When I fasten my seat belt, I also put it through the strap of my handbag.
Linda Walton,
(High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.).
P.S. Saw the lovely new book on Roumanian Point Lace yesterday - will
definitely have to start saving up my pennies . . .
- Original Message -
From: Joy Beeson
Hi Spiders All,
Well - I have just cut off the bobbins from the offending piece of lace on a
roller pillow. I think I mentioned some time ago that the pricking had
shrunk slightly, or hadn't been butted up properly on the roller, so that it
didn't actuually match.I have now cut it off - and
I have a feeling this may have been on chat before, but quite a while ago.
After David's wonderful this is Australia post, this seemed a good time to
send this. Especially for Liz's Aussie in case he's never seen it. Jacquie
The questions below about Australia are from potential visitors.
In a message dated 05/02/2005 13:14:00 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe.
Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which
On Feb 5, 2005, at 5:56, Carol Adkinson wrote:
I have now cut it off - and have unwound what
seemed like three miles of silk thread, so I am a bit stressed!
Ouch! And silk, too (expensive)... I absolutely *hate it*, when things
which were meant to be full-sized projects (as opposed to samples)
Not exactly new, but still very funny...
BTW, Polish, like French (and German, and Latin, and Spanish, and
Russian, and...), also has grammatical gender, and 'puter would be
male not because of how it functions, but because it ends in a
consonant... :) OTOH, hrabia (Count) and poeta (poet), are
Oooh... I forgot this one and, of course, it's the best of them all...
Talk about suspect... :) That's when I told Severn (DH) he could
spend his time to a better purpose learning a language *other* than
Polish g
From: Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...] hrabia (Count) and poeta (poet),
Short, sweet, and the best new wrinkle I've ever seen on the parental
wait till you're older... :)
From: D. C.
A three-year-old little boy was examining his testicles while taking a
bath.
Mama, he asked, Are these my brains?
Mama answered, Not yet.
--
Tamara P Duvall
