I guess I am as old as dirt!
I remember having to show Daddy how to operate a rotary dial phone. At
home when we wanted to make a phone call we would just pick up the receiver
and if there was no one talking on the party line the operator would say,
Number please? and we would tell her the
I agree that thread is not best for bird's nests.
One spring when DD was child, I trimmed her hair while she sat at the picnic
table in the back yard. We left the trimmings where they fell and I
suggested that maybe a bird would use them. Several months later we found a
small bird's nest
Margery Allcock wrote:
I found this recipe on a blog: http://www.acommonplacelife.com/ and it
sounds delicious, so I'm sharing it here G.
Could someone bilingual (US/UK) please tell me
a) what is UK for all-purpose flour, and how much does 4.5 cups weigh?
b) what is the weight of 2 cups of
Liz wrote:
I use the fingers to nose measurement for a yard - and fingers to nose
turned away for the metric measurement.
Turning my head away seems to give me approximately the extra 3inches!!
Looking straight ahead, nose to fingertip is only 31.5 inches on my small
body.
I have to turn my
Glad to hear from Martha that there are some others that celebrate Advent
and Christmas .
We still wait until Xmas Eve to set up our tree. When we were small and
also when our children were small, Daddy set the tree up, but Santa
decorated it, so that the decorated tree was a surprise on
My Websters defines COPE as CAPE.
I agree that it is probably Not a Bishop's.
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I have had experience with a wringer (mangle) on old washing machine and
also the Mangle Ironer. My Aunt E. had an ironer (Uncle was the Jones that
everyone tried to keep with ;) that mamma would use to do up her banquet
size linen brocade table cloth once a year. But I had never heard of
Some cats really need their nine lives, don't they?!
I often must explain to my cats how banjos are made ! :-)
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On 7 Jan 2006, Micki from Scotland wrote:
.I thought it would be great if you could make a strip of
lace and have it curl naturally.
Another way to get a Natural spiral to a strip of lace is to make it on a
round d'olley pattern,
I must be Of that certain age as I remember most of these terms.
However, I still use and hear some of them here in the South.
store-bought. Sometimes we say sto' boughten; used it just the other
day talking about making clothes for DD as she was so hard to fit (and
Please) in sto'
Late catching up on reading mail, but talked with DD this weekend. She was
going to come down, but because of gas situation decided better part of
valor , etc.
Anyhow, she works for the National Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities and has been very busy coordinating exchange
I Pyrograph many of the bobbins that I turn or whittle. Never thought of
doing it under magnification, but that would help to make a neater design.
I even wood burn designs that I plan to paint, it makes the design pop out
(like a gimp ) I think the light brown burn lines or dots look really
If your uncle builds a still
This is a true story. My brother is a chemical engineer. His first job
right out of university was with a chemical plant located in the mountains
of a southern state. He was in the development Lab and needed distilled
water in a process, so decided to make
Am just catching up on backlog of digests and wanted to tell y'all that I
have made 2 _Round_ block pillows.
It is easy to just construct a round cookie type pillow of the 2 Dow
insulation board and then cut it into as many pieces as you want. I cut it
so that some of the edge pieces are half
This is a little late as I'm still catching up on unread digests after a
week at the beach!
Jenny Hester wrote: Styrofoam is the building material which is blue.
Jenny is correct. I have a half sheet left of this builder's foam insulation
that I bought at local
building supply. Written on the
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
OTOH, that mosquito whining around my head, may be a male yelling to his
lady friend, This way, tjis way! Here's a live one. Come qwick and eat,
so we can get on with it ! ;-)
Louise in Central Virginia, where we have had so much rain in the past
month that the mozzies rise up in clouds when
A possible North America source of Finca thread -
On page 17 of my new, May/June '04, copy of the magazine _Piecework_ there
is an advert. of Finca thread from firm in Colorada . Their net site is
www.baglady.com
I have no connection , never ever ordered from, just passing on info.
Louise
I think we, in USA,change next week - 1st weekend in April.
The clock line on bottom of my computer screen changes automatically and
then a window opens to announce that it has done so.
Then I can go and change all the clocks in the house ! ;)
Louise in Central Virginia
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I have found in my studies of history and related geneology that up until
the 20th century most people practiced creative spelling. My grandfather,
in letters written in 1880s, referred to his Jamerson cousins as Jimmyson.
Also, I found a local deed wherein the writer covered all bases - the
Jean wrote:
My apologies for putting this onto lace, I happen to have
1000 lace pictures that I DON'T want to loose, I won't
bother to post on Arachne again I will come off the list.
I also have hundreds of lace photos that I have taken over
the years that need to be looked after.
Jean, don't
Betty Ann wrote:
There used to be lacemakers in Richmond and around Richmond. Back in the
80s,
they hosted a Chesapeake Regional Lace Day in Richmond (it was just outside
Richmond at Short Pump). I remember Christine and Carol Burley; Christine
taught bobbin lace in Richmond, but her name is
i wonder when that was voted ... i remember seeing a film from 1811
saying
four baths a year were enough
I remember my college history prof. quoting a London News item during reign
of Elizabeth I. (1533-1603)
The Queen has built Herself a bath, wherein she shall bathe onec a month
Diffinately include my bane - half stitch that changes weaver in middle of
row !!!
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Sharon ,
If you plan to make a Christening gown for a baby, PLEASE do not consider
using size 20 crochet cotton such as adaptations in magazine patterns (ie
Piecework) geared to crafters who only have access to supplies from
Michaels. Irish Crochet is usually done with size 80 cordonet for
My motto has been :
Never do anything today that can be put off until tommorrow,
because if it can be put off, it isn't all that important,
and why waste time on unimportant things when I can be making lace !!
Louise in Central Virginia
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We are OK - only about 4 inches of rain in 4 hours Thursday night and winds
about 40 mph.
I had no power outage, but there was some in the city and adjacent counties
due to trees down on power lines.
The coastal areas of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware
received the full force of
Is Crisco a kind of fat? what kind? is there a UK equiv.?
It is a popular US brand name vegetable shortning. i.e. homogenized veggie
oil.
OOps! Sorry, I miswrote. I meant hydrogenated vegetable oil.
It is similar to margarine, but used in recipes instead of lard or butter.
When I was a
They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours
2 1/2 hours would mean going at 70mph all the way which is the legal speed
Whoever wrote they could drive 170 miles in 2 1/2 hrs. must live in Midwest
US empty country.
Traffic in any large city, anywhere, I think, would be congested and take
Am way behind in reading lace chat, but felt need to respond.
Some of my visitors will -- after a single night at the Hotel Duvall --
make up the bed, to make it look like it's fresh;
I was taught proper guest etiquette required one to make up bed each
morning one was a guest, until last day,
Patrica, I love Marston's medieval mysteries , and haunt the public
library for each new one
Actual, I love amost everyone's medieval mysteries.
Right now, I am reading the Mitford series by Jan Karon about anEpiscopal
priest in North Caolina (USA) highland villiage.
Reminds me of some of the
Tamara asked:
1) Are you familiar with the word (and how/from whom did you learn it)?
2) What does it mean to *you*?
3) Where are you in the US (or, where did your source come from)?
Have been familiar with the term since High School (Over 55 yrs ago) Amer.
History Course, with it's political
Brian wrote: We are watching the Tour de France! :)
And the old man, Cousin Lance is still in the lead !!!
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, or wood, rat does collect shiney
things. So I just thought I would mention it. I notice someone else thought
of them also.
Louise in Central Virginia
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Clay wrote
And there is another garlic festival in Virginia .
... Virginia wines are also featured, and with the
admission, adults receive a wine glass which is used for the
tastings. I've quite a collection of the glasses now!
This festival is held in a vineyard and winery in my county.
Was just remarking to DH that it was just 6 months 'til Xmas and those who
make needlework (or bobbin) for presents need to get their projects going if
they will get finished in time.
I seldom do, and often end up giving close family members a bag of yarn,
which I knit up in Jan. and Feb. :)
I'm wondering if the P.C. Northerners are associating this innocent phrase
with sold down the river which may be Politically Incorrect as it refers
to a practice in time of slavery in U.S. A. when rebellious slaves might be
sold to brokers who supplied workers for plantations in the deep South.
The booklet used when I took 1st tatting instructions had both right and
left handed tatting.
I cannot locate the booklet now, but it was something like Aunt Ellens
Tattingand sold in craft store along with crochet and knitting books nead
the counter where hooks, needles and shuttles are sold.
It
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