[lace-chat] Flash mobbing

2003-08-21 Thread Jean Nathan
If the hokey cokey was a flash mob, it was pretty harmless. There was one in the UK where 200 people descended on a furniture shop and sat on the sofas for half an hour while telling the sofas what beautiful sofas they were! Is the world going completely mad? They were supposed to sit on one

[lace-chat] Light pollution

2003-08-21 Thread Jean Nathan
When we lived in Somerset in the middle of the countryside, there were no street lights. I used to love sitting outside on summer nights with a full moon either reading or just looking at the stars. I could take the dog for a walk at midnight with a torch because it was just so bright, but on

[lace-chat] Heads Up

2003-08-21 Thread Webwalker
I received an infected email last night from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- sbcglobal.net being my server. The message said there was some important info about my account in the attachment. I deleted the mail without downloading (thank you, Mailwasher), but thought I should tell y'all of this new trick

Re: [lace-chat] Itchy bites

2003-08-21 Thread David Collyer
I get bitten a lot and my blood group's B Rh neg. David in Ballarat I don't often get bitten, and my blood groups 'A Rh.neg'. DH gets bitten a lot and he's 'O Rh.pos' Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace-chat] Speeding excuses

2003-08-21 Thread Jean Nathan
I listen to my local radio station every morning, and the daily task of one of those involved is to investigate two items of curiosity decided at the beginning of that morning's broadcast. This morning one of them was to find out what excuses drivers made to try to get off paying a speeding fine

[lace-chat] Light pollution

2003-08-21 Thread Allison E. Moss-Fritch
Hello to lace chat, I dislike the amount of lighting that societies use today-with the belief that, if every establishment is a glowing beacon of light day and night, it will be impossible for a thief to enter without being seen. Well, that is a nice idea, but I see folks drive by

Re: [lace-chat] Light pollution

2003-08-21 Thread Clay Blackwell
Loved the idea of fiber-optic lace illuminating hallways, etc... except that if I remember correctly, you don't see light except at the tips (or cut ends) of the fibers... Clay Want an odd, but possible idea for illuminating buildings with passive free light? It would be

Re: [lace-chat] Light pollution

2003-08-21 Thread Linda
Hello all - Has it not occured to anyone that in this letigious society that all those lighted buildings and street lamps are not to deter thef, but to prevent lawsuits? This is the US (God bless!) where common sense in the courtroom is a thing of the past: for example the famous cup of coffee

[lace-chat] Re: Light pollution

2003-08-21 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Gentle spiders, I dislike the *colour* of those street lights we have now... Bathed in that orangey glow, everyone looks either sick, or menacing, or both -- even your nearest neighbours. The gas lights we used to have in Warsaw when I was little (and which had been kept on one street) were