Re: [lace] plastic for prickings
I usually print my pattern on a colored paper and use matte contact plastic to cover it. If I use two colors in a pattern I get confused :-) if one of the threads have a color that is similar to the plastic or paper so I have some colors to choose from, but mostly I use blue or yellow paper and white if I have a colored thread. The blue contact paper is rather expensive. Ann-Marie http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Arachne group entry
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I agree with Sue, that making an Arachne group entry would be interesting. But the logistics of it... The mind boggles g I don't know - the frequency with which we all discuss things, it might well make faster progress than a group which only meets monthly! Sue Remember the lace globe that we talked about doing for the Millennium? I don't think it was the making that would have been the problem, more where to exhibit it and what to do with it afterwards. At least this time there would be somewhere for it to be exhibited initially (at least the problem of number of entries versus gallery space has been addressed this time!). The maximum size allowed could dictate how many individual pieces of lace were incorporated, and we would need to discover the group expert on mounting. But I think it could be done - we have three years (when we know what the theme is to be next time round) and would need to stick to very strict deadlines (to allow time after completion of the lace for collation, construction/mounting, things to go wrong and getting it to The Hollies (or wherever). The only problem would be in the stability of the group membership over that period of time? If the entry won a prize, of course, it would then be a case of voting who would collect, and possibly hold, it on the group's behalf? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] contact film
Hello Spiders I print with a desk-jet as I have it always at hand. I used to use blue matte film. But switched to couloured paper as blank film is much more easily available as window decoration, next to the wall paper. But maybe that is just the case for crowded regions. Select a matte one without structure. I must admit the ink and/or glue does come off to the pricking needle. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Arachne group entry
I think an Arachne project would be wonderful!! Someone (or a committee) needs to draw up a cartoon of the whole, which has sections (as does HOOP) and then have those who want to participate indicate what sort of lace they will be working... (Or maybe I have those steps in reverse?) After another strategic session, laying out the styles so they flow nicely, each person could get their section of the cartoon... they would design and execute their lace in the size, shape and general subject assigned them. It could be quite spectacular!! Just out of curiosity, how many people would be serious about doing this? Write me privately, and I'll report the number at the end of this week... Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace Arachne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/30/2004 9:28:41 PM Subject: [lace] Arachne group entry I agree with Sue, that making an Arachne group entry would be interesting. But the logistics of it... The mind boggles g I don't know - the frequency with which we all discuss things, it might well make faster progress than a group which only meets monthly! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Tönder
Hallo Lacefriends, Looking through my old Tönder things i had the idea to tell something about , for those of you who have never been there or couldn't come this year. Tönder is the oldest danish city who got the official town charter. It is mentioned for the first time in 1130 as a harbour-town and has a ship in its coat of arms. Then in 1243 the town got the right to trade inside its walls what's in danish called köbstadsret. About 1238 the Franciscan build there a cloistre. But than it become nessecaire to protect the people from the power of the North Sea and they built dykes during 1553 and 1556, and so Tönder lost its importance as a harbour. So they had the idea to support lace-making. the time was good for this. The first time Tönder was named with lace-making was in 1595. In the 18.cent. in and around Tönder more than 12.000 lacemakers did it for their living. Some of the traders and some other people become reach and so they built wonderful houses. I put some of my fotos on the webshots zhat you can get an idea. When i find the time I tell you tommorow about the Tönder-Festval and when I am back I tel you what was this year there. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Arachne group entry
on 5/31/04 5:44 AM, Jane Partridge at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sue Babbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I agree with Sue, that making an Arachne group entry would be interesting. But the logistics of it... The mind boggles g I don't know - the frequency with which we all discuss things, it might well make faster progress than a group which only meets monthly! Sue The maximum size allowed could dictate how many individual pieces of lace were incorporated, and we would need to discover the group expert on mounting. after completion of the lace for collation, construction/mounting, things to go wrong and getting it to The Hollies (or wherever)the stability of the group membership over that period of time? If the entry won a prize, of course, it would then be a case of voting who would collect, and possibly hold, it on the group's behalf? Oh, but the fun, the fun, the fun of dreaming it up, doing it, discussing it! Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Arachne group entry
Oh, but the fun, the fun, the fun of dreaming it up, doing it, discussing it! Aurelia It would keep us busy on the internet for hours It would indeed be so much fun - and we could make sure it was the sort of piece which all skill levels could join in. I had a mermaid piece planned for my group of kids I teach, where those who could draw would produce the initial sketch, the more advanced would make the mermaid, the others could do waves or weed or rocks. Sadly, it didn't take off - they preferred to work as individuals and have their own piece to take home - I can understand that. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] plastic for prickings
Could this item be a Xyron machine? You can get the 5 wide one for a good price(with a Micheael's coupon), and get the 2 sided lamination, or 1 sided sticker type cartridges. I use the 2 sided lamination cartridge for doing up recipe cards. I have the size on MS Word, and they laminate wonderfully. One of these days I'll actually have all my recipes on cards! Karen There are little devices sold in craft shops which laminate anything you want - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: happy dance !!
Tamara wrote: While it's sad that there were so many entries not all of them could be displayed, think about it from a different point of view: big competition makes *your* prize that much more important; it's much less fun to get the first when there are only two competing :) I was pleased that mine were exhibited. I had a joyous afternoon yesterday looking at all the exhibits, and living close by will definately be back - not just to demonstrate. It really was a hard job choosing my favourite exhibit. I was enthralled by the standard of work, designs and the time involved in many of the pieces. Incidentally, in the exhibition catalogue it states the theme for 2007 is SEVEN. Karen, in Coventry - who really ought to go and make tea, before everyone starts complaining!. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Arachne entry
Karen Butler said in her email: Incidentally, in the exhibition catalogue it states the theme for 2007 is SEVEN. We could get something International out of this, then, eg: Seven Seas Seven Continents (I think?) Seven Wonders of the World Seven Sisters or Seven colours of the Rainbow Seven-year itch (!) Seven days of the week Do we have Arachnes in each of the continents? Would heptagons fit together in any way? (Is it a heptagon or a septagon? I can't remember!) -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Arachne entry
It's heptagon And I don't think they fit together - but the can roll (UK 50p 20p pieces) Would heptagons fit together in any way? (Is it a heptagon or a septagon? I can't remember!) Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Arachne entry
There's also deadly sins Those lovely bright colours - gold for avarice, red/shocking pink for lust, green for jealousy, etc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jane Partridge Sent: 31 May 2004 18:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Arachne entry Karen Butler said in her email: Incidentally, in the exhibition catalogue it states the theme for 2007 is SEVEN. We could get something International out of this, then, eg: Seven Seas Seven Continents (I think?) Seven Wonders of the World Seven Sisters or Seven colours of the Rainbow Seven-year itch (!) Seven days of the week Do we have Arachnes in each of the continents? Would heptagons fit together in any way? (Is it a heptagon or a septagon? I can't remember!) -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace on a baby T shirt
Here's what I've been doing last week: http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/gallery/lizard.htm for my friend's impending baby. The T shirt was dyed once for each colour. The lace is a very simple pattern from a folder by Clare Burkhard of animals. The lizard is in whole stitch, with the outlines in cloth stitch and twist. The body takes 6 pairs, with 3 pairs being added for each leg. I used Bockens 35/2 linen, which I just happened to have in a blue that exactly matched one of the dye colours. Now in progress a big orange fish from the same pattern folder to go on a mainly blue shirt. After that, then the bootees from Lapsia Nyplaten (Children in Bobbin Lace), p64, by Eva Lisa Kortelahti, that Alice Howell recommended to me. -- For NASA, space is still a high priority. Dan Quayle Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] plastic for prickings
Yes - it's the Xyron machine! I was too lazy to get up and dig through the closet to look for the name when I typed the first message!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Could this item be a Xyron machine? You can get the 5 wide one for a good price(with a Micheael's coupon), and get the 2 sided lamination, or 1 sided sticker type cartridges. Karen There are little devices sold in craft shops which laminate anything you want - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Seven........
Seven ages of man, dance of the seven veils, seven years bad luck for breaking a mirror, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Seven........
Ooh! I like that one - lots of floaty veils to construct and a rich, vivid coloured setting to set the dancer in Sue , dance of the seven veils, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild website update with Exhibition Gallery
Regarding the winning entries to The Lace Guild's Myth and Mystery Competition and Exhibition, Jane Partridge wrote: The list is to go on the Guild website - I'm sure many are eagerly waiting for Jean and David to do the update this time! It's live, complete with pictures. Had to compromise between making them large enough to see yet not so large that they take forever to load. Quite a large update, so let us know if you find any glitches. Jean and David (in Glasgow) -- Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Medusa's Ghost
Another idea that I had for the Lace guild competition was a Medusa, with snakes for hair, but mine would have been in greens and yellows and had a mirror where the face should be, rather than the mask. This continues to show how similar ideas can be when we are working on a common theme Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] prize winning arachnes
Well done, too, Jacquie!! Gee, I'm dying to see those entries, I hope they publish some in the next Lace, they all sound fantastic! Just received one, so will have to wait a long time before the next one, alas. Maybe they will post on the website before that??? Congratulations to you all, Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Arachne group entry
Do you remember years ago before the tatters had their own list? There were several round robin projects. Jackie in cold Brisbane, Australia I agree with Sue, that making an Arachne group entry would be interesting. But the logistics of it... The mind boggles g I don't know - the frequency with which we all discuss things, it might well make faster progress than a group which only meets monthly! Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Lace Guild website update with Exhibition Gallery
On May 31, 2004, at 17:23, Jean Leader wrote: Regarding the winning entries to The Lace Guild's Myth and Mystery Competition and Exhibition [...] It's live, complete with pictures. Lace Guild home page: http://www.laceguild.org (alternative if problems: http://www.laceguild.demon.co.uk/) Oh Now I wish, more than ever, that I could see it for real, to savour all the details. And pat myself on the back for the wise decision not to compete; no way could I come up to that standard of work... Beautiful, everyone. --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Covering Prickings
One way to protect your lace from the pricking's ink is to use wax paper. In the days before copiers were so easily available that is what I used. Of course wax paper may be hard to find now! Trish in very damp West Virginia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Seven........
On May 31, 2004, at 17:02, Sue Babbs wrote: Ooh! I like that one - lots of floaty veils to construct and a rich, vivid coloured setting to set the dancer in , dance of the seven veils, A veil for each sin, and and a sin for each day of the week? g I'm collecting all the sugestions which have surfaced so far, and many of them are interesting indeed. I'd like to add one: Beyond seven mountains, beyond seven forests, beyond seven rivers... Which is the Polish way of starting a fairy tale (the equivalent of the English once upon a time...) I'd love to see an Arachne group project going, but we've had straw fires (I think the English equivalent is flash in the pan) before :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Tax Freedom Day
Tamara wrote: You mean, for *5 full months* you've been working for the government? I knew that Brit taxes were ridiculous, but didn't know the extent... We've also been watching with some amusement, the complaints in the USA that petrol (gas) has gone up to 2 dollars 40 a gallon. I'm currently paying 79.9 pence a litre for low sulphur unleaded (environmentally friendly and the cheapest apart from deisel), which works out at about 4 pounds a gallon - about 7 dollars 30 - and most of that is tax in one form or the other. Why do you think we drive small fuel-efficient cars? A one-man garage is selling it at 93 pence a litre (about 4.60 a gallon or 8 dollars 40) because he can't buy it at the price the large concerns can. He obviously doesn't get much custom, only from those who are desparate. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] raffle for us spiders only please
dear listers I have a vhs video tape continental knitting by nancie wiseman I don't need the tape any more and would like to give it a good home please send me your email with the subject line raffle and I will draw a name out of the hat on july 4, 2004 that should give enough time for people to come and go through the summer vacations I will absorb all costs for the postage good luck to everyone yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cablenet-va.com/~dearlk/ http://photos.yahoo.com/ladearl To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Bathbrick
Bathbrick is powdered brick. Works like pumice. Carole Dublin, OH USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] cantu
Someone has some very expensive Cantu mats on eBay -- two batches of them. Each one is beyond my budget, but interesting to look at. large mats http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=3726169204rd=1 small mats (all that work in 7 inches) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2219item=3726179342rd=1 Just dreaming, Alice in Oregon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Tax Feedom Day
Hello all, Just thought I'd check when our tax freedom day comes. We haven't reached it yet. For the average Canadian, tax freedom day comes June 28th and according to one website I visited our family's personal day comes July 1st. Half the year working for someone one else. I do appreciate the many benefits we receive such as our medical system, but still - 6 months! Heather Abbotsford, Overcast but warm. At 11:59 PM 30/05/2004 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall and Jean wrote: Today is the first day, for the average UK taxpayer, when you can keep the money you earn - every penny you've earned up to yesterday has been paid to the government as tax. You mean, for *5 full months* you've been working for the government? I knew that Brit taxes were ridiculous, but didn't know the extent... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Tax Feedom Day
Hello all, Reading about tax freedom day I just had to look it up as I know the taxes in my old homeland are very high compared In Sweden you have to work to the end of July for taxfreedom day and the same for Denmark. Sonja Sillay [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the average Canadian, tax freedom day comes June 28th Heather Abbotsford, Overcast but warm. At 11:59 PM 30/05/2004 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall and Jean wrote: Today is the first day, for the average UK taxpayer, when you can keep the money you earn - every penny you've earned up to yesterday has been paid to the government as tax. You mean, for *5 full months* you've been working for the government? I knew that Brit taxes were ridiculous, but didn't know the extent... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Vancouver Area Bobbin Lacemakers
Hello all, Lacers in the Vancouver, B.C. area - I have been made aware of a needlework showcase at the Burnaby museum the August long weekend. I will be there demonstrating stumpwork, but the organizer would be interested in have someone demonstrate lacemaking. There will be no payment, but we receive lunch and tickets to the museum at a later date. There are several shifts available. They are three hours each, in the morning or afternoon each of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. If you are interested, email me and I'll put you in contact with the organizer. There will be someone there demonstrating Romanian Point Lace. Heather Abbotsford, overcast To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Tax Free Days
And it is not just income tax which has increased. Council tax has increased by more than the rate of inflation each year for the last several years. Seems as though taxes are an universal gripe! Our rates (Council Taxes) have been stable for the past few years at, for us, approx $1200 per annum. ( US$1904 approx) Petrol here is amazing. Currently $1.24 per litre (US$1.97, or approx $7.80 per gallon!) Our income tax, is a graduated tax - the more you earn, the higher the tax, i.e. one rate to $28,000, .24 cents in the dollar, then up to .33 cents in the dollar. Company taxes are different again. Then everyone pays a flat 12.5% on everything one buys. i.e. a goods and services tax. that is generally calculated in the price displayed. You very rarely see any signage that says plus GST, thankfully. At least as we live in what is regarded as a poor town, where the median gross income is very low, we are included in a state run medical subsidy scheme, and we can visit the doctor for $15 (US$23.80), so we do have some benefits ;-), specially as hubby and I are asthmatics. Maxine in a cold and damp NZ, where winter has arrived with vengeance. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Tax Freedom Days
A Quote from a newspaper article in the Weekend Australian published on 15 May 2004: Taxation has been absorbing an increasing proportion of gross domestic product. If we think about taxation as a proportion of our time and labour, not until the national tax bill is paid do we start working for ourselves. That day is Tax Freedom Day. At the time of Federation (1900), taxation absorbed 6 per cent of the nation's GDP and Tax Freedom Day was January 23. In 2002, Tax Freedom Day was April 22, so Australians spent an additional three months working purely to service government expenditure. No-one in Australia seems to have bothered doing the calculation since 2002, so it's probably been pushed forward a few days by now.. Our petrol here in the country is current $AU1.09 per litre, which equates to about $US3.20 per gallon (using Jean's ratio of 3.75 litres per gallon). Not as bad as the UK, but still I gave up my old gas guzzler for an economy fuel model 6 years ago. Noelene in clear, cold Cooma. Not nearly enough rain in that last day of showers. Hardly wet the surface properly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Myth and Mystery winners
Shirley wrote: Thank you Jane for acknowledging the Australian Lace Guild won the Group Prize in the 'Myth and Mystery' Competition - our competition piece was titled Medusa's Ghost. Super dooper, Shirley! What a feather to your caps (since this is a group entry:-)!! I'm looking forward to seeing it at the AGM in October. Just as well we have Liz Ligeti in Victoria to uphold our honour... Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Re: Tax Free Days
On May 31, 2004, at 17:07, Maxine D wrote: Seems as though taxes are an universal gripe! g When I first got my nest egg, in '00, I had to use the services of the tax accountant, to help me figure out how much I owed (between the two currencies, two sets of inheritance taxes, two sets of allowances etc, it was a quagmire, far beyond my 2 brain cells). She was apologetic about the amount due but said it was a one time bloodletting; everything afterwards would be only taxed on the income (and, as I'd said before, since then, the value has dropped so much, it doesn't merit taxation). I floored her, totally, when I said that, IMO, it's better to have the money on which to pay the taxes, than have no taxes and no money. And it's true; I wouldn't mind paying taxes, if I was convinced that the money was flowing both ways; that my tax money was spent wisely. If not to my personal profit, then to the profit of those who might need more help than I do. But I don't think that's happening. My taxes may be low but the return I and my fellow citizens get is even lower. --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] evils of chocolate (long)
Fellow chocoholics, there is danger in our sinful ways! At least according to Dr Kellogg and the directives found in the cookbook of the famous Battle Creek Sanitarium. I found a 4th edition at an antique store this afternoon, and have had fun (?) reading through it. Some recipes actually sound quite good, but others, such as lentil toast (for breakfast) or delicious (?) oatmeal water, leave my tastebuds running for the hills. (Beet coffee?) The section on beverages points out, with regard to tea, that there is every evidence that this common beverage is exceedingly harmful, and that the evils of its excessive use are second only to those of tobacco and alcohol. It continues to point out that tea contains two harmful substance, tannin and theine, and that theine is in the same class of poisonous alkaloids as cocaine. Further, The dependance of the habitual tea-drinker upon the beverage, and the sense of loss when deprived of it, are among the strongest proofs of its evil effects, and should be warnings against its use. Coffee, cocoa and chocolate rank in the same category with tea, as beverages which are more or less harmful. Coffee contains caffein, a principal identical with theine and a modified form of tannin, though in less quantity than tea. Cocoa and chocolate contain substances similar to theine and equally harmful, though usually present in much less proportion than in tea. There probably weren't too many lacemakers spending any time at the Sanitarium. But for something that sounds *really* good on a hot day, they have a recipe for *real* pink lemonade. After you've made lemonade (with real lemons, of course, and sugar), add a quantity of strawberry juice, red raspberry, currant, or cranberry juice. Sounds much better than Oatmeal Drink just four above it. Thurlow in Lancaster OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] sherry sauce for ice cream
We recently made this recipe which we have found absolutely delicious, and at the risk of being branded both a traitor and a hypocrite, will say it's better than chocolate syrup on ice cream, though this applies only to vanilla ice cream. A flavoured ice cream will hide the taste of the sauce, so go ahead and use chocolate. This is a recipe that came from Marcussen's, a very well-known and favourite caterer in Lancaster OH in the late 1800s thru early 1900s. The sauce will be light caramel coloured when done. Wine Sauce 2 cups sugar 2 cups white corn syrup 1/2 cup hot water 2 cups sherry 2 teaspoons red food colouring Cook sugar, corn syrup, and water to 234 degrees F. Let cool; then add 2 cups sherry and 2 teaspoons red food colouring. Stir. Serve over vanilla ice cream. Yield one quart, and keeps for months. Now, my SO doesn't drink, but I haven't pointed out to him yet that since this sauce is allowed to cool before adding the sherry, a highly reasonable portion of the alcohol will be unevaporated. In time, I may share this with him... Thurlow Lancaster OH who's just had a bowl of vanilla ice cream with LOTS of Marcussen's sauce To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Tax Freedom Days
On May 31, 2004, at 18:37, W N Lafferty (Noelene) wrote: Our petrol here in the country is current $AU1.09 per litre, which equates to about $US3.20 per gallon (using Jean's ratio of 3.75 litres per gallon). It's really too bad that we have so few members from the non-English-speaking countries contribute to this fascinating discussion... I remember being in Italy, in the summer of '78, where the price of gasoline was $2.80 per gallon (yes, 3.75 litres per gallon is about right). At the time, we (here in the US) were complaining most bitterly about ours: $0.79... Of course, even then, we had nowhere near as good a public transport as was (and still is, as far as I'm concerned g) available in Europe, so we were more dependent on our *individual* transport... As someone (Patricia?) had said: it's the rural areas that get hit the most by gas price hikes; we don't have enough population density to merit public transportation in any frm (never mind get the chance to bitch about how it's deteriorated from the time the oldest people remember... g) I gave up my old gas guzzler for an economy fuel model 6 years ago. Yes, but... Here, you buy something that doesn't play merry hell with gas consumption, you're buying a *foreign* car... You're not *just* unpatriotic (by saving money on the basic price as well as maintenance); you're contributing to the downward spiral of the economy (car factories closed, people let go, with their pension plans down the corporate plumbing, etc)... You're *vermin*... and your car is likely to be keyed -- the paintwork gouged by the honest-to-God Chevrolet and Ford keys... by the true patriots... :) DH has had his car re-sprayed twice; I don't bother (I don't bother to wash the car, either; it moves *without* washing, doesn't it?) I don't, especially, like Kerry as the opponent but, by golly, his idea that we ought to get ourselves independent on the energy front, and do it, at least partly, by conservation (like: making fuel-efficient cars *here*) is, definitely, *sound* (to my 2 remaining brain-cells)... As with the taxes, I wouldn't mind paying the price, if I knew, for certain-sure, that greater good would follow... --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
