[lace-chat] ebay
In the last 12 hours I've had 3 emails supposedly from ebay threatening account suspension if I don't connect to a link and send my details. In the last week I've had 5. Think I'm being targeted - not really. All have been forwarded to ebay. Recently I've also had to sign in securely, which takes an age, if I want to place a bid, even though I'm shown as already signed in. Is this happening to everyone now? Really annoying when I want to snipe, as it means I have to allow about 8 minutes to sign in and place my bid. 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] North and South
Did anyone else see North and South on BBC1 last night? As with all BBC dramas, it seems to be fairly true to the book, and the scenes of a northern weaving town seemed realistic. At times though, I almost forgot to watch the plot - my eyes were glued to the lace. Karen In Coventry waiting for the builder to arrive, and it looks as though it is going to rain so I can't even get into the garden to escape. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] ebay
At 12:23 AM 11/15/2004, you wrote: Recently I've also had to sign in securely, which takes an age, if I want to place a bid, even though I'm shown as already signed in. Is this happening to everyone now? Really annoying when I want to snipe, as it means I have to allow about 8 minutes to sign in and place my bid. Since I haven't bid on anything just recently, I can't speak to that point, but I did have to sign in to put an item on Watch. I never had to do that before. Alice in Oregon -- where two new black cats are keeping me busy. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Poland ?
I'm depending on you all for advice here - since I've already promised that
I'm sure I have a fine source of help ! My sister has been committed to
provide the information about Poland, and now finds that she has regrettably
little: I've volunteered to help her.
The situation is that she is a teacher, and the school has decided to revive
its annual "Europe Days". Now, her workload is very heavy, and has taken
her out of school a lot recently. (She's Deputy Head, doing her
'Headmistress Qualification', {whatever that is, it involves time away on
courses and such}, and the Headmaster has also had to be away, (at
interviews and things, as he's moving away). So . . . all the other staff
grabbed the easier countries in her absence.
The school has Nursery, Infant and Junior classes - children from three to
eleven years old - so nothing too complicated please. In particular, we
need pictures of famous buildings, people, (artists, scientists, and other
famous citizens), and names of famous composers and musicians would help us
to track down recordings. (So far, we've just got Marie Curie, Chopin and
the Pope.) History . . . , geography . . . , whatever ! Any other good
ideas are very welcome indeed. Oh, and we need menu suggestions for school
lunch that day.
Although the school is in England, it's nonetheless a long way from me, so
suggestions of websites would be a great help - especially ones suitable for
the older children to access by themselves. Does anyone know if this is the
sort of problem one mught put to an embassy, or is there some more
appropriate cultural office ? (And - most important - would they send free
posters ?)
We've discovered our ignorance, and we're ashamed. (Although it must be
said that countries like Italy have done a far better job at publicising
themselves.)
Please help yours sincerely,
Linda Walton,
(in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.).
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[lace-chat] Latest Posting dates
The advertised latest posting dates before Christmas from UK are: New Zealand, Australia, Middle East, Carribean, Africa Monday 6 December (airmail) USA, Canada, Japan, Eastern Europe Friday 10 December (airmail) Western Europe (airmail) Monday 13 December UK Standard Parcels Wednesday 15 December UK Second Class Saturday 18 December UK First Class Tuesday 21 December So, if you still have to finish your lace card time is getting short! I guess mail from other countries will have a similar schedule depending on distance. Brenda Paternoster in Kent England Arachne Secret pal administrator 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Poland ?
I typed "Famous Poles" into Google and came up with a long list of sites starting with: http://www.polish.org/en/frames/Old/fpa_main.html http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/distra.htm http://www.memorablequotations.com/Poland.htm http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20famous%20Poles The last seems very informative in a quick way. As to modern composers, try Henryk Gorecki. I have a wonderful cassette of Symphony no 3 Sue - Original Message - From: "Linda Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 4:01 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Poland ? I'm depending on you all for advice here - since I've already promised that I'm sure I have a fine source of help ! My sister has been committed to provide the information about Poland, and now finds that she has regrettably little: I've volunteered to help her. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace-chat] Poems/poppy
Hi everyone Janice wrote: >> Black, my child, is the colour of grief > it looked odd, > My poppy had a big green plastic center like a berry instead of the flat > black centers I was used to seeing. This is interesting - ages ago it seems, the poppies we wore for Remembrance Day had a piece of black felt int he centre, then for some reason changed to a green bit. at some point the red poppies changed from being flocked paper to flocked plastic. For this year's poppy campaign I noticed the centres are black again, of felt, and the poppy is plain red plastic. I bought mine from a wee Sparkie (what used to be a Brownie? a Girl Guide?), my DH bought one from a naval cadet. The cadet explained to us that their group can keep a percentage of the donations; the rest goes to the Legion's charities. In school we memorized "In Flanders Fields" on equal footing with the national anthem. At the national cenotaph, the Mother chosen to place a wreath had lost her son in Afghanistan two years ago (in friendly fire, ironically). It busts me up thinking about it. War is a bust, for that matter... bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.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] Poland ?
Thank you, Sue. > I typed "Famous Poles" into Google and came up with a long list of sites (snip) I didn't know you could search on a concept like that - so I've already gained something for myself from this 'good deed'. The first thing I'll do is to post on your message to my sister, then I'll have all the fun of looking at the websites for myself too. > Henryk Gorecki. I have a wonderful cassette of Symphony no 3 (snip) As I'm very ignorant about music, I don't think I've ever heard of this composer, so I can see that I've a treat in store next time I get down to our music library. Best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where the fireworks for Eid ul Fitr have already started). To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] trifles
Yes, Carol, I still make junket!! With a diabetic husband, and the need for me to have lots of milk, it seems an ideal way to cater to both needs! You also remind me of a time when I was a very, very, small girl in England - my mother went away overnight, leaving each and every meal fully catered for (including whatever she'd planned for the dessert). Dad, in a fog-haze as far as his instructions were concerned, and carried away by enthusiasm to look after us three children well, decided to make some junket. First of all, he boiled the milk... (If you've never made junket, you probably won't know that if you have the milk too hot, the junket doesn't set!) Mum, on her return home, was met by a very indignant small girl who informed her: "Daddy said: "Drink your junket"! Mummy!!!" Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Helene and Linda, All this talk of trifles - I may well not be able to continue as the drool is gumming up the keyboard. (I'm sorry - that may well be a bit more detail than you want or need, but to talk of such lovely trifles to a diabetic ) But - after all that, does anyone out there still make junket? I loved it when I was a child, and made it for my children until they - and my husband - decided that there was no way they were eating it, as they all loathed it so much! So - over the past umpteen years, junket has remained a memory, as there didn't seem much point in making it just for me ... Carol - in Suffolk, UK - still thinking of trifles and junket! - Original Message - From: "Helene Gannac" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:59 AM Subject: [lace-chat] trifles To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]
Re: [lace-chat] Junket
the junket tablets we buy here say to leave the bowls undisturbed for 15 minutes, then place in the fridgeit works! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Edith Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surely if you put junket in the fridge before it sets, it will slow down the > enzyme working, so it will retard (if not stop) the setting process? > > Edith > - Original Message - > From: "Brenda Paternoster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linda Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Lace Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 14 November 2004 20:57 > Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Junket > > > Junket is milk that has been curdled/set with rennet - the enzyme from > a cow/calf's stomach which is used in the making of most cheese. > (Synthetic rennet is used for vegetarian cheese) > > I have two old books with recipes for junket. They both say add 1 > teaspoon rennet to half pint warm milk and allow to set - takes a few > hours, probably less in a fridge. One recipe just says add sugar to > taste (whilst still warm) then serve with whipped cream. The other > says also add 2 teaspoons brandy and a pinch of cinnamon, and serve > with cream and grated nutmeg. > > The Oxford Dictionary says: > 1, noun - dish of milk curdled by rennet and sweetened and flavoured; > feast; official's tour at public expense. > 2, verb intransitive - feast, picnic. > > Brenda > > On Nov 14, 2004, at 7:06 pm, Linda Walton wrote: > > > Junket? > > > > What's "junket"? > > > > How does it relate to the verb "to junket" - as in "they've all gone out > > junketing", meaning "merry-making"? > > > > Linda Walton, > > (full of curiosity, > > in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). > > > >> > >> But - after all that, does anyone out there still make junket? I loved > > it > >> when I was a child, and made it for my children until they - and my > >> husband - decided that there was no way they were eating it, as they all > >> loathed it so much! So - over the past umpteen years, junket has > > remained > >> a memory, as there didn't seem much point in making it just for me ... > >> > >> Carol - in Suffolk, UK - still thinking of trifles and junket! > >> > > > > 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] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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]
Re: [lace-chat]junket
I member as a very young child (pre-school) trying to make junket all by myself, by taking a bowl of milk and setting it outside in the sun to warm up. I obviously knew it had to be warm, but not that it needed rennet! I must have liked junket at the time! Sue Babbs To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] thanks for the trifle.
Thanks David and all for the trifle recipes. I will be in the kitchen trying them out if you are looking for me. The email has been out for a while so I haven't been able to thank you all before now. Had DD1's engagement party on Sat night. Rain was threatening so we set up trestles inside. Managed to seat 65 inside and about 20 outside under the patio. DD's fiance's parents provided the lamb from their farm which they butchered themselves and we put it on the spit to roast. Unfortunately it stopped turning at one point and the whole thing caught fire. What a panic. But we managed to salvage the whole thing. We put the Legs in the oven to roast and then put the Lamb back on the spit. It appeared that the spit was too small to handle a whole sheep. Mark was very excited by all the presents but at 2a.m.and a little drunk was unable to work out what a fondue set was. He thought it was as good as getting 2 Christmases and he is still smiling days later. Cheers for now, Yvonne. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fw: Have a great Day!!
Subject: Have a great Day!! Did I send this to you already? I can't remember. NEW VIRUS Just got this in from a reliable source. It seems there is a virus called the "Senile Virus" that even the most advanced programs of Norton and McAfee cannot take care of it . so be warned. The virus appears to affect those of us who were born before 1960! Symptoms of the Senile Virus: 1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice. 2. Causes you to send blank e-mail. 3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person. 4. Causes you to send e-mail back to the person who sent it to you. 5. Causes you to forget to attach attachments. 6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished the e-mail. Remember??? I don't remember if I sent this one out. I don't think I did...or did you send it to me?? Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered: 1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it. 2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran. 3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart. 4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 5. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 6. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair. 7. If all is not lost, where is it? 8. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. 9. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 10. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant. 11. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few... 12. Kids in the back seat cause accidents. 13. Accidents in the back seat cause kids. 14. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 15. It's hard to make a come back when you haven't been anywhere. 16. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom. 17. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees. 18. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess? 19. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 20. It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere. 21. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. 22. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. 23. I AM UNABLE TO REMEMBER IF I HAVE MAILED THIS TO YOU OR NOT! 24. Funny, I don't remember being . . . . . absent minded... Now, I think you're supposed to send this to 5 or 6, maybe 8, maybe 10, oh, heck, just send it to a bunch of your friends if you can remember who they are. Then something is supposed to happen..I think. Maybe you get your memory back or something! I think... To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Junkets
I had forgotten all about junkets - and what about Blanc Mange - anyone had one of those recently? from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Poland ?
On Nov 15, 2004, at 8:32, Sue Babbs wrote: I typed "Famous Poles" into Google and came up with a long list of sites starting with: http://www.polish.org/en/frames/Old/fpa_main.html http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/distra.htm http://www.memorablequotations.com/Poland.htm http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20famous%20Poles Many thanks, Sue, even though I wasn't the one who asked :) I visited all of the sites, just to see how many names I'd recognize... About 1 in 4 on average, as it turned out, though only about 1 in 8 or10 in the area of science. I *knew* Poland had always been strong in maths (and, even for that, I have my geeky son to thank for ), but had no idea just *how* strong... They didn't teach us half of that stuff in school :) Though I did know about 9 of 10 names in the literature section, I'm pleased to say, and about half in arts. As to modern composers, try Henryk Gorecki. That was the only name I did *not* recognise in the music section; I'll have to ask DH about him, since he's the "music hound" in our household... :) What struck me as truly sad was the number of non-Slavic names on the various lists (and some had Slavic names, which weren't so, at birth); a lot of those people perished, in WWII, as *Jews*. They had been "assimilated", yes... Their first language was Polish, their allegiance was to Poland, where they'd lived for hundreds of years and many generations... All the same, when Hitler and his "to the fifth generation" racial laws came in, they were herded off to the gas chambers, or had to emigrate to survive. And, when I learnt about them in school after WWII, their origins were never mentioned - whether for PC reasons, or to gain as many "kudos" as possible for Poland I never knew, but it always stuck in my craw... Lest we forget... --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] trifles
Carol wrote: > All this talk of trifles - I may well not be able to continue as the > drool is gumming up the keyboard. (I'm sorry - that may well be a bit more detail than you want or need, but to talk of such lovely trifles to a diabetic > But - after all that, does anyone out there still make junket? Oh, yes, I make it from time to time. I can buy junket tablets at any supermarket, here. I don't make it often, as DH, like yours, doesn't like it. He doesn't like French creme caramel either, says there is nothing to sink his teeth into! Perhaps I could put some port or sherry in...? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who found 10cms of hail whitening my friend's garden on Saturday afternoon when I visited her. She only lives 20mns drive from me, in another Melbourne suburb!! We had only had rain. 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] This one Escaped the Pun Police
...I don't think I've seen this on chat lately... Subject: Two Brooms Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after awhile they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the bride broom. The other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely. After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom "I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!!!" "IMPOSSIBLE !!" said the groom broom. * Are you ready for this!!? * Brace yourself; this is going to hurt... * Really bad... * ! * * "WE HAVEN'T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER" (d-oh) "As we slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never go the wrong way." bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] icecream makers(lace-chat)
Hello, Nicole, I'd love to know what brand your icecream maker is. I've been toying with the idea of making my own icecream (I adore chestnut icecream, which I can only find in some places in France, and nowhere here!, but all the makers I can find make at least one litre at a time, which is a bit too much for 2 people, one of which is fairly sugar intolerant and should watch her fats!! :-) I don't know anyone who makes their own, and don't know whether it's possible to make small quantities instead of the full litre in the makers, or if you have to stick to the proportions they give. ny info on that would be welcome!! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne who is late to go home from work, reading her lace digests.. Nicole wrote: >...Speaking of ice cream, and since everything is so quiet here at the moment, I have been making the best frozen yogurt. I mix together the zest and juice of one meyer lemon (a very fragrant lemon that is more mild that the "normal" lemons, use a regular lemon if you don't have any) with yogurt (about 1 1/2 cups). I add sugar so that it is barely sweet and then I freeze it in a ice cream maker (I have a very small one that holds about 2cups of liquid). The resulting "ice cream" is quite tart and refreshing. It is best with whole milk yogurt but I have also made it with nonfat 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]
