[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

[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

[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

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.

[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.

[lace-chat] Elderly!!

2005-07-15 Thread Jean Nathan
Heather wrote: Just what is the definition of 'elderly', anyway. 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

[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

[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