[lace-chat] :) a way with words

2003-07-25 Thread Bev Walker
(apologies if this has appeared on chat before - it is new to me) Mother Superior calls all the nuns together and says to them, I must tell you something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent. Thank God, says an elderly nun in the back. I am so tired of chardonnay. To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] RE: Onions

2003-07-25 Thread Ian Chelle Long
I envy any of you who can handle onions. I've tried all of the things so far mentioned except the freezer one, and I keep onions in the fridge, but I just can't get past the chopping off the roots and outer leaves without the tears just pouring out. Even doing them in the food processor for fine

[lace-chat] Fw: VIRUS WARNING

2003-07-25 Thread Linda Fountain
- Original Message - From: Mary Wishart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:29 PM I received an email today from a friend about a virus and I had been infected so I pass on the information to you in the hope that you can eliminate it before it does any damage to your

[lace-chat] are you/your family still employed ?

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
While we make lace, things may change . . .. The House just passed the Singapore Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 2739) by a 272-155 vote. And it passed the Chile Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 2738) 270-156 just a little bit later. Republicans almost totally deserted the higher-skilled American worker

[lace-chat] Linda's virus warning

2003-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
It's a hoax. I've written and told her so. Doesn't matter if you've deleted the file unless you're a Java developer, and there aren't too many programmers amongst us. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] what British 'reserve' ?? ; )

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s908482.htm Man drops trousers at royal garden party The Queen got an unexpected view of one of her subjects when a guest at one of her regular garden parties dropped his trousers and scampered off among the tea-drinking crowd. He was a young man, an invited

[lace-chat] anybody wanna sing ? ; )

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/consongs.htm Toni in Seattle (I'm a lonely little petunia - in . . .) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Videos

2003-07-25 Thread Lynne Cumming
Can any of our American friends help me? I can't remember whether we were discussing different video formats on Lace or chat but for safety I'm putting this on chat! I have had 2 American ladies in our shop (in UK) his week wanting to buy a video which has been made locally about the town. It is

[lace-chat] :-) Anbody wanna sing?

2003-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
Having looked at the web site Toni gave about gardening songs, I chose gardening books from the box at the bottom. Well worth looking at. I particularly liked these suggested book titles: How to weed thistles in the nude Nuclear Gardening -- Making Radiation Work for You . . . and the sequel

Re: [lace-chat] RE: Onions

2003-07-25 Thread Motherchaos
At least you can eat them! Ever since I got pregnant with my daughter (6 years ago) I have been unable to eat onionsand I have TRIED! I love how they flavor food, but the most I can stand now is the dried onion powder or dried flakes you can get in the spice isle. At least I don't have to

[lace-chat] Fw: Mugwumps! A response to your Lace Chat

2003-07-25 Thread Motherchaos
Hi, Tamara and other Spiders, My daughter sent your lace-chat (included below my note) about 'Mugwump', so I just had to reply. First, background. I'm 54, a math teacher living in North Pole, Alaska, but I come from solid Southern roots. My father was born and raised in Cotton Plant,

Re: [lace-chat] Summer Reading

2003-07-25 Thread Toni Hawryluk
I got so irritated with that soppy Bridget Jones and her daft ideas that I wanted to rip her arm off and beat her to death with the soggy end - Carol - in a wet and very windy East Anglia. Whoa ! Hold it ! you had better get some medication - I think whatever it is that the bloodthirsty it in

[lace-chat] Re: Joke definitions

2003-07-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Saturday, Jul 26, 2003, at 00:17 US/Eastern, Joy Beeson wrote: Defining Mugwump as mug on one side, wump on the other was a joke along the same lines as a liberal is liberal with other peoples money. And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car jokes: FORD = found on

[lace-chat] Re: summer reading

2003-07-25 Thread Barbara Stokes
Dear List, With all this summer reading going on, Parkes NSW Australia is gearing up for it's Annual Birth-to-Kindergarten Reading Day. This year there is to be a 12 hour reading session in the park from 12midnight to 12 midday, 7th August. The whole town is involved in encouraging reading to

[lace-chat] car words

2003-07-25 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone Joy wrote: And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car jokes: FORD = found on road dead and nova = no va. Bev thinks of: FORD - Fix or Repair Daily (but we also say 'Chev-ROT-let') -- bye for now Bev who used to own a Dodge Volare' [altogether now,