[lace-chat] Fw: That explains everything
I have done silly things,but none quite as embarrassing! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa WELL THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!! An elderly lady called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car has been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher: They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator! she cried. The dispatcher said, Stay calm. An officer is on the way. A few minutes later, the officer radios in. Disregard. He says. She got in the back-seat by mistake. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Airmail to Oz
On 21 Nov 2003, at 13:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentle Spiders, Can you anyone here help me - I wondered if you knew how long it normally takes for a small airmail package to get from England to Australia. About a week usually for small packets though the recent industrial action in UK may have still have a small backlog. Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ Supporting the [EMAIL PROTECTED] campaign To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Airmail to Oz
Liz, I get both packages, parcels and letters sent from the UK regularly - a letter usually comes through in 4 - 5 days; a small package in about 7 - 10 days, and a parcel anything from 7 days - 14 days. I don't know what causes the variations, but I recently (i.e., in the middle of the UK postal strike!) sent a letter and received the reply, all in just 6 days!! I've also had a huge parcel of books, which I ordered by phone, arrive on my doorstep in 4 1/2 days!! Although the post offices in both countries still sell sea mail, I believe that there are no boats actually bringing mail to Australia any more - so sea mail seems to be a euphemism for we'll stick it on the bottom of the pile and forget it unless it's convenient for us to do something with it. Sea mail takes months, and if you're worried about a small package not arriving, I'm wondering if its accidentally been pushed into the sea mail pile. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentle Spiders, Can you anyone here help me - I wondered if you knew how long it normally takes for a small airmail package to get from England to Australia. thanks Liz Regards Liz Beecher I'm blogging now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Remember the Small World experiment?
http://smallworld.columbia.edu Do you all remember the Small World experiment, in which some researchers at Columbia University in New York were attempting to prove or disprove the 6 degrees of separation hypothesis? (That is, the idea that any person in the world could be reached through a chain of acquaintances an average of 6 links long.) Well, the first Small World experiment is now complete and findings were published in Science Magazine in August, 2003. The results and press coverage of the experiment are available here: http://smallworld.columbia.edu/results.html and here: http://smallworld.columbia.edu/press.html And now I am looking for a contact in Tennessee, the closer to Gainsboro, the better! Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Airmail to Oz
Guys, Thank you for your kind help on this - my mind has been put to rest that the package has not got lost and will probably turn up in the next day or two. Sort of the same timescales as from London to Oxford really. g Regards Liz Beecher I'm A HREF=http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee;blogging/A now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Airmail to Oz
On Friday, Nov 21, 2003, at 18:30 US/Eastern, Ruth Budge wrote: Liz, I get both packages, parcels and letters sent from the UK regularly - a letter usually comes through in 4 - 5 days; a small package in about 7 - 10 days, and a parcel anything from 7 days - 14 days. Not from UK, but I went to the PO today to discover the various rate/time schedules of shipping to OZ. The small package is no more, in the US -- it's all under or over 4lbs now. The airmail rate for under 4lb (slightly cheaper than over 4lb) is, roughly, twice the amount of that charged for surface mail (that's what it's called here. It suggests non-air transport *within* both countries as well as without). Expected delivery time? 4-6 weeks for surface (though, when I ordered something for another Ozzie, to be delivered directly, I was told up to 8 weeks). We had a bit of a laugh when it came to *air* mail... *47 days* I screeched in my best soprano, more than a month and a half??? By air At that price??? It appears that my hearing is going along with the rest of the senses; it's 4 *to* 7 days... :) Although the post offices in both countries still sell sea mail, I believe that there are no boats actually bringing mail to Australia any more - so sea mail seems to be a euphemism for we'll stick it on the bottom of the pile and forget it unless it's convenient for us to do something with it. If cargo ships are still coming into Oz, then chances are some mail is coming on them -- esp the larger stuff. But, in general, I agree with you; the surface mail seems to be a half-price ticket to semi-oblivion. In support of your theory that all small stuff is now being moved via air is my experience (several times) of sending something via surface (not time-sensitive, so why spend extra) to UK and to Poland (also 4-6 weeks expected delivery time), and to have it delivered within a week or 5 days. Since even a direct (no stops on the way) boat takes 8-10 days (depending on the season) to get to Poland, it's obvious that the things had gone via air. I expect the PO assumed that nobody could be as stingy as to think of saving a dollar or two on the slow boat route, and stuck them in the air pile with everything else :) I always get my books from Fay (in Germany) via surface mail (it's free, and books don't spoil en route g), and although I ususally send my order in a letter (sent airmail), I get the books within 4-5 weeks -- on the lower end of time. Mail between *Spain* and US is a totally different story -- takes forever, even via air :) The guys at out PO claim that things like registered and insured slows down the process; that's borne out by airmail (but registered) letters which take twice as long to arrive here from Poland as the plain vanilla ones do. - 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: Airmail to Oz
Yep, registered is slower - because it has to be physically handled individually and tracked at each transfer point - they can't just sling the whole bag of stuff onto the next outgoing truck or plane. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] looking for Christmas dinner
I know there are varied interests in this group. I am looking for the Modern Priscilla, probably December '02 or '03 for my brother and SIL. This issue has an elaborate Christmas dinner by Fannie Merritt Farmer that they used to use, till it got lost somewhere in their moves. A photocopy or scan would be wonderful to find for them. TIA, Sumac who just finished teaching a third tatting class to my 2 new tatters, and a previous student who came back for more! Susan G. MacLeod Dummerston, VT USA www.sover.net/~sumac To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: Christmas Poem
Subject: FW: Christmas Poem This touched me, so I will forward it to you. Lorri Christmas Poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, He Lived All Alone, In A One Bedroom House Made Of Plaster And Stone. I Had Come Down The Chimney With Presents To Give, And To See Just Who In This Home Did Live. I Looked All About, A Strange Sight I Did See, No Tinsel, No Presents, Not Even A Tree. No Stocking By Mantle, Just Boots Filled With Sand, On The Wall Hung Pictures Of Far Distant Lands. With Medals And Badges, Awards Of All Kinds, A Sober Thought Came Through My Mind. For This House Was Different, It Was Dark And Dreary, I Found The Home Of A Soldier, Once I Could See Clearly. The Soldier Lay Sleeping, Silent, Alone, Curled Up On The Floor In This One Bedroom Home. The Face Was So Gentle, The Room In Such Disorder, Not How I Pictured A United States Soldier. Was This The Hero Of Whom I'd Just Read? Curled Up On A Poncho, The Floor For A Bed? I Realized The Families That I Saw This Night, Owed Their Lives To These Soldiers Who Were Willing To Fight. Soon Round The World, The Children Would Play, And Grownups Would Celebrate A Bright Christmas Day. They All Enjoyed Freedom Each Month Of The Year, Because Of The Soldiers, Like The One Lying Here. I Couldn't Help Wonder How Many Lay Alone, On A Cold Christmas Eve In A Land Far From Home. The Very Thought Brought A Tear To My Eye, I Dropped To My Knees And Started To Cry. The Soldier Awakened And I Heard A Rough Voice, Santa Don't Cry, This Life Is My Choice; I Fight For Freedom, I Don't Ask For More, My Life Is My God, My Country, My Corps. The Soldier Rolled Over And Drifted To Sleep, I Couldn't Control It, I Continued To Weep. I Kept Watch For Hours, So Silent And Still And We Both Shivered From The Cold Night's Chill. I Didn't Want To Leave On That Cold, Dark, Night, This Guardian Of Honor So Willing To Fight. Then The Soldier Rolled Over, With A Voice Soft And Pure, Whispered, Carry On Santa, It's Christmas Day, All Is Secure. One Look At My Watch, And I Knew He Was Right. Merry Christmas My Friend, And To All A Good Night. Army Air Force Marines Navy Coast Guard A Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan wrote this poem. The following is his request: Please, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed. I think his request is more than reasonable. If you agree please pass It on. Very Respectfully, SSG Payne To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Airmail to Oz
Tamara, I don't know the exact distances between Australia and the UK and Australia and the US - but from experience of posting my books to America, and receiving letters and other goodies from America, I know that it *always* takes a heck of a lot longer for mail between the US and Australia. A letter from the US to here seems to take somewhere between 14 - 21 days, and when I ordered something from a US supplier, the parcel took nearly three months to get here, in spite of being airmail. On the other hand, I sent a parcel of my books to the same supplier, and she had them in less than 14 days!! (On more than one occasion, too). But, like you, I exploded when I was told 6 - 8 weeks to send an airmail parcel to the US. I told the clerk that I didn't want them to *row* the thing across in a small boat, but to put it on a plane - but he wasn't amused. (Come to think of it, neither was I!!) It seems strange to me, 'cos I always imagine Australia to be roughly halfway round the world from either country!! The Australian postal service abolished the small package rate years ago, and has, in the past couple of years, readjusted the sizes of other parcels in what we, their customers, regard cynically as a revenue-raising exercise. Pretty soon even a letter will be regarded as a parcel. Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Tamara Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not from UK, but I went to the PO today to discover the various rate/time schedules of shipping to OZ. The small package is no more, in the US -- it's all under or over 4lbs now. The airmail rate for under 4lb (slightly cheaper than over 4lb) is, roughly, twice the amount of that charged for surface mail (that's what it's called here. It suggests non-air transport *within* both countries as well as without). Expected delivery time? 4-6 weeks for surface (though, when I ordered something for another Ozzie, to be delivered directly, I was told up to 8 weeks). We had a bit of a laugh when it came to *air* mail... *47 days* I screeched in my best soprano, more than a month and a half??? By air At that price??? It appears that my hearing is going along with the rest of the senses; it's 4 *to* 7 days... :) http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] David's TRULY EVIL lemon Meringue pie
Lemon Meringue Recipe The Name should be: David's TRULY EVIL Lemon Meringue Pie!! David, you found my one TRUE weakness Lemon Sweets! Thank you for sharing! Chores list for 11-22-03 1.. Go to store 2.. Buy all the stuff David says is needed for THE TRULY EVIL PIE 3.. Make THE PIE 4.. HIDE the PIE 5.. Mine, MINE, ALL MINE! 6.. Think about maybe sharing a very tiny piece...maybe...then again maybe NOT! 7.. Thank David again for the Recipe! THANKS DAVID! Have a great weekend everyone Ysandra 1.. Dear Friends, I made this tonight and it's absolutely scrumptious. Thought you might like it for your files. Love David in Ballarat Lemon Meringue Pie #1 From Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union of Victoria Cookbook 1948 (with alterations by David Collyer to make it larger) Ingredients: - - A big ½ lb puff pastry or short crust - 2 lemons - 2 tablespoons butter - about 12 tablespoons water - 6 tablespoons sugar - 2 tablespoons cornflour - 3 eggs - 3 tablespoons castor sugar Method: - - (David's tip) Leave out the pastry and make more filling - - in a saucepan on low heat, melt butter - add the water - add the juice of the 2 lemons - instead of grating the rind, take a large chopping knife and very finely chop ALL the rest of one lemon (remove central bit and seeds only). Add this to saucepan. - Separate yolks from whites of the 3 eggs, setting whites aside for now. - When contents of saucepan are getting pretty hot, add: o Sugar o Well-beaten YOLKS of eggs o The cornflour which has been mixed with a little water in a mug - - Stir constantly while you bring this mess to the boil and it thickens. Give it a further minute or so on a low simmer, stirring all the while, then remove from heat and set aside. Cooking: - - Line a greased pie dish with the pastry - Pour in lemon mixture - Bake in a moderate oven till pastry is cooked Meringue: - - (David's tip) Use plain raw sugar and whip a little longer. That way you get a few crunchies in the meringue - - Ensure that your mixing bowl and beaters are absolutely spotless and bone dry - Whip the 3 egg whites to a frenzy! That is, till stiff and glossy and you can make mountains on top. - Add one tablespoon of castor sugar at a time whipping in between to dissolve each one. - After third tablespoon of sugar, whip a bit more and mixture should stiffen further. - Remove pie from oven and spread meringue on top, making sure there are plenty of mountain peaks. - Return to a much cooler oven and bake until meringue is a golden brown. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
