[lace-chat] Re: House numbers

2003-11-27 Thread Louise Bailey
Jean wrote: At 21:38 26/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: I don't know if it's the same all over Poole, but the area I live in has no houses numbered 13 in any of the roads. Its not common but in a village near me (Melbourn) there is a No 13, it's a old cottage so also has a name The Hemlocks. I was

[lace-chat] Jean in Poole

2003-11-27 Thread Jean Nathan
Joan from Yorkshire wrote: Unfortunately there seem to be two men going about the Poole/Bournemouth area forcing their way into the homes of (mainly single) elderly people and stealing, particularly, money. There have been eight or ten instances in the past two months that have been reported to

[lace-chat] RE: House numbers/lack of

2003-11-27 Thread Karen Butler
Jean wrote: ***There were three postmen on the round who rotated nightshift sorting the post, deliveries, time off. Because they knew the names of everyone on their rounds, they even once delivered a letter to me addressed to "Jean Nathan, The Cottage, Taunton". This must be a village thi

[lace-chat] Thanksgiving

2003-11-27 Thread Margery Allcock
I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a good one. And here's a poem for the evening of that day: Twas the night of Thanksgiving, But I just couldn't sleep. I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep; The leftovers beckoned --- The dark meat and white, But I fought the temptatio

Re: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving plans?

2003-11-27 Thread Clay Blackwell
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am looking forward to a day in the kitchen!! Except for lacemaking, I probably enjoy cooking the most - but only when there are people to enjoy it!! So this feast day is one of my favorites! DD and her boys (and her DH) arrived last evening, and my tidy house was

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Reindeer and Horses

2003-11-27 Thread H. Muth
Hello all, Thank you, Tamara, for the horse site and Dominique was kind enough to send the reindeer site. Here it is and please consider it a greeting from me to all of you. http://web.icq.com/shockwave/0,,4845,00.swf Heather Abbotsford, BC Almost done the Philosophy and the English Lit cour

[lace-chat] Did You Know?

2003-11-27 Thread Haddad
DID YOU KNOW...? Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbru

Re: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving plans?

2003-11-27 Thread Joy Beeson
At 09:02 AM 11/27/03 -0500, Clay Blackwell wrote: > I certainly don't want to eat Bambi. Seeing as Bambi lived to be a tough old stag, neither do I! Our family is hoping my nephew bags a doe on Black Friday. I have really daft plans -- today we are eating with my husband's brother, tomorrow

[lace-chat] Dog exposed as a bin bag criminal

2003-11-27 Thread Jean Peach
Just read the following, I wonder if the dog will ever be found A grandmother has had her fine for dumping rubbish bags illegally quashed after the real culprit was found to be a dog. Barbara Jones, from Nantytffyllon, south Wales, was fined 25 pounds by Bridgend County Council after her bin

[lace-chat] Morality Tales : )

2003-11-27 Thread Linda Walton
Here's another one I've cribbed from Jeremy Paxman's "Newsnight" email, Linda Walton, (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.):- Finally the dad of one of our producers, Richard Colbourn, sent the following. The teacher gave her fifth-year class an assignment: They were to get their parents to tell

[lace-chat] Thanksgiving

2003-11-27 Thread Janice Blair
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. It is one occasion I do not cook for these days as there is only DH and I at home. Usually we eat something mundane such as cheese sandwiches but this year we went out for dinner to a restaurant for a Polish buffet. Some strange things on the menu

[lace-chat] Re: Thanksgiving

2003-11-27 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Thursday, Nov 27, 2003, at 19:32 US/Eastern, Janice Blair wrote: Polish buffet. Some strange things on the menu such as blintze and potato latke's (Tamara will correct my spelling), Sorry, can't oblige; those are not the terms we use in Poland :) I've finally figured out what "latkes" are (p

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Thanksgiving

2003-11-27 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 28/11/2003 02:50:26 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Thursday, Nov 27, 2003, at 19:32 US/Eastern, Janice Blair wrote: > > >Polish buffet. Some strange things on the menu such as blintze and > >potato latke's (Tamara will correct my spelling), > > Sorry, can