[lace] What would YOU do? Touching laces belonging to others.

2011-02-14 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 2/13/2011 10:16:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, tat...@tat-man.net writes: Yes they do touch, but I encourage that sometimes(except when they have food on their hands), because I know what that is like. I have always been a hands-on person and have to touch everything of

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2011-02-13 Thread The Lace Bee
This topic has still got my husband insensed by the women's behaviour.  He is head of security at one of the museums in Oxford and wanted to share this particular tale with you of something that happened recently.   They have a very beautiful, simple chair in one of the collections.  It dates from

[lace] What would you do?

2011-02-13 Thread Jean Nathan
Liz wrote about the man who broke the vases: The guy was charged with criminal damage but I can't find out if he was prosecuted or convicted and hubby can't find out from the musuem's grapevine. Yorkshire Post 8th August 2006: Mr Flynn, of Fowlmere, Cambs, was arrested on suspicion of

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2011-02-13 Thread vilan...@austin.rr.com
, February 13, 2011 11:45 AM Subject: [lace] What would you do? Liz wrote about the man who broke the vases: The guy was charged with criminal damage but I can't find out if he was prosecuted or convicted and hubby can't find out from the musuem's grapevine. Yorkshire Post 8th August 2006: Mr

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2011-02-13 Thread Claire Allen
:45 AM Subject: [lace] What would you do? Liz wrote about the man who broke the vases: The guy was charged with criminal damage but I can't find out if he was prosecuted or convicted and hubby can't find out from the musuem's grapevine. - To unsubscribe send email to majord

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2011-02-13 Thread Sue
I always thought that it was a silly place to put the vase, it was on a ledge on the stairway and not protected by anything at all to stop it falling or being knocked off which it subsequently was. I believe it was a very valuable Chinese Vase. I remember the episode well, as they must have

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2011-02-13 Thread lynrbailey
@arachne.com Subject: [lace] What would you do? Liz wrote about the man who broke the vases: The guy was charged with criminal damage but I can't find out if he was prosecuted or convicted and hubby can't find out from the musuem's grapevine. Yorkshire Post 8th August 2006: Mr Flynn, of Fowlmere

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2011-02-13 Thread vilan...@austin.rr.com
Thorsdottir Austin, Texas - Original Message - From: lynrbai...@desupernet.net To: Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [lace] What would you do? As a criminal defense attorney, I can tell you that the 'crimes' we're

[lace] What would YOU do?

2011-02-12 Thread Carol
Hi All, I am just looking at the lace pillow I spent all yesterday afternoon/evening attempting to untangle - I haven't touched it for several months since the 'accident' happened., but will have to sit and work at it again today, and until it is OK again. To explain.I was demonstrating with

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2011-02-12 Thread Laceandbits
In all the years I have demonstrated, I have never before had such an experience! Carol, I think the answer lies in that sentence. If you add to that all the years all the rest of us have demonstrated without having met such vile people, then you were extremely unlucky, and lightning rarely

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2011-02-12 Thread Karen Zammit Manduca
12, 2011 11:12 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] What would YOU do? Hi All, I am just looking at the lace pillow I spent all yesterday afternoon/evening attempting to untangle - I haven't touched it for several months since the 'accident' happened., but will have to sit and work at it again

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2011-02-12 Thread lynrbailey
...@btopenworld.com Sent: Feb 12, 2011 5:12 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] What would YOU do? Hi All, I am just looking at the lace pillow I spent all yesterday afternoon/evening attempting to untangle - I haven't touched it for several months since the 'accident' happened., but will have

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2011-02-12 Thread Malvary J Cole
Carol - what a shame that happened to you. I hope you can get the rest of the 'mess' sorted out with no broken threads etc. I had an incident, but with no malicious intent, when I was making lace at an old heritage farm - 1850's houses with earth and straw floors. I had temporarily put my

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2011-02-12 Thread Clay Blackwell
I am s sorry to hear about your experience. Look at it this way: once you have untangled the mess and finished the lace, it will represent even more than a memorial to your late husband. It will also represent your ability to rise above the obstacles that you meet in a gracious and

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2011-02-12 Thread Nancy Neff
Now THAT is a hubby to treasure!! From: The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com To: lace@arachne.com; Carol nestalace.ca...@btopenworld.com Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 8:09:38 AM Subject: Re: [lace] What would YOU do?   BTW hubby has just come back

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2011-02-12 Thread Dmt11home
Although I don't dispute that there are a lot of people out there that are so rude as to take your breath away, there are also people who are mentally ill, autistic, or have attention deficit disorder. Sometimes the people who are with them, rather than disclosing this information (and that

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2011-02-12 Thread Sue Duckles
Whereas when I asked my hubby the same question the answer was you'd have called them everything from a pig to a dog and told them how long it had taken you to get that far!! If she had been a lacemaker she a. wouldn't have fiddled with it, and b. would have appreciated what she'd

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2011-02-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Good for you! Brenda On 12 Feb 2011, at 14:51, Clay Blackwell wrote: I asked the woman to please take the children out of the display area until they had finished their ice cream and had had a good wash of hands and face. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe

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2011-02-12 Thread Sue
I think you showed great restraint. I think that to take beautiful lace for people to see and marvel at is good, but I think this particular piece is just too precious and priceless to be allowed near people without a real appreciation of the work skill and love that goes into that piece. I

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2011-02-12 Thread Lorelei Halley
Carol I'd have been yelling and swearing and using all sorts of animal epithets on the two of them. The kind of spite you describe is way beyond the category of normal behavior. Possibly the real motive was envy. They knew they couldn't match you so spite made them destroy something they

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2011-02-12 Thread vilan...@austin.rr.com
, February 12, 2011 4:12 AM Subject: [lace] What would YOU do? Hi All, I am just looking at the lace pillow I spent all yesterday afternoon/evening attempting to untangle - I haven't touched it for several months since the 'accident' happened., but will have to sit and work at it again today, and until

[lace] What would YOU do?

2011-02-12 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
You said, in the original message, that the lady said the girl did a lot of handcrafts - Well, I wonder about that! If she had done so much, she should have known that things take a lot of time to finish, and therefore should have been even more aware of the fine work you were doing on the

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2011-02-12 Thread Jenny Brandis
-Original Message- From: On Behalf Of Adele Shaak she made him sit down and watch as she fixed the entire pillow. I believe she said it took about two and a half hours I love it ! Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com