[lace-chat] Beeton's
It's available for free here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15147 At 10:10 PM 02/25/2006 -0500, you wrote: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:38:22 -0800 (PST) From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace-chat] ebay ? - --- Melinda Weasenforth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just a > question, this item is on ebay, but the person says > that there is not shipping > and handling because after she receives the money > she will email a copy to the > winner, is that legal? its ebay item #8261102086. Yes, it's probably legal. The material is older than 1923. It is most likely no longer under copyright. The cost is very low. You can buy it from her, or you can search out a copy, scan it into your computer page by page for yourself. Your cost and time for doing this would be much more than the $4 price on the email copy. When a person gets this long email, it can be saved to CD if preferred. Since it's not shipped, there would be no shipping cost. This is just a modern version of the photocopied books and articles offered on eBay. Alice in Oregon -- PNW Conference registration starts March 1 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Laws of the Natural Universe
Either I've seen this one before, or else it's all so true I *think* I had... :) PS I have no idea who Brown , Oliver and Wilson might be (the last 3) From: R.P. Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee. Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Law of probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. Law of the Telephone: When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal. Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire. Variation Law: If you change lanes (traffic lanes), the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now (works every time). Bath Theorem: When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings. Law of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. Law of the Result: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will. Law of Biomechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach. Theatre Rule: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last. Law of Coffee: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold. Murphy's Law of Lockers: If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers. Law of Dirty Rugs/Carpets: The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug. Law of Location: No matter where you go, there you are. Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about. Brown's Law: If the shoe fits, it's really ugly. Oliver's Law: A closed mouth gathers no feet. Wilson's Law: As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it. -- 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] Beeton's Book of Needlework
http://www.biblio.com/ This lister of used bookstores has several copies of the facsimile available, the least expensive from a seller in U.K. for 3.5 pounds. They also list several originals, one from a U.S. seller for $250, and one from a UK seller for 85 pounds. They also had some Canadian sellers. Cherry Chesapeake, Va USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Current UK definition of "minging"
Can anyone tell me what the current UK definition of the word "minging" is? I thought it used to mean "unclean, smelly" and then "ugly", but a recent use of it doesn't seem to fit either. Natural brunette Jade Goody, winner of "Big Brother" (never seen it) some time ago, well-known for her "intelligence" - examples: "Is East Anglia abroad?" "Dick Cheyney can't have been shooting quail. You can't shoot quail. I've been hunting and we were told we could only shoot ferrets when they were in season and rabbits." (For ferrets, read pheasants.) Last week: "Why would anyone be talking about the Olympics - they're not on now. They're going to be in this country, but I don't know when." In one of the weekday "Dancing on Ice" programmes, she was asked who her favourite judge on the programme was. She replied "That minging one. What's his name? Jason. He really cracks me up.The things he says! And he keeps a straight face - he means them. I roll around on the floor laughing." The Jason in question is (apparently, although I've never heard of him) a dancer who's been in a couple of stage musicals, and has likened two of the women to dogs, told one of them (double Olympic gold medalist athlete Kelly Holmes) that she looks like a man in drag, one that she needs to lay off the botox and looks like a giraffe having sex, one of the men that his expression was that of a dirty old man .. none of it to do with their skating performance. The man is making personal, offensive comments and might be obnoxious and egotistic, but isn't ugly (although not my cup of tea, and before anyone says it, yes, I know he's gay) and probably doesn't smell. So how is he "minging"? I can't keep up with that way youngsters redefine words for ther own use. Jean in Poole, Somerset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] ebay? Mrs Beeton
Lynn wrote about Item number 8261102086 - BEETON'S BOOK OF NEEDLEWORK -- TATTING on ebay not shipping and handling because after she receives the money she will email a copy to the winner, is that legal?> The original book appears to have 11 parts - tatting, crochet, knitting, neting embroidery, point lave, guipure d'art, Berlin work, monograms, initials and names, and pillow laces and lace stitches. I have a copy published by Chancellor Press in 1986, which has no copyright information as we normally expect to see it. In it's place is: Beeton's Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. This facsimile edition published in Great Britain in 1986 by Chancellor Press 59 Grosvenor Street London W1 All rights reserved ISBN 1 85152 023 6 Printed in Czechoslovakia 50617 I read this as Ward, Lock and Tyler have the rights to their edition, so no copies can be made of it. Copies can be made of the original published in 1870. So it would depend on which edition the seller has copied as to whether it is illegal or not. The picture in the description looks like a modern cover to me, so I'd be wary. The later (properly bound) editions come up for sale quite cheaply and fairly frequently on ebay, and the original occasionally, but that sells for (what I consider to be) a high price. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
