[lace-chat] UFO's
Tale of a UFO It beckoned me from hiding In a book I'd put aside. "I'm just so beautiful you see and begging to be tried." I know I've got the thread for it Stashed in my special drawer I think I've got the bobbins Or should I buy some more? Now first prepare the pricking - All other tasks can wait And wind the bobbins gleefully (I task I sometimes hate). Oh joy, there is a pillow free It only needs a dusting Gather pins and cloth and such Hurry, time's a wasting! Is that the time already? Good grief, how time does fly! I've already done an inch or two Just to see how threads will lie. Can't wait for tomorrow When basic chores are done And I can sit and lace in peace I'm having so much fun! --- I've done a fair few inches now The pattern's not so hard In fact it's kind of boring To do it by the yard. Maybe if I had a break And came back later on I know there's jobs I ought to do And my inspiration's gone --- I really ought to do some more It really is quite nice But first I'll have to retro lace I can see I've done that twice! I'm sure there should be more of this I've got the pattern beat. But it seems to take forever Just to manage one repeat. - And now there is another piece I've just got to do, you know. And this old piece gets put aside It's another UFO! Noelene Lafferty Cooma1 November 2003 [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] Fwd: Cruise control
I wasn't gonna do it... I post enough as it is, and I do not use cruise control at all; I don't *like* it... It's not *my* control, for one thing (would I be making lace if I *weren't* a control freak?)... It lulls me into thinking I don't have to pay attention...It makes me sleepy, because I am *not* paying attention... My miles-per-gallon, none that good to begin with (I drive an automatic; my single venture into driving a stick shift was an epic only Charlie Chaplin could do justice to ), droop (not a typo) even lower... I gave the feature a fair trial a couple of years back, and then forgot it. But... Clay's re-subscription to chat, after her trip to Alaska, doesn't seem to have "taken" (she doesn't seem to be "exercised" enough about it to *do* anything about it -- like getting in touch with Avital -- so this is not a complaint )... The principles of physics don't seem to be violated (not that I know beans about physics; I've been sworn to never divulge the name of my highschool teacher who'd let me out of there with a C-, instead of holding me up for the next decade )... So... If any of you use cruise control on a regular basis, perhaps you might want to consider the following: From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car. A resident of Kilgore,Texas, she was traveling between Gladewater & Kilgore. It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydroplane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence! When she explained to the highway patrolman what had happened he told her something that every driver should know -NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON. She had thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain. But the highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplaned - when your tires loose contact with the pavement your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed and you take off like an airplane... She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred. We all know you have little or no control over a car when it begins to hydroplane. You are at the mercy of the Good Lord. The highway patrol estimated her car was actually traveling through the air at 10 to 15 miles per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise control. The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the drivers seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry. The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had had a similiar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries. If you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn't know about this, then it was all worth it. You might have saved a life. - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: Hello
Begin forwarded message: From: Clive and Betty Ann Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri Oct 31, 2003 21:42:22 US/Eastern Tamara, Clive and I are off to Georgia early tomorrow morning and I unsubscribed to lace and lace-chat. I meant to put a notice on the list before the unsubscribe got through, but didn't make it. Anything really important and/or interesting, please forward on to my address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'll be back on the 10th. Love, B.A. I'll take care of the forwarding; in the meantime, don't y'all flood her inbox with junk mail... :) - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Henry VIII's wives
On Friday, Oct 31, 2003, at 05:01 US/Eastern, Jean Nathan wrote: The participants get 10 points deducted from their total score for a wrong answer such as "Henry VIII had 6 wives". In my day, you only got demerit points when you said Henry VIII had *8* wives (Henery the 8th I am, I am... Remeber the song?); 6 was the correct -- and acceptable -- answer... It *still is*, IMO. In fact he probably only had about 3 'wives' - the only reason I can remember for one not being a wife was because Henry married his brother's wife which was not allowed so they weren't legally married. That was Catherine of Aragon, and they had the Catholic Church's dispensation (supposedly, her marriage to Arthur had never been consumated, therefore wasn't legal; thus opening the path for her -- *legal* -- marriage to Henry... when you're a head of state, a lot more "options" are available to you than there would be if you were a "Joe Schmoe" ) And I *bet* the second "illegal" marriage was to Anne Boleyn; the marriage with Catherine had never been "properly" dissolved (by death, anullment, or Church-approved divorce)... Catherine was still alive when Henry married Anne, which would have made *that* marriage null and void. *From the point of viev of the Catholic Church*. Which England was *not* following by then... I expect the 3rd "non-wife" was Anne of Cleves? He shed *her*, also, via a divorce (which, again, "wouldn't count", in Catholic Church, without a permission from the same) and married the next one (Howard?) before Anne died. But the first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) was *legal* (with excuses ) in the eyes of the Catholic Church. And, by the time he divorced her, England was no longer Catholic; it was Protestant, with Henry as the head of *both* the state and the church. So, from the point of view of the "new! improved!" England (and its Church), both divorces were legal (he granted them to himself ), as were the subsequent marriages. The arguments for only 3 of the wives being legitimate are *specious*, without any substance to bolster them. They apply different "rules" to different situations "as suits"; in the first case, they *ignore* the Catholic Church's ruling (even though it had been *the* Church at the time); in the second two, they *apply* it (even though it had been anathema *at the time*) ... Bending the facts in such a way has been commonplace both then and now (when you can get away with it ), but it makes the final "verdict" neither "right", nor *true* (read Orwell ) In my -- never humble -- opinion... Re fireworks (in Poole and elsewhere) that Jean's mentioned in another message... I have *just* realised that we (in US) vote them in on Nov 4, and y'all (in UK) blow them up the next day... *Not* a bad solution, all things considered... :) - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: icey trees
On Friday, Oct 31, 2003, at 19:20 US/Eastern, Helen Bell wrote: All the moisture we've had the last day or so has frozen around the trees, and it looks lacey. What's really cool is that some trees are bare, some still have yellow or red leaves and some are still green, and they're all covered with ice. Each blade of grass is defined by ice, and it's really pretty. Enjoy! I've enjoyed the last two days -- back to sunshine and "room" temperaturess (68-70) -- but I've never lost the wonder/awe about the world edged in icy "lace"... We don't get much of it here but, if I were to choose my own version of Paradise (fat chance, given my beliefs/lack of them ), it would be short-sleeves weather (but *dry*, pretty please; I'm sick of humid ) 10:00-20:00, and frosty the rest of the day/night... In Poland, we used to get a lot of frost, but it usually came "on time"; after the plants had shed their flowers and leaves. Here, it's the same, though it happens less frequently; the premature frost is almost unknown... But, there's been at least one time, when everything went white with ice overnight (or black -- take your pick. The electricity went out, because the ice on the wires broke them ), and even the most mundane bits of it became a veritable wonderland... Happy Boo day! Very happy indeeed! It's almost time to turn the porch lights off (as it's 21:15), and we've only had two batches of "looters". That, despite the fact that the neighbourhood seems to be "reviving" -- there are more children around (in the daytime -- riding bikes, walking to and from school) than I can remember in all the 30 yrs I've lived here. We used to have many more trick-or-treating visitors when it was all retirees! At any rate, Severn and I will be eating candy for the next 12 months; I got ready for an onslaught which didn' materialise... - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] OT - icey trees
Hi guys! I just had to share with you what I see outside today - the coolest and prettiest view - especially when inside in the warm! All the moisture we've had the last day or so has frozen around the trees, and it looks lacey. What'[s really cool is that some trees are bare, some still have yellow or red leaves and some are still green, and they're all covered with ice. Each blade of grass is defined by ice, and it's really pretty. Even the 'mums are gorgeous - in bloom with their ice coats on. My neighbour has a couple of late roses still out (it's been in the 70's and 80's this month!) and they looked SO cool with their coating of ice around the blooms. I took a bunch of photos, so hope there's one in the lot that comes out. Happy Boo day! Cheers, Helen, Aussie in nippy Denver To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Hospital
> I returned home last evening, having had my knee replacement operation on > Thursday last week to over a hundred emails in lace and lace-chat > > Jean in Poole I hope you've recovered by now. Were you in Poole General? My mother had a couple of operations there a few years ago, and it seemed a good hospital. But she's just told me that her elderly next door neighbour is in there at the moment, and he can't feed himself. So his daughter has to go up to Poole every day from Weymouth to feed him - it seems the nurses at the hospital don't do it. My mother is appalled - she was a nurse herself. I joke that the next time I need to go to A&E I'll get on a train and go down to Dorset - to Poole or Dorchester hospitals. I'd still get seen sooner there than I would if I went to my local hospital! One of the students in my class (I'm an IT trainer) was taken ill last week and went to the Whitechapel Hospital. Even though he was lying on the floor shivering and being sick (there were no chairs), after 5 hours he still hadn't been seen. He gave up and travelled back home to Essex to his local hospital, where he was found to have malaria. We have no post in London, overstretched hospitals, and our public transport is falling apart - why do I live here?Perhaps I should go back and live in Dorset! Regards, Annette in London To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Flo's pumpkin scone recipe
Hi All, Happy Halloween to those celebrating it today/yesterday! I was wondering if there were any Aussies out there - and I know there are a bunch of you :-) - who might by chance have a copy of Flo B-P's pumpkin scone recipe. I have 1 hand written one, but didn't label it as hers (very remiss of me if it is indeed the recipe I need!), and it has wholemeal flour in it. I have another recipe (not as good I don't think) in my high school cookbook. I want to make some for Sunday, for a family brunch gathering. Thanks SO much in advance - gotta run as I have pumpkin pie and "eyeballs" in the oven (the eyeballs will be going into a red wine sauce). Cheers, Helen, Aussie living in chilly (finally!) Denver To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Rhyming words
Dear Jean and Interested others, Sorry to post this again, but I had actually underlined the accented syllables and it didn't appear thus when I received it back. So this time I shall put an apostrophe AFTER the accented syllable. >, whereas garage is considered common (Estuary >English) if pronounced garridge, but upper class if pronounced garrarje. Garage is a most interesting word in Australia with 3 different pronunciations - none of which is garridge! In our family it was always said garr'-arje, while others would say guh-rarje'. The upper class version is garr'-arzh (with zh sounding the same as "s" in treasure). David in Ballarat >So words which rhyme to one person won't to another. > >Jean in Poole > >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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Rhyming words
At 02:33 AM 10/30/03 +1100, David Collyer wrote: >Garage is a most interesting word in Australia with 3 different >pronunciations - none of which is garridge! Here in mid-USA, it's g'raj where the ' represents a schwa hanging on by its toenails, and the a is the sound we spell "ah" and you spell "ar" -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's a lovely day and I'm sitting inside. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Rhymes with Orange
I think it's as a result as the original quiz that mentioned that there are no words which rhyme with orange that our Radio 4 is incuding an article about this tomorrow morning. As I was only half awake, I think they said it's on "Home Truths" which runs from 9 am to 10 am or it might have been the one that follws "Excess Baggage" from 10 am to 10.30 am and as I usually listen to both, I should catch it. All that was said about it this morning was that they have some very dodgy rhymes for orange. Both programmes will be able to be listened to on-line after transmission, so I'll post the URL after the braodcast. The quiz that started the 'no rhyme with orange, purple and silver' topic here is called "QI" which stands for "Quite Interesting" and imparts the most bizarre facts as well as dispelling a lot of myths. The participants get 10 points deducted from their total score for a wrong answer such as "Henry VIII had 6 wives". In fact he probably only had about 3 'wives' - the only reason I can remember for one not being a wife was because Henry married his brother's wife which was not allowed so they weren't legally married. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
