[lace-chat] Large city populations

2005-07-25 Thread Jean Nathan
Susan wrote: Populations of two of the larger cities in England are Birmingham 1 million, Manchester 2.5 million. I have no idea what the population of towns and cities of countries on mainland Europe are. The US has a much larger land mass than the UK, and very large areas which aren't po

[lace-chat] Re: raffle!

2005-07-25 Thread BrambleLan
Greetings! The winners of the raffle for the current Piecework issue featuring lace for persons living outside the United States are: Lynn Scott, Australia and Lindy Taylour, Ireland. They'll be in the mail today! Thanks for playing! Margaret in PA, where it's thunderstorming To unsubscrib

Re: [lace-chat] Re: raffle!

2005-07-25 Thread Lynn Scott
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Re: [lace-chat] Large city populations

2005-07-25 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi Spiders All, Despite mathematics being my first love, I am still sometimes fazed by distances, and I think it sometimes gets the UK into perspective when you realise that, from our coastal side of the country, in East Anglia, to *my* part of Wales - St Davids, right on the bit that sticks out i

Re: [lace-chat] Large city populations

2005-07-25 Thread Margery Allcock
Carol - in Suffolk, UK said: > Despite mathematics being my first love, I am > still sometimes fazed by distances, and I think > it sometimes gets the UK into perspective when you > realise that, from our coastal side of the country, > in East Anglia, to *my* part of Wales - St Davids, > right on t

[lace-chat] Distances, was Large city populations

2005-07-25 Thread Lynn Carpenter
"Carol Adkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Despite mathematics being my first love, I am still sometimes fazed by >distances, and I think it sometimes gets the UK into perspective when you >realise that, from our coastal side of the country, in East Anglia, to *my* >part of Wales - St Davids, r

[lace-chat] Harry Potter

2005-07-25 Thread PhaserBait
Hi All! I finished Harry Potter, in fact, I've read it twice, I read really fast the first time just to find out what happened, then I go back to catch what I missed. Some of the stuff was predictable, I'm not saying what, for those who haven't been able to pry the book out of their DO (Dear

RE: [lace-chat] Harry Potter

2005-07-25 Thread Avital
That's Voldemort. Avital > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi All! > I finished Harry Potter, in fact, I've read it twice, I read really fast the > first time just to find out what happened, then I go back to catch what I > missed. > Some of the

Re: [lace-chat] Distances

2005-07-25 Thread Alice Howell
At 02:27 AM 7/25/2005, you wrote: - it is about 400 miles. And - one of the widest parts of the UK, and can still easily be travelled in a day... And what I find hard to grasp is that the USA is farther from one side to the other, than it is from the UK to the USA. I live 50 miles from

[lace-chat] Fw: ABC's

2005-07-25 Thread Lynn Weasenforth
The New ABC's A is for Apple, and B is for Boat, That used to be right, But now it won't float! Age before beauty is what we once said, But let's be a bit more realistic instead! NOW: A is for arthritis, B is the bad back, C is the chest p

Re: [lace-chat] Large city populations

2005-07-25 Thread susan
there is also the fact that none of the governments for each country are in agreement on any political issue. i think they should remain seperate because they would lose their culteral upbringing and maybe their language too. everything about their heritage will be lost and they will be encourage

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] barbara underwood double picots

2005-07-25 Thread susan
i have another book on cluny lace that has 2 methods of doing picots, but one is the same way i have been doing it, and they both suck. excuse my slang, but its true. i tried for an hour last night doing the other and it was even worse. the picot pattern i orginally started out with works the be

Re: [lace-chat] Re: raffle!

2005-07-25 Thread Lindy Taylour
I am thrilled to have won a copy of Piecework! There are very few craft magazines available in Ireland so it will be treasured. Very many thanks. Lindy The winners of the raffle for the current Piecework issue featuring lace for persons living outside the United States are: Lynn Scott, Austr

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] barbara underwood double picots

2005-07-25 Thread Nicole Bouchez
Yes, you use one string on the bottom of the bobbin to wind the thread on the top of the bobbin.But the best way to see how it works is (at first) to forget about the thread at the top and get the feel for how the string can make the bobbin spin. I don't remember where you live but next time y

[lace-chat] Re: More on mold

2005-07-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 22, 2005, at 12:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ricki) wrote: Maybe I should mention too that modern building techniques contribute to mold. For instance, many times builders will leave the wood for their building outside during construction, where it gets wet *That* isn't all that modern; sho

[lace-chat] Paranoia is good for ya

2005-07-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 22, 2005, at 13:56, susan wrote: we thought adding our last names or our cities would give away where we live to crazies. Please change "we" to "some of us". Most of us know that witholding a surname and/or location does not provide a shield against a *determined* evildoer. It's the s

[lace-chat] Re: towel heaters

2005-07-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jul 22, 2005, at 16:03, Lynn Carpenter wrote: we have such damp air, towels won't dry hanging outdoors on the line in the sun, let alone hanging indoors in a small bathroom with no exhaust fan. When I first got here (Lexington, Virginia), I forced my DH into very "low class" behaviour; I