[lace-chat] Mathom and Hitchcock

2004-02-13 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, Bev and Clay you are such valuable members of lace-chat First thank you for bringing "mathom" to my attention. I'd noticed it in the e-mail but did not follow through. I'm subscribed to FLYlady on the 'net and getting rid of mathoms is a big part of decluttering . And I also didn't

Re: [lace-chat] mathom

2004-02-12 Thread lynn
Bev said: > learn in Lord of the Rings (on or about pg. 65), is an item which is not > necessarily useful but which you don't want to throw away." In that case Bev, I think I will rename our house as Mathom Mansion. Lynn Scott, in another hot day in Wollongong, just happy to have found a friend to

[lace-chat] mathom

2004-02-11 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone and I forget who included this interesting word "mathom: in their message re gathering gift stuff for secret pal or other purposes - but this is a new one for me, and must be an old word! I can't find it in any dictionary of mine then I googled for it, and found it is used (invented?)