Re: [lace-chat] Dating after sixty (lace-chat)
Aren't human beings funny - when its the middle of winter here, we envy those who live in the northern hemisphere because they have warm weather.and vice versa!Now, while we're being envied for our hot weather, we're busy coveting the snow and cold of the northern hemisphere But when our own cold weather hits, we'll be envying the northern summer...and the whole cycle goes round and round Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Tregellas Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Helene Gannac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Dating after sixty (lace-chat) > Hi Helene, > > >Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who's sick of the heat. Why can't we > exchange > >with some of that lovely snow you're having in Europe and the US, I don't > know!! > > I do, I was talking to a lady in Ingersoll (near Toronto) this > morning and she said that the temperature was minus 9 degrees F with a wind > chill factor taking the temp to minus 32 deg F. > The back lawn was covered with 2 feet of snow! and she was > sick of 'cabin fever'. > > Shirley T - Adelaide, South Australia having just enjoyed a swim after > dinner. :-) > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.5 - Release Date: 26-Dec-04 > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] bent pins
Yes, Anne, that's right. Bent brass pins were collected by Springetts from all over the UK...and each year they'd take the collection to a metal merchant and sell them to be melted down and recycled. Springetts gave the money they received for the pins to charity. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Anne Nicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] bent pins > Hi Lynn, > > A good question but it definitely was something to do with charity !! > > I think they might have been melted ?? > > Anne Nicholas > Hanworth > Middx > England > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Anne Nicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] bent pins > > > > Okay why do you save them, and what gets done with them? > > > > Lynn, Wollongong, Australia > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] remote controls (lace-chat)
Helene, that was my husband's attitude too - leave it all to me...until I went to Tasmania for an Australian Lace Guild conference. Rosemary Shepherd laughed at me with my mobile phone on the belt, and I told her that it was so that Cliff could ring and ask me how to do something. Within 12 hours, the phone call came: "How do I play a videotape??"I explained how. "No, that doesn't work - nothing's happening".I eventually worked out that he didn't have a videotape loaded into the video player!! Do I presume your DH never goes away? Or when he does, do you just listen to the radio?? Regards, (laughing) Ruth - Original Message - From: "Helene Gannac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:30 PM Subject: [lace-chat] remote controls (lace-chat) > Noelene wrote: > >Our TV remote control was damaged and getting it repaired was going to be a > problem, so I bought an "all in one" remote from Tandy (does everyone have > Tandy stores, I know it's American), read the fairly simple instructions, and it now > controls the TV and the video - the satellite and the DVD still have their > own remotes, I haven't tried "training" the all in one to do those, but I think its > possible for it to at least control the DVD. > > We have 2 remote controls, one for the TV and one for the DVD/Video player. I don't > know how to use either of them, the only thing I know, and the only thing I need, is > which button to push to turn the TV off :-) DH is welcome to the rest!! > > Helene, the froggy from Melbourne > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Fw: troops
I too was offended by the posting of these messages to this lace group - I thought that political discussions were not allowed on this list. Both the original posting and the replies are political discussions, whatever opinions are expressed. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: Fw: troops > Tamara > > Thank you for giving an American response to this message. It was highly > offensive and had no place on an international list of any description. While > some Americans obviously believe that what the Americn troops are doing to > prisoners in Cuba and in Iraq is acceptable in civilise society the rest of the > world does not. > > As Tamara so rightly said the treatment of "detainees" at Guantamano Bay has > prompted the hideous beheading of various American and British civilians, plus > the death of a British woman, married to an Iraqi and living there for > something like 30 years. She had converted and had spent her life helping the poor > of her adopted country. > > I could go on but I won't. What I do want to say is that such messages > should never again be posted to this list. This is a friendly list: let's keep it > that way. > > Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Contact please
David, could you contact me privately, please?? Thank you!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: Weather
After Noelene's comments about how cold she was in Cooma, I listened more carefully to the weather reports - and there *was* snow somewhere in the highlands of New South Walesso that explained why Noelene was so cold! In Sydney, it was cold, but not bad enough to warrant a fire. And another heatwave on its wayoh dear! Shirely, can't you keep that in Adelaide, instead of pushing it east?? After all, you've got all those lovely beaches close by! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia - laughing at the vagaries of the Aussie weather, after years of listening to the Australians poking fun at the English weather!) (No offence, chaps, just joking!!) - Original Message - From: "Tregellas Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Helen Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] RE: Weather > Hi to you all, > > At 08:57 PM on 27-12-04 -0700, Helen Bell wrote: > > >Heard from Mum and Dad who are at Mallacoota, (far eastern Victoria, on > >the coast), and they said it was pretty cold there today (28th Oz time), > >and they weren't going out fishing. Next thing, Noelene'll be reporting > >that it's snowing :-) > > I was talking to a lady in Tasmania last night on the ham radio and > she said that snow had been forecast for the Tasmania Highlands - go > figure, it's supposed to be *summer*!!! > > A Happy New Year to you all, > > Shirley T. - Adelaide, South Australia where its quite coolish, only 21 deg > C today. But, Ruth and Noelene and all those east of Adelaide, Perth had 38 > yesterday so I guess the hot weather is on its way. > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Flavour wave oven
OK, I'll bite - what is a Flavour Wave oven????? Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:13 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Flavour wave oven > Hi, especially to our American members. I have a Flavour Wave oven. It is > great but I only really cook meat in it. I know you can do a whole meal in it. > Can any of you give me any recipes or a link to where I can find some? There is > nothing available in England as it is fairly new and only just catching on. > Many thanks, Vivienne > > KEEP LACING, TATTING, CROCHETING AND EMBROIDERING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Festive Fruit Cake
Angel, I just *had* to share that laugh with the rest of the list It's actually a good lesson in communications - I knew what I was talking about, but without wading through the whole correspondence, how was anyone else supposed to know?? Still giggling myself, Ruth (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Angel Skubic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ruth Budge'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:26 AM Subject: RE: [lace-chat] Festive Fruit Cake > ROFLMAO...Ruth, > > When I opened this I read the first line and my mind went to > bras...don't ask me why but I thought "what is so different about their > bras sizes and our bra sizes" > Sorry but it was a good laugh anyway. > Our cups are not the same as yours and not the same as England either I > don't think. We have a gallon, which is broken up into 4 quarts, and > each quart is broken down to 2 pints and there 2 cups in a pint (4 to a > qt) I never tried to figure out how that would come out in metrics. I am > metric challenged. > > Cearbhael > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ruth Budge > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 4:10 PM > To: lace-chat@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Festive Fruit Cake > > Dear Martha, > This brings us to the perennial question - please remind us > non-Americans > how big your "cup" sizes are!!In Australia we have a 250ml measuring > cup > for cooking, but I seem to remember yours is different. > Thanks. > Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) > - Original Message - > From: "Martha Krieg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Faye Owers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Festive Fruit Cake > > > > This one is called "Festivity Fruit Cake". My mother took it from a > > magazine in the 1940s or very early 50s, and doubled the amount of > > fruit. This is given using her amounts: > > > > 1 cup raisins > > 1/2 cup or more nuts (I use a cup of walnuts) > > 16 ounces candied fruits and peels > > 2 2/3 cup flour > > 1/2 teaspoon salt > > 1 teaspoon soda > > 1/2 teaspoon allspice > > 1/2 teaspoon cloves > > 1 teaspoon nutmeg (the only recipe I've ever seen with this much > > nutmeg! not a typo) > > 1 teaspoon cinnamon > > 1/2 cup shortening > > 1 cup brown sugar, packed > > 1 egg > > 1 teaspoon vanilla > > 1 cup applesauce > > almonds, citrons, cherries for garnish > > 1/2 cup grated carrot (optional, but will keep it more moist) > > > > Mix raisins, nuts, fruits, and peels. Sift the flour, soda, salt, and > spices. > > Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and beat til light. Add vanilla > > and applesauce (and carrot, if used). > > Stir in flour mixture. Ad fruits, nuts, and peels. Pour into > > well-greased 2 quart baking dish (angel food pan). Decorate with nuts > > and cherries, etc. Bake at 300 degree F for one hour, 30 minutes to > > one hour, 35 minutes. (I know, that sounds a ridiculous spread for > > such a long time... test with a toothpick - if it is gummy with > > obvious batter, it's not done yet. It may take a while longer, > > depending on whether your applesauce was refrigerated or not!) > > This cake has NO alcohol, and therefore it does not "keep" - eat it > > within a few days, or freeze some for later. I never have any trouble > > finishing it off, even though 2/3 of my kids can't eat it at all (nut > > allergies). It's only a bit over 2 inches high when done. Excellent > > with clove/spice/orange tea like Constant Comment, or a rich wine. > > > > > > > > >Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, > > > > > >I would like to ask if anyone has a recipe for "A Festive Fruit > Cake", > my > > >sister bought one with her from America when she visited and it was > delicious > > >but she did not make it herself but said it was typical of American > Christmas > > >Cakes, it is made with very little cake mixture but has lots of dried > fruit > > >and glazed fruit. > > > > > >thank you in advance > > > > > >Faye Owers > > >Shearwater > > >Tasmania > > >Australia > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > > >unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Festive Fruit Cake
Dear Martha, This brings us to the perennial question - please remind us non-Americans how big your "cup" sizes are!!In Australia we have a 250ml measuring cup for cooking, but I seem to remember yours is different. Thanks. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Martha Krieg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Faye Owers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Festive Fruit Cake > This one is called "Festivity Fruit Cake". My mother took it from a > magazine in the 1940s or very early 50s, and doubled the amount of > fruit. This is given using her amounts: > > 1 cup raisins > 1/2 cup or more nuts (I use a cup of walnuts) > 16 ounces candied fruits and peels > 2 2/3 cup flour > 1/2 teaspoon salt > 1 teaspoon soda > 1/2 teaspoon allspice > 1/2 teaspoon cloves > 1 teaspoon nutmeg (the only recipe I've ever seen with this much > nutmeg! not a typo) > 1 teaspoon cinnamon > 1/2 cup shortening > 1 cup brown sugar, packed > 1 egg > 1 teaspoon vanilla > 1 cup applesauce > almonds, citrons, cherries for garnish > 1/2 cup grated carrot (optional, but will keep it more moist) > > Mix raisins, nuts, fruits, and peels. Sift the flour, soda, salt, and spices. > Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and beat til light. Add vanilla > and applesauce (and carrot, if used). > Stir in flour mixture. Ad fruits, nuts, and peels. Pour into > well-greased 2 quart baking dish (angel food pan). Decorate with nuts > and cherries, etc. Bake at 300 degree F for one hour, 30 minutes to > one hour, 35 minutes. (I know, that sounds a ridiculous spread for > such a long time... test with a toothpick - if it is gummy with > obvious batter, it's not done yet. It may take a while longer, > depending on whether your applesauce was refrigerated or not!) > This cake has NO alcohol, and therefore it does not "keep" - eat it > within a few days, or freeze some for later. I never have any trouble > finishing it off, even though 2/3 of my kids can't eat it at all (nut > allergies). It's only a bit over 2 inches high when done. Excellent > with clove/spice/orange tea like Constant Comment, or a rich wine. > > > > >Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, > > > >I would like to ask if anyone has a recipe for "A Festive Fruit Cake", my > >sister bought one with her from America when she visited and it was delicious > >but she did not make it herself but said it was typical of American Christmas > >Cakes, it is made with very little cake mixture but has lots of dried fruit > >and glazed fruit. > > > >thank you in advance > > > >Faye Owers > >Shearwater > >Tasmania > >Australia > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > >unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > -- > Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] snow for Xmas?
Sharon, it's a nostalgia thing for those of us transplanted from our homelands into a totally different environment!!! I know its messy, inconvenient, dangerous, etc., etc., but.in my formative years in England, it was part of my Christmas memories, and I still miss it all these years later. Maybe its a case of "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" because I've had a couple of messages from friends in England saying "I wish I could have some of your heat" Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "rick &sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 7:12 AM Subject: [lace-chat] snow for Xmas? > Just what is it about everybody wanting snow for Christmas? :) It's > horrible stuff. It's cold, it makes travel difficult and sometimes > dangerous, it has to be shovelled which is strenuous. Then, when it finally > melts everything is soggy..and cold :( > I remember when I was driving a school bus on the prairies in rural Alberta, > something I did for ten years. Just about every last day of school at > Christmas there was a blizzard. Try getting a bunch of hyper kids home in > conditions like that! There was often a "white-out" where I had to keep > getting out of the bus every few yards just to make sure I was still on the > road. I often had to break trail in the deep fresh snow, people would > actually wait for the bus so they could follow. God help you if you were a > couple minutes late for a pick up, in spite of the conditions, because you > had kids standing out in 30 below weather. The snow was often piled up on > either side of the road (when they finally got around to ploughing it) as > high as the bus windows. By then a lot of the snow had been packed into ice > on the actual road and it was like a toboggan run :( If you were unfortunate > enough to ditch the bus, you had to wait until some parent missed their kids > and started phoning. How can a family not miss 8 kids, I ask you? It > happened, and I ended up waiting over an hour and a half before I decided > nobody was going to come and I had to walk two miles in bitterly cold > weather. I remember praying for the spring melt, but then there was the > mud..and that's a different story :) Nope, no snow for me, I'll take the > rain we have on the west coast here, snow is only picturesque on Christmas > cards :) Sharon on Vancouver Island > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/04 > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Christmas
Here in Australia, we've already seen this year's carols from King's College!!! The acting Dean spoke of "this Christmas Eve" - and yet here in Australia, it was still on December 23! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 3:28 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Christmas > Tomorrow Christmas really gets going with carols from Kings - or, the > Festival of nine lessons and carols from King's College, Cambridge. it is broadcast > on radio in the afternoon and then the television version is shown on BBC2 > beginning at 5.15 - a lovley way to begin celebrating. > > So, a very happy Christmas to everyone and a peaceful time to all. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Fashion
Sorry, Noelene, I think you've been out of Sydney too long!! These days, the accepted dress for most business types is black!! I've sat many times, watching workers on their way to and from the office, walking around the city, and thought how dreary they all looked! Just in the past few months, there's been a slight change of fashion, but its only slight! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "W & N Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Fashion > Joy Beeson writes: > > "When we were in Sydney, I often wondered what was Australian and what was > > new to me because I'm not accustomed to big cities and fancy hotels. But it > > never occurred to me that the all-black office workers were anything other > > than Australian -- it made so much sense in the climate -- where in New > > York, people might wear black when they aren't being severely formal. " > > All black office workers in Sydney? Makes sense in the climate? > Sorry Joy, doesn't make sense to me. I worked in Sydney for many years, > never saw any trend towards wearing black. And black in Sydney climate > in summer would be far too hot. Winter maybe. When were you in > Sydney? If you were talking about the staff in the fancy hotels, black > may have been their uniform. And I believe the staff at David Jones > department stores used to always wear black with a white shirt or > blouse. But not office workers. > > Noelene in Cooma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] mittens
Janice, when we arrived in Australia, my mother was horrified to discover that navy blue "bloomers" were required for school - not just for playing netball, but all the time. As were black stockings in winter. I can still "hear" my mother's horrified voice saying: "black stockings went out with Queen Victoria in England, and I can see no reason why my daughter should have to wear them now, just because we're living in the colonies"!!! It didn't matter that I *wanted* to wear black stockings - and I had another reason other than just keeping warmin a playground of several hundred girls, my white legs and white ankle socks were clearly visible to all, including the teachers, who could immediately see just *who* was moving after the bell, or similar infractions of the rules!! As for the bloomers(and I hope I don't offend anyone here), when I was old enough, I discovered another disadvantage of them...in the days before tampons - how can I put this?? - sufficient to say that bloomers and sanitary pads weren't designed to go together!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Janice Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace-chat-digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 9:34 AM Subject: [lace-chat] mittens > Joy wrote: My cycling mittens are split into two fingers: warmer than gloves, but you can still work the brake levers. A friend called them "thalidomide mittens" - -- thalidomide was in the news at the time. > > My DH wears them even when not riding his back as they are warmer than gloves. I call them his Vulcan gloves because he can easily make the "Live long and Prosper" sign. > > I remember wearing the mittens on strings in infant school, not sure about junior school though. I also remember around that age wearing a "liberty bodice" a garmet thicker than a vest, that had buttons around the bottom so that you could attach your nickers with the buttons holes on them and not have the gap around the waist. > > Does anyone remember having to wear navy blue nickers for playing netball? It was an all girls school but the boys hung around the railings when we were playing! > Janice > > > Janice Blair > Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat
Yes, I'd agree with you - don't know why you should still be wearing mittens that late in life! - Original Message - From: "Weronika Patena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ruth Budge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > That makes sense... But what age are we talking about here? I was still wearing > mittens in 1st-3rd grades, and I find it hard to imagine that children who can > write and do math can't put on gloves... > > Weronika > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 01:30:59PM +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: > > Because it's actually very hard (and I speak as a mother of three here!) to > > ease a small child's fingers into gloves! Young children don't seem to > > have the manual dexterity to fit each finger in each hole, or even the > > mental capability to envisage which finger goes into which holeso you > > end up with a child who's managed to put the thumb in the thumb-hole OK, > > but who has then managed to insert the second finger into the third hole, > > and the third and fourth fingers into the fourth hole, and who have a finger > > left over, with nowhere to go - or some similar mess!!! > > > > Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Weronika Patena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ruth Budge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > > > > > > > I never minded feeling like a child (I was the "I never want to grow up" > > type, > > > and in fact still am to some extent), but I hated mittens too. Do really > > bad > > > things to your manual ability. The string was mildly annoying, but not > > nearly > > > as bad as the mittens themselves (plus, I did lose things a lot, so I > > realized > > > it made sense). > > > Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real > > > gloves?? > > > > > > Weronika > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 08:31:11AM +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: > > > > Dear Bev, > > > > > > > > Your question brought back memories! Let me say upfront that I > > understand > > > > the need for "strings" to connect mittens, especially for a young child, > > but > > > > as a young child, I *hated* having a string > > > > > > > > To keep my little hands warm in an English winter, I had a pair of "fur" > > > > mittens (my mother had "fur" gloves...and how I wished I had gloves > > too!), > > > > and I would walk along the street pretending my mittens were, in fact, > > > > grown-up gloves just like Mum's.But the biggest stumbling block to > > my > > > > imagination was that dratted string (in fact, a long piece of elastic, > > which > > > > allowed me to stretch my arms without too much trouble). It rubbed the > > > > back of my neck, it tangled round my arms in the coat sleeves, but, > > worst of > > > > all in my opinion, it spoilt the look of my mittens (because I could see > > > > where the elastic had been sewn onto the mitten) and made me feel like a > > > > child! > > > > > > > > Nothing worse for a 4 or 5 year old - to feel like a child!! > > > > > > > > Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:32 AM > > > > Subject: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, especially those within reach of a child's jacket > > > > > > > > > > I need to know how long to make the 'string' to connect a pair of > > mittens > > > > > I've knitted for a 2 yr-old. The pattern directions helpfully tell me > > to > > > > > make the cord 'the desired length' - ok...I don't know the kid's > > wingspan, > > > > > and I would like to present the mittens + string 'complete' - if > > someone > > > > > with a winter garment for a 2 to 4 yr. old could p
Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat
Because it's actually very hard (and I speak as a mother of three here!) to ease a small child's fingers into gloves! Young children don't seem to have the manual dexterity to fit each finger in each hole, or even the mental capability to envisage which finger goes into which holeso you end up with a child who's managed to put the thumb in the thumb-hole OK, but who has then managed to insert the second finger into the third hole, and the third and fourth fingers into the fourth hole, and who have a finger left over, with nowhere to go - or some similar mess!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Weronika Patena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ruth Budge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > I never minded feeling like a child (I was the "I never want to grow up" type, > and in fact still am to some extent), but I hated mittens too. Do really bad > things to your manual ability. The string was mildly annoying, but not nearly > as bad as the mittens themselves (plus, I did lose things a lot, so I realized > it made sense). > Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real > gloves?? > > Weronika > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 08:31:11AM +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: > > Dear Bev, > > > > Your question brought back memories! Let me say upfront that I understand > > the need for "strings" to connect mittens, especially for a young child, but > > as a young child, I *hated* having a string > > > > To keep my little hands warm in an English winter, I had a pair of "fur" > > mittens (my mother had "fur" gloves...and how I wished I had gloves too!), > > and I would walk along the street pretending my mittens were, in fact, > > grown-up gloves just like Mum's.But the biggest stumbling block to my > > imagination was that dratted string (in fact, a long piece of elastic, which > > allowed me to stretch my arms without too much trouble). It rubbed the > > back of my neck, it tangled round my arms in the coat sleeves, but, worst of > > all in my opinion, it spoilt the look of my mittens (because I could see > > where the elastic had been sewn onto the mitten) and made me feel like a > > child! > > > > Nothing worse for a 4 or 5 year old - to feel like a child!! > > > > Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:32 AM > > Subject: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > > > > > > > Hi everyone, especially those within reach of a child's jacket > > > > > > I need to know how long to make the 'string' to connect a pair of mittens > > > I've knitted for a 2 yr-old. The pattern directions helpfully tell me to > > > make the cord 'the desired length' - ok...I don't know the kid's wingspan, > > > and I would like to present the mittens + string 'complete' - if someone > > > with a winter garment for a 2 to 4 yr. old could please > > > measure the distance from cuff to cuff along the shoulder line, I would be > > > grateful. It would be better to make it a bit too long, than too short. > > > Too, too long would be cumbersome. > > > > > > TIA for any help! > > > -- > > > bye for now > > > Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) > > > Cdn. floral bobbins and New Christmas Bobbin > > > www.woodhavenbobbins.com > > > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Weronika Patena > Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA > http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: measuring a child's coat
Dear Helen, Parents do awful things to children, albeit with the best of intentions, but joining mittens together was something I felt so strongly about that I *never*, *ever* inflicted that on my children. I presume that your Mother has now gone off on her annual pilgrimage in pursuit of fish...so she won't know you've dobbed her into the whole of Arachne???! (vbg!) Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Helen Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:18 PM Subject: [lace-chat] RE: measuring a child's coat > Ruth, > > I'm with you! My Mum did that to me, and I loathed it, and it drove me > nuts. And then you'd take your hands out of the mittens or gloves > (mittens I think mine were), and the darn things's dangle and flap in > the breeze and still irritate me by getting in the way. > > I tried it with my son once, and then opted for the elbow mittens - > mittens with great long 'gauntlets' or sleeves that went up past his > elbows, and they slipped on under his jacket. They were the best thing > I found - and worked pretty well too, as it was hard for him to get them > off or for them to come off. Perfect for playing in the snow :-) > > Maybe Bev is lucky enough to have a dainty little one receiving the > mittens, who won't mind the string. > > Bev: I measured my daughter's coat (an XS - so for a 4/5 year old - and > at 6 1/2 Katie is marginally bigger than my 4 year old nephew, and way > smaller than my son was at 4), and I got a good 44" wingspan. Hope this > helps you. > > Cheers, > Helen, Aussie in Denver, where we had an inch of the white stuff > overnight, and 'something' is moving in next week - maybe a rare white > Christmas? :-) > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat
Dear Bev, Your question brought back memories! Let me say upfront that I understand the need for "strings" to connect mittens, especially for a young child, but as a young child, I *hated* having a string To keep my little hands warm in an English winter, I had a pair of "fur" mittens (my mother had "fur" gloves...and how I wished I had gloves too!), and I would walk along the street pretending my mittens were, in fact, grown-up gloves just like Mum's.But the biggest stumbling block to my imagination was that dratted string (in fact, a long piece of elastic, which allowed me to stretch my arms without too much trouble). It rubbed the back of my neck, it tangled round my arms in the coat sleeves, but, worst of all in my opinion, it spoilt the look of my mittens (because I could see where the elastic had been sewn onto the mitten) and made me feel like a child! Nothing worse for a 4 or 5 year old - to feel like a child!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:32 AM Subject: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > Hi everyone, especially those within reach of a child's jacket > > I need to know how long to make the 'string' to connect a pair of mittens > I've knitted for a 2 yr-old. The pattern directions helpfully tell me to > make the cord 'the desired length' - ok...I don't know the kid's wingspan, > and I would like to present the mittens + string 'complete' - if someone > with a winter garment for a 2 to 4 yr. old could please > measure the distance from cuff to cuff along the shoulder line, I would be > grateful. It would be better to make it a bit too long, than too short. > Too, too long would be cumbersome. > > TIA for any help! > -- > bye for now > Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) > Cdn. floral bobbins and New Christmas Bobbin > www.woodhavenbobbins.com > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] November Secret Pal packages
Yes, but Lynn, don't forget you have ... how many metres is it?? ... of lace for a Christening dress to finish first (grin!) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) DonLynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wire tallies I can manage, I can just imagine those snowflakes in silver thread hanging from my Christmas tree. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] The time
I thought you might all giggle at this. My Father was renowned for doing things like making a long-distance (timed) phone call from the country town where he lived, to ask me silly questions, like "what time is it" because at the age of nearly 94, it was too much effort to walk downstairs to look at the clock. However, I think my daughter has just gone one better. Currently working in England, she wants to ring a Sydney business. So she's just sent me a text message from England, asking what time it is here!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] November Secret Pal packages
Brenda, I recently had problems with a parcel from England not arriving (nothing to do with Arachne)I didn't know whether to blame the postal service or the sender for forgetting to post it! On the other hand, our daughter in England posted our Christmas gifts on November 16, and they arrived here on November 22can't fault that!! I haven't heard of any industrial action or any other reason which might cause a delay in the mail processing. I always try to find something truthful, but non-identifying, to put on the customs declaration stickers, because, particularly at this time of year, I have a theory that parcels are more at risk of being stolen if the contents sound as if they might be interesting to the handler. So, when I'm home in England and posting back new clothes I've bought there, I always remove the tags, and then declare them as "traveller's unwanted clothes" (well, even after all these years in the heat of Australia, I don't need to wear thick jumpers or a jacket in an English summer!!) I'm not denigrating either the thought that goes into, or the value of the gifts I read about in the letters about the Secret Pal exchanges, but I would be more likely to declare the contents of those parcels as "craft trinkets" rather than accurately listing each individual item and its value. Just a thought for future exchanges! I do hope the parcels turn up. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have today received emails from *three* people who haven't yet received their November Secret Pal packages - each one to or from Australia! Is there a problem with the Aussie postal service? As this is the last exchange of the round and everyone should have identified themselves I wouldn't expect to see the acknowledgements on Lace-chat, but if anyone else is still awaiting their parcel please contact me and I will make enquiries. Brenda Paternoster in Kent England Arachne Secret pal administrator www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] yogurt makers
4 cups milk 1/2 cup skim milk powder 2 tablespoons fresh commercial natural yoghurt. Rinse thermos flask and lid, as well as a spoon, with boiling water. Pour a little milk in saucepan and blend in milk powder. Add rest of milk and bring to boil Remove from heat and cool till only lukewarm to hand. Put commercial yoghurt into flask, add milk and stir. Seal with lid of flask. Leave undisturbed in quiet, warm spot for about 8 - 10 hours. Note: If using powdered milk to make the four cups of milk, make sure you prepare the milk using boiled water. In Australia, a measuring cup is 250ml or 8 fluid ounces. A tablespoon is 20ml or 3/4 fluid ounce! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hey Ruth, Can you give us your method and quantities for making yogurt in your thermos flask? I left my yogurt maker with my sister when I emigrated to the States and I spend a fortune on yogurt over here. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Fondue set
Oh dear! I shouldn't have thrown mine away, should I? Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Allan+Yvonne Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes the 70's have returned. In Victoria fondue sets are all the rage again. > Just shows you, everything old is new again! > > Cheers, Yvonne > - Original Message - > From: "Barbara Stokes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:33 AM > Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Fondue set > > > > Yvonne, you weren't having a senior moment and a flash back to 1974, > > being at an engagement party with a fondue gift set?? :-) > > Barbara from Parkes, Australia > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Yogurt makers
Deborah, I use a wide-necked Thermos flask...no need for a fancy, expensive, yoghurt maker at all!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Greetings all, I am looking to purchase a yogurt maker for my home. Does anyone have any experience with one of these and is there any particular brand that seems to be better? Thanks. Deborah Redman Newfield, NY To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Junket
the junket tablets we buy here say to leave the bowls undisturbed for 15 minutes, then place in the fridgeit works! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Edith Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surely if you put junket in the fridge before it sets, it will slow down the > enzyme working, so it will retard (if not stop) the setting process? > > Edith > - Original Message - > From: "Brenda Paternoster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linda Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Lace Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 14 November 2004 20:57 > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Junket > > > Junket is milk that has been curdled/set with rennet - the enzyme from > a cow/calf's stomach which is used in the making of most cheese. > (Synthetic rennet is used for vegetarian cheese) > > I have two old books with recipes for junket. They both say add 1 > teaspoon rennet to half pint warm milk and allow to set - takes a few > hours, probably less in a fridge. One recipe just says add sugar to > taste (whilst still warm) then serve with whipped cream. The other > says also add 2 teaspoons brandy and a pinch of cinnamon, and serve > with cream and grated nutmeg. > > The Oxford Dictionary says: > 1, noun - dish of milk curdled by rennet and sweetened and flavoured; > feast; official's tour at public expense. > 2, verb intransitive - feast, picnic. > > Brenda > > On Nov 14, 2004, at 7:06 pm, Linda Walton wrote: > > > Junket? > > > > What's "junket"? > > > > How does it relate to the verb "to junket" - as in "they've all gone out > > junketing", meaning "merry-making"? > > > > Linda Walton, > > (full of curiosity, > > in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). > > > >> > >> But - after all that, does anyone out there still make junket? I loved > > it > >> when I was a child, and made it for my children until they - and my > >> husband - decided that there was no way they were eating it, as they all > >> loathed it so much! So - over the past umpteen years, junket has > > remained > >> a memory, as there didn't seem much point in making it just for me ... > >> > >> Carol - in Suffolk, UK - still thinking of trifles and junket! > >> > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Brenda > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] trifles
Yes, Carol, I still make junket!! With a diabetic husband, and the need for me to have lots of milk, it seems an ideal way to cater to both needs! You also remind me of a time when I was a very, very, small girl in England - my mother went away overnight, leaving each and every meal fully catered for (including whatever she'd planned for the dessert). Dad, in a fog-haze as far as his instructions were concerned, and carried away by enthusiasm to look after us three children well, decided to make some junket. First of all, he boiled the milk... (If you've never made junket, you probably won't know that if you have the milk too hot, the junket doesn't set!) Mum, on her return home, was met by a very indignant small girl who informed her: "Daddy said: "Drink your junket"! Mummy!!!" Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Helene and Linda, All this talk of trifles - I may well not be able to continue as the drool is gumming up the keyboard. (I'm sorry - that may well be a bit more detail than you want or need, but to talk of such lovely trifles to a diabetic ) But - after all that, does anyone out there still make junket? I loved it when I was a child, and made it for my children until they - and my husband - decided that there was no way they were eating it, as they all loathed it so much! So - over the past umpteen years, junket has remained a memory, as there didn't seem much point in making it just for me ... Carol - in Suffolk, UK - still thinking of trifles and junket! - Original Message - From: "Helene Gannac" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:59 AM Subject: [lace-chat] trifles To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Trifles
Aaahh! Janice! *Now* I understand why you were having such trouble with Lace Publisher some months back! You didn't tell me you were trying to drive a computer under the "affluence of incohol"!!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. I also provide the champagne for a toast which often means I have to finish a bottle later. Hic... Janice Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Public Holidays
Oh Yuck! Noelene, you've just reminded me - this configuration of Christmas Day on Saturday and Boxing Day on Sunday is something I hate!! As a church organist, I get to play for a special service for those missing loved ones a couple of days before Christmas, then a Carols by Candlelight service on Christmas Eve, followed by two early morning services on Christmas Day. But, this year, I'll also have to front up again on Boxing Day for the usual Sunday Service - at which the attendance will usually consist of minister, me, my DH and possibly half a dozen other hardy souls, while everyone else takes advantage of the holiday! I shouldn't complain, but I just don't like it!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) W & N Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I just downloaded a sheet from www.oztourism.com.au to have a quick record of public holidays over Christmas and into 2005. Now, I know Christmas Day is on a Saturday this year, and Boxing Day (public holiday usually) is on Sunday. But... on this site we get. NSW/ACT/SA/NT/Tas/WA with the public holiday for Christmas day on 27th December, Boxing Day 28th BUT Vic/Qld with Boxinday Day holiday FIRST on 27th December, followed by Christmas Day holiday on 28th December!!! Logic for this, anyone? If the whole world's going crazy And one in four are made. With tatting in your pocket Things can't be all that bad. Noelene in Cooma. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Trifles
Yes, Liz, so do I!! I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one... Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Elizabeth Ligeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I always put the jelly in before the custard. Set the fruit, sponge cake etc in the jelly, then put a thick firm custard on top, and let it cool/set a bit to form a slight skin on the top, then decorate with more fruit, and some mashed jelly that you put aside earlier. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Black squirrels
Noelene, during one of those mice plagues, we stayed in a motel in Bathurst (for the non- Australians, Bathurst is a quite large city a couple of hours drive west of Sydney). All evening our eldest son, then aged about 15, kept driving us mad by saying "there's a mouse.there's a mouse". I put it down to his trying to scare his younger siblings.However, after we put them to bed in the other room, we settled down with a quiet cuppa - and lo and behold, there *was* a mouse! So this picture of righteous indignation, complete with *beautiful* English accent, marched down to the owner of the motel to complain. He provided me with a mouse-trap and cheese, which didn't really placate meI was horrified to find a mouse in a top-class motel. I'll cut the long story short - suffice to say I didn't sleep at all during the night - we caught three mice, and heard many others scratching around inside the wall cavities in both our rooms, and I've absolutely refused to stay in that motel ever since! Needless to say, the manager blamed it all on the mouse plague, but our friends who live in Bathurst (and who live on a 5 acre block on the outskirts of town,) were adamant that *they* hadn't had trouble with mice coming in from the fields, so didn't understand why the motel in the centre of town should claim to do so!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) W & N Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Chat about squirrels scambering about, and David's reference to grey Koalas (which are few and far between) brought to mind the grey mice plagues that infest our wheat growing areas in Australia some years. Makes me shudder to think of them. And the only grey things that invaded my garden (before I closed the enormous iron gate every night) were over a metre high grey kangaroos looking for something to eat - now we've finally had a bit of rain, they've gone bush again. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Eleebana
Cherry - try typing "Eleebana" (which I'd never heard of at all!) into Google - several entries come up, and there's even a history of Eleebana there. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Cherry Knobloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Can any of you from Australia give me a clue as to where to find a community called Eleebana, in NSW? My daughter was given a pen pal there and we can't find it in our atlas. Thanks, Cherry Camp Hill, Pa USA Silken Web Lacemakers To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Sydney's smiling
Aussie Arachnes - It's rained gently *all day* in Sydney!! The street gutters are awash, the grass looks green (nearly as green as Adelaide, Shirley!) and I think I'm in heaven!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: lace-chat microwave advice
Joy, if ever you decide to visit Australia, leave both your knives at home!! It's against the law to carry any knife in public here (well, at least in New South Wales!). If they were found at the airport, they'd be confiscated, or you could be arrested on the street. These laws were introduced a few years ago after a wave of attacks on totally innocent people, resulting in a number of deaths. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Joy Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, with everything from toothpick to > scissors, that I have treasured for nearly forty years. I keep it in the > top drawer of my dresser, so that I can see it every time I dress, and be > assured that I can find it if I ever want it. > > What's in my pocket is a knife with one locking blade. It has been my > experience that simple things work better. > > -- > Joy Beeson > http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ > http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ > west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. > where leaves are falling. > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Sydney Weather
Just thought those of you heading into the depths of winter might be interested - Sydney has just had its hottest October day, with the temperature climbing to 38.something celsius, or over 100F. I certainly hope this isn't an indication of what summer is going to be like. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] senior citizens
Lynn, this is very timely for me - less than 12 hours ago, I visited the doctor with a bladder infection. He prescribed pills (yellow, as it happens!) which he assured me specifically target the kidneys and bladder, and very little of whatever the substance is goes anywhere else in the system! I must admit, as I left the office, I was reminded of a ditty my mother used to sing: "How does the dear little pill, when you're ill Know where your liver is, eh?" I just wish I'd thought to ask him "how?"!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Lynn Weasenforth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SPECIAL POEM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS!! A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself. One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won't stop. A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won't shake. The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I'm happy when I'm not. The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain. The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze. The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won't fall. The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night. Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills. But what I'd really like to know... Is what tells each one where to go! There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt. *-..-**-..-**-..-**-..-* To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] American convention
Ladies and Gentlemen, I would not normally write this sort of message to Arachne - and I apologise for the cross-posting. However, I am ropeable, and this is the only way I can think of to try to clear my name. I have received an email from Liz Bartlett, who whilst she was in America, was apparently told that I had said to the IOLI that I did not agree with her being asked to run a class about Lace 2000 at the convention. I am reported as saying that I should've been the one to be asked, and that I didn't think she was "up to it". Liz is very upset that I should say anything that would undermine her reputation. Liz says she was also told this matter had been discussed on lace-chat, where again I had made my feelings clear. I would like to place it on record that, although I did ask for the application forms to tutor at IOLI, I never even *started* to fill them in, let alone submit them. I have never said to *anyone* that I thought I should be tutoring at IOLI rather than Liz. I believe I did express my concern in a private email (not on the list) to someone (probably more than 12 months ago) that the state of Liz's health at that stage might preclude her attendance at the convention, but that is all I said. I did not even offer to attend in her stead, preferring to hope that she would be well enough by then to go herself. I have worked very hard with Liz, and for Liz, over the past few years, for no monetary recompense, to test new versions of Lace 2000, and to teach lacemakers how to use the programme. My reputation is just as important to me as Liz's is to her, and I particularly resent the fact that some ill-informed and malicious comment has caused this hurt and distress to us both, running the risk of totally fracturing the good working relationship we have built up. I would hope that all Arachnes would know me well enough by now to know that I do *not* indulge in mud-slinging and personal comment on Arachne...preferring to play the role of encourager and peacemakerand I think that is borne out by the archives of my messages. If you were the person who made these accusations about me to Liz, I would appreciate it if you would email Liz, apologise to her, and set the record straight. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Sydney weather
Those Australian spiders in South Australia and Victoria, and those of you in other parts of the world where you've been getting too much rain lately, might be interested to know: I've spent the last couple of hours watching a huge, very, very black, low (if we had chimney pots, it would've got tangled up with them!) cloud slowing inching its way towards me. I became very excited, anticipating at the very least an extremely heavy shower.it looked like the sort of cloud which should inundate the whole area! It hovered right over my house.and tried, and tried. Eventually, it managed just enough gentle spits to *just* wet the path and road before it sauntered off to tantalise someone else! Ww! Now I'm having a Helen-in-Denver-type tantrum! *I want rain*!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Civics/Citizen education
Yes, Sue Ellen, voting is compulsory in Australia. When you go to the polling place, your name is taken, and marked off on an electoral list. After the election, the names of those who voted are checked against the master roll, and if you haven't voted, you get a letter asking you to explain why. If the excuse isn't a valid one, then you get fined. Travelling (at least within Australia) is not an excuse for not voting. If its a Federal election (i.e., right across Australia), then you have to go into a polling place wherever you are and lodge an absentee vote. If its a state election only, (i.e., there won't be polling places in other states,) you have to arrange to lodge a postal vote before polling day. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I am taking part in some classes and salons on the philosopher-citizen as a decision maker and it came up that citizenship is a concept in flux: that it has different meanings in other states or countries and that it was taught so very differently in the past. I would love to hear from all of you, particularly those in different states and countries (I'm in California) about what citizenship means to you and what citizenship education you received in school at all or various levels. (It would then help to know ages.) For instance, I have heard but don't know if it is true or how it would be enforced, that it is illegal to not vote in Australia. Thanks, Sue Ellen To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: new Lace magazine
Now, now, Helenjust remember your Mother was amongst the very last in the world to receive hers last time.it's only fair to share the "honour" around!!! (very, very big grin!!) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Helen Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wh! The RMLG's copy of "Lace" hasn't arrived yet, and Mum's already > posted on the other list that she got hers yesterday! It's not fair! > :-) > > Cheers, > Helen, Aussie pouting in Denver > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] I'm still hearing it! :-)
Oh Shirley, stop rubbing it in!! I know I asked the Adelaide ladies to arrange rain as a tourist-attraction when we come over for the conference, but I didn't ask for floods Maybe course requirements out to list canoes and paddles as compulsory!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Tregellas Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi All, especially the Oz spiders on this list, There is about 65mm (in the last 24 hours) in my bucket outside and their is concern about the Patawolonga River flooding down at Glenelg, a suburb at the coast in a direct line west (approx 8kms of the City of Adelaide). It is fantastic to have so much rain - I don't think I've seen as much rain since we moved from Melbourne to Adelaide 13 years ago. Our local park will probably have ducks on it in the morning. Shirley T. - in very wet Adelaide enjoying my cosy house and making lace. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Did you hear it?
And I'm going a bilious shade of green with envy!! There was a (very) little rain off the coast and also in the centre of New South Wales a few days ago, but it missed Sydney altogether. Our water supply dam is at an all-time low of about 45%. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jacqueline Bowhey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Greetings All, Did you hear it?? It rained last night! Enough to hear it on the roof. 5mm in my rain gauge this morning. Not enough to break the drought but it washed the dust off! Jackie in Brisbane, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Hollar (was: calico; on lace)
Thanks for the translation Tamara!! I did wonder, but thought someone else would ask first (bg!) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Aug 1, 2004, at 21:44, Patricia Ann Fisher wrote: > I suppose the kids at school thought I came from up a hollar [...] For non-Southerners, before you ask... :) That's our version of "hollow"; what in Brit English would be, I think, "dell". Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Concert's Over
David, you remind me of a little "darling" I had in my Sunday School department about 35 years ago. I eventually worked out that if I kept him busy, I could control him, so, as he was always the first child to arrive for Sunday School, I'd set him tasks to help me - like, moving that pile of chairs from here to there. And then to move them back again! He loved "helping" and never seemed to realise that most of his tasks were just undoing what he'd already just done!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- David Collyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Last Sunday was the "big performance" and it went off like a dream. > Although I didn't feel particularly nervous or stressed, inevitably I was, > as proved by the 12 hours' sleep I had yesterday. I haven't done that since > I was a teenager out on the town! :) > > The choir sang like angels, and the audience of about 200 souls was > suitably impressed. Their were many tears and hair standing up on the back > of the necks, as well as laughter as I related stories from my childhood in > Church choirs. The concert demonstrated the development of music within the > Methodist Church beginning with some Purcell and Haydn and climaxing with a > couple of those fabulous big "Cliff Barrows-type" arrangements from the > 1960s. > > Many friends and family came up from Melbourne, including old Mrs. Beryl > VICKERS, who is now pushing 90 and used to tell me off when I was a little > tacker. In fact she told me that her first memory of me when I was about 5 > years old, was of me standing in her driveway eating orange peel. She told > me it would kill me, and I replied that it didn't seem to be killing her > goats (And I thought I was shy :) > > I told the audience of the time when I was about 10 years old sitting in > the 2nd row of the choir in church, and there in front of me were 2 of my > sisters, 2 of Beryls daughters and about 3 other girls, all sporting 2 > plaits each, very firmly plaited down to their waists and tied with a neat > ribbon. I very quietly managed to undo each ribbon and tie each girl's > plait to the girl next to her. made a great screech when they all stood up > for the next hymn! I reckoned it was a great trick, but I still got a > hiding afterwards! > > The other story I told was of the time the choir was assembled in the > vestry waiting to enter at the end of the first hymn. The minister had > already gone in ahead. I spotted in the corner a huge vase of dried > flowers, most of which were Honesty - you know those see-through leaves? I > just had time to pick a leaf for each kid on the choir to wear as a monocle > as we marched in. That wouldn't have been too bad, but as I was the only > boy, I insisted they we all "goose-step" in! You guessed it - another hiding! > Love > David in Ballarat > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] ON THIS DAY 21 1969 America lands man on the Moon.htm
I know where I was - sick in bed with a gastric bug!! My mother had been over to our house to retrieve my 6 months old son, so that I could "enjoy" my misery in peace. Mum had television, which we didn't, so she decided to sit Philip up with a cushion behind him, so that he could watch history being madeshe thought it would be nice that for the rest of his life he could claim he watched the moon landing, even if he didn't remember it!! As for me, I didn't care a hoot what they did ... on the moon, or off it!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jean Peach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have just been reading peoples memories on the BBC web page. Where were you on the 21 July 1969? My DH was working at Tidbinbilla Tracking Station in Canberra, Australia. working for NASA. Although he was helping to track the men on the moon it was not until 20 years later that he saw the film of the men landing on the moon. The reason for this was that there was no TV at the station for the men to see this. DH saw the first pictures come back from Space from the Mars mission, Mariner 4, I have just asked him about, said it was really slow coming back in bits per second. I was working at the time, but took the day off, went into Canberra to get some cash at the bank, there were TV's at the bank, I was the only customer so went back home to watch the TV. There did not have a video recorder then. Jean To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] secret pal thanks
Anne - I wonder did your secret pal tell you that possums also have the habit of staging large, noisy fights in the tree-tops at night?? We have ring-tailed possums in our neighbourhood (in suburban Sydney - you don't have to live in the country to have possums around) and they apparently have a variety of homes around the area, moving onto the next one when they've exhausted the food in a particular area. They were very noisy here a few months ago, till one night they came down out the trees and ate ALL the new plants (many, many pounds worth!) in our garden. A couple of nights later, I noticed all was quiet, and discovered they'd moved on (presumably to the next freshly-planted garden!) The ring-tailed (so called because they have a white ring around the tail) possums use the overhead electricity wires as a sort of aerial footpath to walk along and cross the streets. It's a bit hair-raising, watching them - they wobble so much I keep waiting for them to fall off, but I've never seen one fall yet. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Anne Nicholas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dear secret pal in Australia, The little card of the possums in great and it is hard for me to imagine them on your roof !! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] True or False??
Please tell me this is a dastardly plot on behalf of British journalists to see how gullible the rest of the world really is!! I've just heard on our radio station here in Australia that both the Daily Telegraph and the BBC are reporting that Britain is about to get a law forbidding cruelty to worms, slugs and snails! A fine of 25,000 pounds, and up to 12 months gaol is promised for those caught causing cruelty to these sorts of garden pests!!! If it was April 1, I'd be thinking this was an April Fools day prank. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Tendonitis
Patricia, I had this sort of problem with my thumb (too much pulling out lace-making pins!!) a couple of years ago, and I found that as soon as I got into the rigid support, the pain went very quickly. I only had to wear the splint fulltime for a couple of weeks, then the tubigrip type of thing whilst I was still doing lots of things with my hands (like unpacking after moving!!) Now I only wear the rigid splint on my thumb as a protection when I'm lacemakingI realise your condition seems to involve a lot more of your hand/wrist than my problems, but don't give up hope - my experience is that some activity causes this condition to flare up occasionally, but --- once controlled, it does seem manageable. Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > In the meantime no hand craft at all :- I'm going to be bored out of my > mind. so my works in progress and UFOs will remain so for longer than I had > anticipated. My young GP's verdict of "six weeks" is, I suspect, a text book > > answer rather than one resulting from experience. > > Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cows (was Re: [lace] Prague (long))
Well, at least Adelaide (South Australia) is different: last year when my husband and I arrived for the annual Australian Lace Guild conference, we strolled into the mall in the centre of Adelaide ... to be "greeted" by several life-size pigs (sculpted in some sort of metal...could it be bronze?). One particularly caught my eye...it was standing on his hind legs reaching into the (real!) rubbish bin!!! Maybe Shirley could tell us whether they're still there, or whether it was a limited exhibition. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Janice Blair wrote: I found Prague very English friendly, most notices and menus were written in > English as well as Czech. Prague is populated by cows at the moment. I was > told there are 200 of them set around the city. > Steph Peters wrote: > What is it about cows? Manchester is currently infested by lifesize > fibreglass cows, in all sorts of weird colours. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Clarice, Dave Birch
Brenda - according to my information, Clarice lives in South Australia...and I've just tried to ring her for you. However, the phone is not being answered at present. I'll try again later. I only have a snail-mail address, not an email one. One way or another, I'll make sure she gets the message. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to post this to the group, but does anyone have a working email > address for Clarice Birch in Australia? > > I have tried three times to reply to two different messages from her > but each one has bounced back as "unroutable" > > Clarice; if you are reading this all the info you need is on my website > at > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/threads/threads.html > > > Brenda > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Coals to Newcastle ..or rather tea to China
Thank you for the good laugh, Patricia I like that one!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Since the list is almost moribund at the moment I will share a small item I > saw in today's newspaper. > > "A Yorkshire family firm has won a contract to export tea to China. >Taylors of Harrogate will send 30,000GBP worth of its speciality flavoured > > teas to Shanghai. >The varieties going east include the company's China Rose Petal variety, > which is grown and blended in China then sent to England for packaging. >Taylor's export co-ordinator Emma Laing said last night 'The opportunity > to export to China came about through a distributor in Taiwan, who we have > been > working with for the past couple of years. >'It is still early days and at this point we are only exporting speciality > > teas. But maybe one day we'll send them our proper Yorkshire brand.' " > > Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Computer test
I'm not offended - I've had a really good laugh at this, and forwarded it onto both ministers at my church! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Steph Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Religious joke coming up, so hit the delete key now if you are easily offended. Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on his computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering. Finally fed up, God said, "THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job." So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away. They moused. They faxed. They e-mailed. They e-mailed with attachments. They downloaded. They did spreadsheets. They wrote reports. They created labels and cards. They created charts and graphs. They did some genealogy reports. They did every job known to man. Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell. Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off. Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld. Jesus just sighed. Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming "It's gone! It's all GONE! "I lost everything when the power went out!" Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work. Satan observed this and became irate. "Wait!" he screamed, "That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?" God just shrugged and said, "Jesus saves." -- I distinctly remember forgetting that - Clara Barton Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Eyrope in a wheelchair
Oh yes! I'd agree with this suggestionI haven't said before, but I would be very worried if anyone I knew was planning to sleep in parks in London or elsewhere. Not safe at all.My daughter also uses the Youth Hostels whilst travelling, and even now she can afford better, still prefers them. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jane Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Weronika, >> I'm sure there a lot of things that they haven't thought of. > >Of course. The fun of traveling. Like Jean, I don't like the sound of what your friends are proposing at all. In Southampton the drop outs and homeless get moved on all the time. In London it will be worse. Believe me, the streets are not nice places to be and the parks are out of bounds. Please recommend to your friends that they contact the YHA (Youth Hostel Association). This is a UK charity that provides excellent quality hostel accommodation at very reasonable prices, e.g. 14gbp to join, nightly rates vary according to hostel and room. They have two large hostels in London and one in most of the major UK cities. The large hostels are fully equipped for disabled people (they might have problems with some of the more remote ones but I assume they're not planning to go anywhere like Blacksail!). The YHA also has reciprocal arrangements with all the other national youth hostel associations. As well as providing safe, secure accommodation, the hostels are wonderful places to meet interesting, like-minded people, hear all the news and ideas, find out about places to go & etc. I've used them all round the world, not because I couldn't afford something more expensive but as a lone female they're great places to be. They have a web-site http://www.yha.org.uk/ Jane Ms Jane Read Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 02380-596432 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] scanners
Whew!! Janice, sounds as if I had a narrow escape...imagine trying to solve your scanner problems via the email!!(Perhaps I should explain that I run a Help Desk for Lace 2000 and Janice is one of my "customers"!) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David wrote: > WORKS!> > > Wish I knew where to kick mine. When I try to use it through the correct > route it thinks that it is already being used so won't initialise (something > like that), I have to mess about taking the lead out of the back and sticking > it back in. It takes about 4 tries before it starts to warm up the lamp. > However I just found out that when I scan a background into my Lace 2000 > program it works usually on the first attempt. After that I can scan through > my scanning program no problem. If I switch everything off for a couple of > hours and go back in it seems to remember that it was working and continues > through the regular route. I have complained to my pc guru (DS) but I > usually have to bribe him with a meal for him to come round and then he just > blames me and says its allergic to all that lace stuff I do!! > Janice > > > Janice Blair > Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] lace collar on ebay
I must admit, I was tempted to ask the vendor whether it was tomato or mango chutney!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I think I am enough of a lace expert to say, without fear of contradiction, that this is definitely not "chutney." Devon Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wilmslow Bobbins
Dear Patricia, Winslows - wonderful people! - Steve and Heather Smith, 1 Highfield Road, Winslow. Buckingham. MK18 3DU. Telephone/Fax. 01296 712321 Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone give me the address and telephone number of Wilmslow Bobbins, > please. I want to give them to someone who does not have a computer. I have > > tried a search with no results. > > Thank you. Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] I kicked my Computer!!!
David, the out-of-the-ordinary solutions are often very effective!! Myself, I had a migraine last Thursday/Friday. On Friday evening, as I was walking up the street with my husband on one side, and my daughter on the other, I fell over in the dark - flat onto my face! Was badly winded and shaken, scraped my chin on the concrete, my cheek landed on the (new!) digital camera, which in turn skidded off into the dark somewhere and was only found by my sharp-eyed daughter's persistence. When I could breathe again and gathered myself together to get back on my feet, I discovered I'd had an instant cure for the migraine!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) P.S., in spite of a few scratches on the casing, the digital camera still works too!! David Collyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dear Friends, Boy do I have a computer story to tell! .. THen as I grabbed for the radiator, I heard a "ping" and there's a window on the screen saying that my computer had just discovered "new hardware" - called a scanner!! I quickly stood up the radiator and reinstalled my scanner for about the 5th time. IT WORKS! God only knows how I did it, but I reckon it was the kick I gave the desk. David in Ballarat Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re the Car
Oh Peter, what a bummer!! We were told (several times) it had "blown up", although I did take that as a figure of speech! I thought it was a cunning way of depriving us of our afternoon tea To explain to the rest of the world...it was our local Lace Guild meeting day yesterday, and Peter was supposed to be bringing the remains of our 25th anniversary cake to share with the rest of us ... as you can see, the cake didn't get to the meeting - neither did Peter! Peter, will you be able to get to the work without the car? I do hope so! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Peter Goldsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > It is just as well we didn't try to get to the meeting. The rear oil seal had > gone - any oil added just poured straight out. The mechanic advised we were > lucky that it did not catch fire. The car won't be ready until Wednesday or > Thursday. Really great as I have 3 weeks of casual work starting tonight at > 11-45. First time I've ever done night shift. > We had all the stuff ready to take up. Will have to bring the remaining cake > from the luncheon to the August meeting. > > Peter > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Insects meet their fate
Noelene, it's nothing to do with the wonderful building of your house - its your climatetoo darn cold for anything to live down there For the rest of the world - I've just seen on the evening news that the overnight temperature in Cooma last night was minus 9 degrees celsius!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) > Noelene in Cooma wrote: > Who can verify that yes, it does work! > And who is wondering just how, after fighting mosquitoes, flies, > cockroaches, etc. for all my life in either Sydney or in the tropics > (where I had cockroaches eat the label off a bottle left between a > cupboard and a refrigerator that I forgot about), that I've been > lucky enough to spend my retirement in a house that is so well > built that it has NO binnitangs (anything smaller than a mouse that > moves in Pidgin English) whatsoever! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Mosquitoes
I think I'll keep this information, Louise, and show next summer's crop of mosquitoes, so that they know what they're supposed to be doing!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Louise Hume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have read, and I'm fairly sure that this is correct, that only the female mosquitoes bite because they must have a meal of blood in order to reproduce. On the other hand, only the male mosquitoes sing, to attract the females. So... if you here a mosquito "singing", it is a male and will not bite. The ones you have to watch out for are the females that sneak up on you in silence and will bite before you notice them on your arm. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] re What a lovely idea
Hi Peter, dare I ask how the car is?? Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Peter Goldsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In 1986 the London Underground launched poems on the underground. The > feedback > was so good that they continued for at least 5 years. I've got the > illustrated > edition published in 2002. Poems ranged from classics to modern poetry. > Perhaps some of our English subscribers can confirm whether it is still > going. > > Peter > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] recipe help needed
Thurlow - its a dessertspoon, which in turn is half a tablespoon. In Australia, in order to avoid confusion between the various countries, and in particular to help accurately measure childrens' medicines, a measuring teaspoon was standardised at 5mls. Thus, a dessertspoon is 10mls, and a tablespoon is 20 mls. Hope this helps! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Thurlow Weed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Help! I've found a lovely recipe for strawberry tarts, but the pastry recipe contains a measurement with which I'm unfamilar, unless it's a misprint on the website. The recipe calls for "2 dsps icing sugar." Can anyone tell me what what or how much a "dsps" is? Thurlow Lancaster OH where the strawberries are abundant this year. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Lives of the cat
Tamara, Don't forget that Noelene is down here south of the Equator ... and we know strange things happen here, like the bathwater going down the plug hole in the opposite direction.So, whilst you're meditating, consider whether the same would apply to the flip, flop of the cat/buttered breadwould the cat/bread sandwich in the northern hemisphere go flop, flip instead of the other way round, and would it have any effect on perpetual motion or not!!? (Extremely big grin!!) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Jun 4, 2004, at 2:56, W & N Lafferty wrote: > > So if you strap a piece of bread, buttered side up, on a cat's back, > and drop the cat from a height, then both the cat's feet and the > buttered side of the bread will want to land first and hey presto, > perpetual motion! I think I'll spend the rest of the evening meditating... Are you a genius? Am I a nut, because I find the idea most amusing? Flip, flop, flip, flop... How big would the bread piece need to be to balance the cat and keep the flip-flopping going? Would it be a matter of weight, or of surface? And, how soon after being dropped (from what height?) would the flip-flop "click in"? Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: This is for Real - humour
Weronika, the problem of "getting lost" in conversation doesn't only occur when moving to a country with a different language! I come from England, have lived in Australia most of my life - and after all, both countries are supposed to speak the same language! However, after all these years, I still find that the occasional Australian phrase comes up which I don't understand, I still use expressions which turn out to be particularly English. Then when I go back home to England, although I automatically drop the Australian accent and start speaking with an English one again, I confuse people by using terms and expressions they don't understand there either - so in both countries I spent a bit of time "translating" or explaining what I mean!!! Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Weronika Patena wrote: In the US I get in lots of conversations I'm completely lost in... Tamara, does this ever go away? Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Weather
Martha, I wouldn't want to be thought selfish - so let's share! You keep the winds and floods, and we'll have just *some* of the rain!! Seriously, my heart goes out to those affected by storms such as these - I hope no-one was hurt, and that the damage to property isn't too bad, and is quickly repaired. Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Martha Krieg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:We could send you some of our rain! We got several inches late last week, accompanied by 100-mph winds that took down branches and whole trees. The ground is saturated, and people have been out from work today dealing with the results of flooding in basements, dead generators (in rural areas), etc. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Alphabets
Noelene, I'd be in a silly mood too if we had rain!! We've got grey sky, promises from the Weather Bureau which started out very postive 4 days ago, and have sounded less confident as the "Tuesday rain" approached, and all we've seen is a few spits - not enough to show up on the road surface, let alone be seen falling from the sky! *Surely* this drought must end sometime?? Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) W & N Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's actually raining, so I'm in a silly mood. It's been so long since we saw that strange stuff falling from the sky. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Humour
David, that is wonderful I intend sending it to my brother, who has step-children living interstate...you might just've saved him a lot of money!!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- David Collyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An elderly man in Adelaide calls his son in Sydney and says, "I hate to > ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; > forty-five years of misery is enough." > > "Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams. > > "We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says. > "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you > call your sister in Brisbane and tell her," and he hangs up. > > Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck > they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." > > She calls her dad immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are NOT > getting divorced! Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my > brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do > a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up. > > The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, > "They're coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares." Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Holidays
I'll be away for the next two and a half weeks, so will be unsubscribing from the lists for the time. If anyone wants to contact me, please do so privately. Thanks a lot! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :-) Mammograms
Jean - this is *so* appropriate for me today! I had my two-yearly mammogram a couple of weeks ago. I was feeling so virtuous and glad that it was over for another 2 years. Then, I get a phone call: "Nothing to worry about, nothing wrongbut somehow, your x-rays got mangled in the processing and I'm going to have to ask you to come in for another set"!! One good thing - when I got there, they'd managed to salvage one of the previous set, so I only had to have three re-taken, not four! Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>For years and years they told me, > > Be careful of your breasts. >>Don't ever squeeze or bruise them. >>And give them monthly tests. > >So I heeded all their warnings, > >And protected them by law. > >Guarded them very carefully, > >And I always wore my bra. > > > >After 30 years of astute care, > >My gyno, Dr. Pruitt, > >Said I should get a Mammogram > >"O.K," I said, "let's do it." > > > >"Stand up here real close" she said, > >(She got my boob in line), > >"And tell me when it hurts," she said, > >"Ah yes! Right there, that's fine." > > > >She stepped upon a pedal, > >I could not believe my eyes! > >A plastic plate came slamming down, > >My hooter's in a vise! > > > >My skin was stretched and mangled, > >From underneath my chin. > >My poor boob was being squashed, > >To Swedish Pancake thin. > > > >Excruciating pain I felt, > >Within it's vise-like grip. > >A prisoner in this vicious thing, > >My poor defenseless tit! > > > >"Take a deep breath" she said to me, > >Who does she think she's kidding?!? > >My chest is mashed in her machine, > >And woozy I am getting. > > > >"There, that's good," I heard her say, > >(The room was slowly swaying.) > >"Now, let's have a go at the other one." > >Have mercy, I was praying. > > > >It squeezed me from both up and down, > >It squeezed me from both sides. > >I'll bet SHE'S never had this done, > >To HER tender little hide. > > > >Next time that they make me do this, > >I will request a blindfold. > >I have no wish to see again, > >My knockers getting steam rolled. > > > >If I had no problem when I came in, > >I surely have one now. > >If there had been a cyst in there, > >It would have gone "ker-pow!" > > > >This machine was created by a man, > >Of this, I have no doubt. > >I'd like to stick his balls in there, > >And see how THEY come out! Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Thank You Debbie Mouzon!!!
Dear Weronika, A couple of times a year, all on the Arachne lists get the opportunity, if they so wish, to sign up and take part in a round of gift exchanges. The idea is that you send a small gift each month to another member of the list, but they don't know who you are till the final one, when your identity is revealed. In turn, you're matched up with someone else, and that person also sends you a gift each month anonomously. I think each "Secret Pal" round of exchanges lasts six months, but if I'm wrong, someone will correct me! Watch the list, and the Secret Pal Co-ordinator will announce when the next round starts, and the rules for the running of it. Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Weronika Patena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More beginner's questions: what are Secret Pals? > > Weronika > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Buying lace books.
Sounds as if Liz has been reading another book: "The Power of Positive Thinking"!!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- A+Y Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Overheard at Victorian Lace Guild Meeting on Saturday 27th, Liz Ligetti > talking to herself, "Now Liz don't even look at the books because you're not > going to buy any." LOL > > Cheers, Yvonne. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Scotland's gift to the world (tongue in cheek)
Maybe the research was done by the same person who's decided that the Queen isn't really queen at all - but that a retired labourer in a small Australian country town is, by decent, really the King!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This has hit the headlines in Britain today. it seems that Elvis Presley is > of Scottish descent. Another, Scottish, Presley has been doing geneological > research into the singer's background and has traced his ancestors back to > the > tiny village of Lonmay in Aberdeenshire. > > This is in an area called Buchan which has a rich history of traditional > music and so it seems kind of apt even to someone who has never been an > admirer of > EP. > > Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Button Boxes
I don't have a box, but I do have a jarI must've started it when I first started sewing, probably about 45 years ago. A scratch through the contents brings back all sorts of memories as I recognise buttons from the childrens' clothes when they were tiny right through to more recent acquisitions! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Does anyone keep a button box anymore? Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Grey Hair
Oh! dear! Heatherwell, she meant it as a complimentput it down to *her* age I find it funny though - most people don't want to be thought older than their actual age...but I always objected to being thought *younger*!!!My two older brothers always called me "Titch" and patronised me, and I always wanted to catch up and be as old as them! However, they're still 4 and 9 years older than me!! Then I was very small and skinny when I was a young adult - and was so annoyed when people thought I was still a teenager when in fact I was in my twenties and married!! The crowning indignity was when, with a toddler by the hand and the newest baby on my hip, I went into the local butcher's shop to be asked: "what can I do for you, girlie??" Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) H. Muth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 41, my hair is well beyond 'salt and pepper'... even though an 82 year old woman told me just last week that I look 'no more than 55'! Heather Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Breast lump
Jean, that is good news! I know you were not worrying, but even so, it's nice to have the confirmation that there was nothing seriously wrong. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Finally got the result of what my breast lump was - I say was because it's > now disappeared. I knew it had shrunk considerably when I had repeat > mammograms and ultrasound last week. The thinking is that, because I take > steroids and therefore bruise easily, I must have knocked myself without > realising it and caused a bleed in the breast tissue which accumulated to > form a lump and that it has now been reabsorbed. > > So I was right not to worry, as I am in the 70% where the lump wasn't > anything sinister. I hope this might be encouraging for anyone else who > finds one. > > Jean in Poole > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] ebay NT$
Thank you Jean! What I don't understand is why a seller in the UK should quote a price in New Taiwan dollars in the first place? She doesn't quote them in the postage coststo me, a mystery!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:The NT$ is the New Taiwan dollar. There are currently approximately 33 NT$ to one US$. And no, I'm not that clever to know this. Doing a google for NT$ just resulted in web sites for Windows NT. Searching for NT dollar came up with the goods. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Query
Janice, and anyone else who receives these sorts of messages, whether they purport to be from the list or any other address, DON'T open them!! I've been receiving them for the past week, from all sorts of sources, and I've taken to blocking the address of the senders as well as deleting the messages. They are definitely not good news!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have received an email from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the subject > is "re: your document" with an attachment, total 25K. I have not opened > either email or attachment. Is this a possible virus or worm? Avital can > you let me know if anything like this is being sent out legitimately. > thanks, > Janice Blair > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] EWWWWWW
Yes, I learnt "Atichoo" too!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dominique wrote:
more, people who died from the plague would be burned so as
to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes,
we all fall down"). " >
I was brought up with this line being "Atichoo! Atichoo! We all fall down.",
which, without thinking why, I'd always assumed was sneezing before dying. I
can't imagine why people would sneeze with the plague though.
I don't know if countries other than England had the plague, but here at
least bodies weren't burnt; they were thrown into large holes, known as
plague pits. Plague pits are being uncovered today by archaeologists.
Jean in Poole
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Re: [lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets
Although, as I found, there can be disadvantages in being easily-recognised!! In our old house, our next-door-neighbour was a real sticky-beakhe was out on the front driveway all day long, and we could do nothing without him seeing. However, yesterday, I drove down the street in the new car - there he was, as usual, fiddling out the front (we didn't move far away). BUT, he didn't even look at me long enough to see who it was, because the car didn't trigger the "there's Ruth - I wonder what she's up to?" mechanism!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) A+Y Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:My little Ford laser is a very unusual bright marine blue. It really stands out in the car park and everyone in town knows it is me. DH is a paramedic. When I pass an ambulance in my car they always wave to me but if I drive my DH's car which is a very generic white car they don't know and don't wave. Recently we borrowed a top box for luggage for his car and it was great to spy out in the car park, I didn't want to give it back. But a Union Jack on the top sounds like a better alternative to me. Cheers, Yvonne. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets
Ah! Yes, Tamara - but here lots of our local carparks are multi-storey, and when I can't find my car on one level, I walk down the steps to the next floor. Stop on the landing half-way down and survey the multitude of cars to see if I recognise any of them. Now *that's* where a Union Jack would come in handy!! As for washing a car - if I get my hands wet, they'll get rough for lacemaking, won't they???!!! Ruth --- "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 25, 2004, at 23:14, Ruth Budge wrote: > > > Well,being English, I've always fancied painting the top of the car > > with a very > > large Union Jack - thought *that* should make my car stand out amongst > > all the > > Aussies! > > Only if they're tall enough to see it At 5'2" and shrinking, I > can't *reach* over the roof of my car to wash it (a very good excuse > for not washing it ), never mind *see* what's on top of it... > > - > Tamara P Duvall > Lexington, Virginia, USA > Formerly of Warsaw, Poland > http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets
Well,being English, I've always fancied painting the top of the car with a very large Union Jack - thought *that* should make my car stand out amongst all the Aussies!!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But I love the idea of tying something to the antenna; should have thought of it long ago... This list is a marvel :) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] New words
Perhaps I should've explained for the rest of the world that "daggy" is a term used in Australia to mean scruffy, not quite acceptable, not up to standard. Hence "Dags Dictionary" mostly consists of words to describe "not nice" things like the men leaving the toilet seat up! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] New words
Noelene, whilst you're on the ABC website, have a look at the link to Richard Glover's drive programme. He runs a weekly competition called "Dags Dictionary" where listeners come up with a word to describe all sorts of everyday circumstances for which there is currently no word! It's a really good laugh, but also the answers are often very clever, like the ones you mentioned! Richard is the announcer who spent ages discussing with his listeners just how we could get some rain in Sydney - and came up with the idea of a massive picnic/wedding/car wash/childrens' party at the dam!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) W & N Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:ABC ClassicFM radio station just had a competition asking listeners to make up a new word to describe something that can't be described in just one word - the 15 winners were announced this morning, I missed the beginning, but here's the last couple: a bluget a partner who does nothing around the house, but you still keep him/her as a pet. plurafume The fresh lovely smell you get after rain roundalot the idiot who charges through a roundabout tard - an acronym the piece of paper you fold up and put under a chair or table leg to level it: Temporary Anti Rocking Device I'll look at their web site later to see if they've put the other winners there. www.abc.net.au/classic For those of you with fast download/full time net access etc, and a liking for classical music, have a look at the site and the link to Margaret Throsby and her guests. Margaret has a guest every morning for an hour, talks intelligently to them, and lets them play their favourite music. Good listening. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: golden sunsets
I have no known medical condition affecting my memory...but I regularly park my car and then have trouble finding it again!! About 35 years ago I came out of the supermarket and looked at the spot where I usually parked my car. It wasn't there! Panic set in, I had a mountain of shopping and a couple of young children to collect from the babysitter. What on earth was I going to do? As I tried to solve my problems (and there were no mobile phones in those days either!) I looked down at the car keys in my hand. It was then that I realised I was looking at a key bearing the word "Toyota" instead of "Ford" - and my new car was parked exactly where I'd left it! Now, having changed my car recently after 14 years of owning an easily-identifiable beautiful red Honda, I'm back to the "hunt the car" routine in the parking lots.you'd be surprised how many grey cars there are in Sydney!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia, where it has rained gently all night and is continuing today!) --- "H. Muth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not senile but I have a disease which affects my memory (among other > things). I have hypothyroidism. When my car was stolen a few weeks ago, I > stood in the parking lot and couldn't remember - not where I'd parked but > how I got to work in the first place! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Ozzie weather
Well, here in Sydney, the heatwave has at last come to an end!! Yesterday was a very pleasant day just like Liz described, although overcast. Today, it was just a tad cooler again, and this afternoon we've had the lightest, gentle-est rain start - and we're being promised that it will last for at least tomorrow! Great excitement!! Local radio station announcer had been running a phone-in, collecting ideas for what sort of activities might be held near the water-storage dam for Sydney to tempt the rain. Suggestions included: a mass wash-in of cars; a huge outdoor childrens' birthday party; a mass outdoor wedding, with all guests required to have their hair professionally set and styled for the occasion; a barbecue picnic for everyone else not involved in the abovethe list went on and on! Now, the same announcer is fielding phone calls from various listeners who are taking the credit for making it rain - so far we've had a couple of people who've just had the roof taken off their house for extensions, someone else who's been battling their council for 2 years for permission to build a house - they finally got permission and were due to start building tomorrow! *But* the nicest thing about all this is that the rain is actually falling in the dam collection area - if it lasts long enough, we might even get some runoff into the dam!! Ruth Budge (typing with her fingers crossed!!) Elizabeth Ligeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Well, here in Melbourne we would give our eye teeth for some of your rain, Jackie (in Brisbane)! Yes, I had a quiet chuckle when I saw how hot it was in 'Brissie' - especially after your saying how it doesn't get That hot there!!! :)) Very pleasant here today - comfortably warm, and sunny, but cool in the mornings, when we go for our walk. We are still on Stage 2 water restrictions, with no hope of coming off them in the near future. We desperately need rain - and lots of it. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re:
Jane, the change which really bugs me is trend to change the word "mankind" (meaning all of us, regardless of gender) in the hymns sung in church!! Apparently too many of the younger women don't understand the meaning of the word that they regard it as sexist, and so feel "excluded" when singing those hymns. GGGr!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jane Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Anyway, Star Trek's split infinitive is reputedly one of the most famous anywhere so they kept it in for the next series. Except they watered it down to boldly go where no-one has gone before Which really bugs me!!! Jane Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] possies
In reply to the message from the Caussie, I like Frozzie! >From another Possie, Ruth Budge! --- lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If Aussie Poms are Possies , what does that make me, an Aussie French? > > A Fossie, a FrOz, or a Frozzie? > > > This here Caussie likes Frozzie -does that mean I should and could be > Cazzie? > I think I need to go to bed, this is getting silly. > > Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] aussie spiders
But Liz, don't you ever use a nice leather purse??? And if so, have you ever thought what part of a different animal it might've come from I agree, though, the Australian sense of humour can be *very* strange at times!!! Ruth Budge (giggling madly - and realising how acclimatised she's become about some of these things over the years!!!) --- Liz Beecher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anne, > > Becareful what you ask for. > > Kid you not but my tame Aussie was very tempted to bring me a purse made > from the tanned and treated testicles of a kangeroo. > > It's the sort of thing that passes for humour out there where the heat > affects your brain. > > He told me this, about the purse, and wondered why, when he turned to > look at me I had this look on my face of sheer disgust - all that was > going through my face was that I'd have to put my fingers inside to get > the money out. > > Yuck. > > > Regards > > Liz B > > > = > > A & M Nicholas wrote: > > > Hi Aussie spiders, > > > > Just a quick fun question. > > At the moment my 20 year old son is on holiday in Australia. He is > > staying > > with an old school friend in Bondi. > > > > Now before he went he asked what we would like him to bring home. My > > daughter and I both asked for the same thing ... a small furry kangaroo > > possibly with a joey in her pouch. > > > > My son has phoned home 2 or 3 times and each time I ask him if he has > > managed to get the kangaroos yet (after I ask him if he is having a good > > time !!). His answer is always the same ... I can get Koalas but no > > kangaroos. > > > > Is he having us on or is it true? > > I thought it would be a nice easy thing to get but apparently not!! > > > > Anne Nicholas in > > Hanworth, > > Middx. > >England > > > -- > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try the new improved Yahoo! Australia & NZ Search at http://www.yahoo.com.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] aussie spiders
Anne, I'd have to say that Koalas are more popular in the souvenir shops than Kangaroos, but both are available. He may not be looking in the right place - a really good place for souvenirs is at Darling Harbour - lots of shops selling lots of things like stuffed toy animals Suggest he go there and have a look! Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- A & M Nicholas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Aussie spiders, > > Just a quick fun question. > At the moment my 20 year old son is on holiday in Australia. He is staying > with an old school friend in Bondi. > > Now before he went he asked what we would like him to bring home. My > daughter and I both asked for the same thing ... a small furry kangaroo > possibly with a joey in her pouch. > > My son has phoned home 2 or 3 times and each time I ask him if he has > managed to get the kangaroos yet (after I ask him if he is having a good > time !!). His answer is always the same ... I can get Koalas but no > kangaroos. > > Is he having us on or is it true? > I thought it would be a nice easy thing to get but apparently not!! > > Anne Nicholas in > Hanworth, > Middx. >England > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try the new improved Yahoo! Australia & NZ Search at http://www.yahoo.com.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Language is cool
Respect Joy?? What's that??!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Joy Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah! Australian sons, let us rejoice, for we are young and fair. DUH! If Australians are all young, I expect proper respect for my gray hair when I turn up the week after next! Try the new improved Yahoo! Australia & NZ Search at http://www.yahoo.com.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Australian weather
Very funny, Jackie!I know you find Brisbane cool after Darwin - but remember, I lived in Brisbane when we first arrived in Australia, so you can't pull the wool over my eyes about Brisbane weather! Regards, Ruth (Sydney, where its still continuing hot and humid, although a cool change is promisedcan't wait!) Jacqueline Bowhey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To Shirley, Liz, Beth, Ruth, and all other Ozzie Spiders down south - It Never gets that hot in Brisbane or even Darwin! I feel for ya. Jackie Try the new improved Yahoo! Australia & NZ Search at http://www.yahoo.com.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: English Lace mag
And here in Australia, Liz in Melbourne has had her magazine for days now, and I'm still waiting!!! Boo Hoo!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 12, 2004, at 12:09, Helen Bell wrote: > Has anyone in the US seen their copy of English Lace yet? Not me, but mine usually arrives about a week after the UK "sightings", so I hope for it before the week's over. - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Hot cross bun recipe
About 40 years ago, I had a go at making my own Hot Cross Buns - and the cross was made of a mixture of plain flour and water, mixed to a stiff paste. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are a lot of recipes for hot cross buns on the web, but the ones I > came across have the cross done in icing. The traditional ones from the > baker have the cross done in what appears to be a darker dough, but I must > admit, I've never know what the cross was made of - certainly not icing. > > Jean in Poole http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: maple syrup
Well, the *best* pancakes (IMHO) are topped with lemon juice and castor sugar!! But my adult children like them with honey.Maple syrup is available in Australia, but I find it too sweet (which is probably why I don't like the honey on pancakes). Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jazmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay.. being a Canuck to whom it never even /occured/ to that maple syrup wasnt a universal substance.. I have to ask.. What do you put on pancakes and waffles? Jam? Corn syrup? Inquiring minds want to know! Heather -- who remembers pouring fresh hot syrup on clean snow in the sugar bush as a kid for a wonderful sticky treat. :) - Original Message - From: "Helen Bell" To: Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: [lace-chat] RE: maple syrup > Lucky you! I'm drooling! Waffles, whipped cream, butter and maple > syrup - pour it over the top. Go lightly - it's rich. Also great over > pancakes (flapjacks) and vanilla ice cream (but so is the best balsamic > vinegar, my dear MIL assures me!) > > Cheers, > Helen, Aussie living in b-iskly sunny Denver > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Hot Cross buns again
A few days ago we were discussing Hot Cross Buns. Now I find that my local bakery has Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns!Has anyone else come across this ...um...is it an "improvement"??Or an abomination?? Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] What a day!
I spent today (another 40c beauty) demonstrating lacemaking at the Stitches and Craft Fair here in Sydney. It was not as crowded as in previous years, thank goodness, but my head's still swimming. I came home to find the power had been off for 3 1/2 hours. Another three hours passed, and we had enough power to show the display on the microwave, and spark the electric ignition on the gas cooktop. DH tried the overhead lights, but no luck. He then went out to a meeting, and I'm sitting there with the only light (his desktop fluro)which seems to want to work, and candles around the room, reading. By now we've also got a red standby light on the television, which eventually made me curiousdid we have enough power to work a television? YES! So, even more curious, I tried a couple of other things...and they worked too. But still no lights. So then I went out to the fuse box, which husband had previously checked and assured me everything was on. He's still out, so he doesn't know yet - everything was on.except the master switch to the lights! Three hours sitting in the dark for no purpose!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Seasonal disorder
Well, Lynn, it was in the Blue Mountains that I first heard of the Christmas in July celebrationsso maybe it isn't an urban myth. Nice to finally meet you today at the Stitches and Craft Show! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as the Christmas in July thing, I have heard that it started in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, when a bunch of Irish tourists decided that the snow falling made it look like Christmas. This inspired them to get the hotel staff to do up the place for an appropriate Christmas meal with decorations and all. I guess it is another of those urban myths. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] RE: seasonal disgruntle disorder
Christmas stuff is in the stores during June/July in Australia, because some years ago a person clever in selling started promoting "Christmas in Winter". In the full heat of summer at Christmas, the Australian climate is really not very suitable for preparing and eating all the traditional hot, heavy, cooked Christmas fare. So someone in a holiday destination not far from Sydney, where the climate in winter (June, July, August) is more similar to the northern hemisphere's winter, had the bright idea of offering a traditional Christmas dinner in June. The idea took off - and wherever one goes now, all sorts of hotels and restaurants are offering "Christmas in June or July" occasions. Maybe your stores are also trying to cash in on this craze, without understanding the reasoning behind it, Helen!! (vbg) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Helen Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The one that bugs me is Christmas stuff coming in in July (I understand > with crafts, one needs time to complete projects), but why does it > overshadow Thanksgiving? http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Hold it!!! (was: house burned)
Oh Tamara! I do hope we're wrong, but in the light of that, I admit it *does* seem suspicious, to say the least. My advice to everybody would be to hold off doing anything until the facts are verified. And if our doubts sound insulting to Hannah, well, I'm sorry, but I hope she'd admit that, under the circumstances, our doubts are understandable. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gentle Spiders, I am *cross-posting*, to both lace and chat -- a sin to the n'th degree -- because I think it's important that *everyone* reads this. Arachne is a unique list, especially when it comes to generosity of heart. That's the reason it's been the only list I read/interact with and have been since June '95... It *pains* me, to every fibre of my being, to think that we might be considered to be just so many dim-witted sheep, ready for shearing. The sympathy for Hannah and Amanda (her daughter), whose house had burnt, and the "put your money where your mouth is" expressions of it, have been typical of Arachne as we know and love it. However... We might have been "had"... The reason I no longer had any spare lacemaking equipment *left to send*, and had to send a "pledge" to a vendor instead? I'd sent all my "extra", *a year ago*, to another (?) "burnt out" Arachnean... I've just found the original message, which is *riveting*: > Mon, I I Feb 2002 10:10:26 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject- [lace] Exciteing news yet sad news > > A few weeks ago I got to teach my very best frien how to make lace. I > was so > proud. I walked into her house with 2 pillows, a couple of books, pins, > pincushions, and all my extra bobbins with all my other valuables. > When I > left she had already started a bookmark and loved it. She was hooked. > I was > so excited a new racer here in Ash Grove. As far as I know we are the > only 2 > at this time. Well 2 nights later her house burned to the ground > including > all the lace stuff. We stood there watching the house burn for 5 hours. > > They still do not have a home and are moving around but she stil has > the > bug. Yesterday she asked me if I could loan her more stuff so she can > work > on lace. She says it would be the one good thing in her life right > now. I am > trying to get some stuff together for her but it may be a while before > I can > get what she needs. I think it is great though that she wants to work > on it. > It is so strange because I am still collecting stuff like clothes and > > household goods and she is thinking lace. Another addict is born. > Hannah > Moad, SW MO > > (The following was her response when I offered to lend her some of my > bobbins.) > > That would be ever so kind. Thank You so much. Hannah Moad > > 409 N McQueary Ave > Ash Grove Mo 65604 OK. The one with the egg on her face gets to try and unscramble it all... I suppose it's *possible* that the same person loses all her lacemaking equipment to a fire on a yearly basis It just doesn't seem *likely*, to me; I welcome contrary contributions from statisticianas on the list :) I'll be rescinding *my* gift certificate -- it had been to within an inch of what I can afford, because I'd thought it was going to two *deserving* lacemakers, one of them in her teens; I'm no longer sure of it. I feel that my (infrequently employed) sparks of generosity had been mocked, and I don't like it; I *may be* an old fool, but I don't have to like to have it pointed out so starkly. Hannah and Amanda are listed in the most recent IOLI Directory, with the same address, so, perhaps, they do both exist, and are not as much of a fraud as they seem to me at the moment. Both have been on the Secret Pal Exchange for quite a while, which suggests that they've been meeting their "send out" obligations (Alice "chops" the no-shows). I expect that Karen Sartain (the collect-contact nearest to Hannah and Amanda) is "bona fide", even if I'd never heard of her before... Frankly, I'm not enjoying my winter this year, and this "affair" only makes the season bleaker. I've always been "leery" of things and people; distrust is a part of my upbringing. But, to encounter it on *Arachne*, feels like ultimate betrayal... Yours, disenchanted, - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Government!
I think, Betty Ann, that this is a "take" on a very old monologue which was often played on the radio when I was a young girla report by a couple of Irish workers on a similar incident. The details have been changed slightly. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Clive and Betty Ann Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Australian Bricklayer Report: This is a bricklayer's accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the Australian equivalent of the Workers' Compensation board. This is a true story. Had this guy died, he'd have received a Darwin Award for sure... Dear Sir: I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient. I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later, were found to be slightly in excess of 500 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks. You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form that I weigh 135 lbs. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel, which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explained the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collar bone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report form. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again to my weight. As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent, down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several lacerations of my legs and lower body. Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries, when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope, and I lay there watching the empty barrel begin its journey back down onto me. This explains the two broken legs. I hope this answers your inquiry. Kind Regards, Mike Pashby To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re: our house burned
Those of you on chat may not know, but Hannah and Amanda Moad have just lost all their lace equipment in a house fire. I asked if someone might be willing to act as a collection point for replacing their equipment for them. I've now received a personal message from Karen Sartain, who has trouble posting because of the HTML issue. Karen only lives a couple of hours away from Hannah and Amanda. She has given me her permission to give out her address so that if any of you do have a contribution to make towards restoring Hannah and Amanda's lace equipment, you can send it to her, and she'll make sure they get it. On the other hand, I do know that Jenny in Australia, did enjoy choosing some of her own replacement equipment, and Tamara's suggestion of arranging a "gift certificate" with a supplier for them is also a very good one. Personally, I'd suggest that if you go down that path, write to Karen anyway and tell her which supplier and how much, so that the information can be passed on to the girls. Karen's address is: 305 Fox Chase, Arnold. MO 63010 USA I know that Jenny really appreciated all the support during a terrible time last year, so how about we see if we can support these two in a similar way?? Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 7, 2004, at 0:58, Ruth Budge wrote: > > > Is there an Arachnean who lives within a reasonable distance of Hannah > > and > > Amanda who can act as an collection-agent like Noelene did after the > > Canberra > > fires? I'd like to think that we could help replace their lace > > equipment as > > we did for Jenny last year. > > Too much puter twiddling for *my* two remaining brain cells...:) What' > I've done (and others might chose the same route) is send a pledge of a > certain amount of money (sort of like "gift certificate"?) to a US lace > supplier, and the URL to the two "burn-outs" to pick what they need > within that amount. I no longer have any *spare* lace equipment > going.. > > - > Tamara P Duvall > Lexington, Virginia, USA > Formerly of Warsaw, Poland > http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Seasonal Disgruntle Disorder
I can only think of a one-word reply to that, Joy - YUK! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Joy Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We don't get hot-cross buns in the stores here, > but the last supermarket ad I read offered > heart-shaped doughnuts with cherry frosting. > > -- > Joy Beeson, feeling ill at the mere thought > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
