Re: [lace-chat] Help please
Tamara.I was going to send you a message anyway about postage. The Royal Mail is proposing changing its way of charging for post, moving from charging by weight only to charging by size *and* weight. This has horrified mail order firms with at least one, a film developing service, reckoning it will go out of business as thits strenght is cheap processing witn minimum postal costs. I imagine this will also affect magazine subscriptions. 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Help please
Tamara I'm sending this to you and cc'd to chat. Hope you get them both. We should be getting broadband here at the end of the mont, and much as want it I'm not looking forward to the changeover! On 3 May 2004, at 23:46, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Gentle Spiders, Can someone do me a favour, please, and send me a message? After a long debate with myself, I decided to give Postini (the spam filter available from my ISP) a second chance --I'd signed up for it a couple years ago and gave up, in disgust, after 3 days, but have been told it's improved now. Hah! Came back home to 6 messages -- 3 in the private box (one telling me that I now have the new added service. Service!) and 3 on lace. Nothing at all on chat. Yet Alice tells me (one of the 3 message in the private box) there's been a flood of messages on lace... So, I think, OK, Positini is holding them all, thinking they're either spam or virus or something. I go to Postini -- your box is empty it says... No messages in my account -- none in Postini's holding pen, none on my account at the ISP, none (beyond those 6, all sent out before noon) on my puter... it's so frustrating, I could *spit*. Bad enough that I don't get to see my own mesages on the list; now I don't get to see anyone else's... I just hope I hadn't got unsubscribed as well, for some reason, and this message reaches y'all... So, please, please send something; for once, I won't mind there being too many :) Pox on all technology... - 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] Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Reminder
Just to remind you: Today is Star Wars Day - May The 4th Be With You [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Cross stitch Alphabets
http://yarntree.com/036alpht.htm http://yarntree.com/035alph.htm http://www.freepatternsonline.com/chart/alphabets.htm The last address has quite a few alphabets on it. There's lots available out there. I love the internet! Heather Rainy Abbotsford, BC At 04:40 PM 03/05/2004 -0700, John OConnor wrote: Dear Lacers, This plea for help is off lace topic but I sure do hope someone comes to the rescue. I need an alphabet and numerals in cross stitch. Particularly an A, L, M, Y and in numerals - 2,0, and 4. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] connection woes
Hi all If it helps anyone, yesterday was a poor day for connecting on-line for a lot of servers. Maybe to do with the current virus fright. When I could get on, the downloading was slow, and some sites weren't accessible either. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~wt912 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace-chat] SW reminder
I want my SW 3-disc set right now! LOL - I remembered that Ep. I had been released on this date -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] It could only happen in the UK
Actually I only remember about 2 people being in line and it was just business as usual. When I got to the front of the line, I didn't know to expect anything other than a $10 bill for my $10 withdrawal, so I guess we did have ordinary queueing, but no special rules. Lisa in Dallas Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 19:51:22 +0100 From: Jean Nathan Subject: [lace-chat] It could only happen in the UK Lisa wrote: No, it can happen anywhere. This happened to me 20 years ago in Minnesota when I was in college. The ATM just off campus had been mistakenly stocked with $20 bills in the $10 slot. I didn't mean cash machines giving the wrong notes, which could happen anywhere, but the queueing and agreeing rules. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Connection woes
Don't know if the ISPs are being extra cautious because of this latest virus. A few weeks ago Freeserve (now Wanadoo) was slow due to extra vigilant filtering in their system. The current Sasser virus isn't spread by email, but through the internet. Here, the Maritime and Coastguard agency computer system is down due to this virus and they're having to take emergency calls with pen and paper rather than rely on their electronic mapping and charting system. They say they're still operational, but, as someone who doesn't like the sea at the best of times, I wouldn't like to go out into the English channel which is like a motorway (freeway) in the rush hour with boats and ships of all sizes passing through, but also with others, particularly small craft and car ferries betweeen England and the continent crossing them. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
Larry, the Wedding dress guy now has his own web site: http://www.weddingdressguy.com/ there's a link from it to his band website as well. A lot of it's still under construction, But there's a picture of him, without his face covered, wearing the dress on the 'About me' page: http://www.weddingdressguy.com/aboutme.html Don't know whether he'd have got more or fewer (less?) bids if he hadn't covered his face! :-D Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
Yes, but did he sell the dress? It was up to $25K last time I looked. Or maybe now that he's all famous and stuff he'll keep it! :- Vasna Larry, the Wedding dress guy now has his own web site: http://www.weddingdressguy.com/ there's a link from it to his band website as well. A lot of it's still under construction, But there's a picture of him, without his face covered, wearing the dress on the 'About me' page: http://www.weddingdressguy.com/aboutme.html Don't know whether he'd have got more or fewer (less?) bids if he hadn't covered his face! :-D Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vasna Zago If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
At 11:25 AM 5/4/2004, you wrote: Yes, but did he sell the dress? It was up to $25K last time I looked. Or maybe now that he's all famous and stuff he'll keep it! :- Vasna Yes, it sold for a little over $3000. I knew there was a problem with the bidding when I looked at it, and the amount was $99,999.00, G They must have gotten the problem fixed. Our local TV news had a field day with this auction. Alice To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] alphabet help
What a wonderful group we have on arachne!! Thank you one and all for all the alphabets. I had no idea there were so many choices of styles. Thanks especially Judy, Jean, Heather and Clay! Jane O'Connor New Lenox, IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: Re: Fwd: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
I kind of wondered about the bidding, too. But, I saw a tatting shuttle once have a bid on it of $2500, which I thought was an error, but what do I know? :- Vasna, in warm Boulder, Colorado At 11:25 AM 5/4/2004, you wrote: Yes, but did he sell the dress? It was up to $25K last time I looked. Or maybe now that he's all famous and stuff he'll keep it! :- Vasna Yes, it sold for a little over $3000. I knew there was a problem with the bidding when I looked at it, and the amount was $99,999.00, G They must have gotten the problem fixed. Our local TV news had a field day with this auction. Alice Vasna Zago If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
Hi Jean and All, Well I was really out of the loop on this one. Thanks for bringing me up to speed. How funny! Jane in Vermont, USA where the bright red male Cardinal came and sat in the hanging plant on the porch! He was a picture next to the lavender flowers. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Larry, the Wedding dress guy now has his own web site: http://www.weddingdressguy.com/ there's a link from it to his band websiteas well. A lot of it's still under construction, But there's a picture of him, without his face covered, wearing the dress on the 'About me' page: http://www.weddingdressguy.com/aboutme.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
Who is Larry the wedding dress guy? All previous references to him seem to have passed me by. Why is he wearing a wedding dress? 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]
Re: [lace-chat] The continuing tale of woe
On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:40:50 -0400, Tamara wrote: Curioser and curioser... Had a phone call from Alice (thanks again, Alice, for taking the trouble) telling me that a message she tried to send to me *last night* was rejected -- can't connect to @rockbridge.net -- which seemed to suggest trouble at my ISP rather than at Postini or at my own 'puter. And, when I was there earlier today, the young lady who added the Postini to my account confirmed that in a way, when she said the puter was sluggish today. But... If my ISP is having problems, how come *my* messages go through OK? Actually, for those who know anything about email systems, not at all curious and entirely to be expected. From an ISP's point of view, outbound and inbound email have little in common. They have different storage requirements, often use different technologies and many users connect to outbound mail less often and for a shorter time. So it makes good sense to keep the two systems separate, on different machines. This has the added advantage that for users a problem will usually only impact either inbound or outbound mail. Would you really rather they were handled together so that a problem with mail in one direction impacts the other? -- I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out. - Dennis Diderot Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
At 02:32 PM 5/4/2004, you wrote: Who is Larry the wedding dress guy? All previous references to him seem to have passed me by. Why is he wearing a wedding dress? Larry is a recently divorced guy who was left with his ex's wedding dress instead of the ring. Instead of throwing it away, he decided to sell it on eBay. Since it was backless and sleeveless, it would not display on a hanger and he had no person to model it, so he modeled it himself -- with his face blanked out. He put an explanation 10 yards long on it -- and kept updating it as the days went by. He claims to have received 5 marriage proposals among all the responses. It was worth a laugh to read his story -- maybe he should be a writer. Anyway, the whole thing attracted so much attention that he was invited to appear on talk shows, and was even part of our local TV news. You can see the pictures and read the commentary from the eBay auction on his web site. http://www.weddingdressguy.com/aboutme.html His auction received over 1 million 'hits', and I just noticed that his website has had over 28,000 hits right now. He's become famous over this. And the dress sold for about 3 times it's original price. If you want a laugh, look up the stie and have a read. Alice in Oregon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] St. George's Day
I always wondered why it was not celebrated when I lived in England apart from the odd person wearing a rose in their lapel. My children started their education in Wales where my daughter had to wear Welsh costume, my son could wear any costume and often went as a cowboy, at school on St. Davids day. He wore a leek as a boutonniere. They also only went for school in the morning, wonder if that is still the practice. Living over here I tend to forget about St. George's day but you can bet if I had the appropriate flag I would fly it. I often fly the union jack when my British club is meeting at my home. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA Where the heavy frost yesterday put paid to all my flowers including the magnolia which had only just started to open this week. :-( To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: The continuing tale of woe
On May 4, 2004, at 17:58, Steph Peters wrote: Would you really rather they were handled together so that a problem with mail in one direction impacts the other? No ma'm; that I would not. Had slow outgoing mail the night before though -- about the same the problem started (according to Alice) -- so I guess the separation isn't as watertight as all that. At least at out little, local, ISP... Anyway, the woes are over, it seems :) Thanks very much to everyone who wrote to me last night -- I got all those messages today. Messages started coming in late last night, as a matter of fact, but only the current ones; the backlogged ones came later. Particular thanks to Heather (Mouth) who both forwarded a bunch of lace and lace-chat messages (some of which reached me today both as a forward and as messages directly from the lists) *and* telephoned -- all the way from Brit. Columbia -- this morning... You ladies are *the greatest* friends anyone could wish for. And the 50-50, up-and-down aspect of living in a small town and having a small, local, ISP... They close at 19:00 (and all day Sat and Sun) -- parochial hours, which is a downside. But they called this morning, bright and early (curse 'em g) to thank me for calling and alerting them to the problem (I left a message on their voice mail. I *hate* voice mail), and to tell me that we were now back in business; they checked my box, and it was filling up nicely... :) Sorry for the inconvenience, hope it wasn't too bad, do I want a discount for the lost day? Which I didn't, not having incurred any financial losses over the problem and seeing as it wasn't their fault. - 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: All that glitters?
This is not a sparkling new one (though, on second thoughts... Not new, perhaps, but g), but I'm *sooo* relieved to have my toy (e-mail) back in working order, that I'm ready to giggle at anything :) *Many* of you lace-chatters have responded to my please send a message, any message at all, several with real messages (ie more than just confirmation of receipt/commiserations). But *only one* (so far; backlog is still coming in) responded with a joke which I could share on resurrection... Some friends are more equal than others, just as Orwell said :) From: M.A. I was due later in the week for an appointment with the gynaecologist. Early one morning, I received a call from the doctor's office to tell me that I had been rescheduled for that morning at 9:30am. I had only just packed everyone off to work and school and it was already around 8:45 am. The trip to his office took about 35 minutes, so I didn't have any time to spare. As most women do, I like to take a little extra effort over hygiene when making such visits, but this time I wasn't going to be able to make the full effort. So I rushed upstairs, threw off my pyjamas, wet the washcloth that was sitting next to the sink, and gave myself a quick wash in that area to make sure I was at least presentable. I threw the washcloth in the clothes basket, donned some clothes, hopped in the car and raced to my appointment. I was in the waiting room for only a few minutes when I was called in. Knowing the procedure, as I'm sure you do, I hopped up on the table, looked over at the other side of the room and pretended that I was in Paris or some other place a million miles away. I was a little surprised when the doctor said, My, we have made an extra effort this morning, haven't we? I didn't respond. After the appointment, I heaved a sigh of relief and went home. The rest of the day was normal ... some shopping, cleaning, cooking, etc. After school, when my six year old daughter was playing, she called out from the bathroom, Mommy, where's my washcloth? I told her to get another one from the cupboard. She replied, No, I need the one that was here by the sink. It had all my glitter and sparkles in it. - 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Wedding dress guy
But you have to take his story with a box of salt. Here's an interview with him: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001915316_brodeur29m.html A - Original Message - It was worth a laugh to read his story -- maybe he should be a writer. Anyway, the whole thing attracted so much attention that he was invited to appear on talk shows, and was even part of our local TV news. You can see the pictures and read the commentary from the eBay auction on his web site. http://www.weddingdressguy.com/aboutme.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
