Re: [lace-chat] Re: Danish translation help needed - ASAP

2004-12-19 Thread Sonja Sillay
Hi Tamara, Pomeransskal is the dried peel from the citrus fruit pomerans. Seville orange tree, bitter orange tree and sour orange tree are names I have heard for the tree. Pomeranstern is the Danish word for the peel when it is diced. So what you need is some Seville orange peel diced. Good Luck

[lace-chat] Mittens/gloves

2004-12-19 Thread Jean Nathan
I had a pair of knitted gloves which had an extra bit attached at the back of the base of the fingers that could be pulled over the fingers to make them into mittens. Really warm when it was very cold because of the two layers of gloves inside mittens, but useful in being able to flip the mitten

[lace-chat] stinging nettles

2004-12-19 Thread Jenny Barron
Weronika said I've also heard getting stung by nettles is actually healthy (may be completely false), so people might have used them for that too. Although it's a very bad idea now, especially when they grow next to roads and such - they accumulate all sorts of nasty stuff. I think it's used

Re: [lace-chat] stinging nettles

2004-12-19 Thread Ruth Rocker
I found out the hard way that I'm very allergic to stinging nettles. When we lived in Nebraska the house we bought had a little spot fenced off for a garden. It hadn't been tended for a long time, though, and was very overgrown with weeds. I started to clean it up and was pulling the weeds

[lace-chat] :-) Office Party (5)

2004-12-19 Thread Jean Nathan
MEMORANDUM FROM : Patty Lewis, HR Director TO : All Employees 10th December RE : THE ING HOLIDAY PARTY Vegetarians ? I 'EM. I've had it with you morons. We're going to keep this party at the Grill House whether you like it or not, so you can sit quietly at the table furthest from the

[lace-chat] :-)) Weeweechu

2004-12-19 Thread Jeanette Fischer
This sort of let me think of the way we celebrate Christmas here in South Africa - going into the shopping malls all you hear is Jingle Bells, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas etc etc and there is not a snow flake in sight and no hope of ever seeing one in the middle of summer but it is

Re: [lace-chat] Re: 'moly'

2004-12-19 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 18/12/2004 18:59:24 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No wonder it wasn't in your dictionaries! Mine says that moly is a mythical herb with a black root and milk-white flowers that Hermes gave to Odysseus. Just listened to a program on the internet from

[lace-chat] mittens

2004-12-19 Thread Janice Blair
Joy wrote: My cycling mittens are split into two fingers: warmer than gloves, but you can still work the brake levers. A friend called them thalidomide mittens - -- thalidomide was in the news at the time. My DH wears them even when not riding his back as they are warmer than gloves. I

[lace-chat] Fw: What if Santa was a Public Servant?

2004-12-19 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Subject: Fw: What if Santa was a Public Servant? Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:19:58 +1100 This one I hadn't seen before.Quite a giggle. Cheers Yvonne. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of Christmas_Application.pdf] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] mittens

2004-12-19 Thread Ruth Budge
Janice, when we arrived in Australia, my mother was horrified to discover that navy blue bloomers were required for school - not just for playing netball, but all the time. As were black stockings in winter. I can still hear my mother's horrified voice saying: black stockings went out with

Re: [lace-chat] mittens other garments

2004-12-19 Thread Sue Babbs
Does anyone remember having to wear navy blue nickers for playing netball? It was an all girls school but the boys hung around the railings when we were playing! Janice Yes - actually they were required for all gym / P.E. lessons (and in the days of mini-skirts one had to wear them the rest of

[lace-chat] Re: stinging nettles

2004-12-19 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 19, 2004, at 4:23, Jenny Barron wrote: Weronika said I've also heard getting stung by nettles is actually healthy (may be completely false), so people might have used them for that too. Although it's a very bad idea now, especially when they grow next to roads and such - they accumulate

[lace-chat] Underwear

2004-12-19 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 19, 2004, at 17:34, Janice Blair wrote: Does anyone remember having to wear navy blue nickers for playing netball? It was an all girls school but the boys hung around the railings when we were playing! Throughout the 11 yrs of my schooling (7 yrs primary school starting at 7, and 4 yrs