[lace-chat] What a useless piece of information :-)

2003-07-03 Thread Jean Nathan
Did you know that computer printer ink is twelve times the cost of champagne? Don't know whether that's vintage or not, but it obviously doesn't taste as nice. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] :-) Basic Maths

2003-07-03 Thread dominique
Jean Nathan a gazouillé à Ò[lace-chat] :-) Basic MathsÓ. [2003/07/02 17:18] > HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED > > Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs > and cackling, telling me, "You're next." > > They stopped after I started doing the s

[lace-chat] Women astronauts

2003-07-03 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, At the risk of raising Toni's blood pressure I want to tell you about something I read. This weeks "People" magazine has an article on women who were in the astronaut program in the 1960s! I've never heard about this before though there are two books coming out this summer about them - "T

re:[lace-chat] Recycling old mobile phones etc.

2003-07-03 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, In the US old mobile phones can be donated to someplace (sorry I have no URL) and they're given to women who live in abusive situations. They can use them to call for help if they need it. Jane in Vermont USA where it is very warm! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: re:[lace-chat] Recycling old mobile phones etc.

2003-07-03 Thread Clay Blackwell
A few years ago, Ericsson had a large cellular phone industry in Lynchburg and made quite a big deal of donating phones to the police department for distribution to victims of spousal abuse. Unfortunately, the Ericsson facility has been closed, and the phones are sorely outdated now. I expect tha

Re: [lace-chat] Women astronauts

2003-07-03 Thread Toni Hawryluk
> Hi All, At the risk of raising Toni's blood pressure I want to tell you about something I read. This weeks "People" magazine has an article on women who were in the astronaut program in the 1960s! > Jane To the contrary, my dear, seeing women's accomplishments is very soothing . . . not that I

[lace-chat] computer problems..like, I really need this

2003-07-03 Thread
I'm hoping someone can help me here. Last night I did the unforgivable and downloaded a screensaver from one of those sites that requires an agreement etc. The screen saver turned out to be the pits :( However, ever since then, every time I've tried to access a program my computer tries to go on

[lace-chat] Re: Women astronauts

2003-07-03 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Thursday, Jul 3, 2003, at 17:12 US/Eastern, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: government realized women could do this. I told DH and then realized that, space exploration being so new, they may have thought women could have some special qualities that would make them superior to men in space. Who

[lace-chat] that's all, folks . . .

2003-07-03 Thread Toni Hawryluk
This is it - if anybody wants to off the it in the White House, they're welcome . . . Unemployment is climbing and people are running out of benefits they've been collecting for so long, interest rates on savings are down to 2 percent and less, so retired people who *can't* work are hurting along w

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: weapons of mass destruction

2003-07-03 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Got this one from Poland, from one of the "younger set". Looking for the weapons of mass destruction? Try googling them... :) From: J.B. This is great, try it before google delete the page Go to: http://www.google.co.uk then type: weapons of mass destruction Don't press Search!! Next click th

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Blondes rule!

2003-07-03 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
From: R.P. A year ago, we replaced several windows in our house. They were the expensive double-insulated, energy-efficient windows. This week I got a call from the window company complaining that although the windows were installed a year ago, we still hadn't paid the bill. Boy, oh boy, did we g

Re: [lace-chat] computer problems..like, I really need this

2003-07-03 Thread jstavast
Sharon, I presume you have Windows and not a Mac. The setting for screen savers can be found by right clicking on the desktop (in a blank area not on any of the icons.) then select Properties from the menu. There should be a tab called Screen Saver on the dialog that displays so click on it

[lace-chat] Whitman's Tins.

2003-07-03 Thread Shirley Meier
Sorry to post to the lists but I have misplaced the address of the person who raffled the lovely little Whitman's tins. :-(( Mine arrived yesterday, thank you it is lovely, we never had those here, the only samplers we had were in yellow Cardboard boxes. Thanks again, Shirley in Corio Oz. To unsub

[lace-chat] :-)) Advice for office managers

2003-07-03 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Advice for Office Managers: If you keep the sexual harassment complaint forms in the bottom drawer, then when a woman goes to get one out you'll get a great view of her butt." Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscr