[lace-chat] Re Secret Pal

2006-04-19 Thread Shirley
Dear secret pal, Thank you for my parcel which came today. I just love my necklace, I have always liked the shell, my tea towel I will hang in my craft room and the bobbins will go on my pillow. They are all beautiful, thank you. Have a good time at the A.G.M., don't spend too much. ;-) Shirley.

Re: [lace-chat] Paraffin and the cat

2006-04-19 Thread Joy Beeson
Jean Nathan wrote: It's not paraffin wax. It's a bit like petrol (gas) but not so volatile. Used to be used here a lot in free standing room heaters I'm pretty sure that your paraffin is our kerosene. There used to be a little kerosene pump at the side of every filling station, but you can't

[lace-chat] new favorite non-lace toy

2006-04-19 Thread Needlelace
Hello everyone. Occasionally I have spiders on my ceilings, when this occurs I must get a stepstool and hope I can reach the little guy and catch it without marking up my ceiling. I know I could just leave it alone, but my dislike for spiders prevents that from occurring grew up with too

Re: [lace-chat] new favorite non-lace toy

2006-04-19 Thread Jeanette Fischer
Debra Jenny wrote:I have had my bugzooka for 6 months and love it! The telescoping option allows me to easily reach my ceilings without a stepstool. The bugs are captured intact - no mess to clean up and I can easily release the bug to be studied or (as in my case) flushed away. >> We happened

[lace-chat] Fw: Biker

2006-04-19 Thread Sue Babbs
A biker was riding along a California beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish." The biker pulled over and said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over a

[lace-chat] Re: paraffin

2006-04-19 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Joy Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Jean Nathan wrote: > >> It's not paraffin wax. It's a bit like petrol (gas) but not so volatile. >> Used to be used here a lot in free standing room heaters > >I'm pretty sure that your paraffin is our kerosene. There >used to be a little kerosene pump at

[lace-chat] Re: new favorite non-lace toy

2006-04-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Apr 19, 2006, at 16:14, Jeanette Fischer wrote: She said this fear of spiders is transmitted from mothers to children but in my experience men are much more wary of spiders than women!! I wonder about that "transmission of fear chain" claim... I suspect that revulsion to spiders is as comm