Re: [lace-chat] growing old gracefully

2005-08-04 Thread Jean Nathan
Lynn wrote: I wish to extend my apologies to any one that I may have offended, my husband sent these to me and I just wanted to share. Again, my sincere apologies. I wasn't offended by them. They might not be jokes to some of us, being all too true, but they're still funny. Jean in

Re: [lace-chat] growing old gracefully

2005-08-04 Thread Scotlace
I wasn't offended by them either. At least one was all too true for me. I've seen them all before and since chat is the only place I see these things I assumed it was second time around for them. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

Re: [lace-chat] Sad Seagull Story

2005-08-04 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 8/3/2005 11:33:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: do you remember the old black and white attack of the killer tomatoes where the people run though the town running away from them like people run in the godizilla movies? i have not seen the more current

[lace-chat] Wages in China

2005-08-04 Thread RicTorr8
Hi all -- Just came across this, in passing American companies are drawn to cities like Chongqing because they are cheap; the average annual wage here is $1,500, about half of what it is in Shanghai. Merchandisers see markets for all kinds of products. In Chongqing, for example, car

[lace-chat] Re: Wages in China

2005-08-04 Thread Joy Beeson
At 03:01 PM 8/4/05 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like there could be emerging markets there, all right, if only there were adequate wages to pay for the merchandise You are forgetting that everyone who takes a job at the new plant will be earning more money than he was earning at

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Pope John Paul II

2005-08-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
From: R.P. Pope John Paul II gets to heaven. St. Peter says, Frankly, you're lucky to be here. Pope John Paul II says, Why? What did I do wrong on earth? St. Peter says, God was very angry with your stance on women becoming priests. Pope John Paul says, He's mad about THAT? St. Peter says,

Re: [lace-chat] Sad Seagull Story

2005-08-04 Thread susan
i don't think you would have to train the seagulls. if they saw thousands of little bugs flying in the air, it wight be natural to attack them. lol! the animal cruelty society might have a problem with the film maker breeding 10,000 crickets just to have them slaughtered by the seagulls. but

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Wages in China

2005-08-04 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 8/4/2005 5:51:37 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You are forgetting that everyone who takes a job at the new plant will be earning more money than he was earning at the job he quit in order to take the new job. This means that he will be buying more

[lace-chat] IOLI update

2005-08-04 Thread Helen Bell
Hi All, Convention is coming to a close tomorrow - boohoo :-( I have had so much fun in my sleep deprived, lace to the max state. Class finishes tomorrow afternoon, and then it's the banquet and announcing of the Lace Contest winners. There were 25 entries in the contest, so the Judges had a