[lace-chat] transportation woes

2005-05-16 Thread Helene Gannac
Dear Janice, I am sorry you had such a bad time in my native town! I hope the breakfast at least was nice and you didn't get that dreadful bread we ate last time we were ther4e!! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, originally from Toulouse, France. Janice wrote: We stayed in Tolouse overnight on

[lace-chat] Eden retreat - trip home

2005-05-16 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Got to share this with everyone. Spent a marvellous time on the far south coast of NSW this weekend at a lace retreat. It happens the weekend after Mothers Day each year, and has been a regular event for many years. Lacemakers from all over NSW and Victoria attend. We met up with Pene Piip's

[lace-chat] bank transfer scam

2005-05-16 Thread Alice Howell
Hi, I just received a couple copies of a Scam Email from the Auditor of the Bank of Scotland, United Kingdom. He wants my bank account to transfer 15 million pounds of excess money out of Scotland, then pick it up from me -- for a share, of course. I had heard of these scams coming from

[lace-chat] Scams

2005-05-16 Thread Jean Nathan
One of DH's women in the US was desparate for a job and couldn't find one due to her age. She saw an advert somewhere or got an email - I don't know the details - but she thought she was acting as a collecting agent for a company in France. She was sent a cheque, paid it into her bank account,

[lace-chat] Humour

2005-05-16 Thread David Collyer
A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in their bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as