Re: [lace-chat] domain name change

2022-12-07 Thread Jane Partridge
as a list; but hopefully still chat about the things we would talk about at a lace day, as well as the technical stuff, on the new combined one. Thanks for keeping the Arachne group going, Liz. Jane Partridge From: owner-lace-c...@arachne.com on behalf of Angel

[lace-chat] broiler

2013-04-07 Thread Jane Partridge
raised ridges to give the effect of cooking on a rack (commercial restaurant version). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/

[lace-chat] happy Birthday

2013-03-01 Thread Jane Partridge
, Jean!!) -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

[lace-chat] Tatting question

2013-02-25 Thread Jane Partridge
3/Panda?ID=pav_48751&SPAM=true&path=C:\Documents%20a nd%20Settings\Jane\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\ da%20Internet%20Security%202011\AntiSpam ------- -- Jane Partridge

[lace-chat] FW: Aged 80 :-)

2012-09-03 Thread Jane Partridge
e to get ready, and four to go." (Oh, just be quiet and send it on). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent

Re: [lace-chat] Borrowing film and card

2012-04-09 Thread Jane Partridge
orning What can they be making Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachn

[lace-chat] The Lace Guild - new Facebook page

2012-03-31 Thread Jane Partridge
issue and page the pattern was on, and the designer's name. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/a

[lace-chat] photocopying

2011-12-05 Thread Jane Partridge
not sold! All other patterns, magazines and publications from The Lace Guild are subject to copyright law. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. P

[lace-chat] Knitting machines

2011-09-01 Thread Jane Partridge
s what we did with Mom's knitting machine. See the "donate" page on http://www.krizevac.org -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.

[lace-chat] goose

2010-12-20 Thread Jane Partridge
s cooker, but have cooked with an electric ordinary cooker in the past). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace-chat] :-) Fw: Benefits of green tea

2010-12-03 Thread Jane Partridge
husband comes home drunk, I sip and swirl repeatedly with green tea and he never touches me now." The Doctor replied, "Excellent ... so now you can see why keeping your mouth shut is such a good idea!!!" -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord.

[lace-chat] Fw: Buffalo wings and spicy foods

2010-11-04 Thread Jane Partridge
hostel at Minffordd, North Wales. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace-chat] Buffalo wings and spicy foods

2010-11-04 Thread Jane Partridge
a stuff (they call that salad???) mixed in with the peppers g -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

[lace-chat] Ebay oddity

2010-04-15 Thread Jane Partridge
ght be the Raschelle (?sp). We were shown how they are threaded when we went to the (now long gone) Lace Centre in Nottingham some years ago. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, w

[lace-chat] RE: snapshot of my life

2010-04-14 Thread Jane Partridge
ay I was going to buy that, it would have driven me bananas! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] Snapshot of my life

2010-04-14 Thread Jane Partridge
intention whatsoever of having anything to do with computers! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] Recycling orts

2010-01-25 Thread Jane Partridge
the chicks? We used to leave the fur brushed from the cats out for the birds to use - before Chloe, who no way will let you brush her! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to ar

[lace-chat] gold & gems endure more than thead

2009-09-28 Thread Jane Partridge
of people wanting to see the hoard - I think it might be better to wait a week or two, depending on how long they are going to be displayed for! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to ar

Re: [lace-chat] Quirky things in Estonia

2009-08-21 Thread Jane Partridge
cup sizes??! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] Re: Name of cotton fabric?

2009-08-03 Thread Jane Partridge
n's description makes it sound as if it was woven as a partial double cloth, at least, to give the blister effect. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] Are you new to lace or was it passed on?

2009-05-23 Thread Jane Partridge
ever age. Keeping it to the comfortable confines of club rooms with maybe a notice in a local shop isn't going to attract many, if any at all! Demonstrating is fun - and great motivation for those who have only just learnt the basics who get told many times during the day how clever they are! --

[lace-chat] sky blue pink

2009-05-14 Thread Jane Partridge
e pink" as it was, but also "ginger-pink with black spots" - like me, she was born in Birmingham - though her family came from Herefordshire and Wiltshire. I'm not sure I ever heard my father use either - he and his forebears were born in Stamford, Lincs. -- Jane Partri

[lace-chat] Rear ends

2009-04-04 Thread Jane Partridge
rating at a papercraft show in Doncaster (The Dome, if anyone is in the area) today, so should be able to get a bit more of my rectangular mat done! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to ar

[lace-chat] Re: Dangerous chocolate cake recipe

2009-04-02 Thread Jane Partridge
amp blanket before I start looking at lace again. --- On Thu, 2/4/09, David in Ballarat wrote: -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] New baby

2009-01-18 Thread Jane Partridge
at 1am) so won't need to send any more large emails to relatives. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] New baby

2009-01-18 Thread Jane Partridge
rth. No complications and both are doing well - his big sister (Crystal) is two years old today. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.

[lace-chat] Invading hordes...

2008-09-21 Thread Jane Partridge
cat I first knew (Tinkerbell), who lived to days off her 21st birthday, had no problems with Prudence's kittens who were born in May 1972, the year she died. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace-chat] tapioca pudding and other desserts

2008-08-29 Thread Jane Partridge
re on restaurant menus, and puds are also referred to as "sweets". It used to be that after the main course in certain restaurants, the "sweet trolley" would be brought round - these would be cold, though. However, we all use dessert spoons to eat them with, no matter what we

[lace-chat] Locomotive

2008-06-13 Thread Jane Partridge
t with a suitable height table and travel pillow and make lace whilst you travel! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Origin of a word

2008-06-12 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >locomotive (a steam train) > You can also have diesel and electric locomotives, Jean - "locomotive" refers to the engine, not the fuel that powers it! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe se

[lace-chat] Re: earthquake

2008-02-27 Thread Jane Partridge
shire, if you draw a line on a map between Grimsby (on the coast) and Lincoln it is about half way. -- Jane Partridge (who used, many years ago, to work for the BBC!) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Champagne for one

2007-12-27 Thread Jane Partridge
et to my pillow (for those on the Gazette forum, we found the living room carpet on Christmas Eve)! I can't say whether it was definitely Demon (our ISP) with problems yesterday - we didn't have time to put the computer on! But, with the news reports of all the sales, and umpteen millio

[lace-chat] Re: MORE Childhood Rhymes & Chants

2007-08-09 Thread Jane Partridge
d the rhyme was sung again. Oranges and Lemons, and In and Out the Scottish Bluebells are two I remember from Brownies (many years ago!). Skipping at junior school used to be Matthew, Mark, Luke John Next one in, follow on. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] conta

[lace-chat] Geese

2007-07-25 Thread Jane Partridge
help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their own group. If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that. -- Jane Partridge To un

[lace-chat] Re: IOLI Membership Message/e-mail list

2007-07-25 Thread Jane Partridge
ate, I would think twice about it being worth a subscription in the first place. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Altoid tins

2007-07-20 Thread Jane Partridge
he tin around the place by trying to pick up the edge of the lid with a claw. The hearts are gone, we use the tin for other cat treats now - it is a little more cat-resistant than the normal bag they are packed in! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the lin

[lace-chat] Do Not Call

2007-05-25 Thread Jane Partridge
ng back (the number did come up on the phone, and was somewhere in Manchester) to find out who they were. We haven't heard from them since, though, so they must have given up. At least with caller display on the phone you have the choice to ignore numbers you don't know, if it is important they&#x

[lace-chat] Pease pudding

2007-05-24 Thread Jane Partridge
d that's not counting the pork butcher or the very good one in the Co-op supermarket. Pity we lost the fishmonger, but we do have a good cheese shop. Most of our supermarkets (we have too many of those) are on the out-of-town shopping area, so unless you drive it is a case of relying on the small

[lace-chat] talking about cake....

2007-05-16 Thread Jane Partridge
flour less the weight of the drinking chocolate, 4oz sugar, 4oz margarine and 2 eggs). Her chocolate cakes are good... this turned out, hm. very moreish :-). Thanks to the Baileys, it has stayed moist, too! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin

[lace-chat] Re: Ethical Dilemna Resolved

2007-05-11 Thread Jane Partridge
or oneself. It is the latter that most designers at least want the credit of the design for, if not royalties. Hence the reason in that case why if you intend to produce to sell, you should ask permission first. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing th

[lace-chat] Ruddy and so forth...

2007-04-11 Thread Jane Partridge
bugger" - it is not so much the word used, as the meaning put behind it, after all, sod is a lump of muddy grass! As Tamara said, we all kerbed our tongues when we had young children learning to talk - only to find that they picked up far worse when they went to school. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Height

2007-02-28 Thread Jane Partridge
dictates what goes where, and the powers that be obviously don't think about the logistics from the shopper's angle, just that the ones they expect to sell more of get easy to reach position and to h*ll with everyone else! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] co

[lace-chat] Wallpaper borders

2006-12-14 Thread Jane Partridge
ed 3 rolls, possibly 4. The specialist wallpaper shops that we in Tamworth (UK) had some years ago are now long gone, and there is nothing of this kind in the shops we do have (B&Q, Co-op, Focus, etc). Has anyone seen any anywhere else? -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace-chat] names

2006-08-30 Thread Jane Partridge
e Court for issue, the marriage certificate is sent to the Court and unless the divorce is stopped, the Court keep hold of it. (Which confuses an awful lot of people who think they will get it back). Is it still possible to get a copy of the certificate and is the register noted in any way to show that a divo

[lace-chat] First, Given or Christian Names

2006-08-29 Thread Jane Partridge
(She was daughter of Joseph Banner, a nailer in Bromsgrove - I suspect the hand made nails in the frame are of his making). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Names & Titles

2006-08-27 Thread Jane Partridge
with or without title - it should be either first name only (if they know me well, which this ilk don't) or by my formal name of Mrs Partridge. In the address line on the envelope, Mrs Jane Partridge is correct - this distinguishes me from my daughter, Miss Jenny Partridge (though we are JM and

[lace-chat] Real Newspaper Ads

2006-06-07 Thread Jane Partridge
a day off (nearly worked!) and we went to the Talyllyn Railway in Wales - coming back we took a very scenic route, and passed one farm where there was a sign on the gate proclaiming "Blonde Bulls for Sale" - presumably this refers to the coat colouring, but after all the blonde jo

[lace-chat] As I've Matured............

2006-06-01 Thread Jane Partridge
g in your house, one of your kids did it I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. I've learned that the people you care for most in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the rear are permanent.

[lace-chat] Bugs and Bags

2006-04-21 Thread Jane Partridge
red of spiders - though moths, woodlice, beetles, etc will all get well and truly screamed at). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] The verb "to bags"

2006-04-21 Thread Jane Partridge
y all the time. We used bags when I was younger. However, when the two girls were little, if we passed a house or whatever they took a fancy to, it was "taxed!". (H reckons I should have typed that in caps - "very loud and very annoying" - and they would argue over who taxed first!

[lace-chat] Fw: Useless information

2006-04-03 Thread Jane Partridge
again. Well, not till the year 2106, anyway! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Fwd: this is your Penny, right?

2005-12-13 Thread Jane Partridge
ed on to me the copy of Piecework with the article about Tina the Little Lacemaker - written by Penny - in it, and I was wondering how she was. First thing I did with the magazine was to look down the list of articles, to see how many of the authors' names I recognised - quite a few! -- Jane Pa

[lace-chat] junk mail

2005-11-15 Thread Jane Partridge
ot less - there is no option on it for "none at all"! Trouble is, delivering the junk brings them money, even if it is a hassle for the postmen who then have to go to every house, instead of just the ones with real post. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PRO

[lace-chat] Cleaning

2005-10-26 Thread Jane Partridge
The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! ermm... has anyone seen the floor recently, I seem to have lost it somewhere under his computer magazines :-) -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] RE:Beds lace

2005-08-20 Thread Jane Partridge
forget that lace in the past was influenced not only by other lace designs, but also the designs of other artefacts of the time. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: 19/08/2005

[lace-chat] Plastic bobbins

2005-08-19 Thread Jane Partridge
"do for now" pricker. The bobbins, as previously said, need attacking with a file before they are of any use. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/77 - Release Date: 18/08/2005 T

[lace-chat] Re: sewing machine for artist daughter

2005-08-13 Thread Jane Partridge
here - some machines are more temperamental than others where being moved is concerned. (At least then you have the fall back of "fit for purpose"!). -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.1

[lace-chat] Reese's peanut butter cups

2005-07-14 Thread Jane Partridge
ever seen Reese's there Apparently my daughter's American work colleague buys them in Asda - so if we've got them here in Tamworth, the chances are most Asda stores stock them. But then, Asda are now owned by Walmart. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing messa

[lace-chat] Re: Bobbins

2005-06-27 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > So I have two 1st Anniversary bobbins - one >from UK and one from US :) > Which is why I got confused when whoever it was said that Margaret Wall had painted it - mine is definitely the one that

[lace-chat] Visiting the UK

2005-06-23 Thread Jane Partridge
n advance when I visited my cousin last year. Some give details of fares, some route maps, others only timetables or at the very least telephone contact details. For longer journeys, companies like National Express may be your best bet. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing me

[lace-chat] bobbins for beginner

2005-06-20 Thread Jane Partridge
r than continuous laces (the main difference between Honiton/Duchesse and Torchon), you may not, but you won't know unless you try. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date:

[lace-chat] Did you know?

2005-06-11 Thread Jane Partridge
#x27;t the *and* count? At least in French you only have to count to 4 just like lace! -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.9 - Release Date: 11/06/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECT

[lace-chat] Re:Excuses

2005-05-22 Thread Jane Partridge
r education; There's also the possibility that some of the notes were not written by the parents, of course - even DD2 admitted to that where PE was concerned, if she couldn't get DH to write her a note! -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by

[lace-chat] Re Bungee Jumping

2005-03-28 Thread Jane Partridge
r convenient sky-hook!). Children (usually) are then encouraged to hit the PiƱata with sticks in order to break it, and release the sweets. Mayhem ensues -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release D

[lace-chat] Re: Mac Duff, a question

2005-03-04 Thread Jane Partridge
ve the house to go anywhere - I can't remember her pronouncing the 'a' of Mac, though. Having just phoned and asked her, it is Mc (Scots) not Mac (Irish), and Grandma used to say it to them - she says because Grandma was in the theatre and it comes from McBeth. She used it as a hurr

[lace-chat] Credit card scams

2005-02-05 Thread Jane Partridge
e lifted out this way. No, it wasn't me - I refuse to use them. So far only the Co-op Department Store have gone to a "no signature" policy, and in that instance, I made him void the transaction and wrote a cheque instead. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message

[lace-chat] Bungalow (2)

2005-02-02 Thread Jane Partridge
ts the garage of our other neighbour - useful in security terms, as there is no easy access from front to back. To me, the thought of having a larger washing machine just means more ironing waiting to be done, and the need to use more electricity and water - so higher bills. -- Jane Partridge

[lace-chat] Re: lacemaking and motorcycle riding

2005-01-21 Thread Jane Partridge
her interest a little longer than her sister, but I think cross stitch and boyfriends have taken over now. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 19/01/2005 To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] Re: the Disaster

2005-01-01 Thread Jane Partridge
n be "in the way" and cause harm rather than good) other than lie on the beach and continue to contribute to the local economy. In a way, by staying, they are showing moral support, and that in itself can be a big psychological help to the locals. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in

[lace-chat] measuring a child's coat

2004-12-18 Thread Jane Partridge
being the ones which are basically a strip of fabric with a padded pocket at each end - my oven mitt is basically a huge padded mitten. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] dentity cards (lace-chat)

2004-12-10 Thread Jane Partridge
ot have to carry their passport with them every time they went out (usually to prove age). I think it is the (? mythical) idea that the card will carry a chip with all sorts of personal information on it that is the stumbling block. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] c

[lace-chat] Misting

2004-11-27 Thread Jane Partridge
its user? It wouldn't be much good, say, boiling sheets from a sick bed in the copper, and then re-infect them when ironing, would it? -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Buying flowers

2004-11-27 Thread Jane Partridge
ve the same effect (absolute horror when I accompanied my eldest daughter to the doctors on Wednesday, and there was a bowl of those on the reception desk!). Do think about whether the recipient can live with the type of flowers you send! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PR

[lace-chat] Re:Mosquito advice

2004-06-11 Thread Jane Partridge
d have been able to stand on? Lemon being citrus, and citronella candles being used as insect repellents, I would have thought it would have put them off - normally water attracts mosquitoes. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-cha

[lace-chat] Eco glass cleans itself with Sun

2004-06-08 Thread Jane Partridge
o achieve visibility for those in this position - including the height of the caption cards on the walls and cabinets. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Tax Freedom Days

2004-06-01 Thread Jane Partridge
ly when a service is due!) and a gallon (eight imperial pints) is 4.54 litres - Jean seems to be a little out in her calculation? -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Lace Guild Magazine

2004-05-08 Thread Jane Partridge
years (it has previously tended to be alternate years for price increases). Perhaps someone who attended the AGM (I couldn't go this year) can put Tamara's mind at rest over the overseas rate? The proposals on the Agenda (sent out with the January issue) were for 27.00 pounds Europe, 31.00 po

[lace-chat] Video Recorder and DVD question

2004-04-06 Thread Jane Partridge
one of the most frequent questions - even if they were only going away for a fortnight! I'm sure the BBC are still another source for the information of what will work where - and these days, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find the information on the web. -- Jane Partridge T

[lace-chat] Language is cool

2004-02-16 Thread Jane Partridge
erences in spelling between UK and US English have anything to do with it? I haven't come across either string of words before, so I can't see any other reason for getting this in seconds and the other not at all! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] conta

[lace-chat] Maltese Needle Lace ?

2004-01-06 Thread Jane Partridge
ght looking at it was that it is chemical lace, too, Clay. Maybe for "Maltese" read "Guipure"? -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Has anyone kept this?

2003-12-11 Thread Jane Partridge
d it to send to them. Did anyone keep it? I cleared out a lot of old emails a while back, so haven't got it. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :-) Passport details

2003-12-11 Thread Jane Partridge
've found a website that holds everyone's passport details. > >Anyone can access other people's personal info which is of course a major worry in >terms of identity fraud etc. >I've removed my info. I suggest you do the same. > >The website address is: >www.

[lace-chat] :-) A friend of mine posted this in the forum.

2003-12-09 Thread Jane Partridge
ith paper and repair by very carefully sealing with sticky tape. >Tie up with ribbon and decorate with bows to hide worst areas. > >37 Label. Sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulate yourself on completing a >difficult job. > >38 Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make dri

[lace-chat] NEC

2003-12-02 Thread Jane Partridge
. I think at 3pm they were announcing the draw - we all met up at 2pm, Jean :-). -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Magic roundabouts

2003-11-16 Thread Jane Partridge
book! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] RE: Canberra and Croydon

2003-11-13 Thread Jane Partridge
in Tamworth, too - they've tried all sorts of things with it over the years, but the present solution seems to work. It's known as "The Egg" - basically because the central island is egg shaped. When they built the mini islands, it became a somewhat scrambled egg! -- Jane

[lace-chat] Help sought in UK

2003-10-26 Thread Jane Partridge
ded it to our account. The Little Chef then had 60 days to prove that the request for payment was genuine, in which case we would have had to pay the amount, but obviously they were not able to do so. In general, if your bank is on your side, they have much more clout than you do! -- Jane Partridge

[lace-chat] Re: Driving times

2003-09-02 Thread Jane Partridge
we were in Ealing *one hour and five minutes* later! Needless to say, he was well and truly breaking the speed limit, and this was outside rush hour. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Fishing for cookies

2003-08-18 Thread Jane Partridge
ect, but only for those who can eat them (I can't - since I discovered that various nuts were the culprits in producing mouth ulcers! - and on that score, if you have a nut allergy, beware the chocolate cakes in certain UK National Trust restaurants, some contain ground almonds). -- Jane Partri

[lace-chat] Hot weather and the British railway system

2003-08-14 Thread Jane Partridge
old type. Consequently, you get hot weather, and the track buckles; other stresses cause cracks and hence the derailments of the last few years. Not that there were no accidents before, but some things ask for trouble. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin

[lace-chat] That'll Teach'em

2003-08-05 Thread Jane Partridge
with a uniform change, the winter uniform of the local school demanded one. I consider ties to be dangerous in science lessons, particularly as at the local school they don't wear lab coats (ours was green!) - but no doubt the powers that be thought them smart! -- Jane Partridge To unsub

[lace-chat] strange words

2003-07-27 Thread Jane Partridge
to (UK) teenage vocabulary? -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Piddle Valley Cookbook

2003-07-14 Thread Jane Partridge
hey were a good excuse for making a trifle!) Of course, the "trifle" in this sense is more in the meaning of trivial meddling than the food, but never mind. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Alice band

2003-06-27 Thread Jane Partridge
gt;Now more commonly rigid and shaped like a tiara, but worn with the pints >down behind the ears. This is what we refer to as an Alice band - though I'm wondering *pints* of what would fit behind normal ears???!! -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containi

[lace-chat] Went south

2003-06-21 Thread Jane Partridge
s >go south they are really on their last legs too...so to speak. Hee hee. Another use I have come across is that of "it's snowing down south" - to indicate that one's petticoat (underskirt) is showing! Out of curiosity, do such things go north in the southern hemisphere?

[lace-chat] May I be excused/nostalgia

2003-06-19 Thread Jane Partridge
e with my mother, that children are not allowed to be children long enough these days, and they have a lifetime of housework ahead of them that doesn't need to start too early. They do look after their own rooms, though. It works for us, and that is what matters. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscr

[lace-chat] Driving Tests

2003-06-13 Thread Jane Partridge
ushing the car every evening before being able to leave work! Fortunately he had learned his lesson, and didn't overtighten that one! (And yes, this was before we were married and I still married him!) -- Jane Partridge His other woman is a computer - what chance have I got! To unsubscri