[lace-chat] New car keys rant - long

2005-01-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Having taken delivery of our new Ford Fusion car on 20th December, we decided it would be a good idea to each have a set of keys - we always have in the past. So yesterday I went to the Ford main dealer to get them. I'd been told by the car salesman that the Parts Department would take car of that

Re: [lace-chat] Army Life Oz Style

2005-01-15 Thread dominique
I've been laughing all along while reading and couldn't laugh any louder when i came to the last line Jeeesus .!! dominique from Paris. David Collyer a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Army Life Oz StyleÓ. [2005/01/13 16:51] You loving daughter, Jill. David To

Re: [lace-chat] Re: bobbin display

2005-01-15 Thread dominique
Tamara P. Duvall a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Re: bobbin displayÓ. [2005/01/15 02:05] But I saw and - hopefully - cconquered :) You may have to do some cuttin' and pastin' but there are 4 photos of her bobbin display carousels at:

[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks

2005-01-15 Thread Anne Nicholas
Dear Secret Pal, Thank you so much for your parcel of goodies that arrived today. You are certainly multi-talented as the card that you sent is beautiful. Thank you so much for the thread I love the colours and will have to find a pattern so that I can use them! My husband has been eying up

[lace-chat] biscuit recipes unsalted butter ??

2005-01-15 Thread Karen
Hi Leeann, for recipes with unsalted butter, I generally cut down the amount of salt added / not add any - depending on what the recipe asks for in terms of amount of salt and amount of butter. I can't say by exactly how much each time - but I've never had any problems with this. The only time

Re: [lace-chat] unsalted butter ??

2005-01-15 Thread dominique
I believe this message was meant for the group: Joy Beeson a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Re: biscuit recipes unsalted butter ??Ó. [2005/01/14 18:29] There's a rule against freezing butter? wasn't aware of it . i always have a frozen stick of butter so i as not to run short .

[lace-chat] Bobbin display

2005-01-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Dominique wrote: only saw quilts Where have the bobbins gone ? That happened to me, but I noticed that the web site address which appeared in the address box wasn't the one that Tamara gave even though I pasted it into Internet Explorer - it was another page of the photo site. I deleted

[lace-chat] :-) New wine

2005-01-15 Thread Jeanette Fischer
A new wine for seniors California vintners in the Napa Valley area, which primarily produces Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new hybrid grape that acts as an anti-diuretic. It is expected to reduce the number of trips older people have to make to the

[lace-chat] :-) Two nuns

2005-01-15 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Two Nuns There were two nuns... One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM), and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL). It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent. SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past thirty-eight and a half

Re: [lace-chat] New car keys rant - long

2005-01-15 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Jean You aren't the only one who's had a problem with car keys! When I bought my Citroen C3 at the beginning of July (used but only a few months old) it came with two keys and a user manual but there was only one key and no manual. So they (AutoPlanet) said that they would get the manual and

[lace-chat] Cookie/biscuit recipe

2005-01-15 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, Here's my Grandmother's recipe for Sugar Cookies. 1 Cup sugar (Castor sugar in the UK I think) 3/4 C. butter 1/4 C. milk 2 eggs, well beaten 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 t. salt 1/4 t. nutmeg 1 t. vanilla flour Mix ingredients together. Add enough flour to be able to roll the dough.

[lace-chat] Re: New car keys rant

2005-01-15 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Jan 15, 2005, at 4:25, Jean Nathan wrote: Having taken delivery of our new Ford Fusion car on 20th December, we decided it would be a good idea to each have a set of keys - we always have in the past. So yesterday I went to the Ford main dealer to get them. But, but, but, splutter with

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Jack Jill

2005-01-15 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Yeah, I *do* realize it's a tad iffy for chat... But, by golly, the fun factor overweighs the non-PC factor... IMO... :) From: A.N. Jack was about to marry Jill and his father took him to one side. When I married your mother, the first thing I did when we got home was take off my trousers, he

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Logical science

2005-01-15 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Apologies for a repeat, but it's as funny second time around as it had been the first. And some of you might not haver seen it (having joined the lace-chat after the steel nut-cuffs became the norm) before... From: A. N. Two builders (Fred Barney) are seated either side of a table in a rough

[lace-chat] Kid's stuff

2005-01-15 Thread Malvary Cole
Two little kids are in a hospital, in beds next to each other in a semi-private room. The first kid leans over and asks What are you in here for? The second kid says, I'm in here to get my tonsils out, and I'm a little nervous. The first kid says, You've nothing to worry about. I had that done