[lace] Re bulletin 353
there also were some little rolls that looked like rolling pins to roll your continuous lace on and then one pin hole on each end to pin it to where your lace pricking begins. Way behind on digests but I have a wooden one of these, and to get the lace to 'roll' and stay on, I glued some felt onto the wood. I used green felt, like bias, and it functions really well. Maxine in N.Z., where spring is having a final fling, after promising us summer a few days ago!! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] making Music!
This did the rounds a year or so ago, but is still worth another visit if you have already seen it. M. Read instruction first ! Wait for the entire screen to load up with all four horses and a fence in front of them. Then click on each horse. Make sure your sound is on. Re-click on any horse to make it turn off or turn it back on again. TRY CLICKING ON THE HORSES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEN RIGHT TO LEFT AND THEN JUST ONE OR TWO AT A TIME... IT'S FUN AND A GOOD STRESS RELIEVER!!! HAVE FUN!! http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] In case you were wondering how the roles were allocated!
For mums, or mums to be. Grandma's are eligible too!!! I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. Why? my daughter asked. Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty and probably has germs I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, Wow! How do you know all this stuff? Uh, .I was thinking quickly, All Mums know this stuff. It's on the Mummy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mummy. We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. Oh...I get it! she beamed, So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy. Exactly I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. When you're finished laughing, send this to a Mum. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] And this looked so promising..........
THIS IS SO TRUE.. ITALIAN PASTA DIET * IT REALLY WORKS !! 1) You walka pasta da bakery. 2) You walka pasta da candy store. 3) You walka pasta da Ice Cream shop. 4) You walka pasta da table and fridge. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Wool
Hi fellow spiders, I have been very spoilt this weekend as my DS and DIL bought me a pack of 2 ply lace wool as a birthday gift. There is a web site for you to visit and pursue to see why I am so wrapt about their gift. http://www.artisanlace.co.nz/ Once I have finished the current hardanger tablecloth I am on, which is taking for-ever!!! I will be knitting myself a woollen lace scarf. If you go to the site, they bought me a 300gm hank of the pansy dye lot, and it is yummy, if colours can be thus described! Maxine from a finally dry New Zealand i.e. it has stopped raining for over 24 hours! Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: How to stay awake at meetings...
To avoid falling asleep in meetings, seminars, focus groups and team building discussions try this. 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. Divide the card into columns-five across and five down. 2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block: * synergy * strategic fit * core competencies * best practice * bottom line * revisit * take that off-line * 24/7 * out of the loop * benchmark * value-added * proactive * win-win * think outside the box * fast track * result-driven * empower (or empowerment) * knowledge base * at the end of the day * touch base * mindset * client focus(ed) * paradigm * game plan * leverage 3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases. 4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout BUNGKUM Testimonials from satisfied Bungkum Bingo players: * I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won. - Jack W. * My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically. - David D. * The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box. - Ben G. * The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BUNGKUM' for the third time in two hours. - Kathleen L To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Crime Warnings
Greetings gentle spiders Re the warning about the $5 bill criminal I looked it up on this urban legends site and it comes up as an fiction http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/warnings.asp thank you f or your concern, Janice Regards Maxine To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Purchasing houses
It's got so bad that some parents, who have paid off what they owed on their houses, are re-mortgaging them to provide their son/daughter with the down payment. ... or as in some cases here, letting their paid up homes be used as co-lateral for the offspring's mortgage. Which is how we got our initial home, as for us it was DH's second marriage and he had no savings, and nor did I.. We have repeated it of one of ours too. Maxine in N.Z Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re:Offspring moving out
I got DD out when she was but 18, and she never really came back, apart from a couple of 4-6 week breaks. Her 'stuff' went with her, and never really came back long term, but we are currently storing a bed matress for her, and she's married!!! The place they are renting is s small it won't fit in! DS was another matter... he went amd came back numerous times, a real 'boomerang' kid. He is now married, and 20 months later, every time they come and visit I insist they take some more of his 'stuff' with them when they leave... his wardrobe/closet is gradually emptyingthe garage only has a couple of cartons of 'stuff' left to go. He's a real horder, but now he can argue with his wife, not his mother about what is kept and what goes out! Maxne, in N.Z. showning some signs of spring... the days are lengthening and warming up and the daphne is blooming. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mould
My DH is an ex-plumber and a building inspector, and he has a little quote which just about sums up some of the current debate If you insulate, you must ventilate We too have what is know locally as the leaky building syndrome, and some of the culprits are developers who wanted the fastest return for the least outlay on their investment, so shortcuts were taken, new products on the market which the builders did not use appropriately, lack of qualified tradesmen and inappropriate design e.g. a stucco type cladding on a Mediterranean type design with no overhangs, and this in a wet, temperate climate... hello! So there is a Kiwi version of what is obviously affecting the whole globe. Maxine Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Elderly / Grandparents
Yes, I agree with Tamara that step-grandchildren are not quite the same as your own... I am still waiting, and my offspring are 28 and 30 respectively, and only got married last year, and there are no signs of any family anytime soon. Maxine in wet cold N.Z. spring must be coming soon?? Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] French Antiques
Thank you Devon for posting the site. Not only did I enjoy the lace, but I could also appreciate the embroideries as my Mother used to belong to a local (Hamilton) Cathedral Embroiderers' Guild, so it brought back a lot of memories, as well as having an understanding of some of the garments. Maxine in N.Z., where it is wet and cold BRrrRoll on spring! Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] London
My sincere sympathy to any involved, however indirectly, in the London incidents. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. What mankind will do in the name of religion, when really it is just seeking power and as is said, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely!! And we don't seem to learn from history, more's the pity! Maxine N.Z. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re Pet accident
Try deodorizing with baking soda and water :-) Worked well when the children were small and did not always make it to the bathroom, or were travel sick. Maxine Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] EBay bobbin.....
I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace. This is a bobbin which someone may have spangled after deciding it was a bobbin... This same seller has eight (4 Pairs) of wooden bobbins, spangled, in another auction, and they are genuine!! So far only one low bib for the lot, strangely enough. Maxine In N.Z. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] SP Thanks
To my wonderful Secret Pal in the U.K. Thank you soo much for you wonderful package that arrived today. I am off work today and it was so lovely to be able to collect the package from the letter box myself. The dolphin is beautiful, as are the bobbins.. such lovely spangles. The cards are intriguing!! This is the first time I have seen anything like it. I love the patterns, and look forward to the opportunity to try them out!! I have to finish my daughters tablecloth (another hardanger one) but I am hanging out to get onto some lace! the wee chain tag is so cute, as are the other little cat and penguin. where do you find all these little treasures? Once again I thank you for spoiling me so much. I am looking forward to the formal introduction next month :-) Maxine in sunny autumnal New Zealand. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mirror Mirror......
Mirror, mirror on the wall Do you have to tell it all? Where do you get the glaring light To make my clothes look just too tight? I think I'm fine but I can see you won't cooperate with me; The way you let the shadows play You'd think my hair was getting gray. What's that, you say? A double chin? No, that's the way the light comes in; If you persist in peering so You'll confiscate my facial glow, And then if you're not hanging straight You'll tell me next I'm gaining weight; I'm really quite upset with you For giving this distorted view; I hate you being smug and wise ~ O, look what's happened to my thighs! I warn you now, O mirrored wall, Since we're not on speaking terms at all, If I look like this in my new jeans, You'll find yourself in smithereens. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] volcanoes etc
We in N.Z had a two hour program the other night on (simulated) natural disasters... a volcanoe erupted in Auckland...( did you know that our largest city sits over a field of 50 volcanic cones?), a flood in Christchurch and an earthquake in our capital, Wellington... all very realistic, and made with the aim of encouraging paople to be prepared for a natural disaster! Wonderful watching for a Sunday night! We might just have to update our survival Pack... needs food supplies for three days, batteries, radio, torch, toilet provisions, water etc etc Maxine from the shakey isles... N.Z. recorded 15,500 quakes last year! Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] S.P.Thanks
To my English Secret Pal Thank you for your packet which arrived, feeling rather dizzy, yesterday after a 6 day crossing of the world DH bought it down to me at work again after his lunch at home yesterday. We live in a small town and he comes home for lunch most days I can't leave my work to do the same :-(. The bobbin is exquisite, and the material/colour combination is stunning... such a show piece on any pillow. The stationery will be well used, as will the bath crytals. Hmmm Lavender again, yummy! The wee book gave us several laughs, and will be shared with all and sundry. The frame is so dainty, and the noteholder is cute... will be used for the reminder notes we often write to each other! Too many Craft moments in our house!(Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) The silk is so luxurious... I will have to have a special project to use that in.. the mind is going into overdrive already as to how I may use it! Once again, Many thanks, Maxine in N.Z. P.S. DH says I am like a child at a birthday party when I get your package!! Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mobile Phones.
I won't bore you with a N.Z. charges saga, but I have been the one of us to use DH's work phone and learnt to text etc... why? because it is the cheapest way for DS to contact us, and us him, as we only have to poay the 20c per text charge, and DS is on a plan. I have the equivalent to a brick, PAYG type phone, on which I do keep a reserve of approx $20 on. This never expires, and means that if I am out-of-town I can communicate such catastrophes as flat tyre, and contact our insurance help line (raodside rescue) to obtain assistance,( which cost is built into our insurance premiums). Very useful. My main problem is to remember to charge the phone before I do any out of town trips on my own. When I travel with DH his phone comes with us, as it is text capable and much smaller!!! Anyway, that's my venture out of lurkdom for the next wee while. Maxine in an increasingly chilly, autumnal N.Z. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] S.P. thanks
To my awesome Secret Pal My package arrived today, and DH brought it to me at work after he had been home for lunch, and it really made my day. The bobbin case is so beautifully sewn, and a lovely blue. Thank you s very much. I gave it a test run with the enclosed bobbin. The honey spoon is very cute... I really love honey as it happens, so it will get well used. I can understand why you sent the bear, and why that charity is so close to your heart... so glad to hear your son recovered.I will enjoy the soap leaves... they are so different from anything we get here, and the bookmark was just the right thing to give a complusive reader!! Happy lacing Maxine Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. Coco Chanel To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] S.P.Thanks
Dear Secret Pal, It was so exciting to get home after work today and discover a package!! The mice have yet to be sampled, but I am sure my grandson, who is staying with us at the moment, will assist me in taste testing them! The toys are just so cute, and I am looking forward to assembling them. Love the needlecase and thread... I am sure the thread would be just the right thing for the wings in the pattern you sent I have never seen a pattern like that before... the only needle lace patterns I have seen have been in books, so to have a sheet one like that is fascinating to me. I really laughed over the coaster, as some years ago now I gave a round tuit to my husband!! The bobbin is a delight, and I loved the wee card you wrote your note in... I have two cats, or should I say, two cats own me, and the picture on the card was lovely. Thnk you soo much, I am already looking forward to next month, and I have been so busy the time goes really quickly... I am sure this round will finish too soon. Happy lacing Maxine, from a hot and humid New Zealand, where we are having warm but damp days... but I must admit to not missing having to water the gardens. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] 30 years makes a difference
Some of this has been on the list before, but I particularly like the final line. :-) 1973: Long hair 2003: Longing for hair 1973: Acid rock 2003: Acid reflux 1973: Moving to California because it's cool 2003: Moving to California because it's warm 1973: Trying to look like Liz Taylor 2003: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor 1973: Seeds and stems 2003: Roughage 1973: Going to a new, hip joint 2003: Receiving a new hip joint 1973: Rolling Stones 2003: Kidney Stones 1973: Passing the drivers' test 2003: Passing the vision test Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up. Their lifetime has always included AIDS. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. The CD was introduced the year they were born. They have always had an answering machine. They cannot fathom not having a remote control. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter. Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading. Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate. . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace makers and Motorcycles and Maths
H don't know, but the logic but it applies to me too. I love motorbikes, but it is years since I rode... always pillion, and maths have always been a normal part of the conversation both as I grew up and in my married home mental arithmatic is normal... hubby and I have races to see who can sort out the answer first. Bobbin Lace has been the latest love, but it is sure there with avengaence I have crocheted since I was about 9 yrs old, and I was basically self taught. maxine, in N.Z., where sunner has finally arrived!!! :-) Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] S.P.Thanks
To my Secret Pal from England, Thank you so much for you package which arrived today. I will surely think of you when I make my cuppa, and as the weather has now warmed up here, at long last, I will look at planting the butterfly flowers etc, and after all that effort, I will look forward to a wonderful relaxing bath in my favourite fragrance!!! How did you guess? The fridge magnet will be installed after my current visitors with their little people have left... the littlies are good, but the magnet is rather special! Do you know what the wood is that the bobbin is made from? I look forward to next month. Maxine Diffey in a now sunny N.Z. :-) Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Chinese Gooseberries
9 Where are Chinese gooseberries from?New Zealand Nup, wrong on that one, sorry. Chinese Gooseberries originally came from China. They were a very small, hairy and somewhat tart fruit until the New Zealand orchardists developed them into what they are today, and then marketed them as Kiwi Fruit, then decided that Zespri was a more appealling name. Go figure the last one!, Bbut there is a history lesson for you in a hairy skin :-) Maxine, in a still wet summer in New Zealand. December was the fifth worst in the 120 years they have been keeping records. Oh for some sun! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:lace exchange
Thank you Joyce for an awesome page and scans. they are a real joy to see. I love to see that sort of thing, and one of these days (!) I will get to joining in!! It was a matter of time last year, but if I think ahead, I may get there this year. I am on a dail-up connection and I felt they came through in good time, esp as I hav a very slow connection tonight. Thanks again Maxine In a so-called summer (of rain) here in N.Z. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re lace on ebay
I don't know about the damage from the green baize, but I would be concerned that the album appears to be one of those that one stuck the items in with a plastic page, and those have wrecked havoc on photographs because of the acid in them. Just my thoughts Maxine in a damp spring N.Z. I don't know if anyone collects Honiton lace but there's some rather nice pieces up on eBay at the moment - don't know what being mounted on green baize will have done to them though! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=64290item=450637558 8rd=1 jenny barron enjoying a warmer day after frost Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Chinese Needle Lace Jane Nicholas
Thanks Devon, that was an awesome link... the detail is astonishing! As for the lavish-ness of the gold underlying it. One can only dream about materials like that! Once, at least 8 years ago, I had the privilege of sitting in the back of a classroom that Jane was teaching, in at our regional embroiderer's retreat. (I was working on a UFO) Not only is Jane an incredible embroiderer, she is a lovely person and a great teacher who expects to be able to teach a lot in a short time. Hence there is always plenty of homework, and she does not appreciate people turning up to her classes without having done the appropriate preparation, which when you think is not only polite, but you get the most for your money as no time is wasted. Jane is a very patient tutor and so gracious. Had I the $$ I would take a class of hers at the drop of a hat! Maxine - in a very cool New Zealand spring! And as my daughter became engaged in June and married in September, I am now working on another hardanger tablecloth, and the bobbins are too still! :-( Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Practical Skills
there is a copy of Practical Skills on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486255611/qid=1100675894/sr=12 -1/104-3225690-3309557?v=glances=books for $89.89 Gold plated pages??? Not for me this Christmas, I'm afraid. Maxine in N.Z., where it dried out and warmed up a bit today, so I mowed the lawns and am feeling virtuous, but I would still rather make lace. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Crane at Bath
Hi folks. Here is a real non-lace request. I do hope somebody may be able to help. My brother is a model making enthusiast, and wants to make a model of a particular crane at Bath harbour. He has managed to get a library book with a photo of the crane in it, but it is not really very detailed, and he would like photos from more angles. Can anybody help with photosand or a website that he could get more detail from? Thanks for being such fountains of wisdom and information. Maxine - in what is supposed to be springtime New Zealand! It's been wild and wet and windy, and now looks as though it may frost tonight!!! My poor potatoes and grape vine! Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] thought you may appreciate this. M.
I followed a link and instead of getting the standard 404 message saying this page can't be found. I got the following. The site is at http://www.keith.de/fehler.html - These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed The weapons you are looking for are currently unavailable. The country might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your weapons inspectors mandate. Please try the following: * Click the Regime change button, or try again later. * If you are George Bush and typed the country's name in the address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly. (IRAQ). * To check your weapons inspector settings, click the UN menu, and then click Weapons Inspector Options. On the Security Council tab, click Consensus. The settings should match those provided by your government or NATO. * If the Security Council has enabled it, The United States of America can examine your country and automatically discover Weapons of Mass Destruction. If you would like to use the CIA to try and discover them, click Detect weapons * Some countries require 128 thousand troops to liberate them. Click the Panic menu and then click About US foreign policy to determine what regime they will install. * If you are an Old European Country trying to protect your interests, make sure your options are left wide open as long as possible. Click the Tools menu, and then click on League of Nations. On the Advanced tab, scroll to the Head in the Sand section and check settings for your exports to Iraq. * Click the Bomb button if you are Donald Rumsfeld. Cannot find weapons or CIA Error Iraqi Explorer Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] A Response to The Compouter Has Swallowed Grandma! Written by Maurice D.
I've got your note about your Gran, You've put me to the test! I've spent some time researching this, And the news is not the best. It can cause a family deep distress When their Granny goes off line, And hasn't fed her pussy cat And it's nearly supper time. She hasn't even left a note, And it isn't any fun, When her pussy cat is pining, And her crossword's still not done. So with lots of trepidation, I made a call to young Bill Gates, To tap into his knowledge base, And what he speculates. But Bill Gates' ready answers Somehow didn't seem to gel, So I thought I'd better check up With the CIA as well. So I bribed and probed and bribed some more, And I'm sorry to relate, There's been a massive cover-up - The biggest one to date! Now it's hush-hush, but it's rumoured That the Yanks are working hard in Systemic Cyber Sabotage, Designed to kill Bin Ladin. When he taps in certain code words, I've been told that he will face, An interminable existence, Exiled in cyber space. So perhaps there is a danger, For those who wish to bake, And enter on the search machine, Code words like Afghan Cake. So I'm sorry 'bout your Granny, And the cat that isn't fed, And I'm sorry that the crossword's Not complete in time for bed. So until they get Bin Ladin, And it hasn't happened yet, Unless you want to join your Gran, Go carefully on the net. Maurice D. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Old Geezers
Three old guys are out walking. First one says, Windy, isn't it? Second one says, No, its Thursday! Third one says, So am I. Let's go get a beer. -- A man was telling his neighbour, I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect. Really, answered the neighbour. What kind is it? Twelve thirty. -- Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A few days later the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young lady on his arm. A couple of days later the doctor spoke to Morris and said, You're really doing great, aren't you? Morris replied, Well, you said 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.' Doc - so that's what I'm doing. The doctor looked puzzled for a few seconds before the light came on. I didn't say that. I said, 'You got a heart murmur. Be careful.' -- A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlour and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool. After catching his breath he ordered a banana split. The waitress asked kindly, Crushed nuts? No, he replied, arthritis. -- And what do you think is the best thing about being 104? the reporter asked. She simply replied, No peer pressure. -- The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs. - Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, How old was your husband? 98, she replied. Two years older than me. So you're 96, the undertaker commented. She responded, Hardly worth going home is it? -- I've sure gotten old. I've had 2 bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees. Fought prostate cancer, and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation, hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But. Thank goodness, I still have my driver's license! - A 97 year old man goes into his doctor's office and says, Doc, I want my sex drive lowered. Sir, replied the doctor, You're 97. Don't you think your sex drive is all in your head? You're damned right it is! replied the old man. That's why I want it lowered! - God, grant me the senility To forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune To run into the ones I do, And the eyesight to tell the difference. -- At 85 years of age, Morris marries Lou Anne. A lovely 25 year old. Since her new husband is so old, Lou Anne decides that after their wedding she and Morris should have separate bedrooms, because she is concerned that her new, but aged, husband may overexert himself if they spend the entire night together. After the wedding festivities Lou Anne prepares herself for bed, and the expected knock on the door. Sure enough, the knock comes; the door opens and there is Morris, her 85 year old groom, ready for action. They unite as one. All goes well; Morris takes leave of his bride, and she prepares to go to sleep. After a few minutes, Lou Anne hears another knock on her bedroom door, and it's Morris. Again, he is ready for action. Somewhat surprised, but nonetheless willing, Lou Anne consents to more conjugal bliss. When the love-birds are done, Morris kisses his bride, bids her a fond goodnight and leaves. She is set to go to sleep again, but Morris is back again, rapping on the door, as fresh as a 25-year old. Ready for more passion. Once again, they enjoy one another. But as Morris prepares to leave again, his young bride says to him: I am thoroughly impressed that at your age you can perform so well and so often. I have been with guys less than a third of your age who were only good once. You are truly a great lover, Morris. Morris, somewhat embarrassed, turns to Lou Anne and says: You mean I was here already? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] The Computer's swallowed Grandma!!!!
THE COMPUTER'S SWALLOWED GRANDMA The computer's swallowed grandma Yes' honestly' its true She pressed 'control' and 'enter' And disappeared from view. Its devoured her completely The thought just makes me squirm Maybe she's caught a virus Or been eaten by a worm. I've searched through the recycle bin And files of every kind I've even used the internet But nothing did I find. In desperation I asked Jeeves My searches to refine The reply from him was negative Not a thing was found 'online'. So, if inside your 'In Box' My Grandma you should see Please 'Scan', 'Copy' and 'Paste' her In an e-mail back to me To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Spiders!!!!
A father watched his young daughter playing in the garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and pure his little girl was. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders of nature through such innocent eyes. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her to see what work of God had captured her attention. He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. Daddy, what are those two spiders doing? she asked. They're mating, her father replied. What do you call the spider on top? she asked. That's a Daddy Longlegs, her father answered. So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs? the little girl asked. As his heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question he replied No dear. Both of them are Daddy Longlegs. The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat. Well, we're not having any of that gay stuff in our garden she said To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Intruder!!!!!!!
This person has found her way into my house and could also go to yours. A very weird thing has happened. A strange old lady has moved into my house. I have no idea who she is, where she came from, or how she got in. I certainly did not invite her. All I know is that one day she wasn't there, and the next day she was! She is a clever old lady and manages to keep out of sight for the most part, but whenever I pass a mirror, I catch a glimpse of her. And, whenever I look in the mirror to check my appearance, there she is hogging the whole thing, completely obliterating my gorgeous face and body. This is very rude! I have tried screaming at her, but she just screams back. The least she could do is offer to pay part of the rent, but no. Every once in a while, I find a dollar bill stuck in a coat pocket, or some loose change under a sofa cushion, but it is not nearly enough. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think she is stealing money from me. I go to the ATM and withdraw $100, and a few days later, it's all gone! I certainly don't spend money THAT fast, so I can only conclude the old lady is pilfering from me. You'd think she would spend some of that money to buy wrinkle cream. And money isn't the only thing I think she is stealing. Food seems to disappear at an alarming rate-especially the good stuff like ice cream, cookies, and candy. She must have a real sweet tooth, but she'd better watch it, because she is really packing on the pounds. I suspect she realizes this, and to make herself feel better, she is tampering with my scale to make me think I am putting on weight, too. For an old lady, she is quite childish. She likes to play nasty games, like going into my closets when I'm not home and altering my clothes so they don't fit. And she messes with my files and papers so I can't find anything. This is particularly annoying since I am extremely neat and organized. She has found other imaginative ways to annoy me. She gets into my mail, newspapers, and magazines before I do and blurs the print so I can't read it. And she has done something really sinister to the volume controls on my TV, radio, and telephone. Now, all I hear are mumbles and whispers. She has done other things-like make my stairs steeper, my vacuum heavier and all the knob and faucets harder to turn. She even made my bed higher so that getting into and out of it is a real challenge. Lately, she has been fooling with my groceries before I put them away, applying glue to the lids, making it almost impossible for me to open the jars. She has taken the fun out of shopping for clothes. When I try something on, she stands in front of the dressing room mirror and monopolizes it. She looks totally ridiculous in some of those outfits, plus, she keeps me from seeing how great they look on me. Just when I thought she couldn't get any meaner, she proved me wrong. She came along when I went to get my picture taken for my driver's license, and just as the camera shutter clicked, she jumped in front of me! I hope she never finds out where YOU live She got in my house, make sure you lock the doors. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Thank you re Bobbins
Thanks to all who replied to me both on and off list regardding the hooded German bobbins. The info was very much appreciated. Maxine (N.Z.) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbins
Hi gracious spiders, I have just been given a pair of bobbins from a friend who was visiting Germany. As far as I can make out from an hour on line they are hooded bobbins and come from the Schwabische Alp region. I had never seen anything like them before. Here comes the newbie question. Is there a particular technique for using these? Thanks Maxine in damp and cool N.Z. where spring has retreated again. :-( - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Virus's :-) (Joke)
Came from a ISP newsletter Virus List Politically Correct Virus: Never calls itself a virus, but instead refers to itself as an electronic microorganism. Oprah Winfrey Virus: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB. Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back. Government Economist Virus: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine. Texas Virus: Makes sure it's bigger than any other file. Nike Virus: Just does it. Quantum Leap Virus: One day your PC is a laptop, the next day it is a Macintosh, then a Nintendo. Adam and Eve virus: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple. Airline virus: You're in Auckland, but your data is in Singapore. Bill Clinton virus: This virus protests your computer's involvement in other computer's affairs, even though it has been having one of its own for 12 years. Parliament Virus: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem. Gallup Virus: 60% of the PCs infected will lose 38% of their data 14% of the time (plus or minus a 3.5% margin of error.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] DARK RED - A real groaner!!!
A guy gets shipwrecked. When he wakes up, he's on a beach. The sand is dark red. He can't believe it. The sky is dark red. He walks around a bit and sees there is dark red grass, dark red birds and dark red fruit on the dark red trees. He's shocked when he finds that his skin is starting to turn dark red too. Oh no!! he says. I think I've been marooned!! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Where were you on the 21 July 1969?
In an hospital department as a trainee. One of the patients had a transistor radio and everyone but me and my patient were listening. My paitent didn't really want to know. As a student there was no TV where I was living, so did not get to see it for some time. Maxine A lopsided Kiwi, as one lower leg is in plaster after some surgery :-) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Puns
Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby. The nurse brings over to the parents, a lovely,healthy, bouncy, but definitely Caucasian, white baby boy. Congratulations, says the nurse to the new parents. Well Mr. Wong, what will you and Mrs. Wong name the baby? The puzzled father, looks at his new baby boy and says, Well, two Wongs don't make a white, so I think we will name him Sum Ting Wong. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Seven
Just to add to the discussion Remember that the rhyme starts as I was going to St Ives.. so there would be two uninvolved figures, - I and the man and then all his wives etc., etc. so that may necessitate a sign p[ost? Maxine in a cold and damp New Zealand. Thankfully the snow is not predicted where we live :-) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [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] Trip to Aus
Hi spiders. I am traveling to Australia next Saturday for a week, and will be in the Nerang/Gold Coast City area. Are there any shops in the vicinity where I would be able to get a souvenir bobbin or thread?? Maxine, in a lovely autumnal N.Z. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Gotta Brag!!!!
Tamara *told me off* G for not posting this to the list. :-) Just gotta brag that I am sucessfully working a lace pattern!! I did a three day basics course two years ago in Torchon lace did a wee bit 6 months later, and apart from a one day workshop on Befordshire which resulted in a couple of bookmarks done, I have hardly touched my bobbins... I was so rusty that after two tries to make an edging, I ended up making a sampler again starting from basics, and about the only thing I didn't have to re-learn was the cross and the twist, and included how to make a footside edging. I then attempted the edging again, this time with Maderia cottona 30, and Vola, I'm up to the nineth repeat!!! Whoppee. (It's the pattern on pg 38 of the The Torchon Lace Workbook by Bridget Cook) Then to really top off my day, I got the lace-digest with Lorilei's posting of the hardanger cloth that I completed the other week. :-). Maxine in Autumnal N.Z. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] It's finished
know that this is not strictly lace, but I have finished a hardanger tablecloth that I have been working on for nine months :-) I have seen hardanger defined as a varient of needlelace. The cloth is 1.35 metres square, and I adapted a doily pattern that I liked. I repeated it four times in the centre to form a large block of embroidery, then repeated the edge motif (again and again and again) to form a border. I am very pleased with the results. It is a gift for my son and his wife. Actually it is their engagement gift, but they had a short engagement and I also made waistcoats, bowties and dorothy bags for the wedding, so they have had to wait. Now to my lace pillow have I been hanging out for this! Maxine - - in an increasingly chilly New Zealand, although I know some of you would not consider our island climate all that cold :-) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] it's finished
I know that this is not strictly lace, but I have finished a hardanger tablecloth that I have been working on for nine months :-) I have seen hardanger defined as a varient of needlelace. The cloth is 1.35 metres square, and I adapted a doily pattern that I liked. I repeated it four times in the centre to form a large block of embroidery, then repeated the edge motif (again and again and again) to form a border. I am very pleased with the results. It is a gift for my son and his wife. Actually it is their engagement gift, but they had a short engagement and I also made waistcoats, bowties and dorothy bags for the wedding, so they have had to wait. Now to my lace pillow have I been hanging out for this! Maxine - - in an increasingly chilly New Zealand, although I know some of you would not consider our island climate all that cold :-) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Button boxes
Yes, i have a button jar its contents include buttons from when olur children were small, and ones from both my mother and MIL, and I think some from DH's grandmother! And I love scrabbling through them. I have managed to find some useful ones, and I have used them in a mis\xed media piece of artwork which still hangs on my wall! Maxine, from a chilly corner in NZ where we had our first frost of the autumm this morning, but now have a lovely sunny day :-) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Poem
This has been around for a few years, but it bears repeating. When an elderly lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee, Scotland, it was felt that she had,nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through her meager,possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. An Old Lady's Poem~ What do you see, nurses, what do you see? What are you thinking when you're looking at me? A crabbit old woman, not very wise, uncertain of habit, with faraway eyes? Who dribbles her food and makes no reply When you say in a loud voice, I do wish you'd try! Who seems not to notice the things that you do, and forever is losing a stocking or shoe. Who, resisting or not, lets you do as you will, with bathing and feeding, the long day to fill Is that what you're thinking? Is that what you see? Then open your eyes, nurse; you're not looking at me. I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still, as I do at your bidding, as I eat at your will. I'm a small child of ten with a father and mother, brothers and sisters, who love one another. A young girl of sixteen, with wings on her feet, dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet. A bride soon at twenty -- my heart gives a leap, remembering the vows that I promised to keep. At twenty-five now, I have young of my own, who need me to guide and a secure happy home. A woman of thirty, my young now grown fast, bound to each other with ties that should last. At forty, my young sons have grown and are gone, but my man's beside me to see I don't mourn. At fifty once more, babies play round my knee, again we know children, my loved one and me. Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead; I look at the future, I shudder with dread. For my young are all rearing young of their own, and I think of the years and the love that I've known. I'm now an old woman and nature is cruel; 'Tis jest to make old age look like a fool. The body, it crumbles, grace and vigor depart, there is now a stone where I once had a heart. But inside this old carcass a young girl still dwells, and now and again, my battered heart swells. I remember the joys, I remember the pain, and I'm loving and living life over again. I think of the years all too few, gone too fast, and accept the stark fact that nothing can last. So open your eyes, people, open and see, not a crabbit old woman; look closer .see ME!! ~*~ Remember this poem when you next meet an old person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within We will one day be there, too! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] war, personal prejudices, apologies etc.
I personally do not believe that any nations benefits from war, Oh, I wouldn't say so... :) O.K., I was thinking more in the line of emotional damage and physical (both personal and property) destruction, rather than the national wealth perspective. I am appalled at times at my reactions/prejudices... we, like may others have a multi cultural society, and on occasions my internal, i.e. *thought* reactions are not pretty. I looked back as to why I should think that way, and it was the physical circumstances around me i.e. who lived near us, and the conditions that they lived in, that formed those reactions, rather than any familial attitudes. And I might say, they are so deeply ingrained that I have to really watch myself and not express them, as they are not constructive! I am proud to belong to such a list, where people are prepared to clarify what has been stated, or at least the motivation behind the words, and also apologize for offences given. Long may such understanding be fostered. Maxine, a cool Kiwi, thanks to the fine weather dropping the overnight temps to 5 degrees C To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Ice fishing.
A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She'd seen many books on the subject, And finally getting all the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from above, a voice boomed: THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE. Startled the blond moved further down the ice, poured a thermos of cappuccino, and began to cut yet another hole. Again, the voice bellowed: THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE. The blonde, now worried, moved away, clear down to the opposite end of the ice. She set up her stool once more and tried again to cut her fishing hole. The voice came once more: THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE. She stopped, looked skyward, and asked: IS THAT YOU LORD? The voice replied: wait for it.. keep scrolling. NO, THIS IS THE MANAGER OF THE SKATING RINK. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] retrospective wrongs et al
My Dad was in the N.Z. Airforce and spent time fighting in England, before being invalided home after suffering a duodenal ulcer.. yes, stress was a very real issue for the forces, and they also suffered for years after the war. I personally do not believe that any nations benefits from war, but at times there appears no alternative in the face of what appears a greater evil. In N.Z. we also have reprospective wrongs being compensated for, but it seems to be never ending, with the same claims being made by each consecutive generation. It becomes very frustrating for the hoi polloi to see this occuring, and we have a politician who has faced the issue, and says that we need to allocate resources on a basis of need, and his ratings have tripled... and you should see the government scrambling! Regards Maxine in a cooling, autumnal N.Z. where it has stopped raining :-) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] circles
Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it! David in Ballarat Sorry David, but there is always the exception to the rule, and you have just met it! Me. I do wobble a bit, but I do not change directions. I assume it may have something to do with the way my brain is wired. On an internet test thingy ( that I used to have bookmarked before I had to reformat) my brain control centre was almost in the center, i.e. neither dominantly left, right, forward or back, which means I am all but ambidexterous, and equally balanced between left and right dominance, creative or logical etc etc., apparently not very common. Eccentrically yours Maxine a damp Kiwi, with more rain forecast. P.S. Sue Fink, (from Masterton, N.Z.) were you flooded last week? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] True or False?
A bit of trivia for you!! True or False Can you guess which of the following are true or false? 1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. 3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs. 4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more. 5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop - even your heart! 6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties. 7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute. 8. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old. 9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines. 10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498. 11. The average housefly lives for one month. 12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year. 13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened. 14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute. 15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day. 16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep. 17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water. 18. The only 2 animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot. 19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in An Officer and a Gentleman and Tootsie. 20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem. 21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk. 22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash. 23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor. 24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant surgery. 25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins. 26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green. Answers below. ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE !!! ( #16 really bugs me ) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re :Weather
Clay said... I'm confused! Here in good old Virginia, USA, a temperature of 79 Farenheit is considered fairly comfortable. unless there's a tremendous amount of humidity to contend Here in New Zealand, (and we are not attached to Australia!) we have what is know as an island climate type vs the continential climate. The main differences are that our temerqatures are more moderate... i.e. we think we are nearly dead with a frost of -5 C (Approx 18 F) , and likewise with the heat. 80 F is stifling! We do not get snow here where I live. I do know that the extemes in a continential climate are much larger, thus ones tolerance of a wider range of temeratures is far greater. Hopefully that will explain the reactions to temperatures, Clay. Maxine From a warm, and today sticky, New Zealand, where I have been inside painting cupboards etc:-), instead of lacing. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: laceBiz site
Looks as though this site was one based in India that was discussed some time ago on this list. If I recall one person had good service from it, another 's experience was a bit iffy Maxine in N.Z. Hello lacers, Does anyone have any information regarding the legitimacy of the following website? www.bobbinlace.biz Allie snowy Seward, PA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Pix from NEC
I have just seen the pix and have come to the conclusion that to do so was a form of self inflicted torture!! You are so well provided for. Maxine from a warm and sunny N.Z. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] orange/hinge
I can't resist adding my pennys worth. I write terse verse, orange, hinge, I cringe! Maxine, A Kiwi, who has finally made a contribution to the long running debate ;-) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Left or Right?
I would venture to say it is conditioning through the road rules... here in N.Z we drive on the left, tend to walk to the left on the footpaths etc etc. Maxine in tempermental spring weather here in N.Z. I wonder if it is related to handedness, or the fact that in this country we drive on the right side of the road. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] A tribute
As artisans, I thought folks may appreciate this quilt that commerates the victims of 9-11-2001. http://www.GZQuilt.com/ Maxine To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Romaian Point Lace
The German magazine 'Anna' has published items on this lace over the past 3-4 years, including the instructions on making a vest (waistcoat). Also Nordic Needle have several books on the subject in their catalogue and website.- Nordicneedle.com Maxine, in unsettled spring N.Z. - we are currently in the middle of an electrical storm with hail! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Forest Fires, Frogs and Grammar
Hi, Gentle Spiders We in N.Z. have not heard of the Canadian fires European ones yes, but not the Canadian. You are in our prayers. We embroiderers in N.Z. reverse stitch.. something I am quite familiar with at the moment :-( Another grammar gripe of mine is the incorrect useage of to, too and two! Maxine, In N.Z. where spring has sprung again today, long may it last, despite the weather forcaster's predictions.! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] food allergies.
As to food allergies etc, how many of these people with allergies were not breast fed? My son was exclusively breast fed for 5-6 months, and then was not given dairy products for some months after that, but he soon showed signs of a milk allergy. It wasn't until some years later that we realised he was also allergic to beef, so fingured he had some sort of bovine protein allergy. Thankfully he has now outgrown it, but we had some years of steering clear of beef/dairy products. What he could tolerate was goats milk, and he drank gallons of that when it was available. I always knew when he was going to have a growth spurt, because he asked for goats milk, and if I could not get it, them he hoed into my calcium tablets! Maxine in N.Z. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Music loving birds!
Amazingly, as soon as I started whistling *tunes* (none of the others do), it relocated itself to my shoulder -- the better to hear you m'dear :) It seems to prefer Bach and Haydn and Mozart to folk or popular tunes; the latter he tolerates; the earlier make him tweet for more whenever I stop :) This reminds me of a budgie that we had when I was young... I was learning tho play the piano, classical, and if Paddy (the budgie) like the piece I was learning, he would talk, but if he did not, he would shriek! I didn't pay enough attention to know which pieces he liked and did not like, but he made his musical preferences very clear! Maxine To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Itchy Mosquito Bites
but I don't remember seeing any information on getting rid of the itch. Try 1. slice a raw onion and rub the juice on. (not the most socially acceptable solution) 2. Rub a violet leaf on until the juices show green on the skin 3. Find a leaf of broad leafed plantain (a common weed) and treat as same as the violet leaf. Hope these help, they are tried and true in N.Z. Maxine To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Power cut
hi all I hope you are back in the light again :-) I wondered why I had hardly any emails today, and no lace chat ones apart from one post from Jean, then the light dawned... you had none. Guess it may have meant a bit less time at the computer and a bit more at the lace? Hope you are soon bright and shining again. Maxine, from a currently cold and wet corner of N.Z - I'm not complaining as we needed the rain! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Trails
The organiser of the Rotorua (N.Z.) Lace Trails would like me to notify any Kiwi's on the list that the 5th Annual Lace Trails day will be held in Rotorua on September 13th, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The tutors will be Lynette Macdonald and Christine Lewis. They will be teaching three different patterns in needle lace and a choice of two bookmarks in Bedfordshire bobbin lace, one with 8 pairs and a more advanced one using 18 pairs, respectively. The cost of the day will be $15. For further information contact Carol Andrews at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This day is organised by a local group of lacers, most of whom are members of the N. Z. Lace Guild. Regards Maxine from a very spring like corner of N. Z. ... until the rain hits tomorrow :-) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] BASIC LACEMAKING SUPPLIES
- how about we hear from those who make other forms of lace!? Tatters? Knitters? Needle-lacers? Crocheters? I am new to bobbin lace as I mentioned earlier in the week, but have crocheted since I was 9 or 10... self taught from the good old Arthur Mees Encyclopedia. I have knitted a 2 ply woolen lace shawl (circular) for a grandbaby. I have also self taught some needle lace... and can do the basics in tatting, courtesy of my late mother. As you can see lace has fascinated me for may years... Maxine - where winter has decided to have another go, and today it is cold and overcast :-( To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Memory: Lavender and Rosemary
It's the oil that works, rather than the scent the oil suffocates the little blighters! Try diluting the lavender oil with virgin olive oil. Apply liberally throughout hair, leave for 30 mins, comb with fine toothed comb and shampoo. Repeat daily for 10 -14 days, depending on the level of infestation. I can guarantee this, as we had to use it 12 months ago. It is also much more pleasant to use the the chemists solutions, and much cheaper! Maxine, in a frosty but fine, and due to reach 16 degrees Celsius, part of N.Z. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:47 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Memory: Lavender and Rosemary Another use for lavendar oil, according to something I read somewhere, is to keep head lice at bay. Seemingly they don't like lavendar and so combing a little lavendar oil into the hair can keep them away. It struck me as a pleasant way of dealing with an unpleasant problem. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Kiwi fruit
I'm wondering if anyone could help with information about when they might be ripe. Or should I just take a bite out of one? We're in Vermont, USA with a short growing season. As a native kiwi I suggest you leave them on the vine until they drop, if at all possible. If not, when the weather gets too cold, I suggest you pick them, and then put them in a bowl with apples and they will ripen up from there. They should be about 2 long at least for home grown ones... DEFINATELY DO NOT BITE THEM BEFORE THEY ARE RIPE! They do soften a bit when they are fully ripe too, just as a guide. :-) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
