Silver Dollar pancakes - here in Australia I'd call them pikelets, and eat
them for afternoon tea with butter and jam, or with jam and whipped cream.
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All the chat on Lace about dowagers reminds me
of a line -
Dame Joan Sutherland was singing in Chicago, and
one of the audience commented Fancy calling a
nice broad like that a dame
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Welcome back to lace-chat, JoAnne, good to
see you on line again.
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I drink a lot of decaf instant sweet black coffee, more because I'm
too lazy (or too busy) to brew tea, and I limited myself to one
caf loaded coffee a day because more than one and I can't sleep.
But I love hot chocolate, and my favourite here in Cooma is a
Mocha - a hot chocolate with a shot of
Joy writes
Which is why some kangaroos have faces like deer, leave deer turds on
walkways, and jump out in front of cars just like deer. Don't taste much like
venison, though, and I haven't heard of them invading suburban gardens to eat
the tomato plants.
In drought times, in country areas like
Joy writes
A good thing may be the better of two or the best of three or more
Good, better best.
Never let us rest.
'til our good is better
And our better best.
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Jean in Poole wrote
Although how making leaves can
be considered quick, I don't know - I find them very difficult and slow. The
teachers could all be wrong of course.
The proof in the pudding could be that the El Cheapo bobbin lace that comes
from China is usually a type of Bedfordshire, so they
On my recent trip to Fiji I got some more Indian recipes from Roshlyn -
the wife of my friend Pravin, with whom I stay over there. Here they are
for your enjoyment,
David in Ballarat
Ah, the Indian spice aromas of the Fiji markets. I lived in
Lautoka once, David, and got to enjoy the locally
Jean, if you can get through the Da Vinci Code (I found I had
to read it right through, to my annoyance, because it was so
poorly written and a load of rubbish), then please give the
Harry Potter books a go. They are far better written.
If I don't like a book, I won't finish it, but if I do like
Moving this from Lace to Chat, as it could get to be a very
chatty type of thread!
Once a Beach Boys fan, always a Beach Boys fan. Their
music never ages. I feel sorry for today's teens and their
deadly boring music.
But making lace?I too prefer the classics as I lace, and
again, the
I'll agree with you Steph, I belong to one group on message
board software, and very seldom visit it.Arachne's text only
exchanges are far preferable for me, with pictures shared
via webshots. I want to talk to other lacemakers, not be held
up with lots of pretty logos and idiotic smiley
Heartfelt condolances from here in Australia, too, who have woken
up to the terrible news.
I can still remember vividly the night Sydney was awarded the Olympic
Games - my son and many others went to the top of a nearby high arch
bridge looking down the harbour, and he said there was such a
Liz writes
We have 2 ladies honourd here in Oz, with the Oz version - The Order of
Australia. Rosemary Shepherd, and Norah Benopath(?)
The lady's name is Norma Benporath, an expert in tatting.
She was one of the most prolific designers of tatting ever,
and her stuff continued to be published
Are Hornsbys UK still in existence? I tried to fax them tonight,
but the number just rang out
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Got to share this with everyone.
Spent a marvellous time on the far south coast of NSW this
weekend at a lace retreat. It happens the weekend after Mothers Day
each year, and has been a regular event for many years. Lacemakers
from all over NSW and Victoria attend.
We met up with Pene Piip's
It must be a slow news day there Malvary - it hasn't reached the
news here in Australia, and it has ALWAYS been dangerous to
swim in the sea or in river/creek water around Darwin. Suicidal
would be more the word.
Noelene in Cooma, where it is well into Autumn, far from the
tropical climate of
Intrigued by the reference to lace on Camilla's hat, I've been doing a
search around and come up with this: It's on the cbs news site.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/09/earlyshow/living/beauty/main686961.shtml
then select interactive - Charles and Camilla from the right hand column
then
The exchanges on this topic have been interesting, comparing the different
systems in other
countries.
One thing not mentioned is the existence of internet banks, like INGdirect, who
will hold your money
for you at the equivalent of or a bit more than fixed deposit rates, but you
can transfer
Lace has a thread going about young lacemakers, and it
keeps mentioning salsa classes as attracting the young.
Salsa to me is a mixture of tomato and onion chopped
finely and used as a salad or side dish to a meal. Obviously
you wouldn't take a class in THAT, so what on earth is
salsa?
Noelene
I got cured of TV soapies (which The Bill became - the
original series were really good) many years ago, (like over
30!) when I used to watch Days of Our Lives.
My husband was working on a civil engineering project, and
I made friends with a group of Yugoslavian wives who spoke
little English.
How on earth did you come across such a fascinating competition,
Linda!I had a look at the site and I particularly like this:
There is no entry fee, no entry form and tea cosies will not be returned.
Now doesn't that save on a lot of bother for all concerned!
Noelene in Cooma
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*Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're The statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by
Guess I'm a bit of a
pie in the sky type and think everyone should be equal..but there's always
someone more equal eh? Sharon on sunny Vancouver Island
Was it Animal Farm the saying came from All people are created
equal, though some are more equal than others.
The theme of Animal Farm is
That's a great article, Jenny, you should get bored more
often and see what you turn up!
BTW, do you know that Errol Flynn was Australian?
And as far as British accents go, I can NEVER hear a
British interview with the man in the street without giggling
and thinking of those wonderful people who
Personally, I think their time has come to quit altogether. There will
always be an oppressive class sytem in Britain while the royals still
exist.
I think the royals in Britain will continue to exist while tourists flock
there to see the pagentry - imagine the UK without their tourist
A blonde was terribly overweight, so her doctor put her on a diet.
I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, and repeat this
procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least 5
pounds.
When the blonde returned, she shocked the doctor - she had lost nearly
Margot writes:
garage) is huge by any but North American standards. My 2 bedroom
apartment is 475 square metres (plus another 100 square metres for the
enclosed balcony and storage locker in the basement). ..
Margot, are these dimensions correct? A balcony of 100 square metres
would be
I particularly like the final line too Maxine:
Save the earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.
Must remember that - my favourite is
I don't know of a problem that can't be solved by chocolate.
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Polygamy, I wonder? She doesn't seem to like it in
her own family. (But there wasn't much fuss about Ann
and her two husbands - VBG)
No offence meant Jim, it's just we usually associate
Utah with the Mormon religion.
A man who marries two wives is a bigamist.
A man who marries more than two
Tamara, this happened within the last 24 hours or so in
California somewhere - it's on the Australian news today.
Sadly, it's for real.
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This morning during the AM rush hour, a man decided to commit suicide
by parking
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