[lace-chat] RE: lace magazine

2004-02-24 Thread Helen Bell
Woohoo - Lace finally came yesterday - via Basl, Switzerland! Now I know what everyone is talking about :-) My issue of PieceWork also came yesterday - it has lots of projects this time, and what looks like an interesting article on Korean Wrapping Cloths. Cheers, Helen, Aussie living in

[lace-chat] Split What?

2004-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
When writing an essay on flat-fell seams, I said: any error in width will be automatically compensated for. Grammatically, I've got my choice of underlining automatically, saying any error in width will automatically be compensated for, or saying any error in width will be compensated for

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: golden sunsets

2004-02-24 Thread H. Muth
At 08:14 PM 23/02/2004 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: From: D.C. -- The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs. I'm not senile but I have a disease which affects my memory (among other things). I have hypothyroidism. When my

[lace-chat] RE: snail mail

2004-02-24 Thread Helen Bell
The joys of snail mail! I remember one time getting an envelope from Mum's sister in the UK. As it was a large envelope, she had folded it over, and taped it down in places, but there was a slot that had formed. We we cut the tape to unfold the envelope, a letter fell out. Someone in the UK had

Re: [lace-chat] Split What?

2004-02-24 Thread Katrina Worley
On Feb 24, 2004, at 8:31 AM, Joy Beeson wrote: When writing an essay on flat-fell seams, I said: any error in width will be automatically compensated for. Grammatically, I've got my choice of underlining automatically, saying any error in width will automatically be compensated for, or saying

[lace-chat] My sanity

2004-02-24 Thread W N Lafferty
I've been out of sorts just lately And feeling rather flat. The weather's been appalling It's even stopped the cat. I had some jobs to finish To get entries in a Show. Ends to finish, hems to turn It all just laid me low. And then at last I realized Just what seemed out of place. I'm lace

[lace-chat] item on Au ebay

2004-02-24 Thread A+Y Farrell
Hi all, Please check out this item on ebay. they kind of look like bobbins but I somehow think they have another purpose. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3275487478category=11 4 Cheers, Yvonne. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:

[lace-chat] Re: Prima Donnas

2004-02-24 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 24, 2004, at 6:33, A+Y Farrell (Yvonne) wrote: The plaque at the bottom says Prima Donna ect. Jill said, but isn't Prima Donna a derogatory term, Mum? I think I need to get some more culture into that girl. Well, that's what hapens when Prima Donnas behave like prima donnas; they're no

[lace-chat] Re Piecework

2004-02-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
POOH!!! I haven't even got my first issue of PieceWork, and you have your 2nd. Oh! How unfair is life!! :( I bet they have sent mine Sea mail (as you suggested!) In which case, it will be here when you get you Next issue. Oz is about 2 issues behind Europe/USA when they come

[lace-chat] finding your car

2004-02-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I came out on a different level at a shopping centre car park - right door, just one level up! and had heart-failure when the car was not there!! It took quite a few minutes of panic to find out what had gone wrong!! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] New words

2004-02-24 Thread W N Lafferty
Ruth writes Perhaps I should've explained for the rest of the world that daggy is a term used in Australia to mean scruffy, not quite acceptable, not up to standard. Hence Dags Dictionary mostly consists of words to describe not nice things like the men leaving the toilet seat up! Further

[lace-chat] Practical Skills

2004-02-24 Thread Wildgun004smate
Hi all, OK I want a Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace book, now more than ever, I mean if anyone comes across one that is reasonably priced, please let me know. I only get paid once a month and that is on the first. :) Sitting here dreaming of more lace books, Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Grammar (brain teasers)

2004-02-24 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 24, 2004, at 22:50, Webwalker (Susan in Ohio) wrote: Another problem -- ending the sentence with a preposition. Prepositions are not to end the sentence with? g Always liked that one, but obeyed it sometimes only. With a language where word order rules (due to lack of endings), placement

Re: [lace-chat] My sanity

2004-02-24 Thread Clive and Betty Ann Rice
Wish I had kept all of Nolene's poems when I first joined Arachne. I've been saving them for the past year or so, and she comes up with some precious words that we all can relate to. Thanks, Nolene. Betty Ann To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets

2004-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:07 AM 2/25/04 +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: [snip] .you'd be surprised how many grey cars there are in Sydney!! I *adored* my bright yellow Omega. It was nowhere near as useful a car as my little grey Toyota Tercel, but I never mislaid it! -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] parking cars

2004-02-24 Thread nicky.h-townsend
Reading Ruth's account of parking her new car reminded me of when my car had to go to the garage for repair. I'd got an important meeting to attend in Norwich, but no means of getting there (forget public transport it's a joke where I live!), so a friend loaned me their car for the day having