Re: [lace-chat] Chip and PIN

2004-08-26 Thread Margery Allcock
Hi, Jean - I read in the paper, when Chip and PIN was very new, about a tiny village shop in a tiny Highland village (goodness knows why they had the device, but maybe it was a trial run). They put the key pad on a shelf on the wall behind the counter, and the customers had to call out their PIN

[lace-chat] Copyright

2004-08-26 Thread Jean Peach
For sometime my DH and I have been tracing letters that are in many universities in the UK, such as Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge, these are just a few. Now these letters, some were written by DH great grandfather or written to him by famous people. So far we have not been allowed to see these

[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks

2004-08-26 Thread Anne Nicholas
Dear Secret Pal in Australia, So sorry for the delay in sending my thanks but your parcel came while I was away and had to pick it up from the sorting office. Thanks once again for the lovely goodies that you sent, they certainly helped to relieve some of the jetlag !! I have not heard of the

[lace-chat] Well done USA women's soccer team

2004-08-26 Thread Jean Nathan
Congratulations to the USA women's soccer team for winning the gold medal in the Olympics - bet you didn't know you even had a women's soccer team. It was a very good game of football. The UK doesn't enter a team for either the women's or men's soccer because we don't have a Great Britain team

Re: [lace-chat] Weather report

2004-08-26 Thread Steph Peters
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:12:36 +1000, Jackie wrote: Many people are seeing cracks in the walls, even ceilings, of their homes due to the dry weather. One local Council has been forced to close two lanes of the swimming pool. Duh? They'll still have water in. I wish I could send you some of the