On Jun 13, 2007, at 13:38, Anneke Reijs wrote:
Machine lovemaking!?!?! (VBG!)
Faster and more efficient than human-made; satisfaction guaranteed on
every repeat :)
This is the second day in a row that language has provided a giggle...
BTW... I had a message from Francis (of Bart and
Hi All,
I also wash my glass beads, but I haven't done it in a laundry bag - I put
the beads in a tea infuser, in the dishwasher, when the dishwasher is on an
economy or quick wash. (For those not in the UK where tea is the national
beverage, a tea infuser is like a small ball with handles
On books.google.com, I found A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and
Origins, by Johann Beckmann.
http://books.google.com/books?id=of8aMAAJ;
This book was originally published in Germany from 1783-1805 as Beyträge
zur geschichte der erfindungen, and published in an English translation in
Greetings :)
I was hoping my fellow listers may be able to offer some
recommendations on the books available for Tønder lace. They are pretty
pricey to obtain here and I am hoping to start off with perhaps a good
general technical guide and a pattern book and build my Tønder library
from
Dear Clay -- What fun! You will love it. As to my teachers: on my
first visit, with lace on my mind (note: not yet in my hands or in
any part of my brain that ever mattered) and an address in hand, it
turned out that I was ringing Doreen Wright's doorbell. She gave me a
clipped but vigorous
Barbara,
I love crafts of all kinds, and tend to go whole hog into whatever new
hobby I begin. My latest new hobby is lacemaking, and I started this in
1983! I love everything about it, including the bobbins, new or old.
In fact, the bobbins are what opened my eyes to lacemaking in the
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
The general rule of thumb is: if something mindbogglingly stupid *can*
be done, someone will do it. And then sue *your* pants off for not
Thus if you see it in the User Manual, chances are there *was* a lawsuit.
No, I don't think anyone makes them
On Jun 15, 2007, at 0:31, Bev Walker wrote:
But, but, but... Isn't that how you reheat the leftovers? On the
burner
or in the oven? Of course it is.
Surely not the entire coffeemaker though (and surely it happened.
aargh)
No, no, no. Ever since most appliances shortened their cords
