remember well the first time I ever saw a close up of a 
bullet going into a forehead in a movie. That was "Soldier Blue" in 
1971 at a cinema in Nottinghill Gate, London. I actually fainted in my 
seat!!!


David in Ballarat, AUS

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Re: [lace-chat] Happy New Year and H E L P....... Please

[Clay Blackwell]

I think the first thing I would do is consult  Samsung customer service.  They 
may have a standard protocol for dealing with that.   You may need to go to 
your computer to get the information you need.   Once you're up and running 
again, you should probably get a virus protection program.  Initially, it was 
believed that this wasn't needed on Android devices, but I didn't trust that, 
and installed Bitdefender on my Motorola Xoom.

Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] Roller Pillow plus

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Sue -

You didn't say, but are you pre-pricking the card before you pin it onto the 
roller?  This is traditional, as it makes for more accurate placement of pins 
and prevents those sore fingers!

Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA. USA


Sue  wrote:

>Thank you all for your comments, it would appear that you all use some sort of
>soft sausage shape which is now so obvious:-)  I will play with the general
>idea and see what works best inside the bag open and closed and to make sure
>future lace rolls off the pillow in good condition for use and obviously
>keeping it clean as well while working it.   This was just started as a test
>piece using up the spare silk thread rather than wasting it and to see if I
>could get the hang of the pillow, I was not convinced initially, but am
>delighted with how it is progressing.
>I used normal pricking card which might have been a mistake, its tough getting
>the pins in (and the top of my finger is getting a bit sore), so will
>downgrade to light weight card another time that I can print the pattern
>directly on and then put the blue sticky on the top. What is the minimum
>depth you might put pins into this thicker card and pillow, so it would stay
>put but not have to press so hard?   Because it is just a strip I dont need to
>push them right into the pillow at any point and what is the minimum
>recommended amount of pins you would leave in the pattern as you work,
>obviously removing from the back to put in the front as you work?   It has
>only got 14 or 15 pairs in the work and on a 2mm dia grid, so fairly close
>together.
>Alice, I am working the pattern I made up for you for the exchange< .
>
>Sue T
>Dorset UK
>www.hurwitzend.co.uk
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[lace-chat] From the mouths of babes...

[Clay Blackwell]

THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL QUOTES FROM 11 YEAR OLDS' SCIENCE EXAMS:

* "Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is
pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water."

* "Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the
cow instead of the bull."

* "When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire."

* "H20 is hot water, and CO2 is cold water."

* "Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes, and caterpillars."

* "Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on
them and makes them perspire."

* "Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they
look like umbrellas."

* "The body consists of three parts - the brainium, the borax and
the abominable cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the
borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abominable cavity
contains the bowels, of which there are five - a, e, i, o and u."

* "Rhubarb: a kind of celery gone bloodshot."

* "Vacuum: A large, empty space where the pope lives."

* "For drowning: climb on top of the person and move up and
down to make Artificial Perspiration."

* "For Fainting: Rub the person's chest or, if a lady, rub her arm
above the hand instead. Or put the head between the knees of the
nearest medical doctor."

* "The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana."

* "The tides are a fight between the Earth and Moon. All water
tends towards the moon, because there is no water in the moon,
and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in
this fight."

* "Equator: A managerie lion running around the Earth through Africa."

* "Germinate: To become a naturalized German."

* "To prevent contraception: wear a condominium."

* "To keep milk from turning sour: keep it in the cow."

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[lace-chat] Amazing collaboration

[Clay Blackwell]

One of my favorite musicians is Yo Yo Ma, and when I discovered this 
collaboration I was floored.  I thought you might enjoy it as much as I 
do...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9jghLeYufQ

Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: (Ship US to UK) knitty gritty, bone weaver's song, lace instruction & postcards

[Clay Blackwell]

I think this is one reason so many eBay vendors choose the Flate-Rate 
Priority mail.  You figure out which container the item requires, and 
you know how much the shipping will be.  For a tiny little bobbin, the 
lowest possible rate in Flate-Rate would be $4.95 (I think it's still 
that...  maybe 5.95 now?)  So yes, it's expensive.  But OTOH, if you can 
fit two or three books into the next size up, and it ships all the way 
across the country, you may have a bargain rate.


Clay

On 9/4/2011 10:44 AM, Malvary Cole wrote:
The Canadian postal service is also VERY expensive.  Part of the 
problem is that you have to know where the parcel is going (different 
rates for different post codes).  This is one of the reasons I haven't 
put some things on e-bay because I can't quote the postage until I 
know where it is going. I guess I'll just have to take something to 
the post office and quote the most expensive rate they give me.


Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have a grey day after a night of 
thunderstorms.


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Re: [lace-chat] EU bureaucracy

[Clay Blackwell]

Nhhh.  you didn't breach the act.  You didn't reveal a word of 
what had been written (secret or otherwise!).  You simply illustrated 
how one sentence had actually been expanded to 30 pages - which was 
enough to contribute to your decision to find another position.  Good 
for you!


Hugs,

Clay

In Lynchburg, VA, USA, where we're bracing for "the big one"...  Actual 
weather forecasts for my area say we'll have a moderate amount of rain 
and some higher winds than usual...  but I'm not expecting a disaster.  
The tendency these days has been to blow all warning out of proportion, 
which increases ratings on the networks and then - like a doctor's dire 
predictions - when the worst doesn't come we're all elated.




On 8/26/2011 3:50 PM, Agnes Boddington wrote:

Hello Jean
So it is true that a few words can become a tome.
I don't think you have broken the Officiel Secrets Act, I won't 
divulge your email to anyone.

Yet blackmail comes to mind 
Agnes Boddington

Many, many, many years ago I worked for a government department, 
supposedly as a personal assistant to a high-up civil servant. My 
first task was to type up the written sentence he had given me and 
pass it back to him. He went into a meeting while I waited in my 
office. He came back after about an hour with my typed sentence 
expanded into two much longer sentences. I typed those (in triple 
spacing) and gave it back. Another meeting and another typing. After 
a week, he proudly had a 30 page report bound and distributed - all 
from that one sentence. I'd already handed in my notice by then, 
partly because the job obviously wasn't what I'd been led to believe, 
but mainly because of the sheer waste of time and futility of what 
was being done.The excuse for what was being done was that there 
should be no ambiguity in anything being said.


I was offered a move to another department, but I declined.

If you think I'm joking, I'm, not - it really did happen. Have I 
breached the Official Secrets Act which I signed?


I suspect that still happens, especially in the EU.

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK


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Re: [lace-chat] Got long hair?

[Clay Blackwell]

That "laced hair" was magnificent!  So regal, so elegant  Thanks for 
sharing!


Clay

On 8/19/2011 8:15 PM, Witchy Woman wrote:
Here's a link to some pictures of someone who had their hair "laced".  
Very cool!!!


http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bobbin+lace+hair&w=all&s=int&referer_searched=1 



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Re: [lace-chat] Admin: Andrea's message

[Clay Blackwell]

I am horrified by what has been going on regarding Andrea's account!  
I've gotten emails from my sister which suggest to me that her account 
has also been hacked.  She is traveling right now, so I hope all is well 
with her.


Thank all of you for your good advice regarding passwords.  Groan...  
I've got a lot of work to do to establish safer ones!


But regarding Avital's question - if I were in trouble would I turn to 
lace-making buddies for help?  I think if I were in a foreign country 
and had a glimmer of a hope that an Arachne friend lived nearby, I might 
ask for help...  but never money!


Clay

On 4/15/2011 7:55 AM, Avital wrote:

OK, now I've finally found Andrea's message -- in my spam folder! I've
seen this at least 4 times over the past month, including from a
workmate who was sitting right beside me at the time. It's a scam. If
you were in trouble, would you turn to your lace-making buddies for
help? I mean, really

I've unsubscribed Andrea's account from lace-digest and
lace-chat-digest. Do NOT communicate with Andrea using this account.
If you reply to "her" email, you will get a message telling you how
relieved she is and with an account number where you can wire her a
couple hundred dollars to pay her bills, get her home, etc. There is a
real person using Andrea's account and it sure isn't Andrea.

Best wishes,

Avital
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Re: [lace-chat] Video of San Francisco in 1906

[Clay Blackwell]

I loved it!  I was especially struck by how much the people were 
constantly crossing and in the same path the cars and cable-cars were!  
What chaos!


Clay

On 4/14/2011 8:00 AM, Linda Walton wrote:
A friend sent me this link to one of the most amazing pieces of film 
I've ever come across.  It's best viewed full-screen; there is no 
sound, of course.


 Original Message 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So

Film footage of San Francisco's Market Street from a moving cable car, 
before the 1906 earthquake and fire.  The footage was filmed only days 
before the quake and shipped by train to NY for processing. This is 
truly a historical film record.


---

Linda Walton,
(in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.,
where the garden is longing for an April shower).

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Re: [lace-chat] Boogie Woogie

[Clay Blackwell]

A few years ago, I found a turn-table which was made expressly for 
digitizing music from vinyl to CDs!   It has a USB connection to the 
computer, and plays 78, 45, and 33 speeds.  I gave it to my DH for 
Christmas, and he loves it.  He is an avid collector of music, and has 
been transferring his favorite albums to CDs for months now.  I have a 
collection of my Dad's old 78s from the 30's and 40's, but haven't even 
tried to work with them.  I suspect the condition is pretty bad, and 
don't want to gum up the works on this machine until DH has done all the 
transferring he wants!


Clay

On 3/29/2011 11:03 PM, Martha Krieg wrote:
This and the big bands was what my parents primarily played, and I've 
missed it. The 78s we have no equipment that will play them, and they 
are so worn that my father didn't bother to transcribe them to 
reel-to-reel. It's been a relief to find some of my favorites on 
re-issues on CD!


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[lace-chat] from the "well they all look alike to me" department...!

[Clay Blackwell]

I just stumbled onto this ad  for a commemorative mug for the 
wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  Only problem is, the 
Chinese manufacturer used a picture of Prince Harry instead of one of 
Prince William!!


http://www.guandongenterprisesltd.com/

Too funny for words!!!

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA  USA

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Re: [lace-chat] Beethoven's 5th - amazing

[Clay Blackwell]

I loved this one!!  Suzuki method is amazing!  The earlier, the better!

Clay

On 2/23/2011 11:11 AM, Sue Babbs wrote:
And here he is at 3 playing the violin - watch out for the little 
sister, with a toy violin!


http://www.youtube.com/user/esenuk#p/a/u/2/YdzJAzF2Sak

Sue

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Re: [lace-chat] Belgium

[Clay Blackwell]

I spent two weeks in Belgium in September of last year, and can attest 
to the fact that there is something to be seen anywhere she finds 
herself!!  While Belgium is a relatively small country, one could still 
spend a day or more in each place, just exploring all there is to be 
seen.  So it would be helpful for us to know specifically where she will 
be going.


For the Lacemaker, of course, Brugge is the place to be.  This is where 
the Kantcentrum is located, (and may be in their new location by 
then...)  along with numerous shops which provide supplies for 
lacemakers.  Brugge is also a tourist city, and people day-trip in from 
the coastal areas where they are taking their holidays, so it is 
bustling until later in September.


Brussels has a wealth of things to see, lace related.  Specifically, the 
Costume and Lace Museum is fantastic.  Unfortunately, the lace 
collection in the Royal Museum has been closed down permanently to make 
room for other things that seem to draw more tourists.  Of course, like 
Brugges, Brussels has a "Lace Shop" on nearly corner.  The lace in these 
shops is mostly Chinese-made (but sport the label, "hand-made") or 
machine made, but virtually all of these shops have collections of 
"real" lace which one can see if interested (some shops don't keep it 
out in view).  The "real" lace is extremely expensive.  I found a piece 
which was made from a pattern set which I have, and which - 
coincidentally - I was working on at the time, and it was priced at 950 
Euros.  I was satisfied with that price, but questioned whether I would 
accept such a small amount for the work that was required for that piece.


Some of my most memorable days were spent exploring the countryside 
dotted with small towns and farms and castles.  There weren't many 
sightings of lace in these areas, but I came away with a deep affection 
for the country, and for my friend in Belgium who was my tourguide!


I'm envious that your friend will be going there!  I would advise that 
she invest is a travel guide of Belgium, and map out her agenda well in 
advance.  Anticipation is half the fun!!


Clay



On 2/1/2011 10:32 PM, B & J Todd wrote:

I have a friend who is going to be in Belgium at the end of August, early
September and was wondering if anyone could please suggest things that she
should check out while she is there.  She is a keen lacemaker and would like
to get some lace supplies also.  Are there any lace days being held at that
time ?



Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated



Many thanks

Julie from NZ

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Re: [lace-chat] Valentine customs

[Clay Blackwell]

I'm not aware of any customs like this in the area I live in the US 
("Mid Atlantic" region - Virginia specifically).  What *is* traditional 
is for children to make (the "old days") or buy valentines to share with 
all their classmates and friends.  Sadly, I think that some schools now 
have stopped this activity in the interest of cultural sensitivity.  But 
after-school programs and church programs still carry on the tradition.


Clay


On 2/1/2011 9:31 AM, Jean Eke wrote:

♥ In the 1950s when our Northern Lancashire family moved to Norwich in 
East Anglia, my Mother announced that in these new 'foreign parts'

  Valentine gifts were given to children and both my Brother and Myself 
benefitted,  much to our delight.

However I do not know where the idea had come from and our family custom lapsed 
and I have never heard it from others.

So I was really excited to see the custom recorded in Parson 
Woodeforde's Diary for February 14th 1777

……….."to 36 children being Valentine's day and what is customary for them to go 
about in these parts this day gave 0. 3. 0 ( 3 shillings )

being one penny apiece to each of them"..

Parson Woodforde had been appointed as Rector of the Anglican parish of Weston 
Longeville just outside Norwich and had moved from Oxford

and his family home, of  Ansford in Somerset.

I have been re-reading the diary as part of my study of the late 18th century 
for our Regency booklets.


Do any of you know if this custom survived anywhere else?   Often customs like 
this were taken to America and survived longer there.

Just a thought to warm a rather grey day ………..Spring, in the Northern 
Hemisphere is just around the corner. ♥

Jean

http://www.jeanmaryeke.com   and click on the valentine 
link

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Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question ..

[Clay Blackwell]

I did not get the correct answer either (and after reading through, was 
relieved!!).  I posed the question to my DH, and he had absolutely no 
idea about an answer.  So, I'm sleeping soundly tonight, as usual.


On the other hand, I suspect with all of the CSI episodes out there, if 
your DH likes to watch them, *that* could explain his answer.  If so, 
you can sleep soundly too!!


Clay

On 1/30/2011 5:23 PM, The Lace Bee wrote:

He has now said why didn't I get the answer right (like I'm going to admit
that). 
  
Hubby has explained his thinking that if the guy was there he must be a friend

of the woman's mother hence her killing her sister so he'd turn up again.
  
When I said this must make him a psychopath he was quite unphased by it and

is, I think , actually proud of the fact

Kind Regards

Liz Baker

thelace...@btinternet.com

--- On Sun, 30/1/11, Agnes Boddington  wrote:


From: Agnes Boddington
Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Very smart CSI question ..
To: lace-chat@arachne.com
Date: Sunday, 30 January, 2011, 22:20


I don't think I'll bother asking ... afraid he may get the answer right.
Agnes Boddington



So,

I ask the husband and guess what, he got the answer right.

I may be looking into my life insurance in a couple of minutes

L


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Re: [lace-chat] Mexican TV

[Clay Blackwell]

Absolutely astounding!!!  I would love to see this film!!!  I remember 
when Penny was much more active on the list, and it is obvious to me 
that she is absorbed in other things at the moment.  If anyone learns 
when these films are shown on U.S. TV, please alert us!!


Clay

On 1/19/2011 5:04 PM, Janice Blair wrote:

I was just on vacation in Mexico and turned on the tv in the hopes of finding an
English speaking channel.  I came across an old Discovery program and heard the
name "Penny Boston".  Penny is a lacemaker and is an Arachne.  I have met her
many times at IOLI conventions.  She was working in the Crystal Caves in Mexico,
so I did a search just now and came across this web site where it seems her
activities have made her into a film star.
http://www.saudicaves.com/mx/naica/index.html

Sounds a trifle more dangerous than cross and twist but is interesting to read
and to view the amazing photographs.
Janice


  Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
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Re: [lace-chat] Names

[Clay Blackwell]

One of my husband's best friends from childhood was named James Dick 
(Dick was his last name).  His father was Dr. Dick (and he was a 
proctologist).  James met a woman who refused to even go out with him at 
first, but finally agreed, and they ended up getting married.  Her name 
was Anita.  She retained her own last name.


One of my mother's childhood friends was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Bugg.  They named her Ima June.


One of my own childhood friends was named Ethel Bethel.  She was 
grateful when she was married and no longer had to have the rhyming 
name.  She even dropped the "Ethel" and goes by Beth.


Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] English English

[Clay Blackwell]

I used to think how nice it would be to see my weight, written in kilos, 
not pounds!!!  Somehow, I think the novelty would wear off, the it would 
seem even harder to lose weight


Clay

On 1/12/2011 4:59 PM, Lora wrote:

In Scotland it's quite common, in order to make complaints about the weather 
seem more justified.



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Re: [lace-chat] Did I read that sign right??

[Clay Blackwell]

This is absolutely my favorite!!  I shall tootle with vigor the next 
time someone obstacles my passage!!!


Clay

On 12/22/2010 2:30 PM, Lora wrote:

 From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in
sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still
obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.
   


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Re: [lace-chat] :-) Fw: Benefits of green tea

[Clay Blackwell]

I don't like that doctor at all...


The Benefits Of Green Tea ...


 The Doctor replied, "Excellent ... so now you can see why 
keeping your

   mouth shut is such a good idea!!!"




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Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re: Edwardian Farm

[Clay Blackwell]

Some of those "dregs of humanity" use TiVo (or similar technology) to 
record what they're watching, and then transfer it to a DVD.  Just saying...


And it isn't illegal if they're doing it for their own enjoyment, and do 
not profit from it.


I thoroughly enjoyed the "Larkrise to Candleford" series...  until I had 
seen all that was available on Netflix.  Perhaps the Edwardian Farm will 
be available in a similar way if we ask...


Clay

On 12/2/2010 7:36 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:

  This illegal and universally  condemned
practice is called "Bootleg" on this side of the pond, and  practiced only by
the dregs of humanity.
   


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Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re: Edwardian Farm

[Clay Blackwell]

I am also frustrated that we can't access these shows!

I recently learned about Hulu.com, where all sorts of movies and TV 
shows can be watched whenever you want over your computer.  If you pay a 
fee, you can also watch on your TV, iPod, iPad, etc...


They have all sorts of obscure stuff, but unfortunately, they don't have 
BBC2.  (They do have some things from BBC...)


I wish they'd branch out!!

Clay

On 12/2/2010 11:13 AM, bev walker wrote:

Maybe not something to ask because of copyright ;)
Is there anything at BBC America? as I don't have tv, I can't check it myself.

To those who are snowbound, all the more happy lacemaking!

On 12/2/10, Tatman  wrote:

   

somehow capture the video of the lacemaking episode and share it with the
lacemaking communities?? ;)

 
   


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Re: [lace-chat] Quilt on eBay

[Clay Blackwell]

It's a lovely quilt, and a wonderful cause.  I hope it draws many more 
bids!!

And here's a tiny url, in case the link came through on two lines...

*http://tinyurl.com/36s7l2x*

Clay


On 11/27/2010 5:54 AM, Margery Allcock wrote:
> Pleas have a look at item 250729331607 on eBay.  It's a quilt made by an
> on-line group in aid of the UK Children in Need charity, and it only has
> just under two days to go.  It has won awards at shows - the description
> will tell you about it.
>
> Here's the link (watch out, it may fold round onto two lines):
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mustardland-Patchwork-Quilt-Children-Need-/250729331607
>

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Re: [lace-chat] 16th century gift of the sable

[Clay Blackwell]

Oh my...  looking at the women holding those little dead animals made me 
shudder to think what the animal rights people would do with that 
"fashion" now!!!


Clay

On 11/16/2010 11:06 AM, Linda Walton wrote:

Tatman wrote:
[snip]
> I have a friend who is reading a book that
> takes place in the 16th century.  As she explains in her email to me 
below,
> the man character is giving a sable as a gift to his lady which she 
adorns
> on her gown.  Is this sable the animal or some other accessory/item? 
 From
> what I have found so far on the net is that it was a treasure to 
receive a

> sable and to display it on your gown as a status symbol.
[snip]
> Your thoughts and explanation of the significance of this ritual 
would be

> appreciated.

My guess is that this refers to a "zibellino", (plural "zibellini"), 
which was a fashion accessory for the very rich.  The word lends 
itself to be understood as "sable", but the fur itself might be 
something else, such as marten.  The fur was worn over the arm or 
shoulder of a woman.


Renaissance furriers could preserver the skin, but had to replace the 
head and little feet with gold, enamelled and bejewelled pieces. I 
think its use may have been restricted to upper class women by the 
various sumptuary laws of different countries.


In that period, the animal was also a fertility symbol, which might 
have some significance in your friend's story.  I understand that 
there is a portrait of Countess Livia da Porto in the Walters Gallery 
in Baltimore which shows her with one.  Because of the fertility 
reference, art historians have speculated she might have been pregnant 
when the painting was done, although she had two children already.  
(Her daughter Porzia is pictured with her mother; her husband and son 
are in another painting.)


There is an article here, with some more links:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zibellino
and a search on "sibellini" will throw up lots of links to images.

The article mentions the alternative name of "flea-fur":  I don't know 
the origin of this, but it seems unlikely.  The aristocratic women 
with such items would be unlikely to advertise any problem with 
personal hygiene.  (Yes, I know all about fleas and the Black Death, 
but look at the death rates for the different classes to see who had 
fleas and who didn't!)  Also, any flea would be more attracted to the 
nearest warm body - that is, meal - than to any cold, dead, tanned fur 
piece.


I'd be interested to know the title and author of your friend's book.

Linda Walton,
(in cold, dank High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where the fog 
hasn't lifted all day).


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Re: [lace-chat] Has anyone bought a good dishwasher lately

[Clay Blackwell]

We had to replace a 10 - 15 year old dishwasher three or four years ago, 
and at the advice of a friend, bought a  Kitchen-Aid, which was also 
highly rated by Consumer Reports.  It claimed to be energy-star, and to 
be ultra-quiet.  It actually cleans dishes better than any dishwasher 
I've ever used.  However, I can't really trust the energy-star rating, 
since this thing seems to run for over an hour...  maybe even closer to 
two!  And, the longer we've owned it, the more we hear the noise.  
Evidently, the insulation is degrading.  Still, we have not had (knock 
on wood!) any mechanical failures with it, and are pleased...  
especially with how spotless the dishes are.  (And I now use those "all 
in one" capsules made by Cascade).


Clay

On 11/5/2010 7:00 PM, Janice Blair wrote:

We replaced all our appliances about 2 years ago and bought stainless steel,
just for future resale purposes, but who knows what will be in by then.  We
bought a Bosch which has a stainless steel interior and is super quiet.  We
cannot hear it working when in the next room with no door between them.  In the
kitchen it just whispers.  It has several settings but I always stick with the
same one and has push button controls.  I am very happy with it.  If you need
the model number, let me know and I will look it up.

My Jenn-Air electric glass cooktop has already had one of the burners replaced.
  It took 5 visits from the repair man.  I joked that the neighbors would think 
I
was having an affair as he was there every Friday.  Seems they sent the wrong
burner the first time, second one came broken, finally he found that when the
burner went it must have also shorted out the switch.  Luckily, the parts were
covered under warranty and he only charged me for the call out fee.

Stainless has the advantage that you can't use magnets on it, so the front of my
fridge stays looking tidy.  Yes, I know you can get some magnetic stainless but
it doesn't look as good to me. JHMO.
Janice

  Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org





From: "dmt11h...@aol.com"
To: lace-chat@arachne.com
Sent: Fri, November 5, 2010 5:15:54 PM
Subject: [lace-chat] Has anyone bought a good dishwasher lately

We seem to have offended the appliance gods, since all our appliances are
dying at once. I have been poring over consumer reports, and internet
reviews of  dishwashers and I am now terrified of buying one that either bursts
into flames  or does not clean the dishes. It would appear that recent
advances in energy and  water savings in the US have rendered dishwashers less
effective in their  primary purpose. Also, there is a  micro-processor in every
appliance made  in the US, and the micro-processors break when they get hot,
which seems to be  quite likely and quite common in a dishwasher or oven,
leading to  expensive repairs. I have just replaced my oven with a GE Profile
model, and I almost had a coronary when I was told by the  installer that
I could expect 5-8 years of service from it. The appliances  that are being
replaced are thirty years old, and it was not my intention to  have to
replace all major appliances twice a decade.
Since many of the people who are reporting their appliance experiences on
the internet are people who are having the worst possible experiences, which
skews the information, I thought I should ask the list if there is anyone
who  has had a good or bad experience with a dishwasher purchased in the
last 5 years  or so. How I long for my old style appliances that lasted
forever, but that is  now a bygone era. What is the best dishwasher brand now, I

wonder.
Devon

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Re: [lace-chat] Cell phones

[Clay Blackwell]

Internet connection here is done via cable in many instances.  This is 
what provides the high-speed connection for us, and comes in on a line 
which used to provide television programming (that is now provided by 
satellite service).  In some parts of the city, there is a blazing high 
speed connection available through FIOS - fiber optics - but that is 
also the phone line.  There are other ways that internet signals can be 
transmitted (3G, for example), but they're not available everywhere.


Jean wrote...



The how do they get an internet connection for their computer at home? 
As far as I know for most people here even home wireless broadband 
connections are via a landline with a wireless hub inside the home - 
at least everyone I know has that. There are many areas, such as 
motorway service stations and our local park where a wireless service 
is available, probably in the universities as well, but I don't know 
of anyone who has a broadband connection at home who hasn't got a 
landline.






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Re: [lace-chat] Re: Cell phones

[Clay Blackwell]

I think I understand the attraction of texting...  although I personally 
hate it and don't have a text plan.  You can sit in a deadly boring 
meeting and text with the object of your affections for hours without 
disturbing anyone...  especially if you sit in the back, alone.  I 
suspect that on some college campuses, there is more texting going on 
during lectures than note-taking.  You can text in public without the 
people around you hearing what you're "saying".  And text-ers have 
developed a sophisticated short-hand which means they can say what they 
need to say in very few keystrokes...  So, I'm too old to change my 
stripes, but at least I can understand why they do it.  Neither of my 
adult children would feel dressed and ready to face the world if they 
didn't have their smart phones with text-messaging in their pockets.  
And this mom doesn't pay their phone bill any more - they do!!


When young people live alone, or share an apartment with another single 
person, a land phone is not necessary since their cell phone is with 
them all the time.  And if their roomie's phone rings, no one has to 
wonder who should answer the phone.


One thing I am bewildered by is how often I see married couples 
communicating with each other via Facebook.  Hello?  If you got off the 
computer, you could say it in person and it would be even nicer!!!


Clay, who is gradually coming to terms with the fact that I am an old fart.



On 10/21/2010 6:01 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 10/21/2010 4:29:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tat...@tat-man.net writes:

<>
She could call you on the phone :-)
Actually, I am a hard wired girl, but among the young these days, they only
  have the Iphone. They do not get a hard wired phone at all. So, people are
  deciding it is the home phone they can do without. Neither my daughter or
her  boyfriend have a hard wired phone in their apartments. Instead they
have their  Iphones with them always. Since I am on a "family plan" with my
daughter, in  which the second phone only costs $10 more a month, the cost is
split over the  two phones. (Although I bear 100% of the cost, because that
is what mom's do.)  The only fly in the ointment is that she has to have an
additional monthly  texting plan. I am not sophisticated enough to understand
why, when you can send  an email on your phone, you also need to text,
unless it is to communicate with  people who don't have email on their phones.
Dare I dream that we could drop  this in the next contract negotiation?
Interestingly, my daughter usually calls me while she is walking from work
to her next destination. The phone allows her to take this otherwise
unproductive time and use it to keep in touch with Mom.
Devon

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[Clay Blackwell]

Mark, I have to admit that I got my iPod Touch from my DD when she 
absolutely *had* to have the newer model.  So I got it for half price, 
and she was happy to apply that to her new Touch.  I've had it a couple 
of years now, and I still use it quite a bit...  I never go to the 
doctor's office without it to keep me occupied while I wait.  And I take 
it to the gym when I go, because listening to music makes the time on 
those cardio machines go much quicker.


Clay

On 10/21/2010 4:29 PM, Tatman wrote:

On 10/21/10 1:44 PM, "dmt11h...@aol.com"  wrote:
   

I guess I am the only person who really likes my Iphone.
 

If I had an iPhone or iPod Touch I would LOVE IT  I would be all over
the place with it.  Couldn't wrench it out of my hand.  But my pocketbook at
the moment says NO.  And my  wife is grateful for that. :-D  She would have
a hard time grabbing my attention LOL!!!

Best stick to my pay-as-you-go cheapie mundane phone. ;)

   


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Re: [lace-chat] Cell phones

[Clay Blackwell]

I love all of the features of my iPod Touch, and wouldn't mind having 
the phone as well, but I absolutely can't justify the expense of the 
phone or the monthly fees when I don't use the phone that much.  
However, I'm looking in to getting a used iPhone which has been 
"unlocked", and then I could use it with my "pay as you go" card.


Clay

On 10/21/2010 3:42 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:

Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I can read the NY Times when I am  on a
train on the Iphone. I got the Iphone just at about the time that the  Times
went to $2 a copy. I used to buy a copy to read whenever I got on the  train
to go to NY, but now I read it on the iphone. If you figure I might ride
the train 40 times a year, that works out to an $80 savings. And no trees are
  killed and the paper doesn't have to be recycled. And I don't have to
carry  it.
Devon

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Re: [lace-chat] Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults

[Clay Blackwell]

On 10/19/10 2:55 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:



Then your husband won't be able to locate you when you
get separated in the mall, one of the most important
advantages of cell phone use.


Mall?  Me and him?  Together, on the same day?
I laughed out loud!!  DH would rather have a root canal than go to the 
mall, and I avoid it if at all possible!


I like to have a cell phone in case of emergency.  However, it was never 
worth the cost we paid for each of us to have a cell phone...  until I 
realized that we could easily have the security of the phone by just 
doing a "pay as you go" plan rather than a contract.  So now, we just 
upload minutes every three months, and we never use them all up!  Way 
less expensive, but still the security.


And the amazing thing was that when I went to Europe, I called my cell 
phone carrier and asked for an unlock code, which they sent me.  I took 
this with me to Europe, and went to a phone kiosk there.  I was able to 
buy a simm card for my phone for 10 euros, which provided ten minutes of 
air time and was reloadable, and it was very easy to swap out with my 
other simm card.  Once I got back in the US, I replaced my original simm 
card and all was well.


Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] broken wrist

[Clay Blackwell]

All this talk about the spoiling you're getting, and we'll lose our 
sympathy and become envious!  Just kidding...  it's good to hear you're 
being taken care of.   Enjoy it while you can!


Clay

On 8/7/2010 3:03 PM, Agnes Boddington wrote:
the news that i have broken my wrist brought a lot of well-wishes to 
my inbox. thanks to all.
also a lot of stories about "useless" husbands in circumstances like 
mine. they do try, the dears, as does mine, so we forgive them their 
clumsiness in opening the washing maschine, cooking under supervision, 
making the bed etc.

sue duckles came to wash my hair this afternoon, which was lovely.
anyway, i won't be picking any rhubarb for a while (that's when i fell 
down some steps in the garden), nor make lace, but let my better half 
spoil me with endless cups of tea and some nice very dark chocolate he 
bought me today.

thanks again, agnes boddfington - elloughton uk

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Re: [lace-chat] old and fragile

[Clay Blackwell]

I would strongly recommend taking these items to a library 
conservationist.  They would be in the best position to know how to 
unroll them and preserve them without fear of destroying them in the 
process.


I'd be very cautious with them, in the meantime.  What a treasure!!

Clay

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I am asking for advice on "non" lace preservation. I found my great
grandparent's original marriage certificate and their family record (a large
Victorian sheet which has all the births deaths and marriages inked in) Both
are rolled up and FRAGILE. How do I unroll and preserve them from
deteriorating further and falling apart?? I thought maybe ironing them
between waxed paper?? (works for preserving fall leaves that come off of
trees) These are from the late 1800's so very very old. I REALLY REALLY
REALLY want to keep these. I am the family historian (I do the genealogy
research) and any and all original family documents are very precious.





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Re: [lace-chat] Ebay oddity

[Clay Blackwell]

On page 118 of my copy of "Lace Machines and Machine Laces" by Pat 
Earnshaw (1986), there is a picture of this object, and it is identified 
as "A twentieth-century Leavers machine carriage."


Clay

On 4/15/2010 1:04 PM, Jane Partridge wrote:
In message <4bc74434.1000...@krafters.net>, Ruth Rocker 
 writes

This item is listed as lacemaking equipment, but how??

http://tinyurl.com/y5dwym5


They are the "bobbins" used in lace machines - can't remember which of 
the machines uses them, but not the Barmen machine, might be the 
Raschelle (?sp). We were shown how they are threaded when we went to 
the (now long gone) Lace Centre in Nottingham some years ago.


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Re: [lace-chat] Ebay oddity

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It is part of an old machine which makes lace.

Clay

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This item is listed as lacemaking equipment, but how??

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Re: [lace-chat] Gestetner/Roneo

[Clay Blackwell]

Right you are, Jean!!  Only, in the US the purple/blue stuff was called 
something else. Still, you've exactly described both.


Clay

On 4/14/2010 1:37 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:

I used both systems.

Wax stencils cut with a typewriter with the ribbon disabled and 
printed on the Gestetner - great for as many copies as you liked, but 
the middle of some letters like o's, e' and a's used to fall out so 
they were filled in when printed. We used a bottle of something to 
paint over and fill in mistakes when typing the stencils.


The other machine was known as Banda. Spirit in the machine removed a 
small layer of the purple reversed print and transferred it to the 
paper. You could only get a finite number of copies because the purple 
ink was transferred, so copies got fainter and fainter until there was 
none left to transfer. I had a good turn out during the wonderful 
month's holiday I had when DH took himself off to New Zealand in 
February/March (what bliss to do what I wanted when I wanted), and 
actually came across an unused box of the Banda carbons among the 
teaching stuff I hadn't got around to throwing out since I retired in 
1997. They went in the trash along with all the rest of the stuff 
which was soo out of date.


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Re: [lace-chat] Snapshot of my life

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I remember those too!  The writng was always bluish, and we did "huff" 
the fumes!!


But the machine we printed our newsletters on was something more 
"modern".  It actually had black ink.  The drum of the machine had a pad 
that was saturated (from within) with a thick ink.  The "stencil" was 
clipped onto the machine and then the drum was rotated several times to 
prime it.  After a couple of rotations, the backing paper was peeled 
off, and the printing began.  It was possible to save a stencil by 
re-applying the backing to the stencil before removing it.


Clay

On 4/14/2010 10:12 AM, Jazmin wrote:

Oooh! I remember those from elementary school in the late 70's! Our
class tests and often our work sheets would be printed on those, and
if they were fresh they were warm and you got vaguely high off the
fumes. No doubt these days it'd be the end of the world that 7 yr olds
were sniffing their tests and giggling. ;)

Heather

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  wrote:
   

  The first newsletters were typewritten on a special matrix and then run
off on a machine where the ink oozed through the little holes made by the
typepwriter!  If I remember correctly, it was called a Mimeograph machine.
  Not pretty, but effective!
   

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Re: [lace-chat] Snapshot of my life

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We had this discussion at the Spring Lace Day on Saturday.  We were 
discussing setting up a website for the group, and we're all very 
pleased about this prospect.  Someone spoke up and said how amazing it 
was to see how far we had evolved in communication - just since the 
group was founded 20-some years ago!  The first newsletters were 
typewritten on a special matrix and then run off on a machine where the 
ink oozed through the little holes made by the typepwriter!  If I 
remember correctly, it was called a Mimeograph machine.  Not pretty, but 
effective!


Clay

On 4/14/2010 5:18 AM, Jean Nathan wrote:
On BBC2 this evening at 7 pm, there's a repeat of 'Electric Dreams', 
where a family have their house decorated and rigged out with the 
technology of the 1970s for a week - even their car. Tomorrow at the 
same time they experience the 1980s and on Friday, the 1990s ending 
with a millennium party.


Brought back a lot of memories, and it's amazing how things have 
changed, even from 2000.




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Re: [lace-chat] Browser help please

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi David -

I'm assuming you're using Windows on your computer.

You should click oon your start button (lower left corner), go to 
Default Programs, and change the default server to Google Chrome.  That 
should do it.


Clay

On 2/22/2010 10:04 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:

Dear Friends,
I've got a problem I can;t seem to sort out.

Currently I have Mozilla as the browser attached to my email programme 
(Eudora) and I would like to change this to Google Chrome. I've hunted 
through all the options on Eudora and cannot find anyway to do this.


Could SKS please offer a solution
Thanks
David in Ballarat

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[lace-chat] Living Will... ; )

[Clay Blackwell]

Last night, my kids and I were sitting in the living room and I said to 
them, 'I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some 
machine and fluids from a bottle.   If that ever happens, just pull the 
plug.'


They got up, unplugged the Computer, and threw out my wine

The little bastards ...

Clay
in Virginia, where we got an inch of snow this morning and it has 
already melted.  YAY!!


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Re: [lace-chat] miss channers mat

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Hi Lynn,

Unfortunately, there is no book with this pattern in it. There was once 
a pricking (no diagram) but that has long been out of print. Your only 
hope of finding one would be on eBay, and I haven't seen one there in a 
very long time. When they do come up, they're quite expensive.


Clay

On 2/5/2010 6:02 PM, Melinda Weasenforth wrote:

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows the book that Miss Channers Mat come
in and where I can purchase it.
Thank you for any help, Hugs, Lynn W.
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Re: [lace-chat] Lady with Unicorn cross-stitch

[Clay Blackwell]

The Vermeer "Lacemaker" chart was once in my own hot little hands, but I 
donated it to "Lace at Sweet Briar" where someone was able to win it!  I 
took one look at those pages and pages and pages of charts and knew I'd 
never get it done!!  I held on to "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" 
(also Vermeer), but doubt I'll ever get to that either.  If anyone is 
going to be at LASB this year and wants this up for grabs, just say so!!!


I was once into those all-encompassing pieces that took a year or more 
to complete (when working full-time).  I loved them dearly!!  But 
bobbin-lace became my new obsession, and there you have it. But to be 
honest with you, the things I did *paled* in comparison to these Scarlet 
Quince charts.  Unbelievable!!


Clay



On 2/2/2010 5:19 PM, Vicki Bradford wrote:

Hi Avital & everyone,

Lovely knitted shawl (love the color!) and very nice beginning to the 
Unicorn tapestry cross-stitch!  I'm with you as far as "compulsive 
cross-stitching" is concerned since I love finely detailed charts.  I 
had a look at the Scarlet Quince website 
(http://www.scarletquince.com/) last night and picked out 12 patterns 
I liked.  Then I had a long chat with myself and finally settled on 
ordering two. (I must confess that despite having enough charts to 
open a shop, my cross-stitching has taken a backseat to lace since I 
discovered it some time ago...(-: Still, I can't resist a really 
wonderful chart!)  I love medieval designs too, and I too have been 
fortunate to see a set of the Cluny unicorn tapestries, though the 
ones I saw are at The Cloisters in upper Manhattan.  I think The 
Cloisters is such a perfect setting for their display and highly 
recommend visiting to anyone who has the opportunity.  I do hope to 
see the ones in Paris someday as well.  We ran out of time the last 
time I was there, but that museum had been on my list.


For cross-stitchers on the list, Scarlet Quince has Vermeer's "The 
Lacemaker" among its selections.  Sorry to be a temptress and 
facilitator! 


Vicki in Maryland where we are waiting for yet another snowstorm this 
evening,,,more reason to stay indoors and make lace...(or do 
cross-stitch...or knit???)


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[lace-chat] Happy friends... the Orangutan and the Hound

[Clay Blackwell]

I just love this clip...  It's about an Orangutan and a hound!  Real 
stuff, and so cute!!


http://video.tiscali.it/canali/truveo/611_1234581161.html

Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] Pringle knitted sweaters

[Clay Blackwell]

Well!  I just didn't quite know what to make of this!!  We Americans are 
so accustomed to such complete honesty and lack of competition in our 
ads...  (ahem...  not...)  Still, this was unique, to say the least!


Clay

On 1/29/2010 1:44 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
I found this animated video by Pringle, a Scottish company which makes 
sweaters with a distinctive diamond pattern, quite amusing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoiW5-uA3_E&feature=player_embedded

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Re: [lace-chat] old circular knitting needles

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Deanna -

I used to have a pair of circulars that belonged to my grandmother, and 
they were all metal.  The cable was actually a woven metal cable, and it 
was really stiff.  My sister eventually adopted most of my knitting 
needles after I got married (and didn't immediately take them with 
me...), and so I have no idea where they are now.  Not that I would want 
to use them, our modern needles are far more comfortable.


Clay

On 1/27/2010 10:21 AM, deanna7 Cohen wrote:

Does anyone have a picture of the circular knitting needles that were used in
the late 1800s or early 1900s?  I came across a picture of my grandmother
knitting with circular needles.  The picture is on my blog under Jan. 24th.  I
don't remember them and from what I am reading, they were all metal.  Would
love to see a picture of them without the yarn.  I thought they were a new
invention, but I guess not.




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Re: [lace-chat] recycling orts (3)

[Clay Blackwell]

As I recall, when this first came up for discussion (not necessarily on 
this list...), the issue was not about moisture, but about color.  When 
orts of brightly colored fibers were put out for the birds, and then put 
in nests, the bright colors attracted more predators.  I think the major 
issue is that naturally occurring fibers are safe,  and naturally 
occuring colors are safer than anything dyed when used within the 
fiber's natural environment.


Clay

On 1/25/2010 1:32 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
In actual fact, of course, birds will choose for themselves the most 
suitable materials for making their nest. They often choose natural 
from materials such as leaves, twigs, grass, hair, fur and feathers, 
as well as string or thread made from natural materials. But then some 
will choose stuff to decorate their nests such as silver foil or 
coins, and some will line them with mud.


So it doesn't really matter if you put orts out for the birds - if 
they don't consider it suitable for their nest, they won't use it.


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Re: [lace-chat] Hot... what?

[Clay Blackwell]

Some of my friends call it a "personal tropical vacation".

And...  re the HRT, quite a few years ago it was determined that staying 
on HRT for a long time increased the chance of cancer, so most doctors 
in the US encourage you to ride it out...  it will usually go away.  I 
went through "surgical menapause" when I was 48 and had a complete 
hysterectomy (including the ovaries, as my Mom died from Ovarian 
Cancer).  I was started on HRT, but stopped after reading the reports 
about it.  Initially after that, I had some trouble with the 
flashes/flushes, but eventually they subsided.


Clay

On 1/9/2010 2:16 PM, Alice Howell wrote:

My friends around here call them 'Power Surges'.

Alice in Oregon

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Re: [lace-chat] Penguin facts

[Clay Blackwell]

I do appreciate the "real" answer to the question of the fate of penguin 
bodies...  It's not so different than in any other part of the world.  
Food chain, pure and simple.   I did understand that the message from 
Jean was an elaborate pun, which I enjoyed.


Clay

Marion Goard wrote:
Jean this is so untrue having visited Antartica l know that the 
scavengers there especialy the squers, very agressive birds clean up 
any sick or dead penquins and thepenguins are also hunted by whales 
seals and walruses.

Marion Goard.

mfgo...@bigpond.com
- Original Message - From: "Jean Nathan" 





Your fact for the day

Did you ever wonder why you never see dead penguins on the ice in 
Antarctica

?








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[lace-chat] How to install a home security system ; )

[Clay Blackwell]

HOW TO INSTALL A HOME SECURITY SYSTEM

1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work 
boots.


2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo 
Magazine.


3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.

4. Leave a note on your door that reads:



"Bubba,

Bertha, Duke, Slim, & I went for more ammo and beer.  Be back in an hour.
Don't mess with the pit  bulls; they attacked the mailman this morning and
messed him up bad.  I don't think Killer took part, but it was hard to tell
from all the blood.  Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house.

Better wait outside.  Be right back.

Cooter"

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[lace-chat] "Flat Tanner""

[Clay Blackwell]

Greetings, Lacemakers!

I just wanted to report to you that I spent this past weekend with my 
daughter and her family.  My grandson, Tanner, had just brought home a 
big pile of postcards from all over the world!  So many of you were 
willing to send a postcard to him at his school, and they came from all 
over the world!  The entire class enjoyed it when another one  came in 
from somewhere far away!  It gave them all an opportunity to study 
another place on the globe.


To all of you who took the time to send a postcard - thank you so much!  
It made my grandson feel very special, and it provided a very good 
learning experience for his entire class.


Sincerely,

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA  USA

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: dom in paris/french onion soup

[Clay Blackwell]

Well, Devon...  I may be out on the street with you...

I have used the same "recipe" for years, and one of the reasons I love 
it is that it can be made in less than 15 minutes and on a cold, rainy 
night, it's a great supper...


I cut up about a half an onion and saute it in plenty of butter in a 
saucepan.  While that's happening, I boil a cup of water in the 
microwave and drop in a bullion cube and let it dissolve.  Then I put a 
can of beef consomme into the onions and add the broth.  This makes 
enough for two bowls of soup.


I put seasoned croutons into individual bowls and pour the soup over the 
croutons.  Top with cheese, sprinkle with a tad of paprika and pop under 
the broiler until the cheese is bubbly. 

Done...  It's really good, and so easy.  The seasoning in the croutons 
is perfect, the consomme makes it rich, and the soup is as good as most 
I've had...  although I confess that I've never had it in Paris.


Clay


Tamara P Duvall wrote:

On Oct 26, 2009, at 12:32, dmt11h...@aol.com (Devon) wrote:

using  a beef soup made from a bouillon cube works just fine, in 
fact, I doubt

it could  be much better if you used the homemade stock.


As tolerant as I am... and as much as I love you, Devon... This kind 
of heresy is more than even I can tolerate; consider yourself 
disinherited and thrown out into the street, like an errant Victorian 
maiden. And, if you have to eat your bouillon cube "soup" out in the 
snow, too bad, so sad, but there *are* limits, y'know...


Sheesh.



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Re: [lace-chat] bobbins

[Clay Blackwell]

I tend to be better about Lace UFOs than other kinds...  I have several 
quilt-tops that are completed, but need to be quilted, for example.  I 
have a four or five knitting projects in the "current" knitting basket 
(with numerous others put away years ago!).  I don't keep lace UFOs 
because they tie up pillows and bobbins...  if I'm not happy enough with 
something to work it to the end, I cut it off and move on.


I have two projects on pillows at the moment...  one is Binche and takes 
all the concentration I can muster, and the other is a 's Gravensmoer 
scarf, which is something I can do in my sleep now, after doing nearly 
52 inches of it.  When I've worked the Binche until my brain hurts, then 
the 's G is a relaxing alternative!


And like Malvary, I'd rather make lace than count bobbins!  Lots and 
lots is a good description!  Binche, Midlands, Bayeux, Brugges, Honiton, 
antique  in that order


Clay

Malvary J Cole wrote:

Agnes asked how many bobbins do you have.

Lots and lots and lots and lots, but I'd rather make lace than stop to 
count.  A different question would be how many UFO's do you have with 
bobbins still on them - lots and lots and lots of them too.


Malvary in Ottawa (the Nation's capital) Canada, where it is just 
tipping down with rain at the moment.


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[lace-chat] Arachne Card Exchange assignments

[Clay Blackwell]

Good morning, Festive spiders!!

I have just this minute finished sending out notices of assignments to 
everyone who signed up for the exchange.  If you signed up for the 
exchange and did not get an email from me within the past couple of 
hours, please let me know so that I can send it again. 

I hope you all enjoy the exchange, and look forward to seeing the cards 
posted on Jenny's site soon!!


Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA  USA

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[lace-chat] Christmas Card Exchange

[Clay Blackwell]

Greetings, festive Spiders!

The deadline for joining the Christmas Card exchange has come and gone, 
and I have worked out the pairings of partners.  Tomorrow, I will send 
out emails to each of you who signed up for the exchange.  As it 
happened, an even number of people joined the exchange, so each person 
will only need to make one card to exchange.  If there are any of you 
who wanted to exchange with two, and are disappointed, email me, and 
I'll see if I can't match up a few more of you!!


So be looking for your emails tomorrow!

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA  USA

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[lace-chat] Last chance... Holiday ornament exchange!

[Clay Blackwell]

This is a "courtesy call" from your friendly Card Exchange organizer.  
Sorry... that was meant to prompt a huge gufffaugh  But it's your 
attention I'm seeking!


The deadline for entering the 2009 Arachne Card Exchange is just one 
week away!  Please think carefully about this, as we don't want you to 
sign up in a panic and then realize that you can't possibly make the 
lace by the first week in December!!


However, if you think that you have enough time at your disposal and 
would like to participate in the 2009 Card Exchange, please *do* contact 
me before October 15. 

If you're just "tuning in", and need more information, email me 
privately and I can direct you to the "rules". 

Things are shaping up nicely - as usual!!  We have almost as many 
participants as last year...  and I do hope that  more of you will join 
in.   If you're unsure about whether you've signed up or not (I prefer 
to call this an indication of your focus on fine lacemaking rather than 
an indication of early-onset dimentia...) , then please contact me 
directly.  That means, hit "respond", not "respond to all".  (can 
you tell I'm challenged myself???).


Hoping to hear from a few more adventurous folks!!

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA

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[lace-chat] Arachne Card Exchange

[Clay Blackwell]

Happy Lace Day, everyone!

As it is the first day of October, I want to remind everyone that 
October 15 is the deadline for joining in the Arachne Card Exchange.  I 
apologize for not sending the original announcement to everyone on Lace 
Chat, but made the assumption that everyone on Chat was also on the main 
list...  I have been informed that this is not so...


The rules for this year's exchange can be found in my original posting, 
dated September 23, 2009.  This can be found in the Archives:


http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/msg30537.html

Each person may sign up for one exchange, and quite a few people have 
signed up to do a second card in case someone doesn't receive their card. 

If you have not yet written me to be included in the exchange, please 
consider doing so!!  If you do not hear back from me within 24 hours, it 
is probably because my fickle "Comcast" has rejected your email, so ask 
a friend who has a different ISP to try to send it for you.


I will have the list sorted and make the assignments before the end of 
the month, so that each person will have at least a month to complete 
their project.  (Some have already started their projects, and a few 
have even completed them!!)


Yours in Lace,

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA  USA

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[lace-chat] To all the kids who survived the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, and even 70's!

[Clay Blackwell]

I'm pretty sure this is been around for a while, but still...  it brings 
back good memories, and makes me sad for my grandchildren.


Clay


TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while 
they were pregnant.



They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't 
get tested for diabetes.



Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby 
cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.



We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or 
cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our

heads.


As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no 
booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no 
brakes



Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a 
special treat.


We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.


We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one 
actually died from this.



We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid 
made with real white sugar.. And, we weren't overweight.. WHY?


Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were 
back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride 
them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running 
into

the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.


We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.. There were no 
video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no
surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no 
Internet and no chat rooms WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found 
them!


We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no 
lawsuits from these accidents.



We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in 
us forever.



We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks 
and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put

out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or 
rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.


Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who 
didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.


Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard 
of...  They actually sided with the law!


These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem 
solvers and inventors ever.



The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.


We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how 
to deal with it all.




If YOU are one of them? CONGRATULATIONS!

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[lace-chat] Clever school project

[Clay Blackwell]

Greetings friends!

I got a letter from my 8-year-old grandson today, posted from his second 
grade classroom!  They are studying maps now, and have made pictures of 
themselves and sent them out to people they know.  They are asking that 
we send the picture back with a postcard from the place we live.


They are going to look at maps and find all of these places!  I know the 
children will have a grand time, exploring the maps and finding out 
where their pictures have been!


I thought some of you might like to send postcards too!  The children 
would be thrilled to get letters from foreign countries!!  So, if any of 
you has the time or inclination to do this, write to me privately, and 
I'll send you the information you need - along with one of his pictures!!


Thanks so much!

Clay

Clay Blackwell, in Lynchburg, VA, USA

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[lace-chat] A Little Wordplay for Lovers of Words

[Clay Blackwell]

I've run across this list of excellent puns on the internet...  some are 
very clever, all are amusing, for those of us who love word-play!


http://phoenomi.com/2006/09/12/a-little-wordplay-for-lovers-of-words/

Clay

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[lace-chat] Washington Post Mensa Invitational...

[Clay Blackwell]

*Washington Post Mensa Invitational* 

Here are the winners of this year's Washington Post's Mensa Invitational 
which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, 
alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a 
new definition:



1. Cashtration (n.):   The act of buying a house, which renders 
the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.


2. Ignoranus:   A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxication:   Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts 
until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation:   Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone (n.):   The substance surrounding stupid people that 
stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, 
shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.


6. Foreploy:   Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose 
of getting laid. 


7. Giraffiti:   Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm:   The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and 
the person who doesn't get it.


9. Inoculatte:   To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis:   A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon:   It's like, when everybody is sending off all 
these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and 
it's like, a serious bummer.


12. Decafalon (n.):   The grueling event of getting through the 
day consuming only things that are good for you.


13. Glibido:   All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect:   The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter 
when they come at you rapidly.


15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.):   The frantic dance performed just 
after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.


16. Beelzebug (n.):   Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets 
into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.


17. Caterpallor (n.):   The color you turn after finding half a worm in 
the fruit you're eating.



The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its 
yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings 
for common words.


And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n.The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj.   Appalled by discovering how much weight one has 
gained.


3. Abdicate, v.   To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade, v.   To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj.   Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj.   Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing 
only a nightgown.


7. Lymph, v.   To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle, n.   Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n.   Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has 
been run over by a steamroller.


10. Balderdash, n.   A rapidly receding hairline.
 
11. Testicle n.   A humorous question on an exam.


12. Rectitude, n.   The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon, n..   A Rastafarian proctologist. 
14. Oyster, n.   A person who sprinkles his conversation with yiddishisms.


15. Frisbeetarianism, n.   The belief that, after death, the soul flies 
up onto the roof and gets stuck there..


16. Circumvent, n.   An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by 
Jewish men.


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Re: [lace-chat] Re: gasoline smell part 2

[Clay Blackwell]

Alice, how about if you get some of the charcoal that is sold in 
pharmacies to be ingested when someone swallows something poisonous?  If 
you spread some of the charcoal on a flat surface, put a layer of 
lightweight cloth over it, put your lace on that, another layer of 
cloth, and then generously cover with the charcoal, perhaps the charcoal 
would absorb the gas fumes as well as any lingering moisture.  Obviously 
I'm suggesting the cloth "sandwich" to keep the charcoal dust out of 
your lace.  I imagine that it would take a good long rest for the smell 
to be absorbed, but I don't think it would do any harm, and could do a 
lot of good.  Other options might be silica gel or the gel/charcoal 
combination that they sometimes package with medications.


Clay

Alice Howell wrote:

In the USA, 'gas' is what we call petrol.  It was clear...left no marks... but 
the smell drives me nuts.

All the cleaning suggestions for fabrics end with saying NOT to dry it in a 
dryer because any residue could combust.  Drying in air is recommended until 
any trace of odor is gone.

I may have to wash, rinse, re-soak my lace for several days before it's clear 
of the stuff.  About a dozen lace pieces got it, so far.  I'm re-checking the 
rest of the display items just in case I missed some the first time through.

I know that I wanted a new board for display since a recent demo in wet weather warped it, but I really didn't plan to do it right now.  A small table, a box, my planing book,and some other things got caught in it too.  I keep finding more things that smell.  The display board was foam board, so it started to dissolve, or at least get very soft.  


Alice in Oregon -- overcast, and supposed to rain, so I can't leave the car 
windows open today.





- Original Message 
From: Brenda Paternoster 
To: Alice Howell 
Cc: Arachne 
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 1:57:36 PM
Subject: Re: [lace-chat] gasoline smell

Hi Alice

I'm moving this to Lace as it *is* relevant as some of your lace got 
contaminated, and you are more likely to get answers.

Fortunately it's not a problem I've had to deal with, but I have a question for 
you - by 'gas' do you mean petrol or diesel?  Petrol is what most cars used 
until quite recently, diesel is what trucks and lorries use.

Petrol is much more flamable, but very volatile and I would have thought that a 
few days in fresh air would solve the problem.In road traffic accidents 
petrol spillage is a fire hazard.   Diesel is oiler and I guess would be much 
more difficult to deal with.  A  diesel spillage makes the road very slippery 
and needs sand applied to it to stop other vehicles from skidding.

Brenda

On 7 Aug 2009, at 18:00, Alice Howell wrote:

  

I'm very annoyed at my DH.  He put a gas can in my car trunk, with my lace 
stuff.  It tipped over and spilled on my lace display board, as well as on the 
carpet of my new car.

The display board is ruined...soaked.  I pulled the lace pieces off if 
immediately, but about 1/3 of them smelled. I did some quick research on the 
web, and currently have the pieces soaking in water with white vinegar.

The top carpet piece from my car trunk can't be cleaned that way (I pulled it 
out)and I'm trying to figure out what to do with it.  I have baking soda 
spread out on paper in my car (trunk and back seat) to try to get rid of the 
smell left in the car.  There must have been a bit that went all the way to the 
carpet that is glued to the sides/bottom of the trunk.

Any suggestions?  Anyone else dealt with this problem?

Alice in Oregon

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[lace-chat] My camera story...

[Clay Blackwell]

I can't resist sharing this story with all of you!

While I was at Lace at Sweet Briar, I was snapping away with my trusty 
old (key word...) Canon Powershot A-95, when all of a sudden, it just 
died.  The LED on the back showed red and purple streaks, and if I took 
the picture using the viewfinder, the image looked like red and purple 
streaks!  Not wanting to spend much time with it then, I just put the 
camera away.  Once I got home, however, I "putzed" with it, and sure 
enough, I was able to get it to work again - but didn't know why or 
how.  I shut it down and put it away.  Fast forward a week or two, and a 
grandson came to visit...  out came the camera.  And on came the red and 
purple streaks!


So...  I began to do the research.  What camera would I get to replace 
this trusty old thing that's been like a glove in my hand for so long?  
And what features are important to me and which cameras have them?  And 
what does Consumers Reports say about the cameras these days?  
(Hallelujah, there was a recent issue devoted to digital cameras, and it 
wasn't even buried deep in the "pile"!!)  I took a side trip one day 
while out, and looked at the cameras in Best Buy (which has the largest 
array in our area, I think...), but was disappointed to see that they 
did not stock the brand I had settled on.


Still, the more I looked and the more I read, the more certain I was of 
the camera I wanted.  I just didn't want to spend that much money (not 
quite $300) right now.  (I'm definitely in the "point and shoot" 
range.)  So back I went to putzing.  And suddenly discovered that when 
those red and purple streaks come on, I could make them go away again by 
turning the LED screen off and then on again.  (This isn't an option in 
the newer cameras which don't have viewfinders...  and I do use my 
viewfinder occasionally, and like that feature!  I also like the swivel 
LED screen, which allows me "over-the-head" shots that are perfectly 
framed...  or even self portraits when the LED faces the front of the 
camera (NOT a trick I've been inclined to indulge in...).


So, armed with that knowledge, I took the camera out to a party last 
night, and snapped a few pictures with no incident.  Arriving home 
(nearly midnight...  unheard of for me these days!), I put the camera on 
the "bar" in the kitchen (higher than the counter), and went to bed.  DH 
woke up earlier than I did when he heard the thump.  Our hungry young 
cat had launched the camera to the floor, in an attempt (obviously 
successful) to get someone's attention.  I was given the bad news when I 
woke up.


I turned the camera on.  Check.  I focused.  Check.  I shot a picture. 
Check.  I looked at previously shot images.  Check.  The camera is in 
splendid condition, and managed to survive a 4-ft. drop to the floor and 
still function.  So... 

Here I am, happy as can be that the camera still works, and sad, at the 
same time, that I have no justification whatsoever to get another camera 
- and given the treatment it got last night, this camera may last me for 
years and years!!


And that's what I get for doing all that research and finding such a 
super-duper camera to replace "Old Faithful"!!


Clay

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[lace-chat] Don't blame me...

[Clay Blackwell]

Don't blame me if you don't get any work done!  Here's another addictive 
puzzle!



http://www.members.shaw.ca/gf3/circle-the-cat.html


Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] :-) Just a Mum

[Clay Blackwell]

jeanette wrote:
Does this make grandmothers 
'Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human
Relations' 
  


I think I prefer the title, Senior Research Consultant...  ; )

Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] Cats and mice

[Clay Blackwell]

A cold one...  in the dead of winter.

Clay

Thurlow Weed wrote:
This gave me a chuckle!  Our house, granted is a large one -- 18 rooms 
total, of which 14 are regular "living" rooms.  There is an unfinished 
walk-up attic which houses the library annex, a reading area and a 
pipe organ.  About a month ago I was inside the organ checking the 
compass springs on the partially-finished tracker windchest and 
discovered to my unpleasant surprise *mouse droppings* inside!


Of course, the garret is off-limits to felines, but there is no rodent 
food source up there, which means they would have to descend to the 
hunter's lair to forage; three of our six cats are skilled hunters!  
We had *a* mouse last fall, which Alexei (our Russian blue) was able 
to dispatch with greatest efficiency.
What mouse in its right mind would take up residence in a house with 
six cats, one of whom in particular is a most ruthless mouser!?

Thurlow
Lancaster OH
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Alice Howell wrote:

Had a true story to pass on.



Postnote -- DH reported that one of the mice was larger than the rest 
of them, so I have hopes that they caught the adult mouse and got rid 
of the whole bunch.  This is the first time in 35 years that we have 
had any mice.  None of our other cats ever had a chance to catch a 
mouse.



  


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Re: [lace-chat] Waste time trying this

[Clay Blackwell]

Somehow, I did it  but it took about six tries!

Clay

Jean Nathan wrote:
I haven't managed to solve this. Warning, unless you decide it's 
impossible very quickly, you'll waste a lot of time. Neither DH nor I 
have managed to solve it:


http://funstufftosee.com/frogleaptest.html

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Re: [lace-chat] list quiet- wood question

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Janice -

Your question came while I was at "Lace at Sweet Briar", and I did not 
spend much time with my emails!  However, now that I'm home again, I 
notice that you did not receive any *public* answers to this question, 
so have this to offer...


My DH and I inherited a number of old pieces of furniture when our 
parents died, and while they are not valuable antiques, they had a good 
bit of sentimental value to us.  Each had their own flaws...  scratches, 
dull finish, even water rings.  I did not want to spend a fortune on 
refinishing - partly because I didn't want them restored to "new" 
condition - the patina of age appeals to me, and partly because they 
weren't worth it.


The thing I found which has been the best possible solution is something 
called "Finish Feeder".  It is called, "the original and only genuine 
Feeder Polish for all wood furniiture and paneled walls".  It "cleans, 
feeds, beeswaxes".  It is made by the Finish Feeder Company, PO Box 60, 
Boyds, Maryland 20841 USA.  I bought my little can of it in a paint shop 
which sells paint for walls, exteriors, etc., and all of the various 
solvents and cleaners that are required for those jobs.  This was in a 
section that specifically related to furniture.  We had an old blanket 
chest which was lined with solid cedar (not just thin strips of it), but 
the exterior was totally dull and unattractive with lots of water 
blotches and sun fadings.  I gave it several "treatments" of this 
solution, and let it dry between applications.  After rubbing briskly, 
the wood now has an lovely finish, and the old patina has not been 
destroyed. It even improved the appearance of a small table which had 
once had a varnish finish which had mostly all worn off.  It actually 
looks much better, although certainly not a stunning piece!!


Hope this works for you!

Clay



Janice Blair wrote:

Yes, I think the chat list is so quiet that it takes a while to generate a
digest.

To get things moving, I have a question regarding my dining table.  I am sure
we have some experts on line.  I have a dull patch on my mahogany table which
I can't get rid of by using polish.  I have no idea what caused it.  It is
certainly not a water mark.  Has any one any idea of what I can do without
making it worse?  The table is not solid wood but has a mahogany wood
laminated top.  We brought the suite with us from England so it is getting on
in age but not an antique yet.

Janice

Janice Blair

Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: Risque Humour

[Clay Blackwell]

To which I said to my DH (who had received David's joke from me via a 
forwarded message...),  obviously crutch is to crotch as knickers are to 
panties!  I found the language differences as amusing as the joke itself 
- on an entirely different level!!  Now if I learn that David has, 
indeed, "mis-spoken" the term, I'll enjoy yet another chuckle from the 
same joke!!


Clay

Tamara P Duvall wrote:

On Jun 10, 2009, at 14:49, David C COLLYER wrote:


[...] her husband
says, "Are you wearing crutchless knickers?"
"Yes",she answers, smiling coyly.
He replies,"Thank the Lord for that, I thought the stuffing was 
coming out of

the settee."


Doubtless, after this bit of brilliant wit (not!), he spent the next 
two weeks on crutches, to learn the difference between "crutch" and 
"crotch".


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Re: [lace-chat] Poodle skirts

[Clay Blackwell]

Dusty Springfield came along a little later...  I'm thinking that there 
were precious few female artists during these years, but one of them was 
Connie Francis.


Clay

Jean Nathan wrote:
Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton 
ones. Several layers of net petticoat underneath, sometimes with a 
hoop in the lower hem. White sleeveless blouse with a turned up Peter 
Pan collar. Can;t remember the shoes, but they weren't saddle shoes.


Cyclamen lipstick and Dusty Springfield black eyelids went with that 
outfit.


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Re: [lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace

[Clay Blackwell]

My poodle skirts never actually had poodles on them... and they were 
certainly not made of felt, although the poodles on friend's skirts were 
felt. 

I think I might have been oblivious to the fashion world during the 
period of the poodle skirt...  until it was passe.  (For that matter, 
I'm still out of touch!!)  But I definitely wore the full circle skirt 
with crinolines, bobby socks (pulled straight up, not folded),  and 
saddle oxfords.  Oh...  and that black belt around the middle?  I 
remember it was about 3 inches wide and made of black elastic.  We wore 
the belt with the buckle (snap, hook...  whatever) in the back.  It was 
supposed to look cool too...  but I remember that unless you stayed 
pretty still, the skirt slipped down or the blouse peeked out under the 
belt, and cool went right out the window.


Think about it, Tamara...  why would anyone want to wear something that 
looks like underwear and bare most of their mid-section?  The "fashion" 
of youth does not follow rational rules.


Clay

dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:

Tamara writes:

  
Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a  
large felt poodle.



>
 
Because it was cool!
 
 
Gawd! You sound like my parents!


I never had any cool stuff.
Everyone else had cool stuff.





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Re: [lace-chat] Cotton Cardigan

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Dee -

The last time I was in my favorite knitting shop, I spotted a reel of 
"thread" that was actually elastic that could be threaded through 
knitted cuffs to help them keep their shape.  Sounds like just what you 
need!


Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA

Dee Palin wrote:

I have a favourite white summer cardigan, but it is made of fine cotton, and
within an hour of putting it on the cuffs are so baggy and loose and they then
hang over my hands, as my arms are a bit short - only washing brings them back
to where they should be.  Has anyone any ideas as to how I could elasticate
them, or keep them under control, please?

Dee Palin
Warwickshire

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[lace-chat] perspective

[Clay Blackwell]

   Be sure to go to the end... 




   Did you know

Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, makes 
$178,100 a day, working or not.


If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions 
of sugarplums dance in his head.


If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 
while he's there.


If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.

He makes $7,415/hour more than minimum wage.

If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him 
a whole 12 hours.


If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would 
have to do it at the rate of $200 every second.


He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be 
reimbursed $33,390 for that round.


He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100-meter dash in the 
Olympics, and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon.


This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past 
presidents for all of their terms combined.


Amazing isn't it?

However...

If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 500 years, he'll still 
have less than Bill Gates has at this very moment.


Game over. Nerd wins.

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Re: [lace-chat] news story on Alice in Oregon

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Alice!

I have to say that your newspaper did a decent job.  There were some 
glaring errors...  "tying" your threads, for example...  but that was 
their failure to understand the process.   Still, it was a fine article, 
and you should be proud!!  And, BTW, the picture of the tablecloth 
edging...  it's very pretty!  Has it been finished, or is it still a WIP?


I've seen (and been featured in...)  much, much, MUCH worse!!  ; ) 


Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA

Alice Howell wrote:

My husband just found that the write up on me and my bobbin lace in 2006 is in 
the online archives at our local newspaper.  It is a rather good writeup 
considering the reporter knew nothing about the art when she did the interview. 
 The archives do not show all the pictures that were in the printed article.

It you have a few minutes and would like to take a look, here's the link:
http://web.newsregister.com/news/results.cfm?story_no=210976

Alice in Oregon -- sunshine and supposed to reach 70 degrees today and 
tomorrow.  Then cool again.

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[lace-chat] And now for something... absurd!!

[Clay Blackwell]

I "stumbled" across this today.  Try as I might, I couldn't beat it!!

http://illusionaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/rotating_conflusion2.png

Totally silly...  It will make you laugh a little.

Clay

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Re: [lace-chat] Deer: was: A Little Canadian Humor

[Clay Blackwell]

I don't *think* so...  The problem is that usually deer are hit in the 
night, and no one wants to stop and field dress a carcass when you've 
got to think about getting your banged up car home. 

What this state does have is a group called, "Hunters for the Hungry".  
If you're having a lot of trouble with deer, you can call and they will 
come out and "prune a few" out of the herd, giving the meat to the food 
banks.  The problem is, this can only be done in sparcely populated 
areas, and the deer seem to be smart enough to know that they're free to 
wander about un-molested in the city.  They're really a menace here, 
where they won't let my garden grow.


Clay

Joy Beeson wrote:

On 2/26/09 1:47 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote:

Well, I'm in Virginia, . . . .  Last year, she was hit no fewer than 
three times!!!


Does Virginia allow the driver to keep the venison? 
I have been told that Indiana keeps a list of hard-up people who know 
how to dress a deer, and gives one of them the deer when the driver 
doesn't want it.  By good fortune, I've never checked this out. 
We did hit a deer once, in New York State, but all we found was a 
sitzmark next to a chain-link fence.  We figured that a deer who got 
out of there without leaving tracks on this side of the fence couldn't 
have been injured too badly -- we were going slow when it jumped into 
us, because Dave had started braking when he saw the first deer cross 
the road.




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Re: [lace-chat] A Little Canadian Humor

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Malvary!

Those were fun...  Thankfully, I can't relate to most of them, but can 
certainly "get" the humor!


But...  one item hits home really close!  "If you know several people 
who have hit a deer more than once..."


Well, I'm in Virginia, where I think we have more deer than we have 
people - and that's just in the city!!  A friend of mine lives with her 
husband out in the country.  They keep three cars - so that they always 
have a spare when bodywork has  to be done on one that was hit by a 
deer.  Last year, she was hit no fewer than three times!!!


Clay

Malvary J Cole wrote:

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Foxworthy
if you don't know who he is ... and wanna) has to say about Canucks.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from  September through May, you 
may live in Canada.


If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't 
work there, you may live in Canada.


If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in 
Canada.


If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you may live in Canada.

If  'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Detroit for the weekend, 
you may live in Canada.


If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Canada.

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may 
live in Canada.


If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back 
again, you may live in Canada.


If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow during a raging 
blizzard without flinching, you may live in Canada.


If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave 
both unlocked, you may live in Canada.


If you carry jumper cables in your car and the whole family knows how 
to use them, you may live in Canada.


If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you 
may live in Canada.


If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km -- you're going 90 and 
everybody is passing you, you may live in Canada.


If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled 
with snow, you may live in Canada.


If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and 
road construction, you may live in Canada.


If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may live 
in Canada.


If you find 2 degrees 'a little chilly', you may live in Canada.

If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your 
Canadian friends & others, you do live in Canada.


Malvary in Ottawa where it is +3c today, but snow forecast for tonight 
and -6 forecast for the weekend

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Re: [lace-chat] New baby

[Clay Blackwell]

I am positively amazed that you were able to figure out what that 
gremlin was doing!!!  When my computer misbehaves, it's always a mystery 
to me!!  (Like now...  when the "D" key doesn't work most of the time, 
and I've developed a habit of hitting it harder than other keys...  so 
that when it *does* work (as it is doing this morning...) I sometimes 
get a string of "Ds" instead of just one...


Clay

Jane Partridge wrote:
In message <43bc20aa62d71ef988247949d185e...@rockbridge.net>, Tamara P 
Duvall  writes

(Am I the only one who got four copies of this message?)


No, I got 4 copies also; Jane must be super happy with the baby and no
wonder :)

Congratulations, Jane!


Thanks - he is settling in well, and thankfully will take a bottle 
(his sister, who is 2 today, wouldn't - Jenny had no option but to 
breast feed her until she was about a year old and was dreading the 
same happening again!). Think I'd rather have him than his mother 
though - she was a "Wednesday's Child" (full of woe) and still is!!!


I think I can explain the multi-message problem - I sent it just 
before we went out today (by which time it was still in the outbox) 
but last night had attempted to email a photo to my sister and 
brother. Large file, despite being zipped, refused to co-operate and 
so when I sent the message to the list it was  "in transit" and 
couldn't be stopped. So I turned the monitor off and left it to it. 
Got home to find that it had finally gone, but four copies of the 
message I sent to the list in my "chat" folder. I suspect it took the 
mail program several attempts to send the larger file, and this one 
got caught up in the mayhem. Apologies to all for appearing to be 
over-enthusiastic - it wasn't me, it was the gremlin in the computer - 
honest!


Have now uploaded the photos to an album (which also wouldn't 
co-operate at 1am) so won't need to send any more large emails to 
relatives.


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Re: [lace-chat] New baby

[Clay Blackwell]

Congratulations, Jane!!  So glad to hear that everything is OK. 

How lucky you are to have a granddaughter AND a grandson!!  What fun 
you'll have with them.


(Am I the only one who got four copies of this message?)

Jane Partridge wrote:
Just to say I've been quiet because I've been at my daughter's - her 
second child, a boy (Layton Andrew Bates) was born a week early on 
Friday night (16th January) at 11.15pm. 8lb 8.5oz. Home delivery 
assisted by ambulance crew, midwife arrived in time to cut the cord - 
Layton decided not to hang around, so it was less than a 3 hour labour 
and following instructions from the hospital to "wait a bit longer" 
(an hour before he was born - it takes half an hour to get there!) she 
didn't have time to get there! DH and I arrived about 15 minutes 
before the birth. No complications and both are doing well - his big 
sister (Crystal) is two years old today.




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Re: [lace-chat] Lace Knitting

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Pene -

I'm looking forward to seeing Nancy Bush's new book too!  It's an 
eagerly awaited book, it sounds like!! 

Yesterday, I finished the first sock in a pair I'm knitting from Noro 
Kureyon wool.  This worked up quickly, and kept my hands busy while I 
felt too miserable to make lace (classic head cold, which is finally 
going away).  I love the way the sock slouches on my leg, like the old 
leg-warmers...  And the fact that the stripes on the two socks won't 
match is quirky and fun.  They're going to be fun to wear - perfect with 
the Birks!


Clay

pene piip wrote:
I've been knitting recently also. I like to do something in the 
evenings which don't strain my eyes.
I have 10 balls of Noro Silk Garden which I bought while living in MA, 
USA, & I liked the stripped scarves that some knitters were making. 
See http://yarnloopie.blogspot.com/2007/12/noro-striped-scarf.html


But I can't wear mohair against my skin, so I've knitted a sideways 
vest using a pattern from Knitter's magazine (#62).
I finished it yesterday, & I now have to sew the shoulders & do 
something to the edges - probably crochet an edge.

This week I will hunt out some buttons.

And speaking of shawls, I can't wait to receive Nancy Bush's new book 
"Knitted Lace of Estonia".

Has anyone started something from this book?

Well, I better go & do something useful,
Pene in Tartu, Estonia,
where it is above 0 C degrees today.

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Re: [lace-chat] knitting

[Clay Blackwell]

H.  this may be a good sign that the time is right for a class 
in knitted lace this summer!  One is being offered at Sweet Briar if 
anyone is interested.


Clay

Sue Babbs wrote:
I have been busy knitting too - having made sweaters for my husband 
and son for Christmas. The one for my son was so much liked by them 
both that I have bought more of that yarn to make one in it for my 
husband. The yarn is so soft to the touch and a delight to knit, but 
you have to keep it well away from lace as it sheds. I used Misti 
Alpaca chunky, and I've ordered a ball of the worsted weight to see if 
it is also as soft. If it is I will order more and make something for 
myself out of it


Sue
(in snowy Illinois)
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Re: [lace-chat] Where are you all

[Clay Blackwell]

Wow, Janice!  Lucky you!  Those are gorgeous needles, and look like they 
would be nice to work with! 

I've also been knitting!  I've finished a short "hood" which is just a 
tube which can be worn over the head outside, and inside is just pulled 
down onto the shoulders as a cowl.  It's nice and warm, and with the 
alpapa wool in it, it is very soft to touch!  I just started a gorgeous 
lace shawl, which is knit in cotton yarn on #9 (US) needles, but has a 
lovely lacey pattern.  Because I came down with a nasty head-cold on New 
Year's, I've not felt like sitting at a lace pillow, but bundled in a 
warm comforter in an easy chair with my feet up, I can knit to my 
heart's desire. 

Greetings to everyone!  Hope you're keeping warm, and enjoying the fact 
that the holidays are finally over.  (I love this time of year!!)


Clay



Janice Blair wrote:

Hi Dora,
Both lists are quiet.  I just found out from a friend that I had won a spider
raffle and I also won the Lace Guild Advent Calendar.  No wonder people were
saying I should buy a lottery ticket this week.  I finally received the digest
for Lace and will read it asap, but Lace Chat is very quiet.  Maybe we can
think up a new topic.

I have been busy knitting myself a cardigan and was able to model it last
night for my lace friends.  My DH bought me a set of beautiful multi colored
circular wooden needles for my birthday.  They have interchangeable ends and
four circular center wires.  I started knitting a beret last night and they
feel so smooth to knit with.  They are from Knitpicks in the US, see them at
this link.

http://www.knitpicks.com/interchangeable+circular+knitting+needles_NL300312.h
tml

My DD sends me interesting links on knitting on youtube so I can see what she
is talking about when we talk knitting with each other.  Here are three she
sent me recently.

Rib cable cast on:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQIm1H2hDM
Magic loop:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtBSmxGomPk
2 circular needles:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybPvCNfrT8
Hope this starts a new topic.
Janice

Janice Blair

Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

www.jblace.com

http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

--- On Wed, 1/7/09, Dora Northern  wrote:
From: Dora Northern 
Subject: [lace-chat] Where are you all
To: lace-chat@arachne.com
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 7:30 PM

Hallo All,

surely it is time that all of you have recovered from all the eating and
drinking and fun

It is very lonely without any E-mail, so please Lacers think about the Loners
and write
something.

Greetings from the Knotter Dora

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Re: [lace-chat] Christmas food shopping - just how much can people eat? And lace on the pillow...

[Clay Blackwell]

It's not just in the UK...  I went to the grocery store yesterday, 
thinking to avoid the rush...  oh silly me.  It was early in the 
morning, and still the parking lot was full.  As luck had it, a spot 
opened up for me *just* as I got to it.  I spent more than usual, mainly 
because a few staples we use were on sale, so I stocked up.  I also 
splurged in the deli on a 1/2 pound of wafer-thin-sliced Smithfield Ham 
- it just doesn't seem like Christmas in Virginia without Oyster Stew 
and Smithfield Ham biscuits!  I realize now that I should have only 
gotten 1/4 pound!!  Oh well...  it can be frozen.  I noticed that the 
store had an unusually large supply of cakes and pies and specialty 
cookies...  a lot of which will end up either sold at deep discounts 
after Christmas, or...  donated to the local "soup kitchen".  So the 
homeless and hungry will eat well next week!  For that, we can be thankful!!


We're planning a very low-key holiday this year.   I've planned brunch 
for Christmas Day, and DS and his son will come over.  But we're not 
planning on any traveling, and I am actually happy to spend a few 
relaxing days with DH just staying home.  He will be expanding our 
wireless network in the house so there aren't any dead zones - I'm 
looking forward to that!!  (Did I say relaxing?  By the time he is done 
with this, he'll be anything but relaxed!!)  There are a few technical 
mysteries to be resolved, but I'm confident he can do it. 

Meanwhile, my lacemaking has taken a back-seat for the past month or 
so!  In October, we lost our precious old kitty (cancer), and I grieved 
as though he were my own child!!  Finally, I could not stand the void 
any longer, and began to explore the cat rescue sources on the 
internet.  I finally went to our local animal shelter, and there spotted 
a precious kitten.  But, I knew DH was opposed to having another cat (he 
commented that having pets makes it difficult to be spontaneous with 
travel...).  So, I did not "adopt" him on the spot.  But several days 
later, when I could not get him out of my mind, I went back, and he was 
still there!!!  I was elated, and adopted him right then and there!  
We've had him for a month, and he has survived neutering and all of his 
shots, and at his last visit to the vet, he had gained a pound and a 
half - in just one month!!  He will be a big boy...  And he is such a 
love-muffin!!  HOWEVER, we dare not put up a Christmas Tree, because he 
would destroy it in fairly short order.  Next year, he should be more 
subdued.  Meanwhile, he keeps us highly amused.  And  BTW...  DH is 
as smitten with him as I am, so all is well in that respect.


"Mr. Giggs" has a favorite spot in the house.  It is at the window seat 
which looks out at several bird feeders.  My lace pillow is beside it, 
and takes advantage of the light.  So, while I make lace, he either 
sleeps or watches the birds.  "Giggs" is pronounced "Jiggs"...  he has 
this name because, quite frankly, he is a Gigolo! 

Hope everyone celebrates this season in the way that pleases them the 
most!  I wish good health and, considering the financial climate, a 
reasonable measure of solvency to everyone!!


Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA





Sue Duckles wrote:

Oh Jean, can I join you on that soap box please??

I too am not religious, and although I'll wish people a merry 
christmas (yes with small letters) I too much prefer 'Greetings of the 
Season'!  When I worked in the local shop we were only closed on 
Christmas Day, AND one of the other shops in the village opened for a 
few hours even on Christmas Day!!  So, I could never work out why 
people had to spend an arm and a leg on food before Christmas and 
again on Boxing Day!!!  (I suppose ours is not to reason why)


Maybe we should join 'Grumpy Old Women'  (shall we start a group 
amongst Arachneans??) And then they're telling us on the TV that 
there's an economic downturn h, don't think that includes 
food


We're off out for dinner on Thursday, courtesy of my Mother in Law, 
then we'll pop to see my daughter & her boyfriend, but I won't be 
drinking, I've to drive!! (Well, someone has to)  Had to take MIL 
out today for a palm for Chris for Thursday,  everywhere was heaving!  
Then, when I got home I found that an aunt had called to say my Uncle 
'passed this mortal coil' at the end of November!  (They only live in 
Hull and still didn't let me know at least I know where I stand 
with most of my Family!)


Anyway, I'm off the soapbox, anyone else want to take my place?

Sue in EY (in a Christmas free house!!)
On 23 Dec 2008, at 09:56, Jean Nathan wrote:

Went down to the hospital this morning for my monthly blood test. 
Left home at 7.30am, and the big Tesco supermarket car park near my 
home wa

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Christmas Greetings

[Clay Blackwell]

Yikes!  That's definitely an old one.

I found the following in an old cookbook which my Mother used in the 
'30s and '40s.  It sounds pretty close to the original ingredients, and 
at least they have given us measures!


4 pounds lean beef
2 pounds beef suet
Baldwin apples
3 quinces
3 pounds sugar
2 cups molasses
2 quarts cider
3 pounds currants
4 pounds raisins, seeded and cut in
pieces
1/2  pound finely cut citron
1 quart grape juice or cooking brandy
1 tablespoon cinnamon and mace
1 tablespoon powdered clove
2 grated nutmegs
1 teaspoon pepper
Salt to taste

Cover meat and suet with boiling water and cook until tender.
Cool in water in which they are cooked; the suet will rise to top,
forming a cake of fat, which may be easily removed. Chop meat
fine and add it to twice the amount of finely chopped apples. The
apples should be quartered, cored, and pared previous to chopping,
or skins may be left on, which is not an objection if apples are
finely chopped. Add quinces finely chopped, sugar, molasses, cider,
raisins, currants, and citron; also suet, and stock in which meat and
suet were cooked reduced to 1 1/2 cups. Heat gradually, stir occasionally,
and cook slowly 2 hours; then add grape juice or brandy
and spices.

A recipe following this one instructs us to assemble the pie with two 
crusts.




Clay

Brenda Paternoster wrote:

Hi Sue

The best I can offer is from
http://www.mincepieclub.co.uk/Mince_Pie_News/Mince_Pie_History/The_History_Of_The_Mince_Pie.html 



"To make Pyes - Pyes of mutton or beif must be fyne mynced and 
ceasoned wyth pepper and salte, and a lyttle saffron to coloure it, 
suet or marrow a good quantite, a lyttle vyneger, prumes, greate 
raysins and dates, take thefattest of the broathe of powdred beyfe, 
and yf you wyll have paest royall, take butter and yolkes of egges and 
so tempre the flowre to make the paeste."


Brenda

On 15 Dec 2008, at 14:29, Sue Duckles wrote:


Just been on Brenda's site to see todays offering (15th).

My husband wants the 'original recipe'!!

Sue in EY
On 15 Dec 2008, at 10:33, Brenda Paternoster wrote:


and a reminder that there's a link to the Advent calendar on my 
homepage


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Re: [lace-chat] Moon, Jupiter, Venus

[Clay Blackwell]

AMAZING pictures!!  We had heavy cloud-cover/rain, so couldn't see 
anything!  Thanks for the pictures!


Clay

Avital wrote:

Did anyone go out to see the moon-Jupiter-Venus show last night? I
only found out by chance when DH called me at work. I took three
photos of the moon setting when I got home. It was moving so fast (and
I was using a long exposure) that the planets appear as motion blurs.
I hear that the next time this will occur is in 40 years.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/3076278379/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/3076278257/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/3077109182/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/3073931157/  ("Smiley" in the
sky taken a couple hours before the others)

Avital

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Re: [lace-chat] Something slightly different-recession strategy

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Devon -

My sister owned a knitting shop for 25 years - just sold it about six 
months ago.  She said that during the last downturn in the economy, her 
business boomed...  People would opt to stay home rather than take an 
expensive trip, and so the materials for a new knitting project seemed 
rather frugal in comparison.  I agree that we are less likely to seduce 
new people into lacemaking, but I can't think of a better way to get my 
mind off the economy than to sit at my lace pillow and forget about 
everything else!


But...  I am holding my breath to see what the economy does to the 
desire to go to lace gatherings!! 


Clay

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Beautiful, but who are you going to sell them to? I understand that the  
first thing people cut down on in a recession is handmade greeting cards.
 
An interesting question would be, is a recession good or bad for  lacemaking. 
One of my correspondents thinks it is bad for lacemaking because  people 
won't start expensive new hobbies, and lacemaking can cost a bit up  front, always 
a problem. On the other hand, once you have the bobbins and  pillows the cost 
of the thread is negligible. Books are expensive, but not  essential. 
 
Some economists are saying that people will stay home more, not dining out  
or going to Operas, say. So, if they are at home more, they could make more  
lace. Lace provides hours of entertainment rather cheaply.  In fact,  actually, 
a book can provide many hours of entertainment for its cost, even if  an 
expensive book. I probably already have enough books that if I were  suddenly 
disabled and could do nothing but read for the rest of my  life, I would never need 
to buy another book.. 
 
The Nov. 17th Times has an article proposing that people will be doing a  lot 
of knitting during the down turn.

_http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/knitting-through-a-downturn/?scp
=1&sq=knitting&st=cse_ 
(http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/knitting-through-a-downturn/?scp=1&sq=knitting&st=cse) 
 
Of course, if people don't go to lace days and conventions in order to save  
money, then groups won't put them on anymore. One year of putting on a lace  
event no one goes to can kill the desire of anyone to put on such an event. 
Yet,  in the family economy, a lace weekend for Mom is usually the thing that 
people  feel can be dispensed with in favor of dentistry for the children. I hope 
it  doesn't kill all the lace events. 
 
 
Devon

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: Another paper cutting

[Clay Blackwell]

I surely hope not!!  But it may land one or both of you on "a list" 
somewhere!!


Tamara P Duvall wrote:

On Nov 17, 2008, at 17:25, Clay Blackwell wrote:

Gosh, you two...  I hope you don't get arrested for shipping 
hazardous sharp objects!!!


You can't take them with you on a plane (but that's true about every 
country now) but, a craft knife with spare blades, safely packed and 
declared on a mailing slip? What's dangerous about that? It's not a 
hand grenade or a loaded gun.




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Re: [lace-chat] Another paper cutting

[Clay Blackwell]

Gosh, you two...  I hope you don't get arrested for shipping hazardous 
sharp objects!!!


Clay

Avital wrote:

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  

 I think I need to find a reliable source
for knife blades.
  

Me, me, me! Am I first? :)



LOL! Of course you're first! You're faster with the reply key than
almost anyone I know! ;-)  We'll talk off-line. Thanks very much for
the offer.

  

PS Your cuttings are lovely. Remind me a bit of the ones I used to see in
folk stores, back in Warsaw, except yours are single colour and therefore
nicer/more lacy.



When I was a teenager, a Polish friend of my mother used to do amazing
paper cuttings of roosters, flowers, etc., from magazine pages. She
did the traditional kind (sorry, can't think of the term and certainly
can't spell it without checking) where different coloured papers are
layered. I remember her son pointing to an amazing chrysanthemum paper
cutting and telling me, "That used to be a picture of meatloaf." From
Hamburger Helper to art.

Avital

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Re: [lace-chat] Clay's raffle

[Clay Blackwell]

I got this, Sue...  I have been having problems with Comcast for a long 
time...  I notice it when I'm sending, but it sounds like getting mail 
is an issue too.  I'm not technically savy enough to say what the 
problem is.  But I've read that Comcast wants to sell  part of the 
business they acquired when they bought Adelphia, because we're not 
"profitable".  So they just ignore us when there are problems. 


I'll add you to the raffle.

Clay

Sue Duckles wrote:

Morning Spiders

Clay, I've sent you a few emails now, but they are coming back as 
undeliverable!


Like the raffle entry for instance!

Do you have a problem with your inbox or is your ISP box full?

Sue in EY

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[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re: Raffle

[Clay Blackwell]

Knowing with a fair degree of certainty that I would not be one of the 
lucky winners, I bought myself my *own* socks this week, when I spotted 
them on sale, half-price!  They're black with  silver and purple 
spiderwebs!  The threads for the webs has some metallic stuff in them, 
and are also "fuzzy", so they're quite outrageous!  But they sure were 
fun to wear, and kept my feet nice and warm too!


Clay

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Dear Arachne Friends, 

Well, there were 25 entries for the spider web socks raffle..and tonight 
DH picked three names from the hat.  The winners are (drum roll...):


Antje Gonzalez
Agnes Boddington
Alessandra in Italy
  


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Re: [lace-chat] No Knead Bread Recipe

[Clay Blackwell]

Hi Dee...

The archives can be found at

http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/

Clay

Dee Palin wrote:

I am sorry to post this to the list, but when we were having the discussions
about No Knead Bread a lady contacted me and we had quite a 'chat' about
breadmaking.  I promised to look out a recipe for her, which I have found, and
now have lost her email address.  If she could contact me off-list I would be
delighted to send it to her.

By the way, I tried to access the archives to look up the postings about it,
but could not seem to find them.  I obviously have not got the link right so
if anyone could tell me where to find it I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

Dee Palin
Warwickshire

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