[lace-chat] husband superstore

2004-08-02 Thread Jennifer Audsley
Hi Tamara et al, >Show me a man who goes to a hardware store to buy a screwdriver, and >leaves 5 minutes later, with the first one which came to hand... :) Luckily for men there are no rules for choice in a hardware store. The probability of any man leaving a hardware store within 5 minutes wou

[lace-chat] Re: Fwd: CLEAN AND CUTE

2004-08-02 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Aug 2, 2004, at 23:04, Alice Howell wrote: How to Tell the Sex of a Fly To an extent, it reminds me of the time when my DH asked how I could tell the sex of squirrels... I referred to them - mostly - as "she" and he assumed I knew something that he didn't, being from "the old country"... T

[lace-chat] Fwd: CLEAN AND CUTE

2004-08-02 Thread Alice Howell
> Subject: CLEAN AND CUTE > > How to Tell the Sex of a Fly > > JUST TOO CUTE. > > This is the cleanest e-mail joke I've come across in > a long while. > > > > > > A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband > stalking around with a > fly swatter. > > "What are you doing?" She asked. > > "Hu

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: oh, this is cute

2004-08-02 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Sure is, for those who came out of their divorces "sunny side up"... :) From: D.D. http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/00b9a680/47930182 --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The N

[lace-chat] Re Did you hear it?

2004-08-02 Thread Shirley
We had some good rain yesterday but today is sunny and really windy so the ground will soon dry out again ( drat ). Shirley in Corio, Vic, Oz. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Muslin

2004-08-02 Thread Joy Beeson
Moved to chat because it is now off topic: At 07:00 PM 8/1/04 +0100, Annette Gill wrote: [U.K.] >But then we also use the word muslin to refer to light-weight white >cotton of a normal weave (as per the Regency-era dresses mentioned by >Jane Austen)... U.S.: Up until the advent of 200-count

Re: [lace-chat] Did you hear it?

2004-08-02 Thread W & N Lafferty
The rain just spattered on our glass dome last night, really startled the cat, she had no idea what it was. But it was only enough to turn the dust up there to streaky mud. It's so bad in Canberra that they are worried if they do get decent rain, that there is so much dried topsoil etc in the cat

Re: [lace-chat] Did you hear it?

2004-08-02 Thread Faye Owers
Hi All, We had 40mm last night and it is still raining. We have had nothing but rain, I would gladly give you some, if we could have some of your sunshine. Although I am not really complaining as it makes for perfect lacemaking conditions (too wet to go outside) (bg). Regards to all Faye Owers

Re: [lace-chat] Did you hear it?

2004-08-02 Thread Ruth Budge
And I'm going a bilious shade of green with envy!! There was a (very) little rain off the coast and also in the centre of New South Wales a few days ago, but it missed Sydney altogether. Our water supply dam is at an all-time low of about 45%. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Jacqueline Bowhey <

[lace-chat] Did you hear it?

2004-08-02 Thread Jacqueline Bowhey
Greetings All, Did you hear it?? It rained last night! Enough to hear it on the roof. 5mm in my rain gauge this morning. Not enough to break the drought but it washed the dust off! Jackie in Brisbane, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace

[lace-chat] strange bobbins - added note

2004-08-02 Thread Alice Howell
I just found out that these bobbins are 5-1/2 inches long. Could they be tapestry bobbins? Alice Previous message: OK -- All you experts -- These look a little like lace bobbins, but seem much to heavy. What are they really used for? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2219

Re: [lace-chat] Hollar (was: calico; on lace)

2004-08-02 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Re-cycled flour bags seem to be a universal phenomenon. Here in South Africa the story goes that a family managed to save enough money to go on a beach holiday - all kitted out with flour bag swimsuits. The old man looked at his swimsuit and said that he did not mind the Bokomo (Trade name) on th

[lace-chat] strange bobbins

2004-08-02 Thread Alice Howell
OK -- All you experts -- These look a little like lace bobbins, but seem much to heavy. What are they really used for? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2219&item=3740048298&rd=1 Alice in Oregon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace-chat] zucchinis and marrows

2004-08-02 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone I thought veg. marrow are pale yellow unlike zucchini which are dark green outside, or bright yellow. Both have mild flesh - but the veg. marrow is more buttery according to a foodie expert-type friend, who pointed this out to me at the local market one day. I don't know about veg. mar

[lace-chat] POLITICALLY CORRECT (not the politics your thinking)

2004-08-02 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
NEW DEFINITIONS FOR "POLITICALLY CORRECT"! *** HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT: 1. She is not a BABE or a CHICK - She is a BREASTED AMERICAN. 2.She is not EASY - She is HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE. 3.

[lace-chat] garlic and others

2004-08-02 Thread Helene Gannac
Joy wrote: >...It isn't winter hardy, but may survive if mulched heavily. Ordinary >garlic is very hardy, and can be a noxious weed. I wish!!! I've never been able to grow garlic to the point where I actually could get some bulbs out of the ground :-) It grows leaves, then seems to disappear