Re: [lace-chat] Singing

[Jill Treeves]

Jane, Anne & all at Arachne

I too went to Windsor to hear Jane and her choir sing, but I went on the 
Friday evening - what a fabulous evening!  The singing and service was 
superb - my boyfriend and I try and go to St Georges Chapel in Windsor at 
least once a year - it is particularly sentimental to us as that was one of 
our first dates!

After the service on Friday we met up with Jane and went for a meal - where 
we had a good chat and got to know each other better - we had a lovely time. 
 After that we walked across the Thames into Eton and walked right through 
the village down to the school, looking in the windows of all the antique 
shops as we went.  We then walked Jane back to her hotel where we wished her 
well with the rest of the visit to Windsor and her trip to Salisbury.

It was really great to meet up with someone from Arachne - a truly global 
meeting place!

With best wishes
  Jill
@ a cloudy Heathrow Airport

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Re: [lace-chat] archives

[Toni Hawryluk]

> Our messages have only been archived there
> since June 15, and it's hardly a permanent record. It's run as a labour of
> love by one guy and when he goes, the mail-archive goes.
> For those of you who missed the URL the first time, it's
> http://www.mail-archive.com. One of these days I'll rewrite the FAQ with
all
> these odds and ends and put the URL into the mail footers
> Avital

Whoa !! lace-chat doesn't matter - much -
but *not* all the 'good stuff' of *lace* ?

Toni in Seattle
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[lace-chat] RE: Little House books

[Ian & Chelle Long]

Gidday all,

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Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling Onions

[Steph Peters]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:25:04 -0400, Tamara wrote:
>What, BTW, are "Spanish" onions? Someone -- I think in UK -- has 
>mentioned them... Are they the red ones, like the ones used for 
>gazpacho?

Spanish onions are onions grown in Spain.  Not a particular variety,
although the Spanish ones do tend to be generally bigger than UK grown ones.
Red onions are just called red onions here, and I couldn't tell you where
they are grown.
--
Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation to which the filing system
has been lost? Quentin Crisp
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Re: [lace-chat] Re: Peeling Onions

[Sue Babbs]

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:25:04 -0400, Tamara wrote:
> >What, BTW, are "Spanish" onions? Someone -- I think in UK -- has
> >mentioned them... Are they the red ones, like the ones used for
> >gazpacho?
>
No, definitely not the red ones. As far as I can recall the flavour of  Spanish onions,
the closest  I have found in Chicago are the sweet yellow ones, sold in the US as 
Vidalia
onions

Sue Babbs
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[lace-chat] stress test ...

[dominique]

to help you check your stress level : 

http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/ 

dominique from paris
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Re: [lace-chat] stress test ...

[Anne & Michael Godfrey]

on 28/7/03 7:01 pm, dominique at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> to help you check your stress level :
> 
> http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/

I thought I needed a holiday.

Anne from a dull Derby, England.
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Re: [lace-chat] car words

[Carol Adkinson]

My son had a Nissan Cherry, called in the family "The Wok" - it was past its
best, is the kindest way of describing it!

Duncan lived in Colchester, and was the Head Wine Waiter at a local top
restaurant, and was travelling home after a late shift, at about 2.00 am,
only to be stopped for speeding.  He was so elated, the policeman was quite
non-plussed - Duncan said his friends would never belive the car would get
to thirty miles and hour, let alone exceed that by about five miles an hour!

Carol - in a warm and sunny Suffolk, but with rain storms forecast!
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[lace-chat] " . . . have I got a deal for you !"

[Toni Hawryluk]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/944126.asp?cp1=1

  Meet the dirty dozen of business
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[lace-chat] "what are you thinking" or are you . . .

[Toni Hawryluk]

Many cars/trucks Americans buy are not built here.
*Most* ships Americans sail on are not built here.
The planes . . . well, probably not for much longer, the way Boeing is
headed.
The steel industry is sick, to say the least . . .
The food . . .
. . . and the jobs ?

http://www.msnbc.com/news/943596.asp

excerpting the lead-in paragraphs :

  Globalization takes toll on techies

  It's not just low-level jobs that are leaving U.S. shores

  By Martin Wolk
  MSNBC

  July 24 - To some high-tech workers, the New Economy is starting to look
a lot like the Old Economy. And that is a frightening prospect.

IN THE OLD ECONOMY, the manufacturing sector has
  lost nearly  *4 million* jobs *since 1980*.

  Some jobs have disappeared because of increased productivity, but many
affected workers in industries like steel, apparel and electronics have been
replaced by lower-priced labor overseas. As globalization marches on, many
jobs in the New Economy of services and high technology seem to be headed the
same way.
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Re: [lace-chat] stress test ...

[Ruth Budge]

If any of you have trouble with this site, it's probably because my stress
levels have just blown it up!  (BG)

Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)

dominique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to help you check your stress level
: 
> 
> http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/ 

(P.S.  Very good, Dominique!!)

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[lace-chat] Re Car names

[Karen Butler]

When I was in my teens, we had a car which became aptly named "Wet Sock".
It's registration number was WET 50K, but the name did not come about until
friends and neighbours watched us piling into the car to go on holiday, on a
very wet evening and realised the aptness of the registration when the
numbers were read as letters.

Karen,
In Coventry, England
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[lace-chat] Kiwi fruit

[Jane Viking Swanson]

Hi All,  We had a chat some time ago about Kiwi fruit but now 
I've forgotten a very important part of it.  We have a vine in our 
back yard and it is covered with kiwis.  These are the smaller 
ones than the ones we find in the grocery store - they're about 
the size of the end of DHs thumb.  They're still hard and 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.

Jane in Vermont where I saw a Hummingbird Moth today!!  What
an amazing creation!
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[lace-chat] Sillinesses reproduced

[Ruth Budge]

A few days ago, Tamara shuddered at the thought of all her "funnies" being
archived, and I responded with a report of my own sillinesses being picked up
and re-reported around Australia when I was editor of the local lace
newsletter.

Now, Tamara, I've had a *real* lesson in watching what I say and where!   Last
week when I had a day of disasters, culminating in my chopping the tip of my
finger along with the onions, I phoned the local radio announcer who was
talking about onions.  I told him that I'd tried the suggestion about putting
the onions in the freezer for a few minutes, and that I was able to chop the
onions without any problems.   "However", says I, "I'm still crying!"   Like a
real trooper, he rose to the bait:  "Why are you still crying?"   "Because
*you* made me crave onions in the first place,  I chopped my finger as well as
the onions, and its all your fault"! 

He had a good laugh about it, asked what I was cooking for dinner, and
suggested getting hubby to cook because of my sore finger.

I've just been listening to a promo for his show on a radio station which
serves most of this state...and he's put together a few "grabs" of various
conversations about onions as an example of the interesting conversations to be
heard on his show.  And, you've guessed it, the climax is *Me*!  The whole
silly conversation is being repeated on air several times a day.

That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut!
Ruth (Sydney, Australia) 

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[lace-chat] Re: stress test ...

[Tamara P. Duvall]

On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 14:01 US/Eastern, dominique wrote:

to help you check your stress level :

http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/
Oh dear... There was an article in yesterday's Washington Post (Outlook 
section) which said that US is the only civilised country in the world 
without an overall *law* regulating one's holidays; here, the amount of 
(paid) free time depends entirely on the individual employer's whim. 
So, in practice, it's now getting closer and closer to zero.

The article went on to say that all studies show that working 
full-steam all year round does *not* increase productivity (quite 
opposite) on the one hand, and has very bad effect on family 
relationships on the other. Partly because people don't *have* any time 
to spend with their families, and partly because the stres builds up 
and makes them "cranky"...

I read it, and thought: "yes indeed, but thankfully it doesn't apply to 
me. I'm not employed, so I'm permanently on vaccation, so my stress 
level must be very low". Well, obviously, I don't know myself as well 
as I thought... My stress level must be through the roof!

Thanks, Dominique, for giving me something to worry about 
-
Tamara P Duvall
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Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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[lace-chat] Re: Sillinesses reproduced

[Tamara P. Duvall]

On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 21:10 US/Eastern, Ruth Budge wrote:

I've just been listening to a promo for his show on a radio station 
which
serves most of this state...and he's put together a few "grabs" of 
various
conversations about onions as an example of the interesting 
conversations to be
heard on his show.  And, you've guessed it, the climax is *Me*!  The 
whole
silly conversation is being repeated on air several times a day.
I'd request royalties for using your words and voice in an advert ; 
you didn't sign any release form or anything, did you?

-
Tamara P Duvall
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Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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Re: [lace-chat] Sillinesses reproduced

[Scott]

Which station Ruth?
I have been travelling back and forth to the Sydney airport for the DH, and
I could use the giggle, especially when I pick him up at 10:30 tonight.

Lynn in Wollongong.

Just as an aside, did I miss the original reference to Mugwumps, I just read
the word in the fifth Harry Potter.

Ruth said
> I've just been listening to a promo for his show on a radio station which
> serves most of this state...and he's put together a few "grabs" of various
> conversations about onions as an example of the interesting conversations
to be
> heard on his show.  And, you've guessed it, the climax is *Me*!  The whole
> silly conversation is being repeated on air several times a day.
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[lace-chat] :) Fwd: save trees!

[Tamara P. Duvall]

For the child in us... :) I know we've had something similiar before, 
but this is a deluxe version -- with a timer an'all...

From: D. D. (actually, DS )

http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

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[lace-chat] Re:Spanish Onions

[Lorri Ferguson]

Here in the USA, we have a particular onion called a Spanish Onion.  It is 
large often of the flatish shape.  It is milder and slightly sweeter than 
the normal 'yellow' onion.  They are very good when a recipe calls for using 
onion that will be eaten raw.  My parents particularly liked to put them on 
sandwiches.
The red onions are just that, red onions.
And here in Washington State we have a wonderful onion, the Walla Walla 
Sweet.  These are particularly delicious and desired for 'fresh onions'. 
They are grown in Eastern Washington and have a particular flavor if grown 
there, they don't seem to taste the same when 'the same seed' is grown in 
the western side of the State.  Eastern Washington is drier and the soil is 
different than the wetter western/costal part of the state.

Lorri
Born and living in Western Washington, but I spent many summers at Grandma's 
in Eastern Washington.

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:25:04 -0400, Tamara wrote:
> >What, BTW, are "Spanish" onions? Someone -- I think in UK -- has
> >mentioned them... Are they the red ones, like the ones used for
> >gazpacho?
>
> Spanish onions are onions grown in Spain.  Not a particular variety,
> although the Spanish ones do tend to be generally bigger than UK grown 
> ones.
> Red onions are just called red onions here, and I couldn't tell you where
> they are grown. 
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[lace-chat] Blonde Joke

[Malvary Cole]

A blonde girl enters a store that sells curtains. She tells the salesman:  "I
would like to buy a pink curtain in the size of my computer screen". The
surprised salesman replies: - "But madam, computers do not have curtains...".

The blonde said: - "HellI've got
Windows!!!"
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Re: [lace-chat] Kiwi fruit

[Maxine D]

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.  :-)
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[lace-chat] Re: Blonde Joke

[Tamara P. Duvall]

On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 23:46 US/Eastern, Malvary Cole wrote:

The blonde said: - "HellI've got 
Windows!!!"
  Reminds me of the one DH came home with on Friday from his 
"geezers" meeting (let me tell you before I forget it):

A blonde lady enters a library, and comes to the checkout desk.

"I'd like a cheeseburger -- onions and mustard, hold the mayo -- small 
french fries, and a medium Coke"  she says.

"Madam", says the woman on checkout, "I have to remind you that this is 
a *library*"

"Oh, sorry" whispers the blonde, "I'd like  a cheeseburger, onions and 
mustard..."

-
Tamara P Duvall
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Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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