[lace-chat] David's TRULY EVIL lemon Meringue pie

2003-11-21 Thread ysandra sliverneedle
Lemon Meringue Recipe The Name should be: "David's TRULY EVIL Lemon Meringue Pie!!" David, you found my one TRUE weakness Lemon Sweets! Thank you for sharing! Chores list for 11-22-03 1.. Go to store 2.. Buy all the stuff David says is needed for THE TRULY EVIL PIE" 3.. Make THE PIE 4..

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Ruth Budge
Tamara, I don't know the exact distances between Australia and the UK and Australia and the US - but from experience of posting my books to America, and receiving letters and other goodies from America, I know that it *always* takes a heck of a lot longer for mail between the US and Australia. A l

[lace-chat] Fw: Christmas Poem

2003-11-21 Thread Lorri Ferguson
Subject: FW: Christmas Poem This touched me, so I will forward it to you. Lorri Christmas Poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, He Lived All Alone, In A One Bedroom House Made Of Plaster And Stone. I Had Come Down The Chimney With Presents To Give, And To See Just Who In This Home

[lace-chat] looking for Christmas dinner

2003-11-21 Thread Susan MacLeod
I know there are varied interests in this group. I am looking for the Modern Priscilla, probably December '02 or '03 for my brother and SIL. This issue has an elaborate Christmas dinner by Fannie Merritt Farmer that they used to use, till it got lost somewhere in their moves. A photocopy o

[lace-chat] Re: Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Martha Krieg
Yep, registered is slower - because it has to be physically handled individually and tracked at each transfer point - they can't just sling the whole bag of stuff onto the next outgoing truck or plane. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Friday, Nov 21, 2003, at 18:30 US/Eastern, Ruth Budge wrote: Liz, I get both packages, parcels and letters sent from the UK regularly - a letter usually comes through in 4 - 5 days; a small package in about 7 - 10 days, and a parcel anything from 7 days - 14 days. Not from UK, but I went to

Re: [lace-chat] Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Thelacebee
Guys, Thank you for your kind help on this - my mind has been put to rest that the package has not got lost and will probably turn up in the next day or two. Sort of the same timescales as from London to Oxford really. Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>bl

[lace-chat] Remember the Small World experiment?

2003-11-21 Thread Lynn Carpenter
http://smallworld.columbia.edu Do you all remember the Small World experiment, in which some researchers at Columbia University in New York were attempting to prove or disprove the "6 degrees of separation" hypothesis? (That is, the idea that any person in the world could be reached through a cha

Re: [lace-chat] Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Ruth Budge
Liz, I get both packages, parcels and letters sent from the UK regularly - a letter usually comes through in 4 - 5 days; a small package in about 7 - 10 days, and a parcel anything from 7 days - 14 days. I don't know what causes the variations, but I recently (i.e., in the middle of the UK pos

Re: [lace-chat] Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 21 Nov 2003, at 13:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentle Spiders, Can you anyone here help me - I wondered if you knew how long it normally takes for a small airmail package to get from England to Australia. About a week usually for "small packets" though the recent industrial action in UK ma

[lace-chat] Money Mules

2003-11-21 Thread Linda Walton
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[lace-chat] Fw: That explains everything

2003-11-21 Thread Jeanette Fischer
I have done silly things,but none quite as embarrassing! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa WELL THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!! An elderly lady called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car has been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher: "They

[lace-chat] Airmail to Oz

2003-11-21 Thread Thelacebee
Gentle Spiders, Can you anyone here help me - I wondered if you knew how long it normally takes for a small airmail package to get from England to Australia. thanks Liz Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about To unsub

[lace-chat] Rednex Redux

2003-11-21 Thread cooncatmom-arachne1061
I sent the redneck story (FBI chops redneck's wood to find marijuana stash) to my girlfriend and here's the way she heard it: Subject: THE GOOD SON An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Bubba, who had always helped him,

[lace-chat] Secret pal thanks2

2003-11-21 Thread cooncatmom-arachne1061
I'm sending this again through another e-mailer in case the first message went astray, if not, please bear with: This is a bit late, but on Friday I received a very nice package from my Secret Pal. There was a beautiful bobbin with a matching turned wooden "bead" for the spangle, a Monet note