[lace-chat] Re: Christmas is coming!!

2003-06-26 Thread Louise Hume
Was just remarking to DH that it was just 6 months 'til Xmas and those who make needlework (or bobbin) for presents need to get their projects going if they will get finished in time. I seldom do, and often end up giving close family members a bag of yarn, which I knit up in Jan. and Feb. :) Loui

[lace-chat] newspaper statement

2003-06-26 Thread alice howell
Hi, I read this in our local paper, and had to read it again. It was in the middle of a story about recent robberies in our area. "One of the robberies never occurred and the case has been closed by an arrest." (I wondered how an arrest was made if the robbery didn't happen.) It referred to

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: tshirt

2003-06-26 Thread Toni Hawryluk
> From: D.D. > > Latest fashion: > > http://www.americanapologyshirt.com/ > > For the frequent traveller. > Tamara P Duvall Those shirts that might change the course of history if the waitresses at Hooter's would wear them ! Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] conta

[lace-chat] Re: "bobbin" on ebay

2003-06-26 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Thursday, Jun 26, 2003, at 21:27 US/Eastern, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: I was going to guess a piece for a board game until Jean Nathan sent in the URL for the thread barrel I was thinking "lamp finial" (what with the hole at the bottom), but Jean spoiled *my* sport too, with the "thread barr

[lace-chat] Alice Band

2003-06-26 Thread Martha Krieg
Sounds likely - probably related in etymology to our "Jane Banks ponytail", the family name for the gathering of the front hair into a small ponytail at the crown of the head, above the rest of the hair left loose - from the Disney Mary Poppins movie. -- -

Fw: [lace-chat] bobbin on ebay

2003-06-26 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I was going to guess a piece for a board game until Jean Nathan sent in the URL for the thread barrel (I think I got that wrong ). Very pretty though. Jane in Vermont, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- >I was just browsing on ebay and noticed this item http://cgi.ebay.co

[lace-chat] Harry Potter

2003-06-26 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, I think I figured this out but thought I'd better check with the experts . One character in the new Harry Potter is wearing an "Alice band" in her hair. I take that to be a headband to hold her hair back. And named after Alice in Wonderland? Jane in Vermont, USA where it's too hot in t

[lace-chat] email question

2003-06-26 Thread Jacqueline Bowhey
Greetings, I keep getting msgs from Manaccom News about virus warnings. Does that mean anything to anyone?? TIA Jackie In the Top End of Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: tshirt

2003-06-26 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
For the timid (or the merely prudent, given the KGB-potential of our Homelad Security), I'd recommend the non-English version... And, I don't know about the other languages, but the Russian version seems to think that only men can vote, even though it would have been fairly easy to make it unis

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Happy Birthday, George

2003-06-26 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
From: P.B. George Orwell was born 100 years ago today. He died at a relatively early age of tuberculosis in 1950. In his novel "1984" he said, "the special function of certain Newspeak words is not so much to express meanings as to destroy them." He was a very prescient man and a much wiser G

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: learn a new word

2003-06-26 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
From: R.P. Arbitrator: A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do Baloney: Where some hemlines fall Burglarize: What a crook sees with Control: A short, ugly inmate Counterfeiters: Workers who install kitchen cabinets Eclipse: What an English barber do

[lace-chat] "the bottom line"

2003-06-26 Thread Jean Nathan
Toni wrote: Why not just have an unlisted number? Our number's just not in the phone book. That's how it's been for 33 years and we've only ever had one telemarketer call whose company used a random number dialling system. Unfortunately, there's a company called 192.com (or at least it was unti

[lace-chat] Harry Potter

2003-06-26 Thread Jean Nathan
J K Rowling made an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London this afternoon. The place was absolutely packed with youngsters (muggles I think they're called) and the reception they gave her was what they usually give pop stars. When they finally quieted down, she answered questions and gave a

[lace-chat] bobbin on ebay less than 2 inches long

2003-06-26 Thread Jean Nathan
The 'bobbin' on: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=114&item=3230068846 is much too small for use at less than 2 inches and looks to have a hole in the bottom. As it's a perfect match in design to the thread barrel she's also selling: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?

[lace-chat] like chickens who voted for 'The Colonel' :

2003-06-26 Thread Toni Hawryluk
To explain the Subject line : for non-Americans - The U.S. has a fast-food franchising firm called Kentucky Fried Chicken. The creator is portrayed as a Southern-type Colonel, dressed in a white suit, etc. . . . Voters put a type of 'Colonel' in the White House . . . http://www.msnbc.com/news/9312

[lace-chat] bobbin on ebay

2003-06-26 Thread BARRON
I was just browsing on ebay and noticed this item http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3230068846&category=114 it's not quite 2" long - any ideas? jenny barron sunny Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED

[lace-chat] Fw: "the bottom line"

2003-06-26 Thread Toni Hawryluk
The following article tells what is being done - *and* *not* done - by the government about telemarketers : http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/FinancialPrivacy/P49439.asp It's also a scam way to identify individuals and get them into a government database - but I digress - even if you do