Early in October, my DH and I boarded the plane to fly back from Adelaide to
Sydney after the Australian Lace Guild Annual conference.
Just before the doors of the plane were closed, the flight attendant came on
the p.a. for the second reminder about switching off mobile phones for the
duration of
'tis the season for recycling... :)
The only *new* (and good) joke I've seen in almost a week was one which
played off the differences between Czech and Polish (more than half of
the time, the two languages are similiar enough for us to communicate.
But, when they diverge, the results can be hi
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:12:29 +1300, Maxine wrote:
>A anti-spam filter which my daughter uses is called mailwasher. It is a free
>download, or if you register, you can get a better version. Try
>www.mailwasher.com the last I heard the site was under construction,
>hopefully it will be back up now.
On Monday, Dec 8, 2003, at 16:15 US/Eastern, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
it wasn't real blood from oxen, just the name given to a dark
red/burgundy colour shoe polish, and certainly you could get it in the
50s and 60s.
And well into the 80ties in Poland. I used to buy a box of it every
trip back,
On 8 Dec 2003, at 17:49, Joy Beeson wrote:
I don't know whether you could *ever* buy oxblood. I polished them
with
brown stain polish -- which didn't change the color until they got so
worn
that I had to use Scuff-Coat.
it wasn't real blood from oxen, just the name given to a dark
red/burgundy
Two keys hang in an undertaker's office - one for the organ
in the chapel; the other for one of the cars in the garage.
Two small signs above the keys read "Hymn" and "Hearse."
..
Margaret and Stephanie were chatting and one asked the
other, "Margaret, do you talk to your hu
I received a package in the mail today with Alice Howell's return address so I'm sure
I'm correctly guessing that this is a Secret Pals package. However, it is wrapped in
Christmas paper so that must mean "Do not open till Christmas!" I am going to place
it under my tree & open it at that time
Hi spiders,
I thought the U.K. mail strike some weeks ago would not affect me... how
wrong. I went to get my favourite magazine from the stationers yesterday, and
it was not there !!!
Hubby commented that I had to be careful or I might go into withdrawal, with
nothing to read on a Monday :-)
Than
The framed rooster has arrived safely and is already hanging in my kitchen...
he seems to feel right at home on my wall, and since he is advertising
Scottish biscuits, he also fits right in with my Robert BurnsÂ’ blessing and my
biscuit barrel. I tasted one piece of the chocolate while I admired th
I had noticed on several flights a few years ago that the
flight attendants were rushing through their "speech" and of
course no one paid any attention to them. But when the
F.A.s added something humorous or silly, attention really
picked up. Evidently, the airlines (or safety gurus,
whoever they
At 11:16 PM 12/6/03 +, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
>Can you still get ox-blood shoe polish? (in UK). I've got a pair of
>burgundy/red shoes that would really benefit from ox-blood polish
>rather than the colourless stuff I'm currently using on them.
I don't know whether you could *ever* buy
Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety
lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some
real examples that have been heard or reported:
1. From a Southwest Airlines employee: "There may be 50 ways to leave your
lover, but
there ar
Dear Secret Pal
What a lovely surprise to brighten a busy grey day, the Christmas bobbin is
delightful with its Christmas tree and star - thank you very very much. The
calendar is ideal for my handbag, I was so pleased that you chose one which
shows a little of the area in which you live - dusk a
Thanks for the info on the Big Read vote.
I logged on and cast my vote for Jane Eyre. It was interesting that
two of the Bronte sisters had books in the top 21. Even though critics
acclaim Wuthering Heights as the better book, my money and heart has
always been with "plain Jane Eyre." I even
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