[lace-chat] Butter versus Margarine

2006-10-29 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Friends, I haven't checked the validity of the discussion below - merely forwarding David in Ballarat Subject: Can't believe we eat this stuff! Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research

Re: [lace-chat] Butter versus Margarine

2006-10-29 Thread Thurlow Weed
Dear Spiders, For the most part, this is a hoax. Being a butter-lover myself (baked things just do *not* taste as good with margarine, IMO) I was curious about all this. Hurrah, something in defense of butter, perhaps? But alas, not so, or at least not entirely. Here is a link to the

[lace-chat] Genealogy Advice sought ...

2006-10-29 Thread lace1
Hi, I know that several of you enjoy genealogy so I am asking for some advice. Since I became unemployed I have been busy building my family tree on genesreunited and I have a lot of information already (I had some good data to start with). However, I am reaching the point where I really need

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Learning English

2006-10-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
OK, it's a recycled one, but it's been a while... A caveat: ja is yes in *German*, but *not* in Polish. In Polish, yes is tak, which happens to mean thank you in Denmark, which really had my head spinning, when I was there... :) From: S. L. A Polish man moved to the USA and married an

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: Learning English

2006-10-29 Thread Dorte Tennison
ja in danish is yes, not thank you, thank you is tak in danish Dorte from Denmark, ready to go to work www.spaces.msn.com/members/MrsTee www.skype.com mit skype navn: mc535xv - Original Message - From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat Arachne lace-chat@arachne.com Sent:

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: Learning English

2006-10-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 30, 2006, at 0:16, Dorte Tennison wrote: thank you is tak in danish That's what I said: In Polish, yes is tak, which happens to mean thank you in Denmark, which really had my head spinning, when I was there... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/

Re: [lace-chat] :) Fwd: Learning English

2006-10-29 Thread Sonja Sillay
To get heads spinning more ... Thank you is tack in Swedish and tak can be roof or ceiling. /Sonja lurking Swede in UK - Original Message - From: Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chat Arachne lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:25 AM Subject: