[lace] St. Martins Day Fair

2005-11-14 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pene Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes They were from Gloucester said that they hadn't seen lacemaking before, but he knew of the lace machines in Nottingham. Sounds as if the Gloucester Lace Group (which has been in existence for years!) need to get out and

[lace] Cockfosters Lace Day

2005-11-14 Thread Leonard Bazar
Dear Bridget and all in SE England Here are details of next year's Cockfosters Lace Day. It will be held as usual at: Oakwood Methodist Church Westpole Avenue Cockfosters Barnet EN4 On Saturday 11th February from 10am-4pm. Speaker...Jacqui Barber. Suppliers, Raffle, Refreshments (including

[lace] cakes for lace days

2005-11-14 Thread bevw
Hi everyone, Leonard's Dundee cake with added vitamins (teehee) sent me to find a recipe. Is it like this one? http://www.scotlandforvisitors.com/dundeecake.php I'm thinking this might be fun to take to the Christmas meeting of my group - if I could find a source for 2 tblsp. of whisky. If I

Re: [lace] pins!

2005-11-14 Thread romdom
le 13/11/05 23:09, Jo Falkink à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : We just have to be sure we don't leave any pins in the carpet. Alice in Oregon (previously [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seems impossible to me. We've been guests in the town hall for quite some time and they collected a box full of dropped

Re: [lace] cakes for lace days

2005-11-14 Thread Jenny Barron
bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking this might be fun to take to the Christmas meeting of my group - if I could find a source for 2 tblsp. of whisky. If I bought a bottle, I'd have to take that to lace day, too (heetee) . could you not buy a miniature bottle of whisky Bev? I f you can't

[lace-chat] Cleaning the rack of a grill pan

2005-11-14 Thread Jean Nathan
I got a gardget from Kleenese or Betterware or one other of those nnoying people who are agents for useless household appliances and gardgets and drop their catalogues through your door. It's got a handle and a shaft, and, at the end is a sort of disc. There are semi-circular nibbles of

Re: [lace-chat] cleaning the rack from a grill pan?

2005-11-14 Thread delia.palin
I always part fill the sink with very hot water and lots of strong thick bleach. Leave the grill in there for about 10 minutes and most of the gunge will just wipe away. The rest you can get off with wire wool. Hope it helps! Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] Maya Angelou's Philsophies

2005-11-14 Thread Margery Allcock
David wrote: In April, Oprah interviewed Maya Angelou on her 70+ birthday. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was exciting. Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day... like her breasts. They seem to be in a

[lace-chat] SP thank you

2005-11-14 Thread Micki
The secret pal exchange is almost over and I want to say thank you to Brenda for organising it and a big thank to my Secret Pal, for your thoughtful and delightful choices for me. Each and every parcel have been such a pleasure to open. Thank you very much Micki Scotland To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] new address -- Alice in Oregon

2005-11-14 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi Jo and Alice, I would agree. Do I have the only spouse in the world whose feet act as magnets to brass pins?I *don't* make lace in upstairs in the bedroom, except in my 'Lace Place' but, every time Dearly Beloved takes his shoes/slippers off and crosses the bedroom to get into bed, his

Re: [lace-chat] For the aluminum-coifed among us

2005-11-14 Thread romdom
le 13/11/05 21:55, Lynn Carpenter à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ the conclusion is most interesting (very tongue in cheek ) . it will do no good to the paranoid among us though ...

[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thank You

2005-11-14 Thread Alice Howell
Hi Secret Pal, I knew something special was in the mail when DH made of point of asking if I had found the mail by my computer. It was your package! (He usually doesn't say anything about the mail.) My little cat does not like the lavender sachet, so I have no fear that he will steal it.

[lace-chat] getting old

2005-11-14 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
MEMORIES from a friend: My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried

Re: [lace-chat] 20 Uses for Useless CDs

2005-11-14 Thread suzy
here is a legitamate thing to use your old cds for ( not that #6 wasn't a good idea ) : http://danielson.laurentian.ca/qualityoflife/Fulltext/Textiles/Making_a_cd_drop_spindle.htm --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Arachnes -- Possibly some Christmas present ideas from the Web here, easier

[lace-chat] A question of articles

2005-11-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Gentle Spiders, I may have asked this one before, you may have replied and I'd forgotten... Such is life with memory running on almost empty g When I was learning English as a kid (all those many years ago), we were given rules about when/where/how to use which article, because Polish

[lace-chat] Pins in feet

2005-11-14 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
Do I have the only spouse in the world whose feet act as magnets to brass pins? No, I have one of those types of DH's too!!! Like you, I never get my feet stuck with a pin, but he Always does - and I try hard to make sure none are lying around!! Most of my Lacemaking is done

Re: [lace-chat] A question of articles

2005-11-14 Thread Ruth
I've always had great sympathy for anyone trying to learn English as a second language. It's such a conglomeration of everything and there seem to be more exceptions that rules. There are not too many words that begin with h for US English speakers (it may well be different for UK English) in

Re: [lace-chat] A question of articles

2005-11-14 Thread Alice Howell
I don't know about the rest of the country, but I would use 'a' in front of history, hispanic and hotel, and I DO pronouce the H. However, I can imagine people using 'an' if they tend to drop or aspirate the H. I would say that this rule, as with others in USA grammar, is being slurred. I