From: Ruth Budge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, Noelene, I think you've been out of Sydney too long!! These days,
the accepted dress for most business types is black!! I've sat many times,
watching workers on their way to and from the office, walking around the
city, and thought how dreary they
I was in the express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely
ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out
line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when
the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and
asked sweetly, So
Well, Christmas has partly started here in the UK with the christmas Blue
Peter programme. The crib was set up and the Chalk Farm Salvation Army band
led in a multitude of local children singing O come all ye faithful. It
never
fails to make me sniff slightly. (Blue Peter is a magazine
My my my...leave to England to give us information that we don't even
know about yet!!! My mother and I are both sitting here scratching our
heads and saying what the Hell?? Of course we didn't vote for the
current administration because we don't trust Bush. We don't like seeing
our civil
Just what is it about everybody wanting snow for Christmas? :) It's
horrible stuff. It's cold, it makes travel difficult and sometimes
dangerous, it has to be shovelled which is strenuous. Then, when it finally
melts everything is soggy..and cold :(
I remember when I was driving a school bus on
Best wishes to all lacemakers
Merry Christmas and happy new Year
Alessandra from Italy
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Here in Australia, we've already seen this year's carols from King's
College!!! The acting Dean spoke of this Christmas Eve - and yet here in
Australia, it was still on December 23!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
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Sharon, it's a nostalgia thing for those of us transplanted from our
homelands into a totally different environment!!! I know its messy,
inconvenient, dangerous, etc., etc., but.in my formative years in
England, it was part of my Christmas memories, and I still miss it all these
years later.
In a message dated 12/23/2004 3:11:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just what is it about everybody wanting snow for Christmas? :) It's
horrible stuff. It's cold, it makes travel difficult and sometimes
dangerous, it has to be shovelled which is strenuous.
Let us
At 05:33 PM 12/23/04 +1100, W N Lafferty wrote:
All black office workers in Sydney? Makes sense in the climate?
Sorry Joy, doesn't make sense to me.
Wearing a black shirt and black pants instead of a suit and tie makes a
*lot* of sense. And black for I came here to supervise makes sense
Gentle Spiders,
For once, I am cross-posting to lace and chat, even if it's a no-no;
hopefully, I'll be forgiven, in the proper Chrismas spirit :)
I took an hour's break from the stove and the oven (not everyone can
concentrate on the Holly and the Ivy g ) today, to take a lesson,
once again
Yes, it IS somewhat illogical - especially as it's often the first
snow of the season, or close to it, and the drivers in Michigan have
forgotten in the last few months that they ever knew how to drive on
snow and ice. But I still love it. Southern Michigan is no where near
the Alberta CAN
Christmas in Florida is a real treat! We dont see much snow, but it
did snow here about 20 years ago! Even so, we hope every year we will
get to see some. People start putting lights on their houses in
November. We love driving around and looking at the lights, especially
with a cup of
For the past 20 years I haven't celebrated Christmas - not since I left home
... anyway, the Aussie does celebrate Christmas so as he supported me in my
beliefs I felt is was only fair that I supported him - so for the very first
time since I left home at 18 I have a Christmas tree.
And for
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