[lace-chat] secret pal thanks

2005-07-15 Thread Anne Nicholas
Hi Secret Pal in Australia, Thank you so much for my parcel of goodies that was here when I got home from work yesterday. The bobbins are beautiful and very unusual and I will think of you when I use them ! Thank you also for the ruler and lace pattern, I have not seen one like this before. I w

[lace-chat] Re: bread and potatoes

2005-07-15 Thread Alice Howell
At 10:05 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote: Imagine my surprise, when I came here - to *rich* America - and was offered bread with my dinner, which had a starch on the plate already! I get really annoyed with food places that not only have the above, but the 'vegetable of the day' is corn. Corn is a st

[lace-chat] Dangers of giving address

2005-07-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Susan wrote: < england must be a very safe place to live because everyone seems to sherk and overlook the possibilities for a horrible crime to happen.> Sorry, Susan, it's no safer than anywhere else. The murder rate in the UK used to be one a day, now there are about 1200 a year. Poole is jo

Re: [lace-chat] Re: diet soda bad for you

2005-07-15 Thread Alice Howell
At 04:31 AM 7/15/2005, you wrote: Why do diet sodas make you gain weight? Here is what I just tracked down on the internet when I searched 'diet soda health' , This was on the news recently but I didn't hear all the details. Take a look at this report, and search the internet for more. This

[lace-chat] USA eating, lack of exercise

2005-07-15 Thread Lynn Carpenter
*sigh* Not only are many neighborhoods "unwalkable", almost everything is set up with cars and driving in mind. Mega-stores like Wal-Mart sit in the middle of *huge* parking lots, but people circle around and around in their cars like sharks to get a close parking spot, so they won't have to walk

Re: [lace-chat] Re: diet soda bad for you

2005-07-15 Thread TwoHappyBees
In a message dated 07/15/2005 11:30:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Water is my drink addiction. >> Many of us don't drink a sufficient amount of water. I learned an interesting thing about this from a nurse because at that time I didn't drink very much water and

[lace-chat] Elderly!!!

2005-07-15 Thread H. Muth
Jean, I beg to differ. My mother is only 62 and by no means elderly. My grandfather is 84, now he is elderly. I've noticed the trend here in Canada to declare that 60 is middle age, but that would only be if you lived to be 120. However, I just can't get my head around 62 being elderly. J

[lace-chat] Elderly!!

2005-07-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Heather wrote: Depends on who is judging. To a 7 or 8 year-old 30 is old. From the 11-16 year-olds I taught, I got the impression that by the time you're 60, they're surprised you're still alive. And as for grey sex - well!!! Just doesn't bear thinking about! I have officially reached

[lace-chat] wow

2005-07-15 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
Hi all, I have been working on the cross for my son, Oh my, I have had to add bobbins where I didn't think that I would, and I am only working on the top of the cross, I will be nuts when it is done, but it does seem like a good learning experience, when I am done I will put it on the community we

[lace-chat] Re: USA eating, lack of exercise

2005-07-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 15, 2005, at 12:26, Lynn Carpenter wrote: Not only are many neighborhoods "unwalkable", almost everything is set up with cars and driving in mind. Mega-stores like Wal-Mart sit in the middle of *huge* parking lots, but people circle around and around in their cars like sharks to get a

Re: [lace-chat] green tomatoes

2005-07-15 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 14/07/2005 21:49:38 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: america's most favorite foods are fried like fried chicken, french fries, onion rings, potatoe chips, fried fish and hush puppies, hamburgers, pork chops, etc. I'm going to regret asking this but what is a hu

Re: [lace-chat] Reese's peanut butter cups

2005-07-15 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 14/07/2005 19:52:29 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Apparently my daughter's American work colleague buys them in Asda - so if we've got them here in Tamworth, the chances are most Asda stores stock them. But then, Asda are now owned by Walmart. -- Jane Pa

Re: [lace-chat] Re: dangers of giving address

2005-07-15 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 14/07/2005 23:01:51 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i'm not paranoid about it. there are about 3000 or more people with my exact name all over the united states. i also did what another arachne member did and put my last name in where it kept printing up in

Re: [lace-chat] Elderly!!!

2005-07-15 Thread Thelacebee
< I'm elderly (62),>> Jean, I'm with Heather here - you ain't elderly. You may qualify for all the goodies that senior citizens can have (travel help etc) but you ain't elderly. It's become the in thing to describe anyone who is of retirment age as being in the third age - ie childhood