[lace-chat] surprise package

2004-06-30 Thread nicky.h-townsend
Hi spiders I received an unexpected phone call the other week from a lady who is in the process of moving house and wanted to find a good home for some old lace! She was given mydetails andtelephoned to see if I was interested. Well you can imagine the response - yes please, where do you live (2

[lace-chat] Help needed - Post from USA to UK.

2004-06-30 Thread Laceandbits
Is there an American arachne who would be kind enough to post on a booklet that my partner bought on e-bay. It is a vintage tractor manual, not very thick I believe. When he bought it he knew that the seller wouldn't post to the UK, but for some reason they won't post to Canada either so we

[lace-chat] Cows

2004-06-30 Thread Jane Read
See http://www.cowparade.net/ for all you ever needed to know (do you really want to know?) about this international project!! Jane Jane Read Honorary Secretary Challenger Society for Marine Sciences Room 256/21, Southampton Oceanography Centre Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, U.K. email:

Re: [lace-chat] Raffle

2004-06-30 Thread Pene Piip
So far I have only had 3 replies from those who want to be in the raffle. You have until Sunday July 4th, to get your name in. Here is the info again: I have 4 small tins that contain sets of magnets. Each magnet would fit into a 1 inch square. The tins measure 5.5 x 4 x 2. There are 2 sets, 1

[lace-chat] Pigs not Cows

2004-06-30 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Ruth and all, Yep, you are correct Ruth, we have bronze pigs in the Mall in Adelaide. I've got no idea why they were made and installed but they are a talking point with visitors. Don't think that pig reaching into the rubbish bin has ever found anything to eat though. :-)

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] informal survey

2004-06-30 Thread Scotlace
Jenny Barron wrote once I had invested in a pair of reading glasses... At my last eye test a lovely optician told me simply to remove my (distance) glasses for close work as I would see it much better. She is quite right. This does not further damage already poor eyesight . at least in my

Re: [lace-chat] Cows

2004-06-30 Thread cearbhael
Sorry folks and Alice, I posted a reply to this about how St Paul Minnesota USA has been doing blanks of Charles Schultz comic characters for years and sent a link. However I sent it to Alice only LOL. So, here is the link...go there. They are great and all different. To anyone not familiar with