[lace-chat] Credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Jean Nathan
Helene wrote: I wonder how many people owe banks more than several years of full pay in credit cards without really having noticedOne day, there is going to be a nasty reckoning, and Tamara wrote: because you couldn't keep up with the payments on your many credit cards (though why

[lace-chat] Lacemakers Circle AGM

2005-03-25 Thread sealacehaven
Hi Liz Saw your posting about the Lacemakers Circle AGM. My DH and I are planning to be there too, be nice to meet up with you. Will wear my arachne badge and amber spider brooch. Talking of badges, I have just been mounting my small but growing collection of lace group/guild badges. Do any of

[lace-chat] Fw: ring

2005-03-25 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
RING **Pick Up** Hello? Hi honey, this is Daddy, Is Mommy near the phone? No Daddy, She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul After a brief pause, Daddy says, But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now Brief Pause

Re: [lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Steph Peters
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:24:05 -0500, Tamara wrote: on your many credit cards (though why anyone would want to have more than one...). I always have at least two, and on occasions have had three. In UK the credit card companies change their terms and conditions frequently. Some cards have

Re: [lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Dmt11home
Another reason for having more than one credit card is that the card company has a tendency to panic when it sees charges from different countries on the same day and then it quietly, without making any attempt to inform you, stops accepting the charges. This often happens while you are on

[lace-chat] Commemorative bobbins

2005-03-25 Thread PhaserBait
Hi everyone! Once again it is time for the Lace@arachne.com Commemoratives! Every year we have bobbins, shuttles and other items made up to commemorate the anniversary of Lace@arachne.com coming on to the web. This year the vendor who is supplying us with really lovely stuff is Roseground. Here

[lace-chat] Re: Lace Badge (pin in US)

2005-03-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Mar 25, 2005, at 3:59, sealacehaven (Nicky) wrote: Talking of badges, I have just been mounting my small but growing collection of lace group/guild badges. Do any of you have a badge for your lace group/guild that I could add to my collection? I will happily post you a lace bobbin or two in

[lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Mar 25, 2005, at 15:24, Steph Peters wrote: However I don't borrow from them, paying the entire balance every month. Me too, except when I forget... :( Got my March (payment due April 12) statement today, with $39 f(lat fee) late payment, and $5.70 in interest (funny how, when the bank

[lace-chat] MP-Tatted Crosses E-Book

2005-03-25 Thread Tatdlace
Hi lacers, I realize that most of the folks on arachne are bobbin and needle lacers, but I know there are a few tatters amongst the crowd. So, for the interested, the web pages are up and running now with a working order form: http://www.gagechek.com/slb/tcbook/tcbook.html Since I only

[lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Joy Beeson
Grammar warning: I'm using two different (but related) words spelled check. One refers to the slip of paper on which a waiter records the food you have eaten, the other check is a slip of paper ordering your bank to pay money to a third party. Unfortunately, I don't know any alternate terms

[lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks

2005-03-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Mar 26, 2005, at 0:29, Joy Beeson wrote: My jaw hit the floor the first time I heard someone complaining about high interest rates on credit cards. Credit cards don't charge interest because you aren't borrowing money! They assess penalties for late payment. Sorry, but that's no longer

[lace-chat] Credit Cards.

2005-03-25 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I have a Debit Card with my bank. It works exactly like a credit card - but runs off a savings account, so it is more like writing a cheque (the sort the Bank honours [usually!])( we spell check/cheque differently - the English way!) The best part of having a debit card is that the bank pays