[lace-chat] True or false
Ruth wrote: I've just heard on our radio station here in Australia that both the Daily Telegraph and the BBC are reporting that Britain is about to get a law forbidding cruelty to worms, slugs and snails! A fine of 25,000 pounds, and up to 12 months gaol is promised for those caught causing cruelty to these sorts of garden pests!!! It's true - sort of. A new animal cruelty law has been drafted, and as it stands we could be prosecuted for cruelty to worms, slugs and snails because they haven't been excluded. But the bill is in it's draft stage, and the final one will be more detailed so that nonsense can be weeded out. It's a complicated issue because, for instance, we can at the moment be prosecuted for cruelty to hedgehogs - is a person guilty of cruelty to a hedgehog if he puts down pellets to kill slugs and a poisoned slug is eaten by the hedgehog which then also dies from poisoning? We are supposed to be a nation of animal lovers, but when you hear that over the weekend the body of a pet cat was found (and I do mean the body) which had been killed by someone chopping off its head and tail, then we need animal cruelty laws. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/11/nslug11.xml; sSheet=/portal/2004/07/11/ixportal.html Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] True or false
Jean in Poole wrote:- . . . we need animal cruelty laws (for reasons given). We also need them because it is a way to catch career criminals early. It is becoming widely recognised that animal cruelty is frequently the first step on the way to far worse crimes against children and adults. So please, always report such things: don't just walk away in exasperation because it's only an animal. Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., who is leaving on Thursday to visit her sister, a retired forensic scientist). To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] makers of lace
Bev Walker wrote: Without editors, writers are nothing but makers of lace Having got over my surprise, I pondered on it for a while then decided that maybe to a non-lacemaker this remark couly insulting to lacemakers. Insulting as we think of it but perhaps not so in the class sense - makers of lace not begin particularly highly paid, nor particularly in charge of their craft (that is to say someone else did the designing, and it would seem the collecting and paying) - supposing the author was considering 'makers of lace' as 'writers' - gainfully occupied I thought she meant that writers are nothing but makers of fluff, or froth, in the sense that lace is full of air and not useful, so a writer without an editor would only be writing a lot of nonsense. Anyone else thought the same? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, very relieved to find a lace and lace-chat digests in her mailbox after the shock of going back to work on monday and finding...none!! I thought our security system had thrown them out as spam...Aaargh!! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] secret pal thanks
dear Secret Pal from Italy, I started work at 12.30 noon today, so was stuill at home when the postman brought your parcel. What luck!! I was able to open it immediately and have one of thopse delicious almond biscuit for lunch. Thank you! I love the box and its green tartan, quite an unusual colour. I don't think the green thread you sent would go with that, but I love that bright green and will certainly use it to make some lace. I've already made several green pieces of lace, including my Lacemakers Census bit, which is green and gold according to the official colours of Australia. I've got to make several bookmarks or little doylies for Christmas, so it will be just the right colour. I also like the pair of bobbins, thank you, I don't have any of those Spanish bobbins. But Spanish bobbins???You seem to be very cosmopolitan!! Idrija lace patterns, Spanish bobbins, English threadI wonder who you are! I was intrigued to hear about your plans to come to Australia. Are you emigrating, or just coming for a holiday? Where do you think you will settle? You will let me know of course if you come to Melbourne!! or even somewhere else, we have lacemakers in every State who will be happy to welcome you. Looking forward to your next parcel and news, Your delighted secret pal (the not secret part :-)) Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
