[lace-chat] Divorce?

2003-07-14 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
A married couple is driving along a highway doing a steady forty miles per hour. The wife is behind the wheel. Her husband suddenly looks across at her and speaks in a clear voice I know we've been married for twenty years, but I want a divorce. The wife says nothing, keeps looking at the road

Re: [lace-chat] scary story

2003-07-14 Thread Scotlace
Clay That was a very fortunate escape for your grandson. But what amazed me was that it was safe to leave a car unlocked. In this country car crime is rife and in large chunks of the country (entire United Kingdom) we have to lock our cars at all times. When I was on the Isle of Man someone

[lace-chat] :-) Mental Health Helpline

2003-07-14 Thread Jean Nathan
Think we might have had this one a while ago, but still amusing: New Answering Service Installed at Mental Health Institutes Hello, and welcome to the mental health hotline. If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly. If you are codependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.

[lace-chat] Missing body parts

2003-07-14 Thread Jean Nathan
One of DH's women in one of his internet groups was wondering if she should apply to the Guiness Book of Records as having the most number of body parts missing. She has no appendix, uterus, spleen, stomach or teeth and is about to have a mastectomy. Very sad, but great that she's still got a

Re: [lace-chat] Missing body parts

2003-07-14 Thread Donald
I think my brother in law could be an equal or close second. He is missing both his kidneys (has one of his wife's instead) bladder, urethra, prostate, a large chunk of his small intestine and all his large intestine, he is also wearing dentures (on occasion) and is going blind, and all at the

[lace-chat] Hooked on Crochet

2003-07-14 Thread Jacqueline Bowhey
Greetings All, Someone said, Toni, I think, that they were getting their house in order! Me too! Getting rid of things with the idea of moving to smaller premises. And I've been told to be ruthless in the sorting! Is anyone interested in a little magazine called 'Hooked on Crochet'? I just found

[lace-chat] Cat Humour

2003-07-14 Thread David Collyer
A couple was dressed and ready to go out for the evening. They turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on the phone line, covered their pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. They phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and the couple opened

[lace-chat] more Missing body parts :

2003-07-14 Thread Toni Hawryluk
One of DH's women in one of his internet groups was wondering if she should apply to the Guiness Book of Records as having the most number of body parts missing. (snip) Jean in Poole === I think my brother in law could be an equal or close second. He is missing Lynn in Wollongong

[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thanks!

2003-07-14 Thread Susan MacLeod
To my secret pal somewhere in Italy, Thanks for the great package! I love the sugar free candy, it is such pretty glass! The cookies are nice, is Biscotti just Italian for cookie? I always thought that it was just the crunchy ones that are slice off a loaf and baked twice. The threads are

Re: [lace-chat] scary story

2003-07-14 Thread Bev Walker
That is scary about the hot car - but scarier about the 'game' - I'll never forget the awful feeling when we couldn't find someone who had hidden themselves too well. It turned out they weren't far away, had kept themselves very quiet - and stayed there for hours, but not responding to our shouts

[lace-chat] ATM Fraud

2003-07-14 Thread Jean Nathan
Haven't heard of this one before. This is a report from our local newspaper: ORGANISED criminals are thought to be targeting Bournemouth cash machines with a scam known as the Lebanese Loop. The con, named after Lebanese suspects who first used it a decade ago, is on the increase, according to

[lace-chat] Angela's Amazing Mountain Adventure 6

2003-07-14 Thread A Thompson
It was my birthday. I awoke in this large square room in the Guest House in Balanguru Village, Rumbar Valley. Heavy wooden beams held up the ceiling, pretty curtains just about covered the windows, the bed was comfy, but as I found only one sheet, I had slept in my sheet sleeping bag. The only

Re: [lace-chat] Book Help

2003-07-14 Thread Toni Hawryluk
(snip) What I am hoping is that some of you might list a few books that you have read over the years that stick out in your minds as having been worthwhile. (snip Susan Webster . . . And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Sant Myer A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Noah's Garden by Sarah

Re: [lace-chat] scary story

2003-07-14 Thread Carol Adkinson
We live in Suffolk, just between Ipswich and Colchester, and I very rarely ever remember to lock my car, and/or the house!And when we go home to Wales (our part is north Pembrokeshire) we don't lock up anything at all, and neither do most of our neighbours, so it isn't really a case of the

[lace-chat] Re: scary story

2003-07-14 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Monday, Jul 14, 2003, at 03:42 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] what amazed me was that it was safe to leave a car unlocked. Clay's daughter lives in a town that's bigger than my own Lextropolis, so I'm glad to hear that it's safe to leave the car unlocked there too. Here, most

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Cleaning tips

2003-07-14 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
My source thinks the tips might have, originally, come from Martha Stewart... Post jail, maybe, now that she actually has to do everything by herself :) I rather suspect sweep the room with a glance Dearl :) Whoever thought these up, it's good to know that I (and my source) are not alone... g