[lace-chat] Textile History Journal

2005-09-07 Thread Laceandbits
Does anyone on Arachne have access to the American academic journal 'Textile History'? The article I am interested in is in the spring 1998 issue (vol 29 #1) and is entitled Domestic Industry in the Factory Age: Anglo-American Development of the ŒFamily Knitting Machine. I am particularly

[lace-chat] At the surgery

2005-09-07 Thread Laceandbits
They ask at the doctor's office why you are there and you have to say in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it's embarrassing.   There's nothing worse than a Doctor's Receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients. I know most of us have

[lace-chat] Textile History 2

2005-09-07 Thread Laceandbits
Before you all write and tell me - Malvary already has - I now know this is actually as English journal; my defence is that in the context in which I was told about it, I was led to believe (by default) that it was an American publication. So I didn't do the obvious and Google for it. I will

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language Evolution

2005-09-07 Thread Martha Krieg
Depends on how fluently you require the speaking. English, Spanish, French (give me a couple of weeks to get unrusty), Italian (ditto), Middle English to some extent, but I don't guarantee dialectal purity on ME. Can read a few more, again depending on how well you insist one know it before

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Late-Night Jokes About High Gas Prices

2005-09-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
From: R.P. Gas prices continue to rise. At the gas station near my house they have a slot for your credit card and one right next to it for your 401K. --Jay Leno President Bush said I wish I could wave a magic wand and lower gas prices. And then he said I wish I could wave a magic wand and