[lace-chat] Re: [lace] November Secret Pal packages

2004-11-25 Thread DonLynn
Brenda, the postal problem is more likely for overseas travel. I sent a small package containing a Scottish tartan scarf and pin for my nephew's wedding in Canada and allowed 3 weeks for posting as it rarely takes more than 6 days. Of course it arrived there 3 days after the wedding. Noelene

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

2004-11-19 Thread DonLynn
Helene wrote: It was beautiful, but I can get those metal containers anymore, they're all plastic now, and the inside stays where it is. Maybe I could try icecream cubes? No need for any magic containers, just pick up a chap plastic container that holds two litres from the grocery store, put the

Re: [lace] Re: reticent list members

2004-11-17 Thread DonLynn
My question Jen, is where can we buy 100 micron wire for Lenka's lace ideas. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] blanc mange

2004-11-17 Thread DonLynn
When my mother made tapioca pudding, we used to tell my sister it was worm egg pudding so she would go away and we could have her share. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Something to think about

2004-11-17 Thread DonLynn
Thanks Lousie for quoting the Flanders Field poem, as a Canadian Air Force brat I knew it off by heart at one time, its good to see it in the whole once more. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] Re: International Money Transfer Question

2004-11-05 Thread DonLynn
Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: International Money Transfer Question Well some of you Canadians, you must have a great bank. I still have my Royal Bank Visa account and transfer monies in Canadian currency from my Australian account. Not only do I get charged here for the transfer, I also get a

Re: [lace] ribbon as gimp

2004-10-25 Thread DonLynn
I don't know how often it is done, but I am actually making a 1/4 inch lace insert and putting the ribbon through as I make my 5 metres of torchon. Mostly because I don't think I can face threading thru when I finish. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general

2004-10-25 Thread DonLynn
I too had a parcel sent from Martha Pullen's Sew Beautiful magazine opened with a customs brochure put in to assure me that it was a legal search. The package contained a soft cover book and some ribbon, I wonder just what the customs beagle was smelling that require such inspection. Lynn

Re: [lace-chat] The Bill

2004-10-20 Thread DonLynn
My elderly in-laws loved the Bill but are also fed up with the overemphasis of sex, etc., in the story lines, they too would love to see more police action that doesn't involve the bedroom. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

Re: [lace-chat] Earthquake

2003-12-03 Thread donlynn
I agree with Noelene's son's statement about the round house. It would just about take a nuclear blast to move that wonderful place. Sure do miss popping in for a TP on our way to Canberra. Lynn Scott in Wollongong, where we finally have sunshine and I have about 10 loads of washing to do

Re: [lace-chat] Bush's visit

2003-11-16 Thread donlynn
Ah yes, but Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Man, had a nice private chat with Mr. Bush so perhaps it depended somewhat on who (or is that whom) Bush wanted present. I do remember in the early 80's when the Nato leaders came to town all the US secret service agents were lurking everwhere. I don't know

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Wallabies

2003-11-13 Thread donlynn
Well the Wallabies in the forest of France has hit the local news. It was just shown as a highlighted story for tonight's edition. Perhaps they include a few of the now almost extinct species missing from the bush. I wonder if the Australian government would allow them to emigrate back to their

Re: [lace-chat] east-west

2003-11-11 Thread donlynn
Rose-Marie, could be that being surrounded there is no definitive place to base direction, for instance, if I can see where Keira Mountain is I know which way is west. Where you are every direction has mountains, so there is no starting point. Just my confused in the southern hemisphere two

Re: [lace-chat] Right? Left?

2003-11-07 Thread donlynn
As someone who was convinced by the use of a wooden stick to become righthanded, I still have trouble deciding which hand to use. I wear my watch on my right hand, not the left, mostly write with my right hand, although I can use my left hand. My kindergarten version of revenge on the teachers

Re: [lace-chat] Broadband

2003-08-28 Thread donlynn
Broadband is available from Telstra. You buy the install it yourself kit from Harvey Norma for $129, and then connect up with Telstra. Depending on the amount of access to your internet you want the prices vary. I believe there is a minimum contract period of 18 months. Hope that helps. Lynn