Re: [lace-chat] Paraffin and the cat

2006-04-19 Thread Joy Beeson
single rooms, but permanently affixed. Which is why there was a law against building house trailers with only one door. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where

Re: [lace-chat] Fabric stash

2006-04-05 Thread Joy Beeson
it overnight; you might try an oily solvent. (I'd cut one label off and cut it into snippets for experiments.) But it's most likely hot glue that won't dissolve in anything. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers

[lace-chat] WD-40: was Moderator ruling

2006-04-02 Thread Joy Beeson
and string. I tend to do everything with knitting needles. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the crocus are fading, the daffodils are budding, and the tulips

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: Doublespeak

2006-03-13 Thread Joy Beeson
At 01:53 AM 3/13/06 -0500, Tamara P Duvall wrote: HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart. They do, they really do -- *individuals* need health care, but for the best interests of a *group*, anything that goes beyond splinting a broken leg is a waste: the

[lace] Re: Helpful cheap tools

2006-03-12 Thread Joy Beeson
right then. Got them finished in time to leave them with the baby's great-grandmother, too. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where Spring has sprung, but I

Re: [lace-chat] Fwd: Rat-squirrel not extinct after all

2006-03-11 Thread Joy Beeson
At 03:41 PM 3/11/06 +0100, romdom wrote: i'm ready to bet it IS endangered now they have mentionned its existence . That depends on whether or not the powers that be decide to protect them by making it illegal to breed them. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http

[lace-chat] Mysteriously non-appearing messages

2006-02-27 Thread Joy Beeson
-minded spam. The plausible-name generating robots have gotten so good that one professional writer said that he saves his spams to use the names for his characters! -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers

Re: [lace-chat] ly

2006-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
-- and you can feel good, but you can't write good. (You can, on the other hand, write good on a report.) Long live confusion! -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

Re: [lace-chat] Tiger tape

2006-02-20 Thread Joy Beeson
-lines does for all. I usually mark a whole sheet of six labels, and put the spares away for later use.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather

[lace-chat] Re: Writing (was: Editing )

2006-02-15 Thread Joy Beeson
a quiet hour to work in. I was sick for two weeks afterward, and never taught again. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne

Re: [lace-chat] Re: favourite authors

2006-02-10 Thread Joy Beeson
. My theory is that they are the same people who make low-calorie foods taste bad so that you'll know they are good for you. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Favorite Authors

2006-02-02 Thread Joy Beeson
at first was that no two books were in the same genre, let alone the same universe. Well, nobody can keep that up forever. And he's got a new Ethshar book due out Real Soon Now: href=http://www.ethshar.com/thesprigganexperiment0.html . -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

[lace] Buttonholes and Blankets: was Re: IOLI Bulletin - question

2006-01-13 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:04 PM 1/12/06 -0500, Tamara P Duvall wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:57, Joy Beeson wrote: Buttonhole with an extra twist? Does it mean you go into the loop (the part of the thread that's parallel to the edge) twice? I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting also as a visual effect

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin - question

2006-01-12 Thread Joy Beeson
this out on 18th-Century Woman, if you're wondering why I had references at my fingertips.) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam

Re: [lace-chat] :) Deja vu (amended)

2006-01-07 Thread Joy Beeson
of Europe, England wins the Ashes and the Pope dies. Next time Prince Charles gets married, somebody better warn the Pope! And the more-accurate version is funnier. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net

Re: [lace-chat] Expressions

2005-12-27 Thread Joy Beeson
or apprehensive. But that's specifically a lie: Don't believe what I just said; I was only yanking your chain. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com

[lace] Re: wool lace weight thread

2005-12-24 Thread Joy Beeson
*never* shrink yarn until *after* it is spun! See: http://www.rbparker.com/index.html -- Joy Beeson - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Pre-treating knitting wool: was: wool lace weight thread

2005-12-23 Thread Joy Beeson
should go through the same bath. Skeins bathed separately might lose different amounts of dye, or otherwise not match. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort

[lace-chat] Re: Christmas at the Gas Station

2005-12-21 Thread Joy Beeson
If any of y'all forward this, be sure to correct the typo. It's pea shooter, not pee shooter. -- Joy Beeson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Re: Lace Angel

2005-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
the pattern available to people who can't buy a physical copy. Of course if the problem lies in delivering the cash, rather than in delivering the pattern or in placing the order, we have an entirely different kettle of fish. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

Sticky Wax: was: RE: [lace] Lace dye

2005-12-11 Thread Joy Beeson
At 06:01 PM 12/9/05 -, Jane Bawn wrote: Joy Beeson wrote For information about dyes, the Dharma website http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is always the first resort. Unfortunately they do not ship to the UK Though it isn't as informative as the paper catalog was, there's still a lot of data

Re: [lace] Lace dye

2005-12-09 Thread Joy Beeson
in the lace. -- 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 we've just had our first heavy snowfall

[lace-chat] Frosty travel: was Re: Christmas Card Exchange

2005-12-08 Thread Joy Beeson
.html and http://jiltanith.thefifthimperium.com/Collections/HaraldChapters/Harald_Link.php . -- 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

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling mushrooms (and other things)

2005-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
snowfall of the year. Nobody *ever* remembers that that white stuff is slick! -- 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

[lace-chat] Another oldie:

2005-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
17 October 1998 One of the thank-you notes with the calendar-drive contributions [volunteer fire company] said Please forgive our false alarms as we deal with an aging mother who loves to cook. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling mushrooms

2005-12-05 Thread Joy Beeson
with my bare hands. Then towel dry immediately. As for peeling them -- heavens to murgatroyd! The skins are the best part! -- 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

[no subject]

2005-12-04 Thread Joy Beeson
A precisely-labeled oldie: 21 November 1997 According to SPELL/Binder, at Northern Illinois University, When it comes to drinking . . . in the residence halls, we give the students three shots. The spokesman appears to have meant that students are expelled after the

[lace-chat] Asterisks: Was: Re: [lace] Re: Danish translation, please?

2005-11-28 Thread Joy Beeson
not understand that remark; please provide the footnote. OB off-color: I used to know a bit of doggerel that ended: Wasn't Mary a perfect fool, her little *. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net

Re: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-24 Thread Joy Beeson
At 11:07 PM 11/23/05 -, maureen harvey wrote: What on earth is a fanny pack ? A bum bag. (Sorry; I forgot this is an international forum.) A purse on a belt, the pouch usually worn in back -- but worn in front in crowded places. A large one is a good day pack. (The large ones *have*

[lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-23 Thread Joy Beeson
yards of ramie just because I hadn't seen any for sale before. (And I haven't seen any since.) -- 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 we

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

2005-11-15 Thread Joy Beeson
The list left out spindle whorls. And lace-covered decorations. -- 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 it's raining and just might snow

[lace-chat] Re: A question of articles

2005-11-15 Thread Joy Beeson
than abysmal. The fanciest editions contain errors that wouldn't have been tolerated in funnybooks, back when a funnybook cost a dime and was tossed after reading. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http

Re: [lace-chat] Getting old

2005-11-15 Thread Joy Beeson
, or wear hand-knitted gaiters. -- 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 it's thunderstorms today and snow tomorrow but it's merely foggy

Re: [lace-chat] A question of articles

2005-11-15 Thread Joy Beeson
to mean table cloth. A tableclothlet, how dull! I thought a napkin was tied at the nape! -- 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 To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Re: Printing wide pages

2005-11-11 Thread Joy Beeson
I'm on line, but I almost never print with it because it adds unwanted lines above and below the message. When I want a hard copy of a message, I copy it into PC-Write or Open Office. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM

[lace-chat] Re: Earthlink filter

2005-11-06 Thread Joy Beeson
browser) will allow you to look through the blocked mail for stuff that you should have whitelisted and didn't. So either this is bait or the e-pal doesn't want to correspond very much. Or maybe he can't get through to the Help pages either. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson

[lace-chat] Re: Shortbread

2005-10-28 Thread Joy Beeson
other than beans and corn in the fields. Perhaps it's grown at some other historical site? Alas, I haven't been to Bonneyville this whole summer, and they close for the year at the end of October. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW

[lace] Re: How I came to lace..

2005-10-27 Thread Joy Beeson
to paper. -- 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 leaves are falling. - To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] Bison: was Re: Trafalgar 2

2005-10-23 Thread Joy Beeson
. But I'd *definitely* stay on my own side of the fence! -- 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 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] Re: ironing things -- moved from Lace

2005-10-11 Thread Joy Beeson
one -- which I no longer use -- is 8 1/4/9 -- 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 it's misting rain. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace-chat] Editing and Graphic Design: was Re: Tiny Url

2005-10-08 Thread Joy Beeson
and pasted that section directly out of the previous issue, which had columns that broke in a different place. I'm NOT going to look at the previous issue. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net

[lace-chat] Re: weasel-y bits

2005-10-07 Thread Joy Beeson
At 11:50 PM 10/1/05 -0400, Tamara P Duvall wrote: The rule is on its way out, as the above example illustrates, I wonder when it came in? Nothing was said about it when I trained to be an English teacher in the sixties. -- Joy To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace-chat] Re: Tiny Url

2005-10-07 Thread Joy Beeson
, it often happens that you have downloaded more resolution than the web page will show you. But if you right-click on the image and then click view image, you will see all of the pixels that you've downloaded. I've seen images double in size when viewed alone! -- Joy Beeson http

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Tiny Url

2005-10-07 Thread Joy Beeson
At 06:12 PM 10/7/05 +0100, Brenda Paternoster wrote: http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/Graphics/graphics.html Been there and learned something he didn't mention: In addition to taking several times as long to download as the 72dpi image, the 300dpi looked quite a lot worse! My browser didn't

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-28 Thread Joy Beeson
regular, not too surprising. As I looked around, I noticed that every last beach house that wasn't very, very cheap had wheels under it. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http

[lace-chat] Re: sayings from anywhere

2005-09-19 Thread Joy Beeson
simply don't think of them as *odd*. But there's a bit of advice, reputedly given to my mother by her grandmother: Get married in a brown dress, and have a peg to hang it on. But nowadays, you can get white silk so *cheap* at Dharma . . . -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson

[lace-chat] Re: Perception of Katrina

2005-09-11 Thread Joy Beeson
theme and focus together, and it's inevitable that the rotting bodies in New Orleans are reported repeatedly while the people using school-bus routes to find and care for survivors in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi are not reported at all. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

RE: [lace] craft vs. art/valuing contemporary lace

2005-09-08 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:38 AM 9/6/05 -0400, Carolyn Hastings wrote: Just my two cents worth, and wondering why, Same reason that most fabric names now designate fabrics much cheaper and thinner than they used to -- or cheaper and coarser. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

[lace-chat] Re: Gossamer threads/evolution

2005-09-02 Thread Joy Beeson
hand, I don't think silk could burn up a high-speed missile -- as you can see air doing any clear night, if you look up long enough. (Tried it in sleeping bags one night so we wouldn't get sore necks -- fell asleep before the show started.) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson

[lace-chat] Re: Senior Humor

2005-08-17 Thread Joy Beeson
, however, brought my tatting shuttle. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] RE: sewing machine for artist daughter

2005-08-13 Thread Joy Beeson
the turn of the century, but I'd ask a *lot* of questions before buying a Singer that wasn't black with gold trim. Above all, don't buy a *new* Featherweight or a new treadle. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM west

[lace-chat] Re: Wages in China

2005-08-04 Thread Joy Beeson
. Which will benefit even those who don't take the new jobs, or move into the vacated old jobs, because there will be stuff to buy when you do scrape a few extra pennies together. (Go to the capital city of Bermuda some time, and try to buy a spool of green thread.) -- Joy Beeson http

[lace-chat] Re: Stocking runs (2)

2005-08-03 Thread Joy Beeson
tight to keep my pants up; an inelastic waist can leave room for a clenched fist or two and still stay where it belongs. But one does have to be able to adjust it smaller in the morning, and larger after visiting the buffet table. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

[lace-chat] Stocking runs: was Adhesives Blue Vanishing Pen Inks

2005-08-02 Thread Joy Beeson
you get home. The brand name of the stockings was Real Silk, so I presume that art silk (rayon) had already been invented when the kit was made. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f

[lace-chat] Re: Stocking runs

2005-08-02 Thread Joy Beeson
hose more often if you could still buy the opaque rayon hose grandmothers used to wear. -- 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 it's hot and dry

[lace-chat] Re: Travelling children

2005-08-02 Thread Joy Beeson
, it was really handy to have a whole extra kitchen.) -- 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 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing

[lace] tatting and netting

2005-07-29 Thread Joy Beeson
anything I've started with this method, even though I was using a very coarse thread. I can't think of a better way to gauge the size of the mesh than to stick my finger in it, and that gets the finger mysteriously sore. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

[lace-chat] Back ups: was: If you have no web site

2005-07-28 Thread Joy Beeson
, if it's that sort of DVD.) Or if it's *really* sensitive, deliver it yourself. My mother's prescriptions were saved, once, because her pharmacist made a habit of taking a set of floppies home with him every night. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net

[lace-chat] Re: If you have no web site

2005-07-26 Thread Joy Beeson
holds the off-site back-ups for my works in progress -- after one disaster (aka upgrade), the only copy of my poetry I could find was the one on the web site. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM west of Fort Wayne

[lace-chat] If you have no Web site

2005-07-23 Thread Joy Beeson
would be an ideal medium for e-mail. The real thing had become completely disassociated in my mind from the appalling garbage churned out by HTML e-mail programs. (When HTML is emreal/em, it's easy to read the source! And the codes add only a few bytes to the plain text.) -- Joy Beeson http

[lace-chat] Hush, puppy! was: green tomatoes

2005-07-17 Thread Joy Beeson
got any. -- 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 Dennis had hardly any rain left, having deposited it in places that didn't want

[lace-chat] Re: fried green tomatoes/ peanut butter

2005-07-13 Thread Joy Beeson
so popular that they've come out with so many versions that I have to go back several times before I catch them selling plain, un-medicated toothpaste. I settled for anti-gingivitis toothpaste once, and it tasted as bad as supermarket toothpastes -- but at least it rinsed out. -- Joy Beeson

[lace] Re: Lace around a window

2005-07-07 Thread Joy Beeson
the piece entirely from chains and mock rings, so that the shuttle thread isn't used up very fast. And don't *ever* use mason's line or any other cabled cord. It was really, really hard to draw up the rings. (This was before I learned how to do mock rings.) -- Joy Beeson http

[lace] Tatting Shuttles -- old post found while cleaning up

2005-06-11 Thread Joy Beeson
colors, it is easer to see what you are doing. -- 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 it's been

[lace-chat] Re: Did you know?

2005-06-11 Thread Joy Beeson
1. obvious lie 2. obvious lie 3. interesting -- if true 4. interesting -- if true 5. interesting -- if true 6. interesting -- if true 7. Mine, yes 8. interesting -- if true 9. As my freshman English teacher would have said, more zinc and

Re: [lace-chat] Re: pronunciation

2005-05-31 Thread Joy Beeson
have one m'self. -- 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 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat

Re: [lace-chat] Re: eBay seller changes lace history

2005-05-26 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:52 PM 5/25/05 -0400, Tamara P Duvall wrote: On May 25, 2005, at 17:35, Alice Howell wrote: 1020??? That moves the date of the earliest lace back several centuries. G Changes the history of the printing press, too :) Not to mention the English language. -- Joy Beeson http

[lace-chat] Re: Crewel Yule and other American series

2005-05-26 Thread Joy Beeson
rare Rolls Royce automobiles disappeared from a locked garage -- enough motivation to track down whodunnit, don't you think? And *how*dunnit would be even more important, if you got the cars back and wanted to store them in the same garage. But somebody got randomly knocked off. -- Joy

[lace-chat] Air Security: was: Re: [lace] Bobbins, and other things.

2005-04-29 Thread Joy Beeson
luck, I don't want to go anywhere I can't get to by car. (But we're starting to have safety check points.) -- Joy Beeson, resident curmudgeon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine

2005-04-27 Thread Joy Beeson
-- the residue in the frying pan will do -- leave it overnight, wipe the grease off with a paper towel. If it doesn't all come off, give it another coat and let it sit for a few more hours. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM

[lace-chat] Re: Yellowstone Nat Park

2005-04-18 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:20 AM 4/18/05 +0100, Jean Nathan wrote: And of course, the title of the film Krakatoa East of Java is wrong, it's actually 40 Km west of Java. Depends on how *far* east you go . . . -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW

[lace-chat] Re: Vinly Wallpaper Problem

2005-04-18 Thread Joy Beeson
the motif with neatly-mitered border. -- Joy Beeson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: videos and dvd's (moved from Lace)

2005-03-29 Thread Joy Beeson
, the tricky part is deciding which information is worth that sort of effort. -- 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

Re: [lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-26 Thread Joy Beeson
At 01:29 AM 3/26/05 -0500, Tamara P Duvall wrote: On Mar 26, 2005, at 0:29, Joy Beeson wrote: Sorry, but that's no longer true, vide my earlier posting. If you're a sponger (as I try to be), you might not be aware of it - likely, it came in among the sea of other agreements. You don't

[lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Joy Beeson
Grammar warning: I'm using two different (but related) words spelled check. One refers to the slip of paper on which a waiter records the food you have eaten, the other check is a slip of paper ordering your bank to pay money to a third party. Unfortunately, I don't know any alternate terms

[lace-chat] Conventions: was Re: {lace} IOLI convention

2005-03-21 Thread Joy Beeson
the provocation was adequate is likely to add *you* to his killfile. -- 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

[lace] threads

2005-03-14 Thread Joy Beeson
thread. We have it in three colors, grey, tan and dark tan. Unfortunately you are going to have to let us pick the color you get. This stuff is very strong and could easily be used in machine as well as hand sewing. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net

[lace] Re: Lace Shops

2005-02-28 Thread Joy Beeson
Phoenix Textiles/fabric.com. It's of a disappointing quality -- not quite fine enough to make into pillowcases, and nowhere near sleazy enough to make underlinings. But it's a sturdy fabric, and suitable for testing sewing patterns. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http

[lace-chat] Hairstyles: was British Royals and marriages

2005-02-15 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:19 AM 2/15/05 -0600, Anne Toney wrote: Remember when Bill Clinton was elected? The media (and just about everybody else) constantly criticized Hillary's hairstyle(s). Druther criticize Bill's -- it was far too high-maintenance for a fellow with important work to do. -- Joy Beeson

[lace-chat] Re: art (and horses)

2005-02-14 Thread Joy Beeson
it -- equestrian statues for war heros have gone out of style. -- 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 rain washed all the snow into the lake last night

[lace-chat] Re: Fw: car thieves have found yet another way to steal your car...

2005-02-04 Thread Joy Beeson
I ever put things in the footwell is fear that they will fall off the seat. But then, there is never anybody around when I stop the car at a light. [sig deleted] -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http

[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: burma shave signs

2005-01-30 Thread Joy Beeson
going the other way. -- 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 people are walking on the lake

Re: [lace-chat] remote controls (lace-chat)

2005-01-20 Thread Joy Beeson
-finish a pair of slacks I needed to wear the following day. -- Joy Beeson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] public toilets #2

2005-01-20 Thread Joy Beeson
such a thing. -- 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 it snows every time DH shovels the patio. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] lacemaking and motorcycle riding

2005-01-20 Thread Joy Beeson
if it's still there, I no longer remember enough to Google for it. -- Joy Beeson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: biscuit recipes unsalted butter ??

2005-01-14 Thread Joy Beeson
Mrs. Stanley's Spice Cupcakes would work without the boiling, but we're way too fat to bake a cake that we might not want to share. (I don't think I've ever made it as cupcakes. Little loaves fairly often.) -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net

Re: [lace-chat] Re: the Disaster

2005-01-01 Thread Joy Beeson
At 11:07 AM 1/1/05 -, Linda Walton wrote: Somewhere - Thailand, I believe - recently appealed for tourists not to desert them, as so many of their population depend on tourists for their living. Without the tourists, their economy collapses, and things are even worse for the locals, and

[lace-chat] Re: Earthquake/Tsunami disaster

2004-12-29 Thread Joy Beeson
in villages and everybody knew who could do what -- if we can get people to realize that it's all right to stop suppressing it. -- 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

[lace-chat] Re: Festive Fruit Cake

2004-12-28 Thread Joy Beeson
smaller than a peck. -- 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 we had a white Christmas

Re: [lace-chat] Fashion

2004-12-23 Thread Joy Beeson
At 05:33 PM 12/23/04 +1100, W N Lafferty wrote: All black office workers in Sydney? Makes sense in the climate? Sorry Joy, doesn't make sense to me. Wearing a black shirt and black pants instead of a suit and tie makes a *lot* of sense. And black for I came here to supervise makes sense

Re: [lace-chat] Sticks of butter.

2004-12-22 Thread Joy Beeson
that the package says 4 sticks, 16 oz., 1 lb., 453 g. So a stick is a little over a hundred grams. -- 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

[lace] Re: Personalised stamps

2004-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
the layers apart. !! Plain paper and glue sticks! -- 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 we are just south of the lake-effect snow and our

[lace-chat] Re: Mittens on small folks

2004-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
tell me where they are; I spend *way* too much time sitting in front of the computer now. -- 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 canal has

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] wearing art-felted jewelry

2004-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
was there. -- 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 there's no snow, but plenty of cold and wind. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace-chat] Mittens

2004-12-18 Thread Joy Beeson
wear them mostly for walking and driving, since it hasn't been cold enough for mittens this year, and I don't ride much any more. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort

[lace-chat] Re: moly?

2004-12-17 Thread Joy Beeson
yellow flowers has been named after it. ??? Man, English don't make no sense. At least they are both herbs. Though I don't think that a wild garlic would have sprigs to pick *or* lick. So the characters must have had a source of the mythical plant. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net

[lace] Re: Tatting repair sought

2004-12-15 Thread Joy Beeson
about as thick as one ply of the thread the lace was made from. The need for a finer thread than the lace was made of is a serious obstacle to lace repair nowadays. But I gather that unspun flax fibers are long enough to thread into a needle, if you can find hand-pulled flax. -- Joy Beeson http

[lace-chat] Re: Re: identity cards

2004-12-11 Thread Joy Beeson
At 11:18 PM 12/10/04 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Having *uniform* ID cards is, in a way, a step *up* in openness; the govt keeps tabs on us all (as it has always done), but, finally, admits to it. Making them act as though they were ashamed of it is a first step. Pretending that it's

Re: [lace] Re: Tamara's initial patterns

2004-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
And just to confuse the issue, I've seen embroidered T's with the curl at the bottom going BOTH ways. Get carried away and it could look like an up-side-down Y -- but at least it won't be mistaken for L or J. I used to have a monogram in which J and L were connected by two lines to look like

[lace-chat] Re: Early settlers/Christmas of old

2004-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
wanted was different only in being a bonnet, where women who weren't members of her church might also wear hats, if they could afford them. I'll have to try to find the book so I can post the cites. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW

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