[lace-chat] Health check

2007-10-18 Thread Agnes Boddington
Subject: Tesco Health Check One day, in line at the works cafeteria, Jack says to Mike behind him, "My elbow hur

[lace-chat] Birthday Request

2007-10-18 Thread H. Muth
Hello all, In the past I know that some of you have sent greetings to friends of people on the list. Well, it's not my birthday, but that of my Grandfather. He will be 88 next month on the 18th and I am asking a favour of my fellow Arachnes. He would be thrilled to receive postcards and gr

[lace-chat] OT: Re: [lace] Re: bobbins tied or wound loose

2007-10-18 Thread Achim Siebert
This fits the most recent posting of Tamara in lace-chat (the FCC video - thank you for the laugh) ... some personal tidbits like that after a long mail about lace making are perfectly o.k. IMHO - and make the persons writing here more "real" for me ... so please don't start to censor everything th

Re: [lace-chat] OT: Re: [lace] Re: bobbins tied or wound loose

2007-10-18 Thread Shere'e
Actually I agree with political comments being kept off the list. Not everyone is of the same agreement politically and some comments that have been posted are quite offensive to others. There have been more than one that I find extremely offensive and I agree that they have no place on this list.

Re: [lace-chat] OT: Re: [lace] Re: bobbins tied or wound loose

2007-10-18 Thread madame RD
hi everybody lace-chat is devoted to everything but lace actually ... or so i thought .. ;-) dominique from Paris Shere'e wrote: Actually I agree with political comments being kept off the list. Not everyone is of the same agreement politically and some comments that have been posted are qu

Re: [lace-chat] Confused

2007-10-18 Thread Achim Siebert
I know Tamara put a line below her signature about being related to Dick Chaney. Was Aurelia's post in regard to this line? It was just this single line that provoked Aurelia's mail - I don't think there was anything else she could have meant. That's why I think the rebuke was way over the

Re: [lace-chat] Confused

2007-10-18 Thread Shere'e
There have actually been quite a few little tags and a couple of "jokes" that could very easily (and in some cases very obviously) been slams at political figures. It is getting to be that time again here in the US for political season to go into full swing. As I have said before, I personally agre

[lace-chat] letters to the editor

2007-10-18 Thread Agnes Boddington
*Letters to the editor* Could the Home Secretary explain to me how biometric checks on iris Patterns and fingerprints are going to help keep tabs on Muslim cleric Abu Hamsa. //Les Barnsley // The government tells us that we are eating too many pies and dying of heart disease, then in the nex

[lace-chat] fake turkey and huge chalice

2007-10-18 Thread Alice Howell
If you want to put your mind to something strange, tell me how I can make a fake dead turkey .everything except the feathers. It's for a theater play of Christmas Carol...the big turkey from the butcher shop that is given to the Cratchetts. My thought was fabric, stuffed with fiber fill. It

Re: [lace-chat] letters to the editor

2007-10-18 Thread Achim Siebert
/Hopefully this brings a few smiles on a cold day/ Thanks, Agnes, it did. I'm glad British humour totally lacks the political correctness of American humor. Best, Achim. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, wri

[lace-chat] FW: Pricking size change help needed

2007-10-18 Thread Shere'e
ERROR that should be size 8 perle cotton NOT size 80 > -Original Message- > From: Shere'e [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 6:26 PM > To: 'lace' > Subject: Pricking size change help needed > > I am getting ready to do a demo for the boyscout's to