Re: [lace-chat] To those born in the 40's 50's and 60's

2006-06-01 Thread Sue Babbs
It reminded me of some of our friends who were the first of us all to get married. They declined to produce / maintain a present list - and ended up with 11 toasters!!! Sue --- Carol Melton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all 13 ladies had made their very own special Jello salad. Each one was

Re: [lace-chat] To those born in the 40's 50's and 60's

2006-06-01 Thread Malvary J Cole
We must be lateral thinkers (or something). We sometimes have a potluck with our lace group and mostly people don't discuss before hand what they will bring. We have always had a really good selection for the meal with no heavy emphasis on either main courses or desserts. Malvary in Ottawa

[lace-chat] :-) The Brave Pig

2006-06-01 Thread Jean Nathan
A man was visiting a farm to do business with the farmer. They were sat in the lovely big, warm farmhouse kitchen when the door opened and in walked a pig with a wooden leg. The visitor burst out laughing. The farmer asked him why he was laughing and the man said that he had never seen a pig

RE: [lace-chat] To those born in the 1940's, 50's, and 60's !!

2006-06-01 Thread Sue
Our town air raid sirens are also still used as a flood warning, about once a year they are tested and although I cannot remember the war they still give me the creeps when they go off. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of

[lace-chat] Air raid siren

2006-06-01 Thread Jean Nathan
I lived on top of quite a high hill in Somerset before moving to Poole. There was a lady in her 80s who was in charge of the air raid siren. She was to sound it if we got the four minute warning of a nuclear attack! There was a meeting the village where ex-army officer Colonel

[lace-chat] As I've Matured............

2006-06-01 Thread Jane Partridge
Don't think I can remember this one on the list before, my *eighteen year old* daughter has forwarded it to me she thinks she has matured Unfortunately, there was no credit to the original source. As I've Matured...   I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is

[lace-chat] Potluck suppers

2006-06-01 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I love the stories of having all the same thing brought to potluck suppers G. I'm most thrilled with Alice's note about the one where everyone brought chocolate cake! When I was a girl I had a book about Little Bear who always spoke in rhyme. The illustrations were fabulous and I loved

RE: [lace-chat] To those born in the 1940's, 50's, and 60's !!

2006-06-01 Thread Alice Howell
--- Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our town air raid sirens are also still used as a flood warning, about once a year they are tested On the Oregon coast, sirens like this are used for sunami warnings. To keep from terrifying the people during a test, instead of a siren, they broadcast a cow

[lace-chat] sirens

2006-06-01 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our town air raid sirens are also still used as a flood warning, about once a year they are tested and although I cannot remember the war they still give me the creeps when they go off. The sirens around here mark the 10-mile boundary for a nuclear power plant. If