[lace-chat] RE: [lace] photos
The broccoli lion is actually a broccoli poodle. The tomato dog dish with dog food in it (not sure what they used to fake the dog food) is a dead give away and I have a standard poodle and recognised it as such immediately. Great food carvings!! Thanks for sharing...I am going to send this to lace-chat where it won't get in trouble!! -Original Message- From: Lorelei Halley Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:14 PM To: l...@arachne.com Subject: [lace] photos I know this isn't lace, but you might get a laugh. Sydney opera house in watermelon, and a broccoli lion. http://www.pinterest.com/trinicherry72/food-art/ Lorelei To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace-chat] Extreme Knitting
I made sure the whole thing was put in but all I got was a blank page... Cearbhael -Original Message- From: owner-lace-c...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-lace-c...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Sue Duckles Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 3:21 AM To: Chat Chat Subject: [lace-chat] Extreme Knitting Now this is what I call extreme!!! http://compattoyarnsalon.typepad.com/storeblog/2010/02/youtube---rachel-john - extreme-knitting-1000-strand-knit.html It was found on another group and I thought I'd share! To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace-chat] Borrowers???
I am always having something take legs so to speak and then suddenly appear out of the blue in the same place I originally checked for it and couldn't find it. VERY old house so yeah could be the ghosts of my grandparents, great grandparents or even my mum...maybe just to let me know they are paying attention? Always found it rather odd since when it is FOUND it is blatantly obvious and you could never have accidently missed seeing it the first time. My son says gremlins I sort of like your husband's version...that is very likely...I love physics and I would say it sort of popped into another dimension then back again. There are theories out there by some very learned physics professors that it could very well be...in fact we may be popping in and out of this Universe off and on too. Sure would explain a few things. Cearbhael - Original Message - From: Sue Duckles s...@duckles.co.uk Afternoon all Now does anyone have any idea what the Borrowers were using my pricking card and blue film for?? .. My DH says that it 'just popped out of existence' yesterday think he's been watching too much sci-fi I much prefer the puzzle of what the borrowers were using it for To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace-chat] I won
ROFLMAO...sigh don't you hate those!!! I get some that tell me I have millions in a bank in Africa...all I need to do is send money...lots of money Cearbhael -Original Message- From: owner-lace-c...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-lace-c...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Agnes Boddington Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:03 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] I won Just won in some French lottery. Just need to open the attachement, confirm my details and have my PC destroyed from the inside out. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Snow is slowly melting, but pump in pond still solidly frozen. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace-chat] No Knead Bread Recipe
Oh my those recipes sound good. I was scrolling down and hoping there was a recipe for traditional cornish pasties...but sigh ALAS...none... Anyone out there have any GOOD cornish pasties recipes? Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Duckles Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:29 AM To: Janice Blair Cc: lace-chat Subject: Re: [lace-chat] No Knead Bread Recipe Devon Splits AND Cornish Pasties now you're really making me hungry!!! I adore them both! (but only good pasties) I'll have to 'have a go' at these recipes!! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Locomotive
Oh I love locomotives...I have miniature ones that run on miniature tracks...mine are collectables since they were made when I was a child (and I am NOT young) Mostly Lionel, but I do have have my Grandfather's American Flyer. I am not sure what gauge that is but the Lionel is 027. I want the Lionel's Hogwart's Express Train set that is now currently for sale. It is just sooo cool and I am a terrible Harry Potter fan. Cearbhael Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK wrote: To me locomotive is the romantic steam train, which brings back memories of childhood family outings. The electric and diesel ones are just boring 'engines' which just transport me from place to place. 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] Re: lace-chat-digest V2007 #92
Oh hee hee hee...I would...especially if it was bubbly...(better than having no bubbly at all!!!) I mean it IS a holiday... ;o)) Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:03 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2007 #92 No, Jen in Melbourne, I was not referring to a 750ml bottle but to a 250 ml (or 2 glass bottle) similar to those served on planes and designed for consumption by one (or individual) person. These are readily available in supermarkets in the UK with a small selection of white, red or sparkling wines and are ideal for the person celebrating Christmas alone; enough to be festive but a long way short of being thoroughly intoxicated. I don't wish to have anyone., wherever in the world, to think I would drink a large bottle of wine alone. 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Re: Left or right brain?male or female brain?
Ok...went back to that site and it has everything saved...(it remembered me) and I am .50 female. (normal normal normal and very average) Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of H. Muth Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 12:37 PM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Left or right brain?male or female brain? Hello all, I came in exactly in the middle. Exactly! This doesn't surprise me as I've always scored high on the traditionally 'male' quizzes - geometry, spacial acuity, etc., but I am definitely a woman. Heather Abbotsford, BC Nice, sunny fall day. At 08:48 AM 13/10/2007 +, Barron wrote: I came in at 50 towards female jenny barron NE Scotland 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] Rhubarb cake
Oh THANKYOU!!! I have my rhubarb just coming up and my brain goes towards what to do with it!! Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Bill Mitchell Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:09 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] Rhubarb cake Every spring when the rhubarb is plentiful I have to make this easy cake: 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup butter or margerine 1 egg 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 cups raw rhubarb diced small Mix ingredients together in the order given, and pour batter into 9 x 12 greased pan. Topping: 1/3 cup white sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup coconut 2 tablespoons butter melted nuts optional Combine ingredients and sprinkle over batter. Bake at 325 F for 40 minutes Even without the topping, it's wonderful. I put the nuts in the batter. And it keeps well, too! 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] Quiz
Haa haa...I got 75% and again I plead the 5th...or at least plead encroaching old age!! I am sure I would have done much better in the 5th grade LOL!! Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:16 AM To: Chat Subject: [lace-chat] Quiz Having got 6 questions about the USA wrong (not surprising) I scored 60%, which, taking that into account, I didn't think was bad. Wonder how many of those living in the US would have got them right if those 6 questions had been about the UK. 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Re: Archaic Saying
Remove the ruddy and put in bloody. 'Bloody son of a bitch'. I used to use the word 'bloody' a lot as a child. My great grandfather used it a lot and I picked it up from him. I was told it was NOT a nice word and was not allowed to say it in the context I was using it. (Bloody dog, bloody cat, bloody whatever) It is a British swear word. (my greatgrandfather was half Irish and half English) the other word I was not allowed to use was 'bugger'. (I also got that one from my great grandfather) Never hear that from anyone until I started watching British shows. I am amazed how much both the terms 'bloody' and 'bugger' were used in the Harry Potter movies (by Harry's best friend Ron especially.) I am now fairly certain I know what they mean. Most Americans watching the show don't have a clue that Ron swears up a storm for a young boy. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of H. Muth Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 1:21 PM To: Chat Arachne Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: Archaic Saying Hello all, I agree with Tamara about the first part of the saying and think that the second must be ruddy son of a bitch! I've never known how 'ruddy' is an insult. I don't use any of these myself (in general, don't swear at all) but have heard them all at one time or another. Heather Abbotsford, BC A beautiful spring day. At 01:56 AM 06/04/2007 -0400, Tamara P Duvall wrote: On Apr 6, 2007, at 0:57, David in Ballarat wrote: An elderly man told of how his grandfather, a staunch Presbyterian who never swore in his life, had a saying which he used when the occasion demanded. You have to use the appropriate intonation to get the full effect, but he would curse in his loudest voice: Cheese rice, a muddy bucket of pitch Never heard this particular curse but, based on what I know -- in general -- about curses, euphemisms, etc, I'd stake my linguistic reputation g on the first part (cheese rice) being a substitute for Jesus Christ. 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] Anti-British
I am with you other short folk...I am 5'2 as well (and I am one of the taller in my family) maybe it is my English/Irish ancestory to blame...I hate not being able to reach stuff. I am very vocal and make the grocers and store personnel work very hard keeping me happy. Fortunately I live in a small town so they don't MIND going out of their way for me... Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:42 PM To: Chat Subject: [lace-chat] Anti-British Hazerl wrote: Here in Holland we find the top shelves in the supermarkets are too high for us to reach because the Dutch are on average much taller than Brits. We chuckle and say It's so anti-British I can't reach the top shelves of supermarkets here. I'm 5 ft 2 inches tall and I think supermarkets deliberately employ shelf stackers of minimum height 6 ft. Usually when I can't reach something I call to the nearest assistant Could you please get an abnormally tall assistant to get 'whatever it is' from the top shelf for me. I can't reach it because I'm of normal height, as are most of the shoppers in here. Or, if I remember to take my long-handle grab with me, I just knock the top item off the shelf (provided it isn't breakable) and pick it up off the floor. Of course, other items fall on the floor with it, and I tell the next assitant I see that there are goods on the floor which need picking up. Hearing several tins on the floor usually gets several assitants running. DH says I'm evil, but the stores don't listen to reason - We have to stack that high to get the required number displayed. - so I get back the only way I know how. 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Need a good functional wrist and thumb brace
Hi Dora, Hey I am with you. I have a wrist and hand brace but does nothing to protect my thumb. I just put up with the paina and go right ahead and do what I do. (not fixable and I am NOT going to stop using my hands.) Also as for being good enough to give good range of motion to your fingers and thumb? Haa haa...I use it and get so frustrated I end up taking it off. It is VERY clumsy. I can type with it but again not really graceful. I think if I were to keep it on more I may eventually get better at it but my patience is thin. I just go on crocheting, lacing, knitting, putering, etc. My problem is nerve damage in my hand and arm. (and tendon damage in the wrist area on top of it all) Good luck and hopefully we will BOTH get some good suggestions. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dora Smith Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 7:07 PM To: Chat Subject: [lace-chat] Need a good functional wrist and thumb brace I know there are people on this list who like to keep on using their hands, and I bet some of them have joint and tendon problems in their hands. I need a good thumb and wrist brace, for wrist and thumb tendonitis, thumb arthritis, and snapping thumb. Supporting and keeping from extremes of range of motion the wrist and base of thumb would be good enough. Brace must allow just enough range of motion in the thumb joints to type and mouse, but not let the distal joint - the thumb joint fartherst from the hand - snap. Many spica braces don't really protect that joint. I have to be able to use thumb and fingers to scoop out bird seed - all of that. Ability to ride a bike too would be just boss - but I ahve an idea that is asking too much. Brace also has to be not too bulky to type with it. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/699 - Release Date: 2/23/2007 1:26 PM 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] party time, help needed
For christmas it would be nice to mix in some pine scent. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bev Walker Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:19 PM To: Janice Blair Cc: lace-chat-digest Subject: Re: [lace-chat] party time, help needed Hi Janice Grate or peel any bar soap in a large bowl with potato peeler into 2 cups boiling water, (about a half cup of peelings). Add about a quarter cup of liquid laundry starch, whip on high with electric mixer. Add more soap peelings if not stiff enough.And create! It dries hard and looks like fresh fallen snow on my Christmas tree and the whole house smells divine. I cadged this from a craft site - personally I'd use unscented soap, I don't think the bar-soap smell goes well with food :( HTH -- bye for now Bev indoors in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) On Sun, 12 Nov 2006, Janice Blair wrote: I am having our British club party at my home, a sit down meal for about 30, luckily I don't have to make all the food, but I will need something for the table centers and I seem to remember doing a snowy scene years ago using soap powder for the snow. Does anyone remember doing that, and if so, what do you mix the powder with to make it go hard? Failing that I could use royal icing. 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] Hug video
I was so moved by it just about everyone on my contact list got it. I liked the news video about it as well. I hope the best for the band, Juan Mann and all the people who have picked up Free Hugs signs and gone downtown to their city to spread the love. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Agnes Boddington Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:30 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] Hug video Hello Pene, Thanks for the link to this video. There was an article about this in today's Times newspaper too; how the video brought fame to the hugger as well as the group playing the music. A nice story on a dark autumn day! Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK Bobbin maker - will ship worldwide. 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] A Difficult Day
Dear David, My best wishes go to you and to Barbara Doll. I have cats and can sympathise with what your going through. They are very very precious to me. (my children) I am glad that she will go on to catch more mice and birds...Amazingly animals seem to get on quite well after an amputation. I am glad she survived her encounter with your Tobacco man's vehicle. I lost a kitty to our coalman as a child, in exactly the same way. She was not so lucky...she died in my arms. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David in Ballarat Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; angela; Vivienne sobek; Kaye Aldenhoven; chris; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Raie Subject: [lace-chat] A Difficult Day Dear Friends, Today started out bright and breezy as I was expecting 2 friends of 50 years up from Melbourne for the day. However, at about midday, just prior to their arrival my tobacco man accidently ran over my dear cat Barbara Doll. At least he stopped and came back in to tell me. She had shot off under the house which is about 12 high at the front and there was I all clean and showered worming my way through 125 years of dust, broken bricks etc. to try to get to her. As I got near, she walked out the other side. I could see that her right back leg was shattered, but I could not get near her. It was pathetic watching her trying to climb a tree. Eventually my friends arrived and we caught her and got her to the Vet. After many x-rays and examinations it seems she was extremely lucky - the hip is OK. It's mainly around the ankle area which is all dislocated and smashed. The orthopod is to check the x-rays in the morning, but it looks as though we are facing amputation tomorrow afternoon. I offered to invent a prosthesis, but there are too many problems with fur etc. They said she'll cope really well and it's far easier for a cat to lose a back leg than a front one which they use so much for grooming, digging holes etc. David in Ballarat 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] Duracell batteries in the UK
Ahh...sorry to hear that. Yeah they are using a marketing ploy but there has to be a prize bigger than that out there for some lucky person. Have they been calling? I prefer Duracell to all other batteries, but never enter contests anyway. (now the lottery...that I am a sucker for) Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:32 AM To: Chat Subject: [lace-chat] Duracell batteries in the UK If anyone in the UK buys Duracell batteries, you'll find numbers inside the packs for their World Cup competition. Throw them away. You have to enter your name, address, email address, date of birth and a phone number plus the number inside you pack to see if you'e won a prize. You have. You've won a free screensaver to download! What a good way to collect details for direct marketing as junk mail and phone calls are called to make them sound acceptable. I tried with 3 numbers and entered fictitious details. All won a freen screensaver. 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] amazing uses for WD 40
Hmm...somehow that list slipped by me without me seeing it (can't imagine how) Care to repost David? Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sylvie Nguyen Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 7:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] amazing uses for WD 40 David, I've already printed out the numerous uses for WD-40, as well as forwarded the list to a few family members. My husband's supply of WD-40 is going to be depleted faster than he expects. Also enjoying the conversation related to license plates. Sylvie in very, very windy Cherry Valley, Illinois, USA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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] Treadle sewing machines
Yeah I have my grandmother's treadle Singer too. Lovely old machine with a lovely old cabinet. One owner machine and still works like a charm. I love that she took such loving care of it. It does not need repair and NOBODY touches it but me and my mother. I am very happy that they still make the pullys for the treadle too. Going to get a couple of replacement pullys as soon as possible Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:30 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] Treadle sewing machines Hi All -- I have had a couple of treadle sewing machines -- a Singer I got from my grandmother's estate, and a White that I bought at a yardsale. Anyway, I got a repairman once to come repair one of them, who claimed he was an expert on treadle machines. He offered to clean up the elaborate gold painted decorations on the head of the machine. I had an instant flash of worry, and I said I didn't want it to be damaged, but he reassured me he had done it before, and so I said okay. He took out some steel wool and some oil and started scrubbing away at it. He didn't use a lot of elbow grease, but -- needless to say, he scratched it! It was too fragile for steel wool, and it will never be the same. I was so upset that I had trusted him, against my better judgment, much to my regret -- suffice it to say, I learned my lesson. Hope maybe this word of warning might be of some advantage to someone else. Regards, Ricki Utah 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]
FW: [lace-chat] art (and horses)
Sorry sent this to Margery and didn't get it to chat. I am disputing the male testosterone for war horse theory based on the Arabian which is the horse I most understand. Please read my comments about war horses below... Cearbhael -Original Message- From: Angel Skubic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:43 AM To: 'Margery Allcock' Subject: RE: [lace-chat] art (and horses) Well, not if you look at the Arabian breed. A breed prized by the Bedouin for War Horses. The stallions were NEVER ridden into battle. Only the mares. They were bred for thousands of years as war horses. I breed Arabians now and believe you me, they still have that war horse mentality. They are alert, intelligent, quick, and very brave. My filly Jamahla, at the age of 2 thought the lash of the lung whip was a snake (or at least it reminded her of one) and she went into this stalk and kill the snake routine that used all the battle techniques that have been used for generations in war horses. If you ever watched the Lippizzan Stallions you will have seen the moves. The haute ecole moves like the Piaff, the Levage, and The Capriolle are all war or battle maneuvers, that are still practiced through dressage. I watched my 2 year old filly go through every one of these moves on her own without any training when she was stalking her pretend snake. It is still one of her favorite games and there is never any knowing what fancy battle manuever she will pull off in the process. I find her quick and natural ability to be proof that the moves are not so much learned but bred into war horses. Dressage merely refines and perfects the horses natural abilities. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Margery Allcock Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Subject: Re: [lace-chat] art (and horses) Tamara wrote: walking under the horse with my mother, we looked up and -- oh, yes! -- the horse is male . . . So is Jan III Sobieski's one :) I've never been close enough to the Poniatowski statue (was on the same website, but closer to the top), as it's not easily approachable, but I'd bet *that* horse is male also... Come to think about it... I can't remember any of the famous battle horses being female (yes, there *was* Rosinante, but she was a battlehorse only in Don Quixote's dreams g). Yet, some of them *had* to be, by the laws of nature and statistics. Is it another instance of females being unsung and discriminated against? I imagine these horses were very much like people G ... the females weren't all that warlike, so were kept at home to breed, while the males were kept entire (not gelded) and their testosterone made them usefully fierce and eager to join in the battles. BTW: statues of soldiers on horses ... did you know/is it true/can you correct my details ... if a soldier died peacefully in old age, his statue portrays him on a horse with all its four feet on the ground; if from his wounds as a result of a battle - 3 feet on the ground; if during a battle - 2 feet on the ground ... but what about the one-foot-on-the-ground horse statues? BFN, Margery. [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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Re: British Royals
YIKES...church and state being joined here in the US??? REALLY SCARY!!! Bush is the scariest guy I know. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tamara P. Duvall Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 10:00 PM To: chat Arachne Subject: [lace-chat] Re: British Royals On Feb 11, 2005, at 17:03, Margot Walker wrote: I like the separation of the political head of the country and the ceremonial head. The American presidential system combines the two, with the effect, IMHO, 'bowing and scraping' (ceremonial role) to someone who is really just a politician. Hear, hear :) Monarchy may be an obsolete institution but, when it's a *parliamentary* monarchy (like UK's), the royals are so hobbled, as to be purely ornamental (though I must say that the Danish princes are more ornamental than the British ones; those two are *yum* looking g) And, if you think it's money wasted to keep them in castles, etc, think of the stamps... Here, we celebrate every dead president willy-nilly at least once (Ronald Reagan has just surfaced; talk about wasted money), thus taking away the opportunity for other potential subjects (esp textiles g)... In UK, they plunk the - unobtrusive - Queen's profile in the corner, then go ahead and print wonderful stuff in the main body of the stamp... I'm just grateful that, unlike in UK, our head isn't permitted to be the head of the church as well as everything else (still... he's managed to shift us towards the idea of *The* church, which I don't like at all)... :) -- 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] 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 Disaster
David, Actually I have been hearing quite a bit about it, since I belong to a Plumeria group, and many of our list members are from the Philippines, Thailand, India, Sumatra, Australia, etc. I didn't see any coverage until yesterday, though I knew about it via everyone being so concerned about our members in the countries that were hit. I am told it is the west side of the islands that was hit the hardest and the water, in low lying areas, went as far inland as 2 kilometers (I am not good at metric but I figure that is about 3 of our miles). They found a ship actually 1.2 kilometers inland that was left behind. (I don't remember where this was exactly) So far all but one of our list members are accounted for. Anucha, from the Philippines, is still not heard from, but we have to consider the lack of communication at this time too. We do worry a lot. The news said last nite that the first wave went way inland, then dragged out debris (cars, buses, houses, trees) and that the debris came in again with the second wave and that caused even more damage. I think it is a terrible thing and the only place we are hearing anything is on CNN which is a 24 hour news channel. The local news and national news spend very little time on it. They have covered it so little, that my mother (who watches the news daily) was unaware until I told her about it. Of course, if it happened in this country that would be all we would be hearing about. They are having great trouble dealing with all the dead. It is hot and they are going to have disease that will be rampant and cause more deaths since they are getting little assistance in burying the bodies that are piled up everywhere. I was amazed that the news people here can't seem to figure out why people don't just get together and bury them. Obviously they are not familiar with disasters. The social infrastructures that were there, basically have collapsed, and most people are just dazed and in shock. They will wander around aimlessly waiting for someone to take charge. That is typical disaster behavior. That is why plane crashes, that have fire and survivors, lose so many that could have gotten out...they will automatically get in the aisle and wait for someone to open a door. They will wait until it is simply too late. It is the rare survivor who can keep his wits during a disaster that will act on their own free will and go through a window, or any opening they can find. (A true survivor will also not let anyone deter them from escape...even if it means going over them) It is an unfortunate fact that disaster victims will try to stop others from cutting lines or doing what they think is improper behavior. By doing so they increase the casualty list (ie...they WILL take you down with them) We had to take a survivor test once and amazingly it was me and my father who would have made it. My aunt, my mother, my two brothers were confused. My father is a take charge guy who used to do ambulance emergency calls (with car crashes) and I have also been trained for emergency medical procedures and also was a volunteer police woman and trained to help deal with disasters. We will jump right to it when something awful strikes. I can understand that without military or police guidance the masses in these stricken areas are simply lost. They have lost homes, loved ones, neighbors, etc. Expecting them to gather together to bury the dead is expecting WAY too much. I am hoping that they get some help from somewhere very soon. I am amazed that our country has not sent over any teams to aid them. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Collyer Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:19 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] the Disaster Dear Friends, I must say I've been amazed that in the past 3 days all we can find to talk about is what Santa brought us, when the world's worst ever natural disaster has just occurred in the Indian Ocean!!! Hopefully many of you have been following the news and will know that there are some 70,000 confirmed dead already. However, for those of you who are unaware of the geography of Sumatra, that whole western coast is heavily populated and the helpers have not been able to get in there yet. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the death toll does not double or even triple. The Andaman Islands too, have not been assessed yet. And who knows whether the truth will ever come out of Mianmar (Burma). Then of course around tomorrow we can expect cholera, denghy fever etc. Has anyone heard whether Sulochona is safe? I think she was going to the coast for a holiday. I'm really annoyed at the coverage we aren't getting. When 9/11 happened all programmes on TV were suspended for about 3 days. For this disaster we have to wait for hourly news bulletins on the radio. But I suppose this time we don't have to be brain washed into believing that a war might be necessary -
RE: [lace-chat] Thailand
We tracked down Stan, a fellow on our plumeria list, who lives in the Philippines via cell phone. When the disaster happened, and we started tracking down members, someone had an email from Stan. It stated that he was going to the highlands for Christmas, and had his cell phone # in it. The email was reposted and some enterprising individual called him. He was in Papua. (and safe) So any attempt to get in touch with these people by anyone who has the means is greatly appreciated by all. I only wish we had a way to contact Anucha. I am worrying a lot too obviously. I would like to hear that all the members on all our lists have been found safe and sound. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pauline Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:07 AM To: Arachne Lace; Arachne Lace Subject: [lace-chat] Thailand Dear friends, I have had some good news, my cousin a priest spending Christmas in Thailand is safe, I finally found out today, likewise a nephew who lives there, but was Home in England for Christmas, so also safe, but a couple, one a lace friend and her husband are not due home until 31st. so I have no way of knowing if they are safe, they left early December to spend Christmas in Thailand. I also received more bad news as well as the husband of a friend who died on the 23rd. close friends of mine in this country, the husband died on Christmas morning, it is always heartbreaking to hear, but more so at this time of year. I have E-mailed Sulochona to see if she is okay, but unsure if she has a laptop, I know she was taking her lace with her. As Jean Nathan said we cannot complain about the coverage of the disaster in England, SKY is on 24 hours, with phone numbers etc; for any help families may need, though the lines were over loaded initially with people also trying to find out about their holiday bookings as well, but I think they said they have got the number down to 600 calls per hour of enquiries of people, giving a separate number for holidays I assume. Also along the bottom of the screen, SKY have run text messages, from holiday makers saying they are safe, which I am sure has been a comfort to friends whom are worrying. How tragic for Lord Attenborough The film maker/director and his wife, to lose their daughter and 15 year old granddaughter, and the daughter's M.I.L, words cannot convey the sadness when half a family is lost, we can only pray for them, and for the lucky ones to have survived, and help personally financially however small, where we can, there are phone lines set up for donations already. If anyone requires the telephone number to donate by credit card it is Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC).0870 60 60 900 in the UK of course, and by E-mail it is www.dec.org.uk. Pauline in Somerset SW England 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] jingle bells all the way to the Government cash drawers(lace-chat)
My my my...leave to England to give us information that we don't even know about yet!!! My mother and I are both sitting here scratching our heads and saying what the Hell?? Of course we didn't vote for the current administration because we don't trust Bush. We don't like seeing our civil liberties being taken away one after another, etc etc. We are giving away our freedom because there are too many stupid people in this country..., too stupid to realize what they are doing (nothing like giving a warmonger carte blanche) He reminds me of Hitler... scary man. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helene Gannac Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:35 AM To: lace-chat@arachne.com Subject: [lace-chat] jingle bells all the way to the Government cash drawers(lace-chat) Jean from Poole quoted: In a chilling act more reminiscent of the now defunct Soviet Union or the Nazi regime of Adolph Hitler, the United States Congress passed legislation yesterday that requires the States to surrender their regulatory rights over driver's licenses and birth certificates to The Department of Homeland Security. ..Beginning in 2005, the Department of Homeland Security will issue new uniformity regulations to the States requiring that all Drivers Licenses and Birth Certificates meet minimal Federal Standards with regard to US citizen information, including biometric security provisions My, my, my, one can see it's Chirstmastime!! I can hear all the Government's money drawers jingling happily!!! since, of course, citizens will have to pay for all that...and false papers will be even more expensive, I'm sure, although the goverment won't see much of *that* money... helene, the froggy from Melbourne, looking forward to a staff barbecue at lunchtime tomorrow, and then four full day of leisure...well, sort of! Happy New Year to all of you. Don't forget to buy your Xmas cards and decorations for next year on December 28th, they're cheaper :-) 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Re: Black Squirrels
Tamara, Now in Minnesota we have 2 varieties, Grey (and sometimes white) which are big, and red that are small. The red squirrels are pretty much all you will ever find in Northern Minnesota. Where I live we have both. The grey are predominate but the reds are feistier. They are little scrappers and I can't imagine any grey squirrel getting the better of one despite the difference in size. We often see reds chasing the greys. Cearbhael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tamara P. Duvall Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 8:48 PM To: chat Arachne Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Black Squirrels On Oct 24, 2004, at 9:21, Webwalker (Susan in Ohio) wrote: About 20 years ago, a community of black squirrels were living about 20 miles north of here--and were prevalent. No one I knew had ever seen black squirrels before. Now there are black squirrels where I live--both black and brown. Do any of you have black squirrels, and if so, do you know if they drive out the other squirrels? The first - and only - time I ever saw black (very dark bown actually) squirrels was at the campus of the Princeton (New Jersey) Univeristy. I was entranced, and my son - who knew I had a thing about squirrels - happily pointed out to me the two other colours. There were the big and scruffy grey ones, predominant (and how! g) in Virginia, and the red darlings I used to feed in Warsaw parks as a child. There were about a third of each kind on the campus (according to my son) but the black ones had a slight edge -- people liked them best, and fed them most often. Especially since they were the smallest overall; teenagers do have some soft and sentimental spots left, and cheer for the obvious loosers :) The grey squirrels - biggest, and most commonly known to most of the U population - were getting the shortest shrift in the ooh, cute, toss it a bite stakes. So, it depends on your point of view :) On the Princeton campus, the black squirrels were living the life of Riley and, possibly, driving out the other kinds. In the wild... The grey squirrel is the biggest and the most vicious; in the areas where the red and the grey contest the territory (northern parts of US), the greys are winning; they destroy the nests of the reds, and bodily toss out the reds and their babies down to the ground. They also - if one were to judge by the fur colour - intermarry; all of our (VA) squirrels are grey, but some are greyer than others :) Some have definite golden and red streaks... It is my opinion that the black squirrels do not have the chance of a snowball in hell in the red/grey/black competition *in the wild*. They're the smallest of the 3, and the mildest. But, it's possible that they might be driving out the other two simply by the cute appeal they have to humans. Me, I'd love to see either the red ones or the black ones invade my territory; I love the grey ones by default only. But I'm told that my chances of seeing that come to pass is also comparable to the afore-mentioned snowball; the greys are pushing the reds farther and farther north, so the chances of the reds ever showing up in Virginia are nil. And the blacks have never been native in this area, so I do not expect to see them here, either... Although... Of course... One never knows... :) Gophers aren't native to Virginia; the first and only time I saw them was in Colorado, in late October of '96? - a whole valley and the mountains surrounding it seemed to be *moving*, and I was told it was gophers... Some 4-5 yrs ago, the local paper reported *a* gopher sighting - someone had brought one and let it loose. That liberated one must have been preggie,' cause they'd been sighted as road kill ever since :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush. 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] Hoodies
Rofl, Well being a Mod from the sixties, I can identify with that!!! Very important to have your teen cultural identity well established. We never hung out with any Rockers either!!! Thanks Jean for settling that for us. Cearbhael - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:02 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Hoodies 'Hoodies' was described on the radio programme I was listening to as named after the fleece tops. I collared a couple of youngsters this morning while out with the dog, and they confirmed that, here at least, they call themselves 'hoodies' because of these hooded tops to distinguish themselves from those who don't dress like that. Rather like the 'mods' and 'rockers' we had in the 60s. The kids I spoke to said they don't have a word to describe the non-hooded wearers, but that they wouldn't hang around with 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] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Accents in movies
It is common knowledge to everyone in the movie business and everyone who is a fan of Sean Connery that he plays only one character (himself) and only 1 accent (scottish and his own) but as one movie critic is quick to point out. Sean Connery is an exeption to the rule...He will always look act and sound like himself, and that is what everyone wants. It is what endears him to his fans... He went on to add that he was a great fan of his himself. Cearbhael - Original Message - From: Tonnie McBroom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Accents in movies Jean Nathan wrote: The evening TV magazine programme that we watch while eating our evening meal was discussing actor's terrible accents. A poll was made by a magazine, and number one was Sean Connery's Irish accent in the Elliott Ness movie I adore Sean Connery - but when he was in Red October - the Russian submarine 'general'(?) with the Scottish accent was a bit of a stretch. :-) But I loved the movie anyway. Tonnie Phoenix,AZ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
