Clay
That's the UK's version of the Horror Kit!
Somehow you are supposed to attach the flimsy polystyrene roller to the
packaging box in order to use it as a roller pillow. Virtually
impossible for an experienced lacemaker to use so what hope would a
beginner have?
Brenda
On 3 Apr 2005, at
Sorry to post this to the list;
Will Joan Whitfield please contact me off list
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more than the original quote :-(
I knew from the size of Addendum2 that it would be over 1000 threads
but it's actually 1,150 and runs to 96 pages.
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. Anything you like will probably be liked by your
Secret
Pal.
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Hello Ann
I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. Our labrador is getting on in
years - he'll be 11 next week and is a bit arthritic now, but when the
time comes I know Terry will be heartbroken. That's why we've recently
got a new puppy.
There are a couple of pictures at
and in the final package
maybe
a photo of yourself. Anything you like will probably be liked by your
Secret
Pal.
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there, but
I (usually) only work Wednesdays and Fridays so if anyone using a
problem ISP contacts me there could be a delay in sending any reply.
Cindy: you are included in the new round of Secret pals.
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Well, the good news is that I can now post to AOL etc again.
On 20 Jun 2005, at 01:58, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
Yesterday (or maybe the day before?) your message (to lace) - about
Edition 3 of Threads for Lace - got stopped by my ISP, and I had to go
to their website to retrieve it. It's the
Shell wrote:
Can anyone tell me the cheapest way to travel in the UK?
and my immediate response was walking!
but Jean replied first!
Walking
Roller skates
Cycling
Buses with special day tickets
Trains if you can be the very first person to book a ticket on a
particular journey,
On 26 Jun 2005, at 17:00, Malvary J Cole wrote:
We also found my mum's Lace Guild Pin which is green, rather than the
blue which Jacquie has. Does anyone know how long the green ones were
made? I think there have been a couple of different designs, but
mum's one is the only green one we
to
email. So please will everyone doing secret pals post their thank you
messages ASAP. It would be nice if all the thank-you messages have
arrived before I go away.
I will still monitor the messages and make enquiries if anyone doesn't
post, but there will be some delay in my doing this.
Brenda
On 24 Jul 2005, at 02:00, Joy Beeson wrote:
Here's a tip for those of you without a Web site:
Yahoo is still providing this service, and the files allotment
is more generous than ever. You could create a whole site
on your own computer and then upload it to the files area.
AFAIK a website on
On 13 Aug 2005, at 05:02, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
My understanding has always been that they're one and the same -
with Viking being made for the European market, and Bernina for the
US one.
Not likely - Vikings are Swedish, Berninas are Italian.
The Viking my Mother had (in the 60ties)
have not yet acknowledged your August package. If you are one of those
will you please either post an acknowledgement message ASAP, or let me
know if you have not yet received anything for August.
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On 23 Aug 2005, at 18:36, Jane Dickinson wrote:
Have just been checking what is on BBC Radio 4 tonight to keep me
company
while I do the ironing and see that at 23.30 (GMT) there is the
following;
No, not 23:30 GMT, it's 23:30 British Summer Time. = Wed am 00:30 GMT
Brenda
Journalist
My Book of ingredients says:
Nutmeg is the dried seed of the fruit of an evergreen tree native to
south-east Asia (Myristica fragrans). The seed has a lacy husk that we
call 'mace'. The two are similar in flavour and aroma, but nutmeg
grated is used for sweet dishes while mace is used for
I've lived in north Kent all my life and although that's not an
expression I use I knew immediately what anything to go to the snob
meant as I read your message. A snob is a shoemaker's last. My Little
Oxford dictionary only gives the 'aspiring to social elevation'
definition of snob but it
On 5 Sep 2005, at 12:30, Webwalker wrote:
a waddle of ducks
a collection of antiquers
An antique of collectors sounds better!
a gossip of old women (a goodie from the past)
A gossip was originally a woman who sat with another woman who was in
labour(childbirth) and her task was to chat
On 8 Sep 2005, at 15:27, Jean Nathan wrote:
It's all done except for the Alliance and Leicester, so we've got to
hang about with the probate forms until they deign to get it right and
condecend to send a statement for just 200 pounds Yes I am angry.
Oh Jean it sounds horrendous, I hope
Sorry to post this to the list, but would either Hannah or Amanda Moad
please contact me privately please.
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Hello Jacquie
Have you tried View - source and then copy and paste into your own
html editor and print from that?
What's the URL and I'll have a go.
Brenda
On 11 Nov 2005, at 12:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend of mine has sent me an SOS for some computer help. Why she
thinks
I'll
Hello Anne
If it's the one on page 26 with beads added, then she means DMC Broder
Machine 30. Venne Colcoton 70/2, Brok 36/2, are the nearest 2 plies.
Amann Coats Sylko 50 - the regular cotton sewing machine thread which
is readily available from many retail outlets is the same thickness,
Not sure if number 2 would work in the UK (hitting the # key), but I
certainly do all the rest in David's email.
My best result for number (1) Hold on please, was when the caller
rang back because we'd been cut off somehow. I told her she'd tried
to waste my time, so now I was wasting hers,
Hello Tamara
Take history; it's almost always preceded by an when written.
Should I, then, say an istorical fact? Same for hotel. I know the
h is silent *in French*, but, should I say an otel reservation in
English?
And, yesterday - in an otherwise great book - I got another one: an
for a couple of months and was
wondering how
do you get on the Secret Pal list. Thank you.
Wendy G. Nielsen
Salem Oregon
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Like many others I have lots to do in the next couple of weeks and am
rapidly running out of time!
So, I am going to delay the start of the next round of Secret Pals, the
first exchange will be February instead of January and I'll post the
invitations to join at the end of the holiday season.
With less than a week to go I have finally uploaded my electronic
Christmas card to you all.
Please have a look at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/Christmas/card05.htm
Happy Christmas/holidays or whatever
Brenda
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The turquoise dress she wore for the Christmas Day message was much
more frumpy looking than the one in Rolf's portrait.
There's currently a picture from teh Christmas day broadcast and a link
to watch/listen to the whole message at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4558418.stm
Brenda
On 26 Dec
,
pictures of your lace and in the final package maybe a photo of
yourself.
Anything you like will probably be liked by your Secret Pal.
SECRET PAL ADMINISTRATOR
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time
as Secret Pal co-ordinator
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Secret Pal pairings for the next round were completed last week and
everyone has now confirmed acceptance of their new pal, so everything
is now confirmed ready for the first packages to be sent out in the
next couple of weeks.
Enjoy
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Hello Pene
Tesco.com offer 454 gm and 903 gm tins of Lyle's golden syrup and 454
gms bottles of their pouring syrup. Ocado (Waitrose on-line groceries)
offer the 454 gms tins. Whilst I doubt either would deliver to
Estonia, I would have expected it to be on the shelves of any
reasonably
Not heard that one before - I think it probably is a Norfolk saying.
Brenda
On 19 Feb 2006, at 22:28, Sue wrote:
want another one?
Bishy barny bees - ladybirds
Dont know whether this is just a Norfolk saying or whether it is the
same in
all parts of UK.
Brenda
On 22 Feb 2006, at 08:57, Erica and Ian McLeod wrote:
Could someone who is familiar with English historical children's dress
please help me? I wanting to dress a boy doll in clothes appropriate
to 19th century farm wear, and am planning to make a smock for him. I
know that he should wear
On 1 Mar 2006, at 00:43, Janice Blair wrote:
I picked up a doiley that was under a candlestick and there in the
dust was a perfect representation of the lace holes!
I've managed that one quite a few times!
When I was grouting the shower last week I thought to myself that
the Queen must
The centre is definitely tatting but could the outer part be netting?
Brenda
On 19 Mar 2006, at 02:01, Alice Howell wrote:
Opinion wanted from tatters -- look at eBay item
number 6262924319. Is this tatting? Or Armenian
knotted lace? The center looks like tatting, but I'm
not familiar with
On holiday, about 20 years ago, in the Yorkshire Dales, which is about
as near to the middle of nowhere that you can get in England. DH and I
went into the only pub/restaurant for miles around and sat at the only
vacant table, placed an order etc. Whilst we were waiting for our
meals to
I'm inclined to think that it's an afficot, smooth for burnishing and
with a hook to tease out raised parts of the lace. Malvary's
suggestion of a rug hook is possible though - for making rag rugs where
the fabric is poked through canvas rather than hooked rugs for which a
latch hook is
I bleached it dark blond in my mid teens but dark again a couple of
years later. The first grey came through at 19 and at first I dyed it
dark, but carefully keeping the silver streak at the front which I
liked. The back is still a bit darker but the front is grey/silver
whatever you want to
Initially I thought it was just part of a sewing machine, but on closer
inspection (as close as the photo will allow) I think it's a hand
controlled chain stitch device and would work in the same way as a
chain stitch machine - and initially based on hand tambouring
techniques. The photo isn't
off the list.
This is the last round I am co-ordinating; information about the next
round from the ew co-ordinator will be posted very soon. Watch this
space!
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There's a drawing of a BL mat in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer
Exhibition 2006 - (in London until 20 August) It wasn't selected for
the exhibition book and I can't now identify it from the catalogue.
White ink on a grey background. A 'torchon with tallies' edged
traycloth with drawn
On 22 Aug 2006, at 21:44, LiduinaAD wrote:
When you get married in UK, do you lose your maiden name or do you
keep it
with the name of your husband ? For example: my maiden name is
Heijblom, my
husband's name is Jaumotte and since I'm married, my name is
Jaumotte-Heijblom. Is it the same
To get financial support from the father?
Brenda
On 23 Aug 2006, at 06:39, Avital wrote:
I asked my husband, who's English, and he said, Why would anyone want
to
advertise the fact? ;-)
Avital
That's true, but historically, a double barrelled name is more likely
to have come about through
Another interesting difference in customs - in England it's just I
pronounce you man and wife
One thing that does usually vary between civil marriage ceremonies and
church ceremonies is that when the vows are exchanged in a civil
ceremony all the names (given/Christian and surnames) are
it.
Brenda
On 24 Aug 2006, at 18:53, Avital wrote:
What's the difference in pronunciation between Sarah and Sara?
Avital
Brenda Paternoster wrote:
was just Christian names - and only the first ones, the priest
couldn't
cope with a whole string of names for Andrew and he struggled with
Sarah
On 25 Aug 2006, at 12:47, Margery Allcock wrote:
I was born to Dorothy and William Burgh. My father said that, with a
surname like Burgh, nobody needed a middle name for identification, so
I
never had one.
My Mother used to be Dorothy May Smith; as a child there was another
Dorothy
May
On 25 Aug 2006, at 08:30, Jean Nathan wrote:
I was taken aback when doing the weekly shop last week to hear a very
young mum (about 17) calling out to her toddler of about 2 years old
Britney! Britney! Didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the
little girl. It's not unusual for
In theory the title Ms refers to any female and is the equivalent of
Mr. In practice, (here in England) nearly all women who choose to use
the title Ms are divorced, or at least separated from their husband and
so it actually says a lot more about the personal circumstances than Mr
does. If
I went to school with sisters named Lesley, Michal and Vivienne (male
equivalents Leslie, Michael and Vivian) deliberately chosen to sound
unisex. Years later their mother was in one of my lace classes!
Brenda
There are some other names which depend, for their gender, on the
spelling -
On 28 Aug 2006, at 13:52, Jean Nathan wrote:
So when he died, we were most interested to see if he'd got married
under the name of Edward or Edwin. If Edward, would it mean that he
and his wife weren't really married?
No it wouldn't - in England your name is what you call yourself; a
change
When a baby is born it is 'given' a first, and maybe a second or more
names. That names or names may or may not subsequently be used in
Christian baptism, in which case they become Christian names. All
Christian names are given names but not all given names are Christian
names. To ask
Hello Jane
I haven't checked to see if it is still the case, but on my birth
certificate there is a space where a forename may be added to the
registered name on production of a baptismal certificate or certificate
of naming within 12 months of the registration.
I can't say I've ever seen a
Oooh ouch!
Jacqui please pass on my very best wishes Malvary and hope she's
feeling better soon. And you too, a frozen shoulder is very painful -
when I had it I couldn't even use the computer mouse for a few days.
Please don't tell me that you are right handed and Malvary left handed.
Hello Malvary
Hope your shoulder continues to improve.
You should be able to plug a separate keyboard into a laptop - but that
of course adds to the total weight and makes the whole thing less
portable. I've done a quick Google and the only thing I came up with
is a replacement split
On 1 Nov 2006, at 18:38, Sharon wrote:
I've been researching our family history all year as well..
(big snip)
So far I've been able to trace my family tree back to the 1500's all
on-line
Have you properly checked out all the records going back that far in
just a year? and had time to make
Hello Martina
Roseground have square and octagonal acrylic coasters in their
catalogue. I can't think of anyone else who may be selling the round
ones.
http://www.roseground.com/products/cat/41
Usual disclaimers -
Brenda
On 25 Nov 2006, at 19:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Arachneans,
Hi Tamara
I see that [EMAIL PROTECTED] has sorted your problem, but 'view' on the
very top bar is what you need - also works with other programs such as
Word - if you can't find the toolbar you need.
Brenda
On 5 Dec 2006, at 19:18, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
OK, it's not my week, obviously. I
A seasonal game for anyone to enjoy, though to enter the prize draw you
do have to be in UK.
Brenda
Begin forwarded message:
-Original Message-
From: Millets - The Outdoor Store [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 05 December 2006 15:47
To: Whittle, Barry
Subject: Santa's Yule Lob
Play
With just over a week to go until the big day I've almost finished the
shopping, hung the decorations and written the cards.
To see our electronic card please click on the link below
http://tinyurl.com/vcapa
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas.
May the lace threads never tangle, the
Hello Jean
One of my family history group emails, long deleted, suggested that it
will be the bits about disablility or mental incapacity that will be
withheld until January 2112.
From http://www.1911census.info/
there's a link to
Alice, that was posh stuff, ready cut into little sheets. The brand I
remember was Izal (sp?) which came as a roll of perforated sheets,
shiny and totally non-absorbant! As the seller of the Woolworth's
paper says, it made good tracing paper. Some public loos continued to
have the
Hello Jean
Agnes wrote:
Even after all those years in UK (I am Dutch), I still do not know how
tall I am in feet, but know that I am 1m71 or 171 cm
At 5 ft 2 inches, I am 1.57 metres
correct
1 m 71 converts to 5 ft 6 inches
No! 1m 71 converts to just over 5 ft 7 inches
2.540 cm = 1
Hello Jean
I think that you are probably right in thinking that Earthlink have
gone over the top with their spam filters. That sort of thing does
happen from time to time with some ISPs. Last time it happened to me I
contacted my ISP and his SYS Admin (whatever/whoever that is!)
complained
Hell Helen
If I'd taken notes at last month's Kent FHS meeting when the talk was
about military medals I'd have all the answers for you! I have very
little in the way of military ancestors but I was pleasantly surprised
at how interesting I found the talk. I do remember the speaker saying
Hello Jean
I've never had any need to research in NZ but I'd suggest that you get
the death certificate for the man buried in the 1940s.
http://www.bdm.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Births-Deaths-
and-Marriages-Index?OpenDocument
Brenda
On 25 Mar 2007, at 14:17, Jean Peach
I'm all ready for an early start tomorrow morning to be there for a
1:00pm workshop.
I dare say Malvary is already in England, but just in case you're not
I've downloaded your route from Google.
1. Go to www.google.com
2. Click on maps.
3. Click on get directions.
4. Go from Ottawa Canada to
Hello Jean
The V A requires permission to reproduce any postcards you buy from
them, so unless they already have permission from a copyright owner, I
presume they own the copyright on any paintings they have bought or
had donated to them.
That's because they own the photograph rather than
Hello everyone
I've just found this with Google:
http://painting.about.com/cs/artistscopyright/f/copyrightfaq15.htm
not sure if it's British or American, but it does state that copyright
remains with the artist when a picture is sold, unless agreed
otherwise.
This website
I got 85% too - went down on a couple of the USA questions and wasn't
sure if a turtle is reptile or amphibian! (I know now, it's a reptile).
I wouldn't get many questions about New Zealand or Australia right -
particularly, I don't think many people in the UK know the capital of
Australia.
At work we have the usual notices in the toilets reminding you to wash
your hands, including a large printed and laminated poster with a
diagram of a hand showing areas between the fingers highlighted and the
words
These are the areas that it is easy to miss.
I say it should be
These are the
I use a redundant mobile phone number - just hope it hasn't been
re-assigned to someone else!
Brenda
On 26 May 2007, at 08:27, Jean Nathan wrote:
if, for instance to access some web sites, I have to give an email
address or to recveive something I need to give a phone number, I have
four
Hello Penny
There's a very simple horseshoe pattern in Christine Springett's 'Lace
for Children of all Ages' and another in her 'Torchon Lace Book'.
Brenda
Help please, does anyone have a pattern for a simple lace horseshoe
for a
wedding. I have been asked to make one for a friend's
I have another baby granddaughter, Annabel, born on Monday by planned
Caesarean Section.
Mum baby doing OK. Picture at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/annabel/annabel.htm
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Hello Avital
Are you asking for mail order sources that will send to your husband's
UK address, or somewhere that he can go with a shopping list?
I don't get much by mail order myself, but I'm subscribed to a card
making list (mostly UK people) and there are always lots of postings
about
A clapping song that I remember; taught to me by my mother who knew it
from her childhood, 1930s.
My mother said,
I never should,
Play with the gypsies
In the woods.
If I did,
She would say
Naughty bad girl
To disobey.
Brenda
On 12 Aug 2007, at 18:08, H. Muth wrote:
No one has mentioned one
Hello Helen
Try
http://www.itvregions.com/Anglia/Contact/
Brenda
Do anyy of our British contingent know of a way I could contact Anglia
Television by email? I would like to ask a question about a recent
programme on behalf of my parents but can find no contact details on
the internet.
Hello Alessandra
I agree with the others that your doily is very nice, but probably not
vintage.
There is a page on my website showing detail of a modern Chinese
needlelace mat of mine which had some damage near the edge so I
carefully unpicked it to prove that it's handmade. Although the
I came in at 25 towards female - and I could make Tamara's dancer spin
both ways.
Brenda
On 12 Oct 2007, at 18:39, Jean Nathan wrote:
The results of experiements carried out this week are shown, which so
far
uphold the male/female brain regardless of sex theory. There's an
online
test as
Hello Jean
I can get into the free rice site using Safari, IE, Opera, Firefox
Did you paste the full URL? As with my website URL there's no www in
it.
http://freerice.com/index.php
Brenda
On 20 Oct 2007, at 10:17, Jean Nathan wrote:
When I clicked on the link in Internert Explorer, I
I was in the post office this morning - posting a couple of parcels of
books and most of my overseas Christmas cards.
My books parcels each weighed just over 2Kg, but being printed papers
they can go up to 5Kg. The postage on the airmail parcel to Australia
was GBP 21.06. The woman in front
If the US supplier does not already accept PayPal the chances are that
she will not want to open one even if she does get that email. I have
looked at accepting PayPal several times but it is VERY expensive for
the small business person. OK if you have a huge turnover, but if that
were the
Hello Helen
From one family, 30+ is a *LOT* of couples to choose to marry in
London. I have just one instance where the groom from Kent married in
London, but his bride was from Hampshire so I only assume that they
went to the capital in search of work. He, like his father before him,
was
Hi Sue
Yes, I think that marriage in a college chapel is the usual reason for
obtaining an Archbishop's licence, though what a lot of people refer to
as a special licence is in fact an ordinary (bishop's or
Superintendent Registrar's) licence.
Brenda
On 20 Jan 2008, at 23:20, Sue Babbs
Hello Tamara
I'm on 10.3 too so I should be telling you correctly!
Open Firefox.
At the top left of the screen (next to the blue apple) is the word
Firefox, click on that,
Click Preferences in the drop down menu.
In the new window at the bottom it says 'Always check to see if FireFox
is the
Hello Sue
It can be worked and it's not a mistake on the pattern.
Read the instructions for working Cootamundra Wattle on page 28.
You will need to leave a loop of gimp and work around it in a similar
way.
It was from this book that I learned this technique.
Brenda
Dear All, has anyone
Sue
These are Unix Manual files - with the extension .MAN
They opened for me in Text Edit and in Word, but both versions show
bits of odd formatting code.
I'm using MAC OSX 10.3.
Click on the link and a small window pops up with the option to save to
disc or open with, choose.
Select Word
Hi Malvary
Here is another interesting item on e-bay. Item No. 190210152964 is a
stiletto and a bobbin both on the same spangle. Not very easy to work
with.
I seem to remember pinning bobbins together by their spangles in a
recent workshop!!
I haven't had time to do any lacing since I've
Hello Martina
I'm glad you posted that - I was just thinking that we hadn't heard
anything about Dorothee for a while and that maybe I should write to
ask. Please pass on my best wishes and I trust the surgery will go as
planned.
Brenda
On 6 May 2008, at 08:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're joking
If you start in the centre of London, say Trafalgar Square, you can
drive for an hour and still be in Central London.
If you take the M25 as being the perimeter of London, you are doing
well if you can get from the M25 to places like Brighton, Canterbury,
Cambridge or
Dora
That's the difference between south east England and Texas - you have
room to build new roads.
For years now they have been talking about another Thames crossing;
further out from London to take pressure off the Dartford crossing (2 x
2 lane tunnels and a 4 lane bridge). Once built it
As it says - This lace is Genuine Nottingham cotton Leavers Lace.
which is machine made lace.
The picture isn't great, but I'd bet that the right side looks a bit
like woven satin, and it will tend to curl at the edges the way
stocking stitch knitting does.
Brenda
On 10 Jun 2008, at
Hello Jean
It's presumably because your internet security software blocks pop-ups,
and Ctrl+F5 changes that software's settings. Video clips, (Windows
Media, Real or Quicktime) all play in pop-up windows. I don't think
it's anything to do with JavaScript; that's more for interactive things
Whilst I agree with what Carole says in that it depends on your
purpose, a website doesn't have to be be static, and it can be updated
as often as you wish.
Most people choose blogs because they are easy to use in that you don't
need to learn anything about web design or html, javascript and
Hello Jean
There is still the mail order system where the pin number isn't used;
the vendor has to enter postal address of the cardholder along with the
3 digit security number from the back of the card. That's the system
we use (LEA Adult Ed enrolments) at work even if the card holder is
In UK
16 ounces = 1 pound
14 pounds = 1 stone
but are the UK ounces the same as US ounces?
A UK ounce = 28.3495 grams, so
1 pound = 453.592 grams, and
1 stone = 6350.288 grams or 6.350288 Kg
Brenda
On 22 Aug 2008, at 04:29, Dearl Kniskern wrote:
dear lacers
what is the equivalent for
Those emails are not from legitimate banks - they are spam. No real
bank would ever send you an unsolicited email asking you to verify your
details. Just hit the delete button, and DONT reply.
Brenda
On 1 Sep 2008, at 04:18, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
I am very annoyed by some banks asking
Avital, they are great and so intricate - must take you hours to do.
I started my Christmas shopping today - went to Bluewater, one of the
biggest indoor shopping malls in Europe. I had lunch in Ponti's, next
to The Pier, and overhead are several decorative panels which reminded
me of your
I needed to 'phone British Gas a couple of days ago and had to speak my
postcode which was recognised and then a question with a 'yes' or 'no'
answer which it didn't recognise. I ended up shouting down the phone
even though I knew it was only a machine at the other end! That's a
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