[lace-chat] Fiction books

2003-11-25 Thread Jean Nathan
Having been told not to sit for any length of time on an upright chair for the first six weeks after me knee op to cut down on the risk of DVT, I haven't been doing any lacemaking - it's not very easy in a recliner chair. So I've been reading (6 books in 6 weeks). I finally got around to the

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: Strenuous Monday Work

2003-11-25 Thread Katja Gamby
Hi Tamara Thanks for the link. I just spent way too much time there ;-) I noticed he has an english version of his site at http://www.nobodyhere.com/justme/tower.here That's a bit easier to read :-) Try to click the doodle and be whizzed off to some of his other pages. Some are fun, some

[lace-chat] Block

2003-11-25 Thread Margot Walker
A block is the portion of a street between 2 intersections. Because blocks are usually rectangular, there are long blocks and short blocks. 'Around the block' means walking/driving around the 4 sides of the rectangle. As you say, it's a very imprecise measurement, but it is useful as it

Re: [lace-chat] BBCwatch site

2003-11-25 Thread Deborah Metters
Avital Who'd believe it--a site dedicated to monitoring the BBC for bias! http://www.bbcwatch.com/ If it's the site I'm thinking of, it's run by The Daily Telegraph newspaper, a newspaper who's owner (and by extension, who's editorial policy), is very anti-BBC. Deborah = Deborah Metters

[lace-chat] Re: block size

2003-11-25 Thread alice howell
At 08:11 AM 11/25/2003 -, you wrote: - how far is a block? When you're used to distances in yards, fractions of miles and miles, '3 blocks' gives no impression of how far someone has walked or driven. The distance covered when Taking the dog for a walk round the block (an area of ground

[lace-chat] Blocks: was Fiction books

2003-11-25 Thread Joy Beeson
At 08:11 AM 11/25/03 -, Jean Nathan wrote: . . . - how far is a block? . . . could vary from say 100 yards to a mile or more Precisely! I was exceedingly frustrated when I bought a map of New York City in preparation for a walk from Grand Central Terminal to Union Station, and found that

Re: [lace-chat] Fiction books

2003-11-25 Thread Martha Krieg
Too true, blocks do vary in size. The block I live on has four houses on my side of it, each with a lot about 50 feet wide. That's the east side of the block. But it's an unusual block, because it's part of a sort of pie-wedge. One house south of me there's a court, a short dead-end street

[lace-chat] Fiction books/block

2003-11-25 Thread Jean Nathan
From the replies, no wonder I don't have any idea what a block is! If you go to: http://www.boroughofpoole.com/cgi-bin/map2.pl?unit_name=mapact=towncentres tyle=borough and select Littlemead Close in the 'Find a road' box at the top right, you'll see how the area I live in is laid out -

[lace-chat] MP-Tatting in the news

2003-11-25 Thread Tatdlace
Hi tatters, I got this excerpt from another tatting list today and I thought you'd all enjoy reading it. Sharon from The Globe and Mail Tuesday, November 25, 2003 Social Studies, page A 22 Future Hops. This is St CatherineĀ¹s Day. On the eve of the holiday in old England, lace makers had to

[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread W N Lafferty
Talking of block sizes and maps, I am always intrigued by USA street addresses, where the property number is often in four digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in it, or is your numbering system based on

Re: [lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread Esther Perry
digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in it, or is your numbering system based on some other principle! Some other principle ;-)) Say that Smith Street runs North-South, and 13th Avenue crosses it

[lace-chat] Re: Fwd: Strenuous Monday Work

2003-11-25 Thread Rita Lloyd
From: R.P. move your mouse over the bears http://www.nobodyhere.com/toren.hier That is s cute! sure brightened my day! thanks for sharing it. Rita Lloyd coming out of lurker land to say thank you for a little brightener. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace-chat] Re: Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Tuesday, Nov 25, 2003, at 15:31 US/Eastern, Esther Perry wrote (in response to Noelene): digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in it, or is your numbering system based on some other principle! Some

Re: [lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread alice howell
At 07:18 AM 11/26/2003 +1100, you wrote: Talking of block sizes and maps, I am always intrigued by USA street addresses, where the property number is often in four digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in

[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread Margot Walker
Please note that in Canada, this only applies in the West, where the cities are relatively new. In the East, where the cities date back to the 1600s and 1700s, there are no neat grids. Usually the first address on each street is number 1 and go up to whatever the number of houses/buildings

[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, In Brattleboro we used to have street numbers like Tamara. Then Vermont got Enhanced 911. Now if there is an emergency we can dial 911 for help, just like in big cities. However, that meant everyone got a new street number. Now the street numbers are how many feet (yards?) times 10

[lace-chat] Re: Roads/blocks/911

2003-11-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Tuesday, Nov 25, 2003, at 21:16 US/Eastern, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: Hi All, In Brattleboro we used to have street numbers like Tamara. Then Vermont got Enhanced 911. Now if there is an emergency we can dial 911 for help, just like in big cities. Oh, lordy, I forgot all about *that*

[lace-chat] Reindeer and Horses

2003-11-25 Thread H. Muth
Hello all, Do you remember last year there was someone who posted a URL for singing reindeer (on a roof, if I remember correctly) and another for singing horses? Does anyone have those URLs and could send them to me? Some friends of mine are interested. Thanks, Heather Abbotsford, BC To

[lace-chat] Re: Reindeer and Horses

2003-11-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Wednesday, Nov 26, 2003, at 01:03 US/Eastern, H. Muth wrote: Do you remember last year there was someone who posted a URL for singing reindeer (on a roof, if I remember correctly) and another for singing horses? Does anyone have those URLs and could send them to me? Some friends of mine