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> And Lee Uptegraff (a former Arachnean) is
>a middle-school (12-15 year-olds) librarian who has a large following
>year after year after school.
Has anyone heard how Lee's group are doing recently? It seems several
years since anything w
From: P & A Lally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm very concerned about this trend and I think that it is the same
all over
> the world. Taking up lacemaking in ones 60s is fine if one is
learning
> Torchon but what becomes of the finer laces?
I don't entirely agree. In Pittsburgh, we seem to get t
oops sorry, didn't know that - was actually thinking of the word in
terms of the charming Sam Gamgee, who always spoke well of 'my old
gaffer' - *codger* now, that is in my mind as an endearing term for a
man who has been around a long time - it doesn't connote champagne,
but definitely good ale.
Maven? Doyenne (or doyen for the men)?
Barbara Joyce
Snoqualmie, WA
USA
> oops sorry, didn't know that - was actually thinking of the word in
> terms of the charming Sam Gamgee, who always spoke well of 'my old
> gaffer' - *codger* now, that is in my mind as an endearing term for a
> man who has
And dowager's not archaic?! I like Codger.
Actually, I'd say we're all curmudgeons!
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: David Collyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Nah! It can't be "Gaffers". Tha
oops sorry, didn't know that - was actually thinking of the word in
terms of the charming Sam Gamgee, who always spoke well of 'my old
gaffer' - *codger* now, that is in my mind as an endearing term for a
man who has been around a long time - it doesn't connote champagne,
but definitely good ale.
At 11:32 PM 22/10/05 -0400, Dearl Kniskern wrote:
dear dowagers and gaffers
Nah! It can't be "Gaffers". That's a Pommie word which
isn't used down here in the Land of Oz.
We could use "Codger" or "Cove" - but they too are now archaic.
David
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dear dowagers and gaffers
I am also included in this list since I joined in oct of 95
I was so thrilled to find something like this on the internet since I had
just taken my first lesson
and I am still as enthusiastic as I was when I first found all you
wonderful people
thanks for being there a
Where does the 'dowager' classification start? I joined in 96 -- one year
after Tamara. I'll not forget the first day. It was the day after
Majordomo computer crashed. The list was full of "What happened?" instead
of lace.It took several days to get back to the main subject.
I learned
