[lace-chat] Mirror Mirror......
Mirror, mirror on the wall Do you have to tell it all? Where do you get the glaring light To make my clothes look just too tight? I think I'm fine but I can see you won't cooperate with me; The way you let the shadows play You'd think my hair was getting gray. What's that, you say? A double chin? No, that's the way the light comes in; If you persist in peering so You'll confiscate my facial glow, And then if you're not hanging straight You'll tell me next I'm gaining weight; I'm really quite upset with you For giving this distorted view; I hate you being smug and wise ~ O, look what's happened to my thighs! I warn you now, O mirrored wall, Since we're not on speaking terms at all, If I look like this in my new jeans, You'll find yourself in smithereens. Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing as gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine
My sincere thanks to everyone who replied to my original query:-
"Advice, please, on how to remove the residue from sticky labels
from a pair of melamine salt & pepper shakers. The paper has
soaked away, but the sticky gunge left behind is proving stubborn :("
The problem is now solved - I used Lynn's idea of baby oil, and it
worked a treat - BUT am keeping all the other suggestions for
future reference :)
Regards, Ann
in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K.
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[lace-chat] Lace 'At Home' - Essex/Suffolk, UK
I have been asked to post this message openly in reply as was the original message. Nicky in Suffolk ** Carol - in Suffolk UK. As the editor of Suffolk Lacemakers newsletter I would just like to point out that I am unable to include details of any event of which I have no knowledge. I am always requesting information about events to include in the SLM newsletter, because we endeavour to keep our members informed of such things. You know me, you have my address, you have sent copy to me before, you are a member of SLM and so receive a copy of our newsletter and know when it is published. It is up to you to let me know of your events in writing as is normal procedure. Your implication that I did not include your event in our newsletter is verging on slander which I do not take kindly to. Brian E Townsend Editor of Suffolk Lacemakers. Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:16:24 +0100 From: "Carol Adkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace-chat] Lace 'At Home' - Essex/Suffolk, UK Hi All, A great day was had yesterday! I hosted an 'At Home' Lacemaking Day - it was advertised in Essex Lace Makers newsletter, but unfortunately not advertised in the Suffolk Lace Makers Newsletter, so we had a lounge full of mainly Essex ladies - and my students - making lace, with a lot of gossip, and the new faces quickly became good friends! But - because we only had the Essex contingent this time, several there thought it would be a good idea to make sure that it was advertised a little more widely, so if anyone is in the UK, in the Suffolk area, between Ipswich and Colchester - or within reach of there - on June 22nd, get in touch with me, and I'll let you have directions to find the house. Although we live in a very small village (one general shop, a part-time post office, but umpteen pubs!) we are easy to reach as the A12 goes right beside the village. We met at about 10.30 am, and the last person left about 4.15 pm - they all brought their lunches, and those who had pillow stands brought them too. Coffee, tea and cakes were provided, my husband was banished to the study and the small upstairs TV room for the day - and it really was most enjoyable. The idea of the 'At Home' was, I think, formed over twenty-five years ago - it was going strong when I joined Essex Lace Makers about 1978, with ladies coming from all over the county - as well as Suffolk and a couple from Norfolk, if I remember rightly! - for a day making lace, so I was pleased to be able to revive these days. So - if anyone can manage to get to us, do let me know and I'll give you directions - we all enjoyed the day, and it would be nice to meet other local lace-makers, in a more relaxed setting, where we can make lace, chat, and get to know each other. Carol - in Suffolk UK. 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] Lace 'At Home' - Essex/Suffolk, UK
Brian, I didn't make any accusations as to why it wasn't published in Suffolk - I thought the succeeding paragraph exlained that when I started in Essex Lace, the system was already going strong, and wished to revive it. It proved to be popular, and so it was decided, by those who came, that it should perhaps be widened, which prompted the account to Arachne. And maybe you will find a similar message to the one in Essex Lace Makers newsletter, re putting the advert in the Suffolk newsletter - I can't be held responsible for the vagaries of the ether - as you say, other things have been put in the Newsletter which I have sent via eMail, and maybe the message sent to you last Wednesday is sitting there still! Or maybe not - these things happen to the eMails sometimes, in my experience anyway - but perhaps I have just been unlucky at times! I am sorry you feel aggrieved - to repeat, I was hoping to revive a practise in Essex Lace Makers about twenty-five years ago. The ladies who attended last Wednesday seemed to enjoy the day, and so the idea was to widen the circle slightly, hence the Arachne message, and the eMail to your good self. I have to say, I have read my original message below, and feel that the second paragraph explains the reason that it was mainly Essex ladies there, as well as my class members - perhaps if you read it more carefully, you would agree. Carol - in Suffolk UK Subject: [lace-chat] Lace 'At Home' - Essex/Suffolk, UK > > Your implication that I did not include your event in our newsletter is > verging on slander which I do not take kindly to. > > Brian E Townsend > Editor of Suffolk Lacemakers. > > > The idea of the 'At Home' was, I think, formed over twenty-five years > > ago - it > > was going strong when I joined Essex Lace Makers about 1978, with ladies > > coming from all over the county - as well as Suffolk and a couple from > > Norfolk, if I remember rightly! - for a day making lace, so I was pleased > > to > > be able to revive these days. So - if anyone can manage to get to us, do > > let > > me know and I'll give you directions > 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]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: blonde male
While I do not think one has to be a blonde to be stupid and vice-versa (I used to have more grey-cells than the current two, when I was *was* a blonde), I admit to certain... Disaffection? Ennui? with the dim-witted blond *female* paradigm, so a dim-witted blond *male* makes a bit of a change. Still... The old Polish dim-witted *cop* jokes beat all the blonde ones by a mile, IMO :) From: A.N. A blonde guy gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting. "What's up?" he says. "I'm having a heart attack," cries the woman. He rushes downstairs to grab the phone, but just as he's dialing, his 4-year-old son comes up and says "Daddy! Daddy! Uncle Ted's hiding in your closet and he's got no clothes on!" The guy slams the phone down and storms upstairs into the bedroom, past his screaming wife, and rips open the wardrobe door. Sure enough, there is his brother, totally naked, cowering on the closet floor. "You rotten SOB," says the husband, "my wife's having a heart attack and you're running around naked scaring the kids!" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ 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]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Another Blonde Joke
OK, so I don't like blonde=dummy jokes all that much... But, when it's *funny*, I can't resist it :) From: L.F. My wife, who is blonde, came running up to me in the driveway, the other day, just jumping for joy! I didn't know why she was jumping for joy but I thought, what the heck and I starting jumping up and down along with her. When she said, "Honey, I have some really great news for you!" I said, "Great. Tell me what you're so happy about." She stopped jumping and was breathing heavily from all the jumping up and down, when she told me that she was pregnant! I was ecstatic! We had been trying for a while, so I grabbed her and kissed her on the lips and told her, "That's great! I couldn't be happier!" Then, she said "Oh, honey, there's more." "I asked, "What do you mean 'more'?" She said, "Well, we are not having just one baby. We are going to have TWINS!" Amazed at how she could know so soon after getting pregnant, I asked her how she knew. She said, "Well, that was the easy part. I went to Wal-Mart and bought the twin-pack home pregnancy test kit and both tests came out positive!" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ 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]
