Re: [lace-chat] microwave popcorn

2008-10-03 Thread Joy Beeson
If you eat *lots* of popcorn, you need a dedicated corn popper. Traditional poppers are sheet-metal pans with a crank sticking out of the lid, and holes in the lid -- given a choice, look for holes that are blisters that are open on one side, as if pushed up from below; the simple stamped holes

Re: [lace-chat] More tips for arthritic hands?

2008-10-03 Thread Joy Beeson
On 10/1/08 1:00 PM, Dora Smith wrote: I have an arthritic hand. Not I'm going to treat it with rusty pewter; but has anyone got any more strategies? Don't use the mouse. Wear all-wool fingerless gloves when typing. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/

RE: [lace-chat] Re: Is this your bank??

2008-10-03 Thread jeanette
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Re: [lace-chat] microwave popcorn

2008-10-03 Thread Bev Walker
yLOL I wore out a cornpopper like the traditional one you describe. We had one just for the fireplace, too, a contraption with a long handle (but now I don't have a fireplace). And with the new glass top stoves, not a good idea - i do miss the cast iron pan I used on my coil-top stove -- bye