As a youngster my Saturday job involved preparing vegetables in the Uni
Halls of residence kitchens. Good pay, hard work but I got fed as well! As
we catered for 200+ students and covered two days of meals each Sat , onoins
meant by the the sackful! I wore hard contact lenses at the time and could
Hi all and Tamara
My Concise Oxford (1951) defines 'mugwump' as 'Great man, boss; one who
holds aloof from party politics (from native *mugquomp* great chief)
and marks the word with an asterisk, denoting US use only.
My current Gage (Cdn.)
defines it as US usage, an independent in polictics, fro
> and the "Little House on the Prairie" books - Laura Ingalls Wilder's life
> story. She has six?seven? I forget now how many in the 'set', but
> there is an additional one which sees her married and "On the Way
> Home" to where she spent the rest of her life. There's also a
> songbook with the tun
Hello all,
I haven't seen mention of my favourite author, Angela Thirkell. She writes
chronicles of Barsetshire, the fictional county about which Anthony
Trollope first wrote. Thirkell's books are witty and span a period of 30
years, continuing the family histories that Trollope started.
Othe
Hi everyone
Joy wrote:
> And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car
jokes: "FORD = found on road dead" and "nova = no va".
Bev thinks of:
FORD - Fix or Repair Daily (but we also say 'Chev-ROT-let')
--
bye for now
Bev who used to own a Dodge Volare' [altogether now, VO
Dear List,
With all this "summer reading" going on, Parkes NSW Australia is gearing
up for it's Annual Birth-to-Kindergarten Reading Day.
This year there is to be a 12 hour reading session in the park from
12midnight to 12 midday, 7th August. The whole town is involved in
encouraging reading to ba
And here's another contribution from an ex-Arachne...
Check out
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96feb/wordimp/wordimp.htm
for an article that mentions mugwump etymology and a few other
interesting words.
-
Tamara P Duvall
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Lexington, Virginia, USA
Formerly of Wars
On Saturday, Jul 26, 2003, at 00:17 US/Eastern, Joy Beeson wrote:
Defining Mugwump as "mug on one side, wump on the other" was a joke
along
the same lines as "a liberal is liberal with other peoples money".
And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car
jokes:
"FORD = foun
I'm like you Mikki - I can't eat onions either. I used to be able to, but it
has become one more item on my list of allergies. Occasionally, if I eat
something that has been cooked with onions in it and then it is frozen, I can
eat it without too drastic results.
Malvary - in Ottawa where our 1
Defining Mugwump as "mug on one side, wump on the other" was a joke along
the same lines as "a liberal is liberal with other peoples money".
And all of a sudden I can't think of any examples except obscure car jokes:
"FORD = found on road dead" and "nova = no va".
--
Joy Beeson
[EMAIL PROT
At 11:29 AM 7/25/03 +0200, Ian & Chelle Long wrote:
> I've even tried putting a peg on my nose!
Reminds me of a story that's at least twenty years older than I am.
(So don't ask for provenance!)
After the Great War (WWI), when there was a lot of war surplus
lying around, one little boy got
On Friday, Jul 25, 2003, at 16:18 US/Eastern, Margery Allcock wrote:
Then I heard the "fence-sitting" explanation and enjoyed that; and
(again
vaguely) believed that not only was it thus self-explanatory but also
that
it "retro-fitted" its original meaning.
Robin Panza (who's not on chat, but to
A young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a big everything
under the roof" department store looking for a job. The manager says,
"Do you have any sales experience?"
The kid says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Texas."
Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job "You sta
because you have to relax every two hours or so if you don't want to end up
looking like a crooked 100 years old !!! ... VBG ... and that's when we
send our mails
only kidding of course
dominique
Maxine D a gazouillé à Ò[lace-chat] Re: day of disastersÓ.
[2003/07/26 00:44]
>
>
Love this one :)
From: R.P.
A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him, and
as
he sits, the waitress comes over and asks for their order. The man says,
"I'll have a hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich.
"What's
yours?"
"I'll have the same," says the ost
Maxine, I have cold legs and feet, even in a heatwave!! So, once the
temperature goes down below about 17 celsius, out come the woollen tights!!
Apart from that, I was only wearing underpants, a shirt and a pair of woollen
slacks!! That's not too much - I have been known to add long johns as w
I've tried using the frozen chopped onions and I absolutely love them. I
can use the amount I want with no waste and no tears. I can't tell any
difference in the taste or texture.
Anne in Austin TX
---Original Message---
From: Margery Allcock
Date: Friday, July 25, 2003 15:19:08
To:
At 09:36 PM 7/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> No, but I wear glasses and that doesn't help.
No -- glasses are not enough. It's a gas released from the onion that
is the problem, and the glasses would not stop that. It would have to be
tight-fitting goggles to stop it from reaching the eyes.
Alic
There is a nicely illustrated children's book of this one, one of our
favorites
Gentle Spiders,
My Mother used to have a joke to illustrate almost any situation...
One of the old favourites -- so "well-worn" that all we needed was
the punchline (and one which migrated with me to my America
No, but I wear glasses and that doesn't help. My husband used to do all
the onion chopping for me as it never bothered him. Alas, he's no longer
around.
Anne in Austin TX
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From: alice howell
Date: Friday, July 25, 2003 21:04:48
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [l
She very well may be - she may have spinal stenosis from arthritis,
affecting the control of everything on the "far end". My father's
last dog developed this. She was safe as long as she lay still, but
when she got up, she couldn't help doing her "thing" or two. My
father didn't punish her for
Someone once gave us a pair of safety goggles with a strap labeled
"onions" (woven into the strap). Yes, it works, but in hot weather,
it's awfully uncomfortable to have the things on your face. And you
still have to take them off eventually.
My husband uses frozen onions. I don't - they just do
At 11:29 AM 7/25/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>I envy any of you who can handle onions. I've tried all of the things so
>far ... Even doing them in the food processor
Has anyone ever tried wearing goggles while chopping?
Alice in Oregon - 40 demo hours in 4 days sweltering at
> I just had to reply. First, background. I'm 54, a math teacher
> living in North Pole, Alaska,
(snip)
> Tanya Cunningham
But were you there in August of 1960
when I was there ??
Toni in Seattle
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>And since we've been discussing summer reading, I/ve finally pulled out for
>a re-read The Complete Lucia by E.F.Benson. It is a most delightful set of
>books in one volume, and years ago the BBC made two of them into a short
>series which starring Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Prunella Scales, among o
> I got so irritated with that soppy Bridget Jones and her daft ideas that I
> wanted to rip her arm off and beat her to death with the soggy end -
>
> Carol - in a wet and very windy East Anglia.
Whoa ! Hold it ! you had better get some
medication - I think whatever it is that the
bloodthirsty it
> I was tempted to try some of the other pages, but I'd spend the whole
evening looking at them.
> Jean in Poole
That's why I stopped at the songs !
Toni in Seattle
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Hi, Tamara and other Spiders,
My daughter sent your lace-chat (included below my note) about 'Mugwump', so I just
had to reply. First, background. I'm 54, a math teacher living in North Pole,
Alaska, but I come from solid Southern roots. My father was born and raised in Cotton
Plant, Arkansa
Ruth,
How can you wear so many layers in such a warm place as Sydney!
Try here, across the ditch, where we have had 7 frosts in a row varying
between -3 and 0 degrees (Celsius). followed by lovely sunny days of 12 - 15
degrees ;-)
Hoiw do you all manage to send so may emails and still do some l
But - I did read "Idon't know how she does it" by Alison Somebody-or- Other,
and thought it very funny, and quite apposite, allowing for a certain amount
of poetic licence!I read it in instalments first in the Daily Telegraph,
and when it was published, was pleased to acquire a copy - which has
Mugwump?
I thought many years ago, vaguely, that it had political connotations, but
wasn't interested enough to find out what it was about.
Then I heard the "fence-sitting" explanation and enjoyed that; and (again
vaguely) believed that not only was it thus self-explanatory but also that
it "retr
Some onions make me cry; some don't. But I don't like chopping them up
anyway, and most times I don't want a whole number. So I'm experimenting
(yes I know it's extravagant) - I'm going to try a pack of frozen chopped
onion. It's on order, to be delivered on Monday. 8-)
Margery.
==
Jean,
these are marvellous! I've just read through the titles and can answer some
of the questions for the gardener wannabe. In order to attract the
"pleasing Japanese beetles, just plant Sterling Silver roses -- they seem to
thrive on them, and make the blooms look like less that what they're
su
I think I'll de-lurk here and put in my two cents' worth. I have always
loved onions, especially raw, though like most others I cry like a baby when
peeling and slicing. Howeverm Jean Nathan's advise about aviding cutting
into the root seems worth a try. Hopefully I'll remember it next time I'm
f
At least you can eat them! Ever since I got pregnant with my daughter (6
years ago) I have been unable to eat onionsand I have TRIED! I love how
they flavor food, but the most I can stand now is the dried onion powder or
dried flakes you can get in the spice isle. At least I don't have to cu
I got so irritated with that soppy Bridget Jones and her daft ideas that I
wanted to rip her arm off and beat her to death with the soggy end - and
that was before I finished the first chapter. I really couldn't bring
myself to read any more!
But - I did read "Idon't know how she does it" by Alis
Having looked at the web site Toni gave about gardening songs, I chose
gardening books from the box at the bottom. Well worth looking at. I
particularly liked these suggested book titles:
How to weed thistles in the nude
Nuclear Gardening -- Making Radiation Work for You
. . . and the sequel (pub
The young man who dropped his trousers at the Queen's garden party was dared
by his brother to do it - and no teenager can resist a dare. He was at the
garden party with his parents, who were asked to leave before they'd even
had a cup of tea :-D
Jean in Poole
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Can any of our American friends help me? I can't remember whether we were
discussing different video formats on Lace or chat but for safety I'm
putting this on chat! I have had 2 American ladies in our shop (in UK) his
week wanting to buy a video which has been made locally about the town. It
is on
http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/gardnews.html#morenude
Women's naked farming ritual brings rain August 16 2002
Some 200 women in Nepal who ploughed their fields naked in a desperate attempt
to bring rain to their drought-stricken region were rewarded as the monsoon
began shortly afterwards, a rep
http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/consongs.htm
Toni in Seattle
(I'm a lonely little petunia - in . . .)
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s908482.htm
Man drops trousers at royal garden party
The Queen got an unexpected view of one of her subjects when a guest at one of
her regular garden parties dropped his trousers and scampered off among the
tea-drinking crowd.
"He was a young man, an invited g
Thanks, Jean.
If anyone wants more info on the hoax, here it is:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoa
x.html
Avital
- Original Message -
From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:34 PM
Subj
> Main Entry: mug·wump
> Pronunciation: 'm&g-"w&mp
> Function: noun
> Etymology: obsolete slang mugwump kingpin, from Massachuset mugquomp,
> muggumquomp war leader
> Date: 1884
> 1 : a bolter from the Republican party in 1884
> 2 : an independent in politics
> So, now, we *both* are keen to know..
It's a hoax. I've written and told her so. Doesn't matter if you've deleted
the file unless you're a Java developer, and there aren't too many
programmers amongst us.
Jean in Poole
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While we make lace,
"things may change . . .".
The House just passed the Singapore Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 2739) by a
272-155 vote.
And it passed the Chile Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 2738) 270-156 just a
little bit later.
Republicans almost totally deserted the higher-skilled American worke
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From: "Mary Wishart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:29 PM
>
> I received an email today from a friend about a virus and I had been
> infected so I pass on the information to you in the hope that you can
> eliminate it before it does any damage to
I envy any of you who can handle onions. I've tried all of the things so
far mentioned except the freezer one, and I keep onions in the fridge, but I
just can't get past the chopping off the roots and outer leaves without the
tears just pouring out. Even doing them in the food processor for fine
I'm fast reaching the stage where I'm becoming disenchanted with pets!!
Todays episode occurred when I had a friend drop in to see me. We sat
chatting over a cuppa, and the dog, as she does, landed on my lap, then
eventually took up her usual position squashed down beside me in the arm chair.
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