[lace-chat] ebay
just spotted this on ebay - thought Tamara would be keeng http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=114item=6121681455 jenny barron it's getting cold in Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Monica Ferris and Red Sox
Jane Viking Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I just checked on Barnes and Noble to see if Monica Ferris has a new book coming out. There is one! Crewel Yule is out in hardback now and will be out in paperback in June 2005. That's a concidence, I was just going to post about this but I've got different details from Amazon for the paperback. According to them the paperback is published on Dec 17th by Wheeler Pub Inc, ISBN 1587248549. jenny barron Scotland 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
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! not just in Australia - I bought my son a fondue set for his 18th birthday as a bit of a joke but he was delighted - he'd discovered cheese fondue on a skiing holiday and loved it. Mind you he's only used it the once! jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] feline butterology theory
I think I've seen the first part of this a long time ago but the second part is new to me jenny barron Scotland UK Antigravity, The Feline Butterology Theory --- Captured from the Usenet Oracle, 19930625 This question was posed to the Usenet Oracle: If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the floor butter-side down. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on its feet. But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat's back and toss them both out the window? Will the cat land on its feet? Or will the butter splat on the ground? And in response, thus spoke the Oracle: Even if you are too lazy to do the experiment yourself you should be able to deduce the obvious result. The laws of butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict laws of feline aerodynamics demand that the cat can not smash its furry back. If the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall. That's right, you clever mortal (well, as clever as a mortal can get), you have discovered the secret of antigravity! A buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified by scraping off some of the butter, providing lift, or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent. Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use this principle to drive their ships while within a planetary system. The loud humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is, in fact, the purring of several hundred tabbies. The one obvious danger is, of course, if the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs they will instantly plummet. Of course the cats will land on their feet, but this usually doesn't do them much good, since right after they make their graceful landing several tons of red-hot starship and *ed-off aliens crash on top of them. Flaws In the Flying Cat Theory: A Response Special to the Coastal Beacon A logical analysis of the BFAD (Buttered Feline Antigravity Drive) propulsion theory clearly demonstrates the impossibility of such a system. Let us begin with a simple analysis. 1) Buttered bread must fall butter side down. 2) A cat always lands on its feet. While both theorems are indisputable, the oracle offers no proof of the construct. The oracle implies that anyone who 'would' test this construct would immediately find the secret of BFAD. This is clearly nonsense. Let us assume a normal Einsteinian universe (although a Euclidean universe would serve our purposes just as well, the Einsteinian is both cheaper and drinks are readily available.) To test BFAD, one must procure: Bread Butter (margarine, for some reason, will not work) A cat A strapping device. Let us assume that all of these are readily available. Attach the strapping device to the cat. See? No cat. What has happened? We have run up against an a priori universal law. By a priori, we mean that it takes priority over either the Buttered Bread Principle or the Law of Feline Landings. What happens is that the instant a strapping device and a cat occupy the same four dimensional space, the cat disappears. Now, this can easily be tested, and has been repeatedly. There are two schools of thought about this phenomenon. The first holds that a cat and a strapping device are constituted out of different fundamental building blocks. According to this theory, a cat is constituted primarily of superquarks, (called meows by current theorists.) These superquarks demonstrate qualities that are both atomic (constituted as they are of groupings of normal quark particles) and feline (because these quarks exhibit characteristic of charmed or lucky particles.) Again, according to this theory, strapping materials are fashioned out of non-charmed particles. Bringing the two together causes one or the other to cancel out. One aspect of this theory that has not been sufficiently explained to date is the fact that it is always the cat, not the strapping device, that disappears. The second school of thought, and it is one that appears to be gaining ground in academic circles today, holds that cats are, in fact, super-intelligent pan-dimensional beings who exist in our four dimensional universe only because there is plenty of good food and a lot of creatures stupid enough to provide the food, along with plenty of attention. Whenever a strapping device appears, the cat simply opens a door to a different series of dimensions, and goes on an extended tour. According to this theory, purring is a cat's way of maintaining a constant balance cycling across multiple dimensions. This school holds
[lace-chat] mittens
Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real gloves?? mittens keep your hands warmer than gloves - also they are easier and quicker to knit - in my experienceg jenny barron NE Scotland where it is snowing and I am hoping for a white Christmas To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] stinging nettles
Weronika said I've also heard getting stung by nettles is actually healthy (may be completely false), so people might have used them for that too. Although it's a very bad idea now, especially when they grow next to roads and such - they accumulate all sorts of nasty stuff. I think it's used for arthritis but it's still fairly early in my Sunday morning so I could be misremembering that jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] what do you do for christmas?
We play games and christmas music all night. Hopefully it will be a nice night to sit outside. I really envy you that (and the youngsters to enjoy Santa - mine are 16 and 18 way past that magic age), there's not that many evenings in the whole year that we can sit outside and at the moment I'd freeze - it's looking likely we'll have a white Christmas. jenny barron NE Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster
David said - I'm really annoyed at the coverage we aren't getting. When 9/11 happened all programmes on TV were suspended for about 3 days. For this disaster we have to wait for hourly news bulletins on the radio. Hi David In the UK it's on 24 hours a day on all our news channels, they are on satellite so not everyone gets them. To be honest the scale of it is so immense it's hard to get to grips with. jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Marriage
Jean said My concern is that The Duke of Windsor couldn't keep the crown and marry a divorcee (Charles can), Margaret wasn't allowed to marry a divorcee even though there was very little likelihood of every becoming monarch (Anne could). Who changed the rules for the monarchy and when? I don't think it's a question of rules/laws governing the monarchy it's the way society sees things at the time, Eighty years ago when the Duke of Windsor abdicated society was very different - divorce was a big nono for everyone, nowadays 3 of the Queens children are divorced and one has remarried without any great fuss. Personally I think they should be left to get on with it - put all those talking heads on all the news channels out of a job for a start. jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] class system
Sharon said Another example which is spread worldwide and more sinister. How many British movies have you been to where the bad guys always have a lower class accent? Even the Harry Potter movies were guilty (listen to the Slytherin quidditch captain)..and they were made by Americans. Guess I'm a bit of a pie in the sky type and think everyone should be equal..but there's always someone more equal eh? I think what I notice most when seeing films is how often the bad guy has a British accent - Bond films, at least one of the Die Hard films etc. Now these are mostly American films, there are not that many British films about, and the British accent in those films tends to be upper class English. Go figure jenny barron Scotish with a Scottish classless accent To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] British accents
I must be bored tonight I actually googled and found this article on the use of the English accent in American films. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A891155 I'll never think of the Aristocats in the same way ever again. now back to my UFO bruges flower lace mat jenny barron Scotland 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 Pictures of this area
Hi, this is the URL for my local area, they are fairly selective in the photos they show, but I imagine every guide/tourist site is the same in presenting the best to the world. It's actually very pretty outside just now as we have a few inches of snow, very lacey on the trees but melting fast. http://www.elginscotland.org/index.php jenny barron Elgin Scotland Shirley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Linda for letting me see where you live, if we get enough we can travel the world without leaving the comfort of home. ;-) I would love to travel more but it can't be done. Shirley in Corio, Oz. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Fw: Blonde Joke
I've not seen this one before - made me giggle jennybarron Scotland A blonde was driving home after work, and got caught in a really bad hailstorm. Her car was covered with dents, so the next day she took it to the repair shop. The shop owner saw that she was a blonde, and decided to have some fun. He told her just to go home and blow into the tail pipe really hard, and all the dents would pop out. So, the blonde went home, got down on her hands and knees and started blowing into her car's tailpipe. Nothing happened. She blew a little harder, and still nothing happened. Her roommate, another blonde, came home and asked,What are you doing? The first blonde told her how the repairman had instructed her to blow into the tailpipe in order to get all the dents to pop out. Her roommate rolled her eyes and said...HEL-L You gotta roll the windows up first! -- To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] The Bill - Again
david, you might not want to use this site - depends how weak willed you are!! http://www.thebill.com/episodes/episodes.html just put the episode number you are interested in in the box and off you go, could spoil your enjoyment though. jenny barron Scotland ps how is your new kitten getting on with you? 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: Tax Freedom Day
And then there are the extra taxes on gasoline and telecommunications services I don't think we're quite to 41%, but it's sure more than we'd like! just out of interest how much tax do you pay on petrol/gasoline? I'm not sure of the exact figure after our recent budget but last year of the 82p per litre petrol cost 46p of that was tax. jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Fw: History Lesson
I'm not sure how many of these I believe but they sound plausible jenny barron Scotland The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the Water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were Starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all, the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying It’s raining cats and dogs. There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a 'thresh hold. Getting quite an education so far? In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. This was a sign of wealth. A man could bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning deaths. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. They would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house and re-use the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. They would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer. Whoever said that History was boring??? 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] Commeratives and Web page
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My WONDERFUL DH re-did the web page for this year, so if you want to see some of the stuff, you can hit it at http:members.aol.com/jspruitt I had a problem getting there, this worked for me http://members.aol.com/jspruitt/ jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine
Hi Ann I use Sticky Stuff Remover from Lakeland. Works every time and it's doesn't smell nasty jenny barron Scotland Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings fellow spiders, Advice, please, on how to remove the residue from sticky labels from a pair of melamine salt pepper shakers. The paper has soaked away, but the sticky gunge left behind is proving stubborn :( To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Monica Ferris book coming out
I think it's a large print book - can't remember where I saw that though jenny barron Scotland Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Amazon UK, there's already a paperback of 'Crewel Yule', but it's more expensive than the hardback for some unknown reason, and the mass market paperback is due in October 2005. 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: These made me laugh too
Yours, plowing through the entire series (now that I've finally assembled all its ingredients and can read the books in order) of the detective feats of the 17th c samurai Sano Ichiro, and learning bits about the political system of Japan of that time. that sounds interesting Tamara, I loved Robert Van Gulik's Judge Dee series set in 7th century China - are there many books in the series? Is it also a trait of lacemakers that we have to read books in orderg. I have to confess I will not read part of a series of books - even if they are stand alone books - if I cannot get them all, I'm sure I miss out on books that I would love but I can't help it jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: FW: Probably the worst joke ever... and I mean ever
apologies for this, my DH sent me this jenny barron sunny Scotland One day God calls down to Noah and says, Noah me old china, I want you to make me a new Ark. Noah replies, No probs fella, anything you want - after all you're the guv'nor. But God interrupts, Ah, but there's a catch son. This time Noah, I don't want just a couple of decks... I want 20 decks - one on top of the other. 20 DECKS!! screams Noah Well, OK Big Man, whatever you say. Should I fill it up with all the animals just like last time? Yep, that's right, well... erm... sort of right. This time I want you to fill it up with fish, God answers. Fish? queries Noah. Yes, fish. Little things.. that swim in sea's and stuff. You know 'em. Well, actually, to make it more specific Noah, I want carp... wall to wall, floor to ceiling.. CARP! Noah looks to the skies. OK God, me old mucker. Let me get this right then geez, you want a New Ark? Check. With 20 decks, one on top of the other? Correct. And you want it full of Carp? Oh yes. But why?, asks the perplexed Noah, who was slowly but surely getting to the end of his tether. God replies: Scroll down everyone! It's possibly the best ever God say's, I dunno really... I just fancied a Multi-Storey Carp Ark. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: FW: Irish
not sure if this has been on chat before, made me chuckle jenny barron Scotland Bloke goes into a shop and asks for Irish Sausages. The Assistant looked at him and asked Are you Irish? If I asked you for Italian Sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian? Or, if I asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked you for a Kosher Hot Dog, would you ask me if I was Jewish? Or, if I asked you for a Taco, would you ask me if I was Mexican ? Would ya, ay? Would Ya? The assistant says, Well no. And if I asked you for some Bourbon Whiskey, would you ask me if I was American? What about Danish Bacon, would you ask me if I was Danish? Well, I probably wouldn't, With self-indignation, the man says, Well, all right then,why did you ask me if I'm Irish just because I asked for Irish Sausages? The Assistant replies, Because you're in Homebase. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] london
Janice Blair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having just filled out my application for my British pension, have been dragging my feet for over a year on this, :-), I guess DH and I qualify for the discounts for seniors. Do we need to have proof of any kind to get the discounts at museums, etc? Janice aren't most of the major museums free to enter - the ones that are publicly funded anyway? I think they ask for donations but that's discretionary. jenny barron far too hot in Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] quiet
Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Goodness we are a quiet lot! must be the 4th July weekend effect, I'll start the ball rolling - my bulletin (IOLI) has just arrived and it's yummy, I especially like the milanese heart pattern, maybe if I start it now I'll finish it for next Valentine's day? jenny barron Scotland - very glad not to be visiting Edinburgh just now, friends are going today for their daughter's graduation and are rather worried To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] was green tomatoes now hush puppies
I googled and came upon this recipe http://www.gumbopages.com/food/breakfast/hush-pups.html sounds quite tasty jenny barron NE Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Harry Potter
Lynn Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but it certainly leaves us hanging for the big finale whenever that gets written and published. saw part of an interview with her yesterday, when asked that question she said she had done a bit of work on it but was not going to start writing it properly until the beginning of 2006 jenny barron NE Scotland where it has finally cooled down a bit To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Looking for photo archive boxes in UK
http://www.arrowfile.com/product.asp?pf_id=C3894 not sure if this is what you want Avital, I buy their photo albums which are acid free. The boxes don't seem to specifically say acid free. I've found them very good as a company until my last order when they charged me £5 extra postage as they said I was Highlands and Islands of Scotland - which I'm not. Not sure if it was them or their delivery company which ripped me off. I'm pretty sure a delivery to Manchester would be considered mainland UKg. jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] was photo archive boxes now scrapbooking
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a little pricey for the small size, but OTOH it's still reasonable and it's acid-free. Oh dear. Are those scrapbooking supplies I see? Scissors? Paper? Oh-oh, I think my credit card is in trouble ;-) well if you want to trouble your credit card Avital - try here http://tinyurl.com/aldjt jenny To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Monica Ferris
I see the first 3 Monica Ferris books have been re-released in one volume called Patterns of Murder http://tinyurl.com/cgf8f jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] weather surprises
further to our talk on weather around the world, the UK just suffered a tornado, nothing on the scale of the ones the US suffers from but I wouldn't have liked to have been in it's path http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4725279.stm jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Author query
This is a question possibly for the UK alone. Is there a mystery writer called Morag Ross or Joss? Particia in Wales Hi Patricia, I googled and came up with this http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/whatson/event_listing.html?event_id=16330 jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Travelling children
Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With houses in the UK being quite small, once a mother has got used to the idea that her offspring has flown the nest, she's usually very happy to finally have a sewing/lace/craft room and let the offspring sleep on a camp bed when he/she returns home for a while. ah, they may fly the nest but they leave their stuff behind them and it's apparently far too precious to dispose of!! jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Travelling children
The parents I know (mainly teachers and/or lacemakers) put their kid's stuff in the loft, and take over the room with glee! Jean, Poole, Dorset, UK sorry Jean, I've already filled the loft - with everyone else's help I have to say - so that's not an option jenny barron Scotland - sunny again at last To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Question for UK members
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone tell me the name of the husband of Jilly cooper, the novellist? it's actually Leo Cooper, her maiden name was Sallitts would you believe jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Fw: WOMENS WORLD
He addressed the man, Can you name your wife's favorite flower? Tom leaned over, touched his wife's arm gently and whispered, It's Pillsbury, isn't it? ?? didn't understand :(( dominique from Paris, France .. Hi Dominique, I think Pillsbury is a brand of baking flour not the type you find in a bouquet jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] UK petrol pumps
Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With petrol prices predicted to go above GBP1.00 a litre next week, just read in my morning local paper that fuel prices are already £1/litre in Inverness(north east of Scotland) - just 50 miles up the road from me - of course our fuel prices were already more expensive so we had a head start on the south coast of England - our local businesses are always complaining about the price of fuel up here. Most of the price is tax of course - has anyone ever heard of a tax going down vbg jenny barron Scotland, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Longish but definitely worth the wait...
not sure if it is worth the wait but it might raise a wee smile jenny barron Sunny Scotland Last Saturday night; a young chap was walking home from a club. It was a cold, wet, windy evening, and he was tired and freezing. Most of the streetlights in the area were broken, and the silence was only broken by the occasional sound of a stray cat sifting through a dustbin. Then suddenly he heard a strange noise... BUMP BUMP BUMP Startled by this, he turned, and to his amazement, through the driving rain, he saw the faint outline of a large box turning into his road. BUMP BUMP BUMP He froze to the spot, he couldn't believe his eyes, as the box approached from the shadows, he was able to make out its shape more clearlyIt was a coffin. Not wanting anything to do with this, he put his head down and started walking briskly home. BUMP BUMP BUMP He could feel the coffin gaining on him, he started walking faster. BUMPBUMP.. BUMPBUMP. BUMPBUMP.. The coffin was closing with his every step, he started to jog, but he heard the coffin speed up after him.. BUMPBUMP..BUMP.. BUMPBUMP..BUMP.. BUMPBUMP..BUMP.. He started to sprint, but so did the coffin . BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...BUMP. BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...BUMP. BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...BUMP. Eventually he made it to his front door, but he knew the coffin was Only seconds behind. Fumbling around in his pocket, he pulled out his keys, His hand trembling, he managed to open the lock, he dived inside slamming The front door behind him. He shot into his front room, and lumped into his comfy chair. Suddenly there was a loud crash, as the coffin smashed its way through the front door. The force of the impact broke the lock off the coffin allowing the lid to swing freely on its rusty hinges as it continued Its chase. BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... In horror the young lad fled again, as fast as his shaking legs could take him he bolted upstairs to the bathroom and locked the door BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...BUMP...SCREECH...HOP... BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...BUMP...SCREECH...HOP... BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...BUMP...SCREECH...HOP... The coffin again gave chase up the stairs, across the landing and launched itself at the bathroom door. With an almighty smash, the Bathroom door flew off its hinges The coffin stood in the doorway, then started to approach the young terrified lad. BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... In a last ditch attempt to save his skin, he reached for his bathroom cabinet.. He grabbed a bar of Imperial Leather soap and threw it at the coffin...still it came . BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... He grabbed his can of Lynx deodorant and threw it . Still it came.. BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... He grabbed his first aid kit and threw it .still it came.. BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH... He grabbed some Benelyn cough mixture and threw it The coffin stopped. 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: Late-Night Jokes About High Gas Prices
Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gas prices continue to rise. At the gas station near my house they have a slot for your credit card and one right next to it for your 401K. --Jay Leno sorry don't understand - what's a 401k? jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] coffee and tea preferences
Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but also have Tetley's (why-is-it-round) on standby. Evening tea is almost always rooibos. I presume you mean why is the tea bag round? - I think it was a marketing gimmick - fits the bottom of the mug for those of us philistines who make a mug of tea not a pot! I love Tetleys extra strong tea made with soft Scottish water but rarely drink coffee, love the smell but the taste never matches up to the promise and it gives me palipitations if it's at all strong. Actually my favourite tipple is tap water. jenny barron Scotland jenny barron To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Friday AM Smiles....
well it's really Wednesday morning smiles, no 9 does it for me jenny barron Scotland HOME REMEDIES... 1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto! The blockage will be almost instantly removed. 2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away. 3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink. 4. High blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a while, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. 5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep when you hit the snooze button. 6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough. 7. Have a bad tooth ache? Hit your thumb with a hammer, then you will forget about the tooth ache.. 8. AND... Sometimes we just need to remember what The Rules of Life really are: 9. You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape. 10. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them. 11. If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance! 12. And finally... Be really good to your family and friends. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Pins in feet
A Y Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My eagle eye husband finds them with a sweeping glance around the room and boy do I get a lecture every time he spots one. I am very careful about pins etc since the time my husband - not DH at that moment - found a needle and when I put my hand out to take it from him jabbed it into my palm, very unlike him I must say but he made a point! jenny barron sorry for the terrible pun 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: ideal knitting bag
maureen harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What on earth is a fanny pack ? it's a bum bag, you have it on a strap round your waist jenny barron Scotland where we are expecting blizzards today To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Taking the mickey
mine are 17 and 19 and the favouite sport at the moment is patting me on the head, (I'm 5'5, they are both over 6') and commenting unfavouribly on my dwarf like size - it is actually very funny so I don't really mind. Mind you at 12 you've got quite a lot of mickey taking to come - look on the bright side - he is talking to you and you understand what he is sayingg jenny barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm moving this over to chat. Jenny Barron wrote: you are welcome to take the mickey any time you like Avital, I have 2 boys at home at the moment whose main pastime is just that They must have taught my son. He's 12. I think it comes with the age. sport - sigh. Seriously a lovely island to visit would be Lindisfarne http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/ that is off the north east coast of England. No lace though. Gorgeous! I like old monasteries and churches, too. I'd love to visit someday. Avital 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: favourite authors
Lynn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Sharon Whiteley wrote: My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett. Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan! Hi Lynn, was reading in my local paper today that there is to be a TV film of Hogfather with David Jason playing Albert. (grumpy former wizard) Sky One is doing it but there was no projected date for showing it. Something to look out for jenny barron cold and snowy NE Scotland. UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Fw: southerners vs Scots
I thought this was apt as the snow leaves Scotland and travels down the UK, the last line the 6 nations refers to the Rugby Union Championship that is finishing this weekend and no Scotland will not win this year but we've done not badvbg jenny barron somewhat chilly south of Inverness Subject: southerners vs Scots 50F degrees People in southern England turn on the central heating People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants 40F degrees Southerners shiver uncontrollably Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs 35F degrees Cars in the south of England refuse to start People in Falkirk drive with their windows down 20F degrees Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats Aberdonian men throw on a T-shirt girls start wearing mini-skirts 15F degrees Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent People from Dundee swim in the North Sea at Broughty Ferry Zero degrees Life in the south grinds to a halt Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold Minus 10F degrees Life in the south ceases to exist People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket Minus 80F degrees Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers Minus 100F degrees Santa Claus abandons North Pole People in Stirling put on their 'long johns' Minus 173F degrees Alcohol freezes Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut Minus 297F degrees Microbial life starts to disappear The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands Minus 460F degrees All atomic motion stops Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands Minus 500F degrees Hell freezes over Scotland wins the 6 nations To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Queenslander
I'm going to be brave and send this on to chat - if it offends I'm sorry but the heat is frying for what passes for my brains at the moment and it did make me lol jenny barron scorching NE Scotland A Queenslander is drinking in a West Aussie bar when he gets a call on his mobile phone. He hangs up, grinning from ear to ear, he orders a round of drinks for everyone in the bar, because, he announces his wife has just produced a typical baby boy weighing 25 pounds. Nobody can believe that any baby can weigh in at 25 pounds, but the Queenslander just shrugs, That's about average in Queensland. Like said, my boy is a typical Queensland baby boy. Congratulations showered him from all around and many exclamations of STREWTH were heard. One woman even fainted due to sympathy pains. Two weeks later the Queenslander returns to the bar. The bartender says You're the father of that typical Queensland baby that weighed 25 pounds at birth. Everybody's been having bets about how big he'd be in 2 weeks. We were going to call you. So, how much does he weigh? The proud father answers, ³17 pounds The bartender is puzzled and concerned. What happened? He weighed 25 pounds the day he was born. The Queensland father takes a long s-l-o-w swig from his , wipes his lips on his shirt sleeve, leans onto the bar and proudly says... ..Had him circumcised No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/362 - Release Date: 12/06/2006 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] the IOLI Bulletin
just received the summer Bulletin - lovely, I especially like the Liers Lace on the inside front cover, I think Spring 1 is my favourite. Silly question but I presume the net is cut off from around the worked area when finished to make the lily on the cover? jenny barron Sunny, windy NE Scotland, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
