[lace] IOLI convention

2019-04-27 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I am doing a Happy Dance – here in chilly, damp, wintery Melbourne, Oz., as I have just received a letter from the Convention Registrar to tell me I have been entered in my First Choice class – mornings with Karen Bovard Sayre, and also we got into our first choice of tour on the Wednesday –

Re: [lace] On Arachne since 1996

2019-04-27 Thread Lise-Aurore Lapalme
Hi all, This lurker joined the list at the end of April 1995 and has been reading and learning since. Back to lurking, Lise-Aurore > Le 27 avr. 2019 à 13:50, Bev Walker a écrit : > > Hi everyone > Changing the subject line from spam emails, better for searching the > archive! > Quoted below

RE: [lace] Arachne 25yrs old in 2020

2019-04-27 Thread Annette Meldrum
I joined in 1996 too! Annette in the Gong (Australia) -Original Message- From: David C Collyer Me too Shirl!! I believe next year, 2020, will be the 25th anniversary of Arachne on the internet!!B Wow, that's a long time for group on the web. Wonder how many 'first timers' are still with

[lace] anniversary.

2019-04-27 Thread Sharon Whiteley
I too found Arachne in 1996, in about August of that year. I remember when I first discovered it. I had typed in "lace" in the browser and was shocked to get a lot of porno web-sites :) Luckily arachne did appear too and I've belonged ever since. It was a real thrill just to know there

[lace] the very start of Arachne

2019-04-27 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone, April 1995 I think? when Arachne, the lace e-mail list, first hit the interwaves. Just for the record.. Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] 25 years on Arachne

2019-04-27 Thread Shirley MEIER
I think I joined in early 1996 or somewhere about then , I am mostly a lurker but do like to read all of the mail. Shirl in Corio , Oz. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

Re: [lace] On Arachne since 1996

2019-04-27 Thread Adele Shaak
I think it was 1996 when I joined; not right at the beginning, but not much later. I vividly remember how awesome it was to be able to get lacemaking information directly from real people who actually knew what they were talking about. How long ago that was - 25 years in physical time, but a

Re: [lace] On Arachne since 1996

2019-04-27 Thread H Mmmm
Hello all, I have been a lurker for many years now, but I joined in 1996 or 1997. I didn't realize it was 25 years already. Wow. Hi Bev! Heather Lower Mainland, BC On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 at 10:54, Bev Walker wrote: > Hi everyone > Changing the subject line from spam emails, better for searching

Re: [lace] Spam emails

2019-04-27 Thread Angel
I apologise for not trimming the last post! Cearbhael Sent from my iPhone - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace] On Arachne since 1996

2019-04-27 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone Changing the subject line from spam emails, better for searching the archive! Quoted below I have the others and part of Shirley T's message but not the bit from Liz, also a '96-er (big grin) I joined later that year, then there was discussion of a first year commemorative bobbin,

Re: [lace] Spam emails

2019-04-27 Thread Angel
David and fellow Arachnids! Yeah! 25 Years is a very long time! I joined a couple of months after it started, but it was the same year! Never ever wanted to leave, though I have had periods where I have lurked in the background due to a myriad of reasons! However, I do avidly read posts and

RE: [lace] Spam emails

2019-04-27 Thread Kenn Van Dieren
I joined in 1996 as well. -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com On Behalf Of David C Collyer Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2019 11:17 AM To: 'Tregellas Family' ; 'Elizabeth Ligeti' ; lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Spam emails Me too Shirl!! I believe next year, 2020, will

RE: [lace] Spam emails

2019-04-27 Thread David C Collyer
Me too Shirl!! I believe next year, 2020, will be the 25th anniversary of Arachne on the internet!!B Wow, that's a long time for group on the web. Wonder how many 'first timers' are still with us.B I joined in 1996. David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to