Re: [lace-chat] Cows

2004-06-29 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Would you like all the cows from Shepparton. We have them here too and they are, yeck! They had competitions to paint and decorate themthen auction them off. Then at Christmas we get nice(?) Christmas cows decorating the streets. Send them back where they came from! Is it a case of Mad Cow

Re: [lace-chat] queen elizabeth

2004-08-20 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
i am reading dracula by bram stoker, and i bought a book called The knights templar about the christian crusades, and i am going to read the two of them first before i think about any more. I have recently read the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. It is interesting to see that when I went to

Re: [lace-chat] Mobiles and their charges

2004-09-13 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
I recently found a good use for the camera on my phone. When I was out at the fabric shop I work at looking for patterns for DD2's deb(formal) dress I took a photo of a pattern I thought would work and then I took a photo of the number of the pattern so I wouldn't forget it. We were then able to

[lace-chat] celebrations

2004-09-16 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Hi all, We have some exciting news. DD1 became engaged to her boyfriend last night. He came and requested DH's permission a couple of days ago. We were really honoured that he would do that in these times. He has been lay-bying the ring for 6 months. I can't wait to see it. DD2 cried when her

Re: [lace-chat] celebrations

2004-09-18 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
- Original Message - From: Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED] He came and requested DH's permission a couple of days ago. We were really honoured that he would do that in these times. What did DD1 think about it? I must say, if Geoffrey did something like that, and then asked me

Re: [lace-chat] Microwave advice needed

2004-10-12 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
I have had my microwave convection oven for many years. It is fantastic for doing roasts as you can have the finish of an oven cooked roast in a fraction of the time when you use the combination. The same with cakes. You know how cakes are never the same when done in the microwave. Use the

[lace-chat] OT music and universities

2004-10-25 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
My DD1 has the opportunity to study overseas next year. I know there are a few musos on lace chat and I was wondering if they could give me some advice about university music programs in the US or Canada that I could pass along to her. Does any one know if her fiance would be able to accompany her

Re: [lace-chat] Black Squirrels

2004-10-25 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
David said. No. Sorry - only grey Koalas. Do they count? I thought more of possums than koalas. We do have small grey kangaroos over in the bush(forest) behind our house. Even though I have seen a dead koala on the road I haven't managed to spot a live one in the trees. I haven't heard one

[lace-chat] food allergies:)

2004-10-27 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago. The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of

[lace-chat] David do you trifle?

2004-11-05 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Hello all, David I was wondering if you have a good trifle recipe. You always seem to have great recipes which I hoard in my files but I haven't seen one for trifle yet. Thanks, Yvonne. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Fondue set

2004-11-16 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Yes the 70's have returned. In Victoria fondue sets are all the rage again. Just shows you, everything old is new again! Cheers, Yvonne - Original Message - From: Barbara Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:33 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Re:

Re: [lace-chat] fondue set

2004-11-16 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
I used to make fondue a lot when my children were little and were'nt keen to eat their vegetables. Serve a plate of veges up with cheese sauce and a fancy fork..no worries. Cheers, Yvonne. - Original Message - From: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [lace-chat] not serious...

2004-11-16 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
- Original Message - It must have been the Asian answer to junket - a bland, barely set, whitish something, with a hint of almonds and sweetness its only flavours. I was told, since, that it's made of soy milk and set with agar-agar I went out for malaysian one night and we were

[lace-chat] Re: soulful irons and misting clothes

2004-11-27 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
PS When you use the box irons at Williamsburg, how do you sprinkle the fabrics (linen and cotton) which require steam? My family, Grandmother and Aunts, always had a sauce(ketchup) bottle with a couple of small holes in the lid. Things were sprinkled with water and rolled up so that the water

[lace-chat] Fw: What if Santa was a Public Servant?

2004-12-19 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
Subject: Fw: What if Santa was a Public Servant? Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:19:58 +1100 This one I hadn't seen before.Quite a giggle. Cheers Yvonne. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of Christmas_Application.pdf] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 2:56 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster Cearbhael I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster to have hit the earth in modern times, at least, is not