[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Why we split up

2006-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Very un-PC :) From: M.A. She told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit. Then I caught her spending £65.00 on make-up, £50 for a cut & colour, £30 for a manicure, £40 for a pedicure, £50 on vitamins, £300 on clothes and £600 for a gym membership. I asked how come I

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: in the desert

2006-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
My source said it was an old joke... I don't remember seeing it before (thank goodness for bad memory ) but I agree that it's a good one :) From: J.B. A fleeing Al Qaeda guerrilla, desperate for water, is plodding along through the Iraqi desert, when he sees something far off in the distance

[lace-chat] Re: names

2006-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Aug 30, 2006, at 13:28, Janice Blair wrote: When I write to married female friends I never use a title and much prefer just the plain name and I don't care if it upsets anyone, Send them on; won't upset me at all :) [...] but my Christmas cards always are addressed to Mr. & Mrs followed b

Re: [lace-chat] a question about surname

2006-08-30 Thread Joy Beeson
I was rather surprised that the southern custom was to add another initial; my Louisiana relatives never mentioned it. But of course the old folks were married before they moved down there, and I'd lost touch by the time the kids married. On the other hand, I've always known that I was entitled t

Re: [lace-chat] surnames & titles

2006-08-30 Thread Joy Beeson
A far-future approach to the topic, from an unpublished SF story. (context: Chris is trying to distract his mother's guest's attention away from a topic that is embarrassing to discuss with a woman from another planet.) Cris rubbed his cheek thoughtfully, and said "Ivan isn't allowed to associ

Re: [lace-chat] names

2006-08-30 Thread Martha Krieg
In one family I know, the children all got the same initials so they could inherit the monogrammed items and they'd be still applicable! Though I never saw that they had all that much - maybe it just came out for family feasts, and I'm not family! --

[lace-chat] names

2006-08-30 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] omputer>, Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >The short copy of the birth certificate is usually the one used by the >parents of adopted children - >From what I remember of DH registering our two daughters, the short certificate was free (ie at initial registr

Re: [lace-chat] names

2006-08-30 Thread Carol Adkinson
Hi All, The short copy of the birth certificate is usually the one used by the parents of adopted children - our daughter is adopted, and although on original certificates is the name of the parent(s), on the shorter one they are not mentioned - her name is 'Claire Louise Adkinson' on the short ce

Re: [lace-chat] First, Given or Christian Names

2006-08-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jane I haven't checked to see if it is still the case, but on my birth certificate there is a space where a forename may be added to the registered name on production of a baptismal certificate or certificate of naming within 12 months of the registration. I can't say I've ever seen a c

[lace-chat] names

2006-08-30 Thread Janice Blair
My daughter needed a "long" copy of her birth certificate from England and when she compared the two she realised that the "short" copy did not include her parents names! I never noticed that fact before. My son is a "Robin" which was more of a male name in England when he was born in 197

[lace-chat] Ulrike Lohr's Butterflies

2006-08-30 Thread Lynne Cumming
Has anyone done any of the butterflies from this book and would they send me a picture if they have? I'm comtemplating getting the book but cannot find anywhere with pics of the actual butterflies and I'd like to see what they are like before buying. There's a very small pic all the butterflies on