[lace-chat] A Beautiful Story

2006-06-05 Thread David in Ballarat
Subject: A beautiful story... From:Ian Loader [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Wed, May 31, 2006 8:15 pm To: Ian Annette Loader [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Subject: Fwd: A beautiful story... The first day of school our

[lace-chat] beginner pillow etc

2006-06-05 Thread Alice Howell
Someone in UK should look at eBay Item number: 8289288250 . It's a pillow, 24 bobbins, and all but the last 4 inches of a lace edging. The lace should be finished, and the equipment would be great for a beginner. Shipping gets to be a bit much all the way across the pond or I would be very

[lace-chat] :-) The Australian solution.

2006-06-05 Thread Jeanette Fischer
For the Aussies on the list! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Three guys -- a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden, and an Australian engineer -- come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. I will give each of you one wish which is three wishes total, says the Genie. The Canadian

Re: [lace-chat] Potluck suppers

2006-06-05 Thread Martha Krieg
Oh, it does indeed! I used to play in a Javanese gamelan (gong orchestra) at the University of Michigan. All the players were students. We had a potluck and every single student brought the cheapest, quickest thing possible: white rice. At 8:44 PM -0400 6/1/06, Jane Viking Swanson wrote: Hi

[lace-chat] Hungarian town

2006-06-05 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
DH thinks you might mean Kecskemet - a town of over 100,000 (remember - he left Hungary about 50 years ago!!) Pronounced ketch - as in the boat - as Tamara said, and 'kemet' as it looks - with short e's ( as in 'help') Hope your Granddaughter has a great time over there. Regards from Liz in

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: computer levity

2006-06-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Got a lot of jokes while I was gone gallivanting in CA. Some on their second-go-round even according to my (faulty) memory, but some I can't remember seeing before. This is one of them: From: M.D. There was once a young man. In his youth, his desire was to become a great writer. When asked