[lace-chat] Re: Thanksgiving

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
At 06:51 AM 11/27/04 +1100, W N Lafferty wrote: (Do American waiters really say Enjoy as they place your food before you?) *Some* do. I always have to repress the urge to reply It soon will be! -- Joy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat

[lace-chat] Sprinkling ironing (was: soulful irons (was: kerosene lamps))

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
. And I suspect that the brown color of the wicker was dye; probably *was* a good idea to line *that* basket. (I use a Rubbermaid basket. And put ironing in a plastic bag on the rare occasions that I want to give it time to even out.) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

[lace-chat] Chimneys: was Re: Lace Makers Lamps

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
; there is a field guild to plain dress in the back, and I am an exceeding nosy person.)) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's raining again. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace-chat] Crafts

2004-11-22 Thread Joy Beeson
minutes. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the leaves are down, but winter is holding off. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] looking for supplies and teachers

2004-11-21 Thread Joy Beeson
things together with a glue gun. Lacers are craftsmen, practitioners of crafts are crafters. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send

[lace-chat] Re: Foods in General

2004-11-19 Thread Joy Beeson
do a lot of my shopping at the health-food store. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where

[lace-chat] Re: ice-cream (lace-chat)

2004-11-18 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:43 PM 11/18/04 +1100, Helene Gannac wrote: Maybe I could try icecream cubes? Try a small loaf pan or cake pan. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne

Re: [lace-chat] Junkets

2004-11-16 Thread Joy Beeson
, but it doesn't seem to miss it. (In the US, a blancmange is a cornstarch pudding with nothing in it but cornstarch, milk, sugar, salt, and vanilla. A simple exercise for beginning cooks, and an innocuous sweet for an invalid.) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

Re: [lace-chat] The Merits of CHOCOLATE

2004-11-01 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:58 AM 11/1/04 -, Jean Nathan wrote: Can't eat pork ... fears that bird flu will infect piggies That's *trichinosis*. (I am absolutely amazed that trichinosis is in my spelling checker!) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594

[lace-chat] Re: Black squirrels

2004-10-27 Thread Joy Beeson
in the lawn don't look like chipmunk holes -- ground squirrels may not like the water table being only two feet down. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Re: [lace] Re: Christmas Card exchange

2004-10-25 Thread Joy Beeson
-to-the-right ways of writing addresses, with the instruction that block was much more modern and businesslike. (Not to mention easier to accomplish on a manual typewriter.) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net

[lace-chat] Re: Black Squirrels

2004-10-25 Thread Joy Beeson
in the afternoon, he took a nap on the top shelf. Then scared us by chasing his tail. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where another warm

[lace] Re: Self pub notes

2004-10-23 Thread Joy Beeson
will cheerfully open them with Notepad when I click on open using man_auto_file, whatever *that* means. Some files may still be in two-column format; if a file looks scrambled, e-mail me and I'll fix it. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net

Re: [lace] Re: [e-tatters] I started teaching four adults--

2004-10-23 Thread Joy Beeson
. If the stitches cast on are alternating half hitches, needle tatting can produce an exact duplicate of tatting, hence the name. The name is rather unfortunate, since it leads many needle tatters to restrict themselves to imitating tatting. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net

[lace] Re: Finished knitted lace

2004-10-15 Thread Joy Beeson
needles, then knit half of one of the needles onto a third needle, and then divide the other needle. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where leaves are falling. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace-chat] RE: lace-chat microwave advice

2004-10-13 Thread Joy Beeson
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

[lace-chat] RE: lace-chat microwave advice

2004-10-13 Thread Joy Beeson
needles and crochet hooks.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where sycamore leaves are falling. (Sycamores shed all year round, actually.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace] Re: Wire bobbin lace and pine needles

2004-10-12 Thread Joy Beeson
that sold shells and jewelry findings (pine-needle basketry and shell jewelry were tourist amusements when I was a teenager.) I've no idea where you can get it now. Last time I saw some, it was a little tight-wound stick instead of the lovely big loose skeins I bought. -- Joy Beeson http

Re: [lace] Fishbone Lace Pins

2004-10-09 Thread Joy Beeson
doesn't seem to require any explanation. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's sunny again after one damp day. [1] librarians had not yet developed the habit of trashing everything

[lace] Re: Handkerchief Question

2004-09-29 Thread Joy Beeson
On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 07:48 PM, Webwalker wrote: The part that is not the border is, however, worn thin and ripped. If you plan to frame the handkerchief, there is no need to repair it. Cover the rip with a portrait of an appropriate ancestor. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace-chat] Outlook address bar

2004-09-18 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:07 PM 9/17/04 -0400, Carolyn Hastings wrote: Suggestions? http://www.mozilla.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] Pronunciation

2004-09-08 Thread Joy Beeson
make up enough addresses, you are sure to hit a few that are valid. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help

[lace-chat] Re: Fwd: Northern Territory Adventures

2004-08-31 Thread Joy Beeson
At 01:31 AM 8/25/04 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall forwarded a message from David Downunder (Collyer) Have to turn the computer off so that we can cook on the stove - can't overload the generator. ??? Why does one need a generator to run a stove? -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[lace] Re: cross-stitch fabric

2004-08-24 Thread Joy Beeson
Phoenix Textiles at fabric.com is clearing out its linens and linen blends right now, and the last time I looked, they still had black, ivory, and bone, but a quick glance didn't turn up any white. The black handkerchief linen is mis-filed under lightweight linen. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Cat vacuuming: was: [lace] Re: diagrams

2004-08-22 Thread Joy Beeson
and wanders far into pointlessness is apt to be ended by someone saying I think this cat is bald. The SF writers do so much cat vacuuming that they recently had a pin made, with a picture of a cat and a vacuum-cleaner nozzle on it, to identify themselves to each other at conventions. -- Joy Beeson

[lace] Re: Tatting: Nichols' split chain

2004-08-18 Thread Joy Beeson
, then pulling the shuttle thread straight to transfer the knot into the ring or ball thread [2] Tatting's join was developed entirely independent of the bobbin-lace sewing -- was bobbin lace at such a low estate in 1850 that absolutely nobody knew how to make a sewing? -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: T-shirts

2004-08-11 Thread Joy Beeson
capitalization just by pressing one key. (To change mixed case to all caps or all lower case, I must press two keys.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's rather cool for August. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Re: muslin/toile

2004-08-09 Thread Joy Beeson
the dictionary makers couldn't do much if they did care. But I don't have an O.E.D. No telling what data you can mine out of the Oxford English Dictionary. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's cool enough

[lace] Re: Tina, The Lacemaker.

2004-08-08 Thread Joy Beeson
on it :) Is the red herring people are talking about The Purloined Shuttle by LKY, the author of Murder at the IOLI, which [Purloined] is posted at http://www.domesticarts.com/Purloined.htm ? I wonder whether the story or the border design came first. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[lace] RE: Calico

2004-08-01 Thread Joy Beeson
, which, I learned from my unabridged dictionary, was cheesecloth.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's been a wet summer, but we are in for a spell of dry days. - To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Re: PayPal

2004-07-28 Thread Joy Beeson
It came by e-mail from someone you don't know and haven't given your address to? That's all you need to know. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace-chat] Elephant Garlic: was Off Topic

2004-07-27 Thread Joy Beeson
the marriage of a friend I gave a pint to, because she thought I was joking when I said it was pickled garlic. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace-chat] Re: I'm all chuffed!

2004-07-23 Thread Joy Beeson
, copy it, paste it into the new location, and edit it. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/LINKS/KITTEN.HTM west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we aren't supposed to get any more thunderstorms for a while. To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] RE:man on the moon

2004-07-22 Thread Joy Beeson
that unknown indian, we said . We called the man Columbus Columbus was Eric the Red. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/LINKS/KITTEN.HTM west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] RE: Judge Judy not alone!

2004-07-15 Thread Joy Beeson
Pistachio, Ipecacs, and Piscicide.] -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/LINKS/KITTEN.HTM west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's sunny today and thunderstorms tomorrow. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace] Re: Current projects

2004-07-02 Thread Joy Beeson
darning is interlocked buttonhole stitches such as are sometimes used for needle lace. Al doesn't seem to have noticed his operation, and is much wroth because we won't feed him very much. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net

[lace-chat] Re: Eyrope in a wheelchair

2004-06-09 Thread Joy Beeson
It really isn't feasible to check into a hotel every time you need a ten-minute nap. Napping in a park is quite pleasant -- if you're quite sure that it's safe, the police won't hassle, and passersby won't hail an ambulance. -- Joy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace-chat] Re: Tax Free Days

2004-06-02 Thread Joy Beeson
At 09:52 AM 6/2/04 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of the prize is different taxes. Here in the states, we have no idea how much of the price of auto fuel is taxes. A gas-station attendant once told me that it's against the law to tell us! So much for the First Amendment. -- Joy

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] The culture shock

2004-06-02 Thread Joy Beeson
meridian, and 12:01 in the morning is ante meridian. Sensible people say that the time one minute after 11:59 AM is twelve noon, and the time one minute after 11:59 PM is twelve midnight. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] The culture shock

2004-06-02 Thread Joy Beeson
At 06:58 PM 6/2/04 +1000, Ruth Budge wrote: Just remember that when one day ends, the next day starts - at midnight!! Unless you are an astronomer . . . ;-) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne

[lace] Re: happy dance !!

2004-05-29 Thread Joy Beeson
Conga-Rats! -- Joy Beeson - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] pica

2004-05-26 Thread Joy Beeson
the letters with them. (The type body has to be bigger than the character embossed on it.) Bet they had fun getting the em quads propped up high enough to print; this edition is old enough to be letterpress. Probably not hand-set, though. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net

Re: [lace-chat] punctuation

2004-05-25 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:49 AM 5/25/04 +1000, W N Lafferty wrote: Really digging back in memory AB, C D goldfish? M R no goldfish. S M R. The Reverend Bowdler has been at the joke -- I remember it as ABCD gofish? LMNO gofish. OSAR! -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west

[lace] re: Lace mixed with other media

2004-05-24 Thread Joy Beeson
sharply different in style that I suspect that the bought it or received it as a gift. I don't think I could tat raffia. On the other hand, I could sew a pine-needle basket with linen . . . -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana

[lace] Re: Ring saga

2004-05-23 Thread Joy Beeson
in an inch, and twelve points in a pica. -- Joy Beeson - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Theatre query

2004-05-21 Thread Joy Beeson
a thirty-year-old memory. Some of the denizens of r.a.sf.w. would adore a play with clocks as characters; I'm sure at least one of them has read it. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: proof that girls are evil (fwd)

2004-05-19 Thread Joy Beeson
. . . I'll have to try XOR in a Google search sometime.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it keeps spitting rain. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace] RE:tape vs braid

2004-05-12 Thread Joy Beeson
-grown before I found out how it was spelled, and read plait as playt. Which sounds as though I was putting on an Irish accent. Plait and pleat used to be the same word. (*Mother, who was eleven years younger, always said braid.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net

[lace-chat] Re: Queen Anne Lace/Bishops Lace

2004-05-10 Thread Joy Beeson
year (a scrawny white thing that's stringy and much too strong of flavor, not having been bred up like the domesticated varieties) and blooms the following year. Common names have a way of being re-used for lots of different plants, though. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [lace-chat] Guimpe

2004-05-09 Thread Joy Beeson
At 01:44 PM 5/8/04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which reminds me that I set out to read and review all the library's Gene Stratton-Porter books, and got distracted. I read _Girl of the Limberlost_ long ago, so I don't recall any reference to guimpe. My old dictionary, however, defines it

[lace-chat] Re: Sparkling new

2004-05-06 Thread Joy Beeson
on the floor. Suddenly sinking to the floor when surrounded by doctors and R.N.s is not a good idea for those who wish to be allowed to leave quietly. (Especially those who tend to get dizzy when subjected to enormous amounts of fussy attention . . . ) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [lace] the slowest method of lacemaking?

2004-04-25 Thread Joy Beeson
that bleeds. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the trees are leafing out. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace] Re: Clean hands

2004-04-24 Thread Joy Beeson
off the hand-wash just one more minute. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's garden-planting season. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace-chat] Re: Fingering yarn

2004-04-17 Thread Joy Beeson
as a *worsted* yarn. All the fingering yarn I've run into has been woolen, but I stopped using it at least twenty years ago because it wore out too fast, and do my fine knitting with embroidery yarn and 3/12 worsted. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west

[lace-chat] Re: How strange

2004-04-10 Thread Joy Beeson
that encoded them, and everybody else sees some other non-ascii character or the raw code. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the daffodils are in bloom. To unsubscribe send email

[lace] Re: embroidery floss

2004-04-08 Thread Joy Beeson
, so that they can spin around each other as the stranded yarn untwists. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help

RE: [lace] Thread opinions wanted

2004-04-06 Thread Joy Beeson
at all, so I haven't separated embroidery floss lately. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Unusual lace pillow and stand

2004-04-04 Thread Joy Beeson
. Every last rule on the list was one that well-meaning people teach to innocent children. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] sprung back, happy time change

2004-04-04 Thread Joy Beeson
, I thought I'd be compensated for my jet lag by being able to buy apples -- but when I turned up at the orchard store that evening, the closing sign had been changed to read one hour earlier. The orchard was keeping to its schedule without regard to the vagaries of the legislature. -- Joy

[lace-chat] Re: Time change

2004-03-31 Thread Joy Beeson
of Devil Satan Time that both holds water and isn't an argument for getting up earlier in the *winter*. And yet the whole world jitters back and forth every spring and fall. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace-chat] did you know ?

2004-02-28 Thread Joy Beeson
The phrase rule of thumb is derived from A completely, utterly, absurdly mythical old English law I am fed up beyond belief that people who actually do needlework and therefore USE THEIR THUMBS AS MEASURING IMPLEMENTS continue to spread this ludicrously-unfounded rumor. -- Joy

[lace] RE: lace while in hospital

2004-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
If you can tat, make sure that you have your shuttle on your person at all times. Hospital personnel are much inclined to appear in your room with no warning and rush you to the other side of the complex, plunk you on a bench, and disappear for ages. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[lace-chat] Split What?

2004-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
for automatically. Plainly, this is the same error as To boldly go -- but what is it that has been split? Pedantically, -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the snow is disappearing

[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets

2004-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:07 AM 2/25/04 +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: [snip] .you'd be surprised how many grey cars there are in Sydney!! I *adored* my bright yellow Omega. It was nowhere near as useful a car as my little grey Toyota Tercel, but I never mislaid it! -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[lace-chat] Split infinitives

2004-02-19 Thread Joy Beeson
everywhere and seen everything. The point is that they are expanding the borders of Man. (And, as a female man, I don't at all mind being subsumed into the ranks of those who think, and don't propose to let the guys grab the word man all for themselves.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [lace-chat] Language is bizarre

2004-02-19 Thread Joy Beeson
-snuffing braided wick. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. 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: Language is cool

2004-02-18 Thread Joy Beeson
. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: bad Englsih

2004-02-18 Thread Joy Beeson
a to) It is possible to It is easy to Hey! A rule! to be plus adverb takes a to. Watch ten thousand exceptions be posted. It is to laugh. (Argh! It's just that to be is a to verb.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

[lace-chat] Re: possie

2004-02-18 Thread Joy Beeson
At 09:06 PM 2/17/04 -0800, Bev Walker wrote: I thought Joy's definition referred to 'posse' (pronounced possie) as in 'we're going to organize a posse' I never swore fealty to Samuel Johnson -- I'll stick an i in if I want to. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net

Re: [lace-chat] Possie

2004-02-17 Thread Joy Beeson
At 05:48 PM 2/17/04 -0500, Judith Bongiovanni wrote: Could someone tell me what I have missed. What is a possie? What is the derivation of the word? It's from possum comitatus and refers to a group of temporarily-deputized citizens on horseback. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [lace-chat] Language is cool

2004-02-16 Thread Joy Beeson
! bat bat bat If Australians are all young, I expect proper respect for my gray hair when I turn up the week after next! slaps on fresh coat of peroxide -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the snow is glazed

Re: [lace-chat] re: maple syrup

2004-02-13 Thread Joy Beeson
) and if so it can't be much good as rations. Maple syrup must be boiled to precisely eleven pounds to the gallon. If any heavier, it will crystalize. If any lighter, it will mold. I keep mine in the fridge just in case. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson

[lace-chat] Re: mathom

2004-02-12 Thread Joy Beeson
. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Using Maple Syrup?

2004-02-12 Thread Joy Beeson
strong to suit you, dilute it with any bland syrup. (It's often sold mixed with cane syrup or corn syrup to make it cheaper.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

Re: [lace-chat] Government!

2004-02-08 Thread Joy Beeson
it with a government form, this version left in the wooden barrel. The version I read as a girl changed it to a steel drum which tipped over and spilled the bricks. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the roads are clear

[lace-chat] Seasonal Disgruntle Disorder

2004-02-06 Thread Joy Beeson
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://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where store

Re: [lace-chat] Closet Survey Results (long)

2004-01-28 Thread Joy Beeson
and never took down.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the sun is bright on a fresh coat of thoroughly-blown snow. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

[lace-chat] re: closet survey

2004-01-25 Thread Joy Beeson
closet -- since there was always the same number of shirts in his closet, he didn't get antsy when it was almost wash day. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort

[lace] Re: RE:patterns?

2004-01-23 Thread Joy Beeson
-- and I once saw a customer leaving the store with as many of those gallon cans as he could carry. Whatever was he doing with it? Starting fires? -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where there's a duck in a puddle on the frozen

[lace] Re: spiders

2004-01-13 Thread Joy Beeson
) of the Victorian Era with canonical exactitude. Canonical Exactitude? -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/WEB/WEB.HTM http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort

Re: [lace-chat] did you know that ?

2003-12-19 Thread Joy Beeson
the bathtub. Soaking in hot water is good for a lot of ailments -- but I always take a shower afterward. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

[lace] Re: Famous lacemakers

2003-12-13 Thread Joy Beeson
. A lost cause. Not to mention that the filler is exactly true -- c'mon, name me *one* famous lacemaker who isn't a man! This is a famous mathematical principle: any statement about the all the members of the empty set is true. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson

[lace-chat] Re: Red Shoes

2003-12-08 Thread Joy Beeson
is still available. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where our first snowfall came down wet and now is crunchy. To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] Re: Red Shoes

2003-12-05 Thread Joy Beeson
with a red billboard on the heel, but I cover that with periodic applications of black permanent marker. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

Re: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving plans?

2003-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
, it's a plausible explanation that this is a day when stores can count on writing their accounts with black ink. But with a little luck, I might be able to use my sister's grandson and granddaughter to select gifts for DH's brother's grandson and granddaughter. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Blocks: was Fiction books

2003-11-25 Thread Joy Beeson
to needing a whole section to make a living as a farmer again, but now they rent it in little patches all over the county.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort

[lace-chat] Re: Left/right/north/south

2003-11-14 Thread Joy Beeson
At 05:12 AM 11/12/03 -0800, Joy Beeson wrote: And then out of the cities, we have names like County Road West 1230 North. We tried to go to the animal shelter yesterday. Went down SR 15 to CR 100 South, drove west, noticed that we were passing CR 500W, turned around and went back checking

[lace-chat] Re: Left/right/north/south

2003-11-12 Thread Joy Beeson
transmission towers on the hill above my house. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's cold and wet. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace-chat] XYZ was: Left, right

2003-11-11 Thread Joy Beeson
learned that they *swap* some conventions: what should be theta is phi, and what should be phi is theta. That would be a much bigger hassle than variations on the BCC ever thought about being! It could crash a spaceship, now that you mention it . . . -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[lace-chat] re: left or right...

2003-11-05 Thread Joy Beeson
, all I can do is slam on the brakes and pray. When I come up behind one, there is a chance that I can overtake safely, and a good chance that I can slow to his speed before catching up with him. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net

[lace-chat] Bike-balancers passing as cyclists: was: lace-chat-digest V1 #2245

2003-11-05 Thread Joy Beeson
if some of our children were vaguely aware that roads have rules, and suspected that the purpose of the rules is to make actions predictable. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

Re: [lace-chat] Rhyming words

2003-10-31 Thread Joy Beeson
ar -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's a lovely day and I'm sitting inside. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Re: rhyming words

2003-10-28 Thread Joy Beeson
?) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's rainy, cold, and wet. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help

[lace-chat] Re: rhyming words

2003-10-28 Thread Joy Beeson
Let me sit and eat this orange I sprained my knee, now it's a sore hinge. Joy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] Strange Facts

2003-10-23 Thread Joy Beeson
to confirm it. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where every pleasant day might be our last. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat

[lace] Re: Orvus

2003-10-20 Thread Joy Beeson
sulfate. And, of course, water. Cheap shampoo that doesn't contain conditioners or perfume is primarily sodium lauryl sulfate. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. - To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Re: Trains: was [lace] Re: lace-digest V1 #3817

2003-10-19 Thread Joy Beeson
laying track, or at least buying a private car. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the weather is sunny and leaves are falling. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] Re: Test - sorry

2003-10-11 Thread Joy Beeson
for a substantial part of the time I'd been gone. I'm claiming it as cause and effect! ;-) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/WEB/WEB.HTM west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where most of my

Re: [lace-chat] Interesting English

2003-09-15 Thread Joy Beeson
rscheearch was a misprint for rseheearchr To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: upholstery

2003-09-12 Thread Joy Beeson
sister's turn. Her colors were black and gold, so I don't imagine she used the same cover. I think maybe someone used the cushion for a dog bed. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

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