[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Later

2005-02-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Short, sweet, and the best new wrinkle I've ever seen on the parental "wait till you're older"... :) From: D. C. A three-year-old little boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath. "Mama," he asked, "Are these my brains?" Mama answered, "Not yet." -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] Fwd: Re :) Fwd: French Lesson

2005-02-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Oooh... I forgot this one and, of course, it's the best of them all... Talk about "suspect"... :) That's when I told Severn (DH) he could spend his time to a better purpose learning a language *other* than Polish From: Weronika Patena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] "hrabia" ("Count") and "poeta" (

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: French Lesson

2005-02-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
Not exactly new, but still very funny... BTW, Polish, like French (and German, and Latin, and Spanish, and Russian, and...), also has "grammatical gender", and 'puter would be male not because of how it functions, but because it ends in a consonant... :) OTOH, "hrabia" ("Count") and "poeta" ("po

[lace-chat] Re: Stress Level Increases

2005-02-05 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 5, 2005, at 5:56, Carol Adkinson wrote: I have now cut it off - and have unwound what seemed like three miles of silk thread, so I am a bit stressed! Ouch! And silk, too (expensive)... I absolutely *hate it*, when things which were meant to be full-sized projects (as opposed to samples) end

Re: [lace-chat] Australia Tourism

2005-02-05 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 05/02/2005 13:14:00 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA) > A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. > Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific whi

[lace-chat] Credit card scams

2005-02-05 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >In the local supermarket, I always remove the terminal from its holder and >hold it up to my chest while entering my PIN - I believe it was Jane who >said that her local Tesco manager said they could be lifted out this way. No

[lace-chat] Australia Tourism

2005-02-05 Thread Laceandbits
I have a feeling this may have been on chat before, but quite a while ago. After David's wonderful "this is Australia" post, this seemed a good time to send this. Especially for Liz's Aussie in case he's never seen it. Jacquie The questions below about Australia are from potential visitors. T

Re: [lace-chat] Credit card scams

2005-02-05 Thread Lynn Scott
> At the local shopping centres, there are two ATMs situated against the up escalator. From the mezzanine level, you can look right down at the person entering all their details, quite a good view in fact. And given that the machines are also near the door, I am surprised no person of significanc

[lace-chat] Stress Level Increases

2005-02-05 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi Spiders All, Well - I have just cut off the bobbins from the offending piece of lace on a roller pillow. I think I mentioned some time ago that the pricking had shrunk slightly, or hadn't been butted up properly on the roller, so that it didn't actuually match.I have now cut it off - and

[lace-chat] Merry Christmas!

2005-02-05 Thread Hannelore Rohles
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Re: [lace-chat] Handbag theft from car

2005-02-05 Thread Linda Walton
When I fasten my seat belt, I also put it through the strap of my handbag. Linda Walton, (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). P.S. Saw the lovely new book on Roumanian Point Lace yesterday - will definitely have to start saving up my pennies . . . - Original Message - From: "Joy Beeson