[lace-chat] A strange noise

2004-08-18 Thread Jean Nathan
Parts of England got too much of a strange nise a couple of days ago. Boscastle, a village in Cornwall which is the most westerly/southerly county of England ( the bit that sticks out bottom left of the British Isles) suffered a flash flood when two rivers that meet got overfull and swept a

Re: [lace-chat] American convention

2004-08-18 Thread Scotlace
I remember the discussion fairly well and support Ruth in her assertions. She was asked to complete a teaching application form just in case and she felt it was too much hassle for just in case. We then had long discussions about how Guilds selected and vetted their visiting tutors in order

re: [lace-chat] Olympics

2004-08-18 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone and Jane who wrote: Actually there is quite a bit of eye candy VBG. Isn't that what the Olympics are all about ? :-^ -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) who heard that in womens' waterpolo one of the accepted strategies is to try to pull off the swimsuit of

[lace-chat] Funnt

2004-08-18 Thread Steph Peters
A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am. The woman below replied, You are in a hot air

[lace-chat] Cornwall, UK

2004-08-18 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, The flooding in (excuse my phonetic spelling) Buscastle, near Guilford, in Cornwall made the news here. I hope no lace makers had their pillows or shuttles swept out to sea! I couldn't believe how many cars were floating through the middle of town. I suppose there are places on earth

[lace-chat] What's the word?

2004-08-18 Thread Tatdlace
Hello all, Some time ago, years maybe, there was a discussion of language and I remember, or at least I think I remember someone mentioning that English has another very old and not used expression or word for you. I remember thinking at the time that I should remember the word but it was odd and

Re: [lace-chat] What's the word?

2004-08-18 Thread Martha Krieg
There's the thou/thee/thy/thine set and the you/ye/your/yours set . Originally singular versus plural, then familiar versus formal. When egalitarianism came in, the Quakers went with thee for both singular and plural (and both nominative and accusative case); the rest of us went with you.

[lace-chat] Re: What's the word?

2004-08-18 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Aug 18, 2004, at 19:54, Martha Krieg wrote: There's the thou/thee/thy/thine set and the you/ye/your/yours set . Originally singular versus plural, then familiar versus formal. When egalitarianism came in, the Quakers went with thee for both singular and plural (and both nominative and

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Literally?...

2004-08-18 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
From: T.H. A nurse walks into a bank, preparing to endorse a check. She reaches in her pocket, pulls out a rectal thermometer, and tries to write with it. She looks at the thermometer, pauses for a moment, then realizing her mistake, mutters, Well that's just great . . . . Some asshole's got my

[lace-chat] RE: strange noise

2004-08-18 Thread Helen Bell
I saw that footage of the flood in Boscastle on tv here in Denver - and I remember visiting there in 1992. Pretty village. Hope everyone is safe there. Here in Denver, we've had about a 100 year storm go through town. Flooding although Denver in street intersections and I-25 was almost closed