[lace-chat] harvest festival/Christmas

2004-12-02 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 2, 2004, at 0:26, Weronika Patena wrote, in response to my: [...] "harvest festival" [...] we all thought it was something contrived by the Communist government seeking to promote the "rule of workers and peasants" Really? I've always thought it was older than the communist government..

[lace-chat] Re Advent Calandar

2004-12-02 Thread Shirley
Thanks to those who tried to help me view the calandar but no matter what I do I still get Myth or Mystery on the top. In desperation I even went to Google and got the same thing. Never mind, I think it is telling me I don't need to look at it. Thanks again. Shirley in Corio. Oz. To unsubscribe se

[lace-chat] Sp thank you

2004-12-02 Thread Alessandra
I am very sorry, please forgive for my delay in sending you my THANK YOU for your last and wonderful parcel! It arrived 10 days ago but.. Recently I lost a friend of my age and I did not want to do anything. It a very sad time: we were at primary school together and I have good memories of our

[lace-chat] : } Blond Joke

2004-12-02 Thread Linda Walton
An Irishman, a Mexican, and a blonde guy were doing construction work on a scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building. They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, "Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch I'm going to jump off this building." The Mexican

Re: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving (was Christmas of old)

2004-12-02 Thread Katrina Worley
On Dec 1, 2004, at 9:26 PM, Weronika Patena wrote: The Christmas Eve dinner started when the kids saw the first star (really annoying when it's cloudy), and we got to open presents after dinner (according to my friends you do in the next morning in the US - is that right?). It really is sort of s

[lace-chat] Re Advent Calandar

2004-12-02 Thread Shirley
I am either suffering from "old timers disease" or I have gone blind, I cannot see how to look at the Guild Advent Calandar.I have checked the date at the bottom.Can anyone with more brains than me tell me how to get to it please Shirley in Corio,Oz. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace-chat] bobbins from Ballarat

2004-12-02 Thread sealacehaven
Hi spiders Have just been able to successfully re-subscribe again! Computers ouch! Anyway, wonder if someone, (probably David from down under?) can answer my query. One of my students has just returned from six weeks in Australia (rained most of the time where she was), and on return to class beg