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2004-05-24 Thread Helene Gannac
Oooh, Noelene, you reminded me of the good old days when I was spending my holidays in England, and getting all the girls at my friend's school to give me autographs!! (unheard of activity in French schools). The one I liked, which seems to apply well here wis: 2Y's UR, 2Y's UB ICYR 2Y's4me Can

[lace-chat] Happy Victoria Day

2004-05-24 Thread Margot Walker
On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 01:06 AM, Bev Walker wrote: To all my Canadian buddies, I hope you're all enjoying the May long weekend. Anyone in the Maritimes able to go on a picnic? There will be no picnics in Halifax today. The fog is so thick that I can't see the next block. And unless it

Re: [lace-chat] greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-24 Thread Alice Howell
At 09:54 AM 5/24/2004, you wrote: What are some traditions related to Memorial Day? The traditional USA Memorial Day is May 30th. Our commercially-wise government decided 3-day weekends were desirable, so changed several holidays to always be on a Monday, thus -- 3 day holiday weekends. And

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2004-05-24 Thread W N Lafferty
Really digging back in memory AB, C D goldfish? M R no goldfish. S M R. Noelene [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ Helene and Noelene, et al, That partners the 2XUR 2XUB ICUR 2X 4ME Just the same, but different!!! Carol - in Suffolk, UK. To unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Alphabets

2004-05-24 Thread W N Lafferty
Does anyone know more than the first few letters of A for 'orses. B for mutton C for yourself D 'f as a post E 've a brick F 'fer vesence G 'fer Police and there I get stuck - is there any more? Noelene in Cooma It's actually raining, so I'm in a silly mood. It's been so long since we saw that

[lace-chat] Help Please

2004-05-24 Thread Shirley Meier
This has nothing to do with lace but hope someone can help me. When my Sister and I were small our Mother used to tell us a little verse , we can only remember the first couple of lines and I hope someone out there can remember the rest. It begins like this Never leave your eggshells Unbroken

Re: [lace-chat] Help Please

2004-05-24 Thread W N Lafferty
Don't know Shirley, but I was always told to upend my empty eggshell and smash it to save a drowning sailor which seemed a contradiction to me. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ This has nothing to do with lace but hope someone can help me. When my

Re: [lace-chat] Alphabets

2004-05-24 Thread Sue Babbs
There are versions of the Cockney alphabet at: http://thinks.com/words/cockneya.htm http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/cockney.htm Sue - Original Message - From: W N Lafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 4:54 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Alphabets

Re: [lace-chat] Help Please

2004-05-24 Thread Edith Holmes
This webgsite has a 'lost quotations' section. Not operating until the end of June, but I've found it very useful in the past for finding various poems http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/ Best wishes Edith North Nottinghamshire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

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2004-05-24 Thread Ruth Budge
Noelene, I'd be in a silly mood too if we had rain!! We've got grey sky, promises from the Weather Bureau which started out very postive 4 days ago, and have sounded less confident as the Tuesday rain approached, and all we've seen is a few spits - not enough to show up on the road surface, let

[lace-chat] Re: greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-24 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On May 24, 2004, at 12:54, Bev Walker wrote: What are some traditions related to Memorial Day? According to Emily Post (book on etiquette, which, being a peasant with no manners, I studied, dilligently, the first couple of years in The South), it's OK to wear white shoes from that day on, till

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The difference

2004-05-24 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
I grew up in a country which was 97% Catholic, despite (because of??? Contrariness is a fairly common human trait...) all the difficulties the Communist regime imposed on those who wanted to practise it. The remaining 3% were more-or-less equally divided between atheists and other religions.

[lace-chat] Boulder, Co.

2004-05-24 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I've been to Boulder! :)) - Helen took us to the Celestial Seasons Tea factory, and then on to the Leaning Tree Western Art Gallery - and it was well worth the visit. Beaut paintings - landscapes relating to Westerns, etc, and some marvelous bronze sculptures. I am old fashioned, and