Re: [lace-chat] domain name change

2022-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
t I've forgotten how to change my address. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the temperature is well above freezing. On 12/5/2022 8:48 AM, Elizabeth Reynolds wrote: Greetings to all of you! I’m dropping by to let you know that I’ve

Re: [lace-chat] domain name change

2022-12-06 Thread Joy Beeson
t I've forgotten how to change my address. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the temperature is well above freezing. On 12/5/2022 8:48 AM, Elizabeth Reynolds wrote: Greetings to all of you! I’m dropping by to let you know that I’ve

[lace-chat] Change of Address

2020-07-12 Thread Joy Beeson
le, I'm using my emergency back-up address, joyalbee...@gmail.com. (joybeeson was taken, so I stuck "al" in.) -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscri

[lace-chat] Plait and braid: was: [lace] Re: question

2017-07-10 Thread Joy Beeson
rl knew, the only thing ever braided/plaited was my hair and Jenny Von's. Nowadays it's the other way around: "braid" is everyday and "plait" is high toned. But I don't know how "plait" is pronounced. When I see "plait", my mind's ear say

[lace-chat] OT: moved to chat: was: Arachne Convention Get Together

2017-06-14 Thread Joy Beeson
your message will be displayed. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. 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.flick

[lace-chat] News reports

2017-03-31 Thread Joy Beeson
icity chairman gave the reporter a long song-and-dance about the distinction. The reporter began his story by repeating the "this in not a race" explanation verbatim. And the very next line after that paragraph began "The race begins at . . ." -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.

[lace-chat] Switchel: was: Weather: was: help

2016-08-11 Thread Joy Beeson
On 8/4/16 11:34 AM, Joy Beeson wrote: Switchel is an eighteenth-century hayhand's drink consisting of ginger, molasses, vinegar, and optional oatmeal. I substitute honey and freshly-squeezed lemon juice for the molasses and vinegar. I looked up "switchel" in the O.E.D. (I

[lace-chat] Re: Switchel

2016-08-09 Thread Joy Beeson
es taken to long events; after re-filling the bottle, I give it a vigorous shake to bruise the basil and release more flavor. Basil flowers in a clear bottle sometimes attract admiring comment. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send

[lace-chat] Re: Quote Source

2016-08-05 Thread Joy Beeson
l times that Smith had had a typewriter; I hadn't heard of word processors at the time. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help,

Re: [lace-chat] Switchel

2016-08-05 Thread Joy Beeson
efficiently, and the melted ice is easy to pour out of the corner of the bag into a bottle.)) This is somewhat incoherent, but it's time to weed the garden. "I'm sorry this letter is so long; I didn't have time to make it short." (Now I'll spend the rest of the da

[lace-chat] Re: Weather: was: help

2016-08-04 Thread Joy Beeson
ream, and ginger keeps the cold water from upsetting the stomach. I think the sweet and the sour are just to make it taste better, but I *have* found that lemon water -- after squeezing a lemon, I put the spent peel into ice water -- goes down faster than plain water. -- Joy Beeson http://wlwe

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] email problems.

2016-03-19 Thread Joy Beeson
. Crossposted to Chat because this post is off-topic for Lace. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera

Re: [lace-chat] Lacemakers and Tatters in Severe Weather Areas

2015-12-30 Thread Joy Beeson
and nasty driving. -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's gloomy but dry and I'm going for a long walk. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help

Re: [lace-chat] maths question from a non mathematician

2015-10-01 Thread Joy Beeson
y one hundred".) 75% is 3/4, so you would use 4/3, which is one and a third: 133.33% -- Joy Beeson http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help,

[lace-chat] Trimming

2015-06-05 Thread Joy Beeson
it. If it says "me too!", rewrite it. If you can't tell which part of the quote your comment is responding to, trim the parts that you are not responding to. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.

[lace-chat] Challis! was Re: [lace] Wool for a bolster pillow?

2015-05-21 Thread Joy Beeson
d to Chat, since this is very off-topic. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arach

[lace-chat] Cycling: was: Re: [lace] Learning Bobbin Lace

2015-04-06 Thread Joy Beeson
nd _Cyclecraft_ is the British equivalent of _Effective Cycling_. There is a _Cyclecraft North American Edition_, but I've yet to get my hands on a copy. (And, alas, it's still true that I haven't seen the North American edition.) -- Joy Beeson http://jo

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] weather

2015-01-08 Thread Joy Beeson
why rain registers zero. Just asked DH -- he said snow can't get into the rain gauge. We used to have an official rain gauge that you took the funnel out of, then brought in, thawed, and poured into a graduated cylinder. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughse

[lace-chat] Re: Old Testament computing

2014-08-18 Thread Joy Beeson
On 8/15/14 9:57 PM, Martha Krieg wrote: Just last Friday, returned from 10 days in the Middle Ages at the Pennsic Wars with my daughter and her family and about 10,350 other people... Oh, that sounds like fun. Did Cariadoc conduct a bardic circle? -- Joy Beeson http

[lace-chat] Small airtight containers: was: Re: Black silk thread on Lace

2014-02-25 Thread Joy Beeson
case when I travel. Pill bottles are also a handy size, but every last one now features a grandma-proof cap that you can't be sure is sealed properly. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the sun is shini

[lace-chat] Test response to Re: Long Live Lace!

2014-01-25 Thread Joy Beeson
This is the second time I've cross-posted to Lace and Chat and the post appeared in only one group. If my theory as to why the post below my sig appeared only in Chat is correct, this one will return to me and not appear on either group On 1/25/14 9:57 AM, Joy Beeson wrote: On 1/24/14

[lace-chat] Re: Long Live Lace!

2014-01-25 Thread Joy Beeson
t appeared properly spaced on Thunderbird 1.5.0.14, which is running on Windows 98. Cross-posted to Chat. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where I'm icy-streeted in. To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] some comments about the list

2014-01-02 Thread Joy Beeson
"reply all" *and then cleaning up the address list* because it changes "you wrote" to "Joe Blow wrote". Identifying the person to whom I am replying is often useful --many messages sent to me are sent from shared addresses-- and never a problem. -- Joy Beeson http

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Needlelace Designs & Techniques - PRINT ON DEMAND!

2013-10-16 Thread Joy Beeson
. I used to belong to a Yahoo mailing list for self-publishers and small-press publishers who would guide each other through the tangles, but the traffic was so high that I was obliged to drop out. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of

[lace-chat] Prawn Puzzle

2013-08-19 Thread Joy Beeson
g_'s file on women's underwear listed in an index to porn sites. The folks who use the index must be terribly disappointed that it's a text file. -- Joy Beeson http://www.debeeson.net/joy http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where g

[lace-chat] Testing:

2013-08-07 Thread Joy Beeson
g to love this ......... or not) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I've found Cod and I'm a prawn again, Christian...!!!" -- Joy Beeson 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] Re: Caring for needles

2013-07-23 Thread Joy Beeson
nted to keep a large needle with a spool of coarse thread, and stuffed a scrap of wool flannel into the hole, somehow creating a neat little dome to stick the needle into. For an emergency kit, a tiny glass test-tube with an air-tight cork might be a good idea if you can find one. -- Joy Beeson h

Re: [lace-chat] Lace and vision

2013-06-06 Thread Joy Beeson
mpossible to find. I get a lot of use out of plain old dollar-store reading glasses, strength 3.5, which I wear over my prescription glasses -- Joy Beeson http://www.debeeson.net/joy http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the lake is almost down to norm

[lace-chat] E-books

2013-05-24 Thread Joy Beeson
E-books sound like a great idea, and I wish they had been available when my mother's sight was fading, but if a reader can't read a plain-ASCII file with no fuss or feathers or conversion or special app, I consider it Still Not Available. -- Joy Beeson http://www.debeeson.ne

Re: [lace-chat] Re-assurance Please .....

2013-05-10 Thread Joy Beeson
u use the calf machine, believe him! -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. 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:

Re: [lace-chat] Twinkees

2013-05-01 Thread Joy Beeson
orced concrete, and he said it was tornado shelter all over. A summer cottage owned by my brother-in-law has a concrete storage shed built into the side of a hill, which he presumes was built as a storm cellar. -- Joy Beeson west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to m

Re: [lace-chat] Peeps

2013-05-01 Thread Joy Beeson
became very popular after sugar was added to the recipe and the bran and wheat germ were reduced or eliminated. I have heard that digestive biscuits are somewhat similar. -- Joy Beeson west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where wild violets are in bloom. To unsubscribe send email to majord

Re: [lace-chat] Peeps

2013-05-01 Thread Joy Beeson
s until after seeing a serious answer posted.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For

[lace-chat] Re: corned beef

2013-04-30 Thread Joy Beeson
've been able to buy peppers that tasted like old-time pimentos in a supermarket; even the farmer's market has begun to sell the huge flavorless peppers we used to call mangos. I sure hope sweet mini peppers don't go away as mysteriously as they appeared. -- Joy Beeson http:

[lace-chat] De not lurking

2013-03-21 Thread Joy Beeson
and there is a nice flat spot on the back where one could put a decal. And (as was later pointed out) decals can be put on anything with a patch of smooth surface. --- I will be left out of anything that requires Pay Pal. --- I scanned my Arachne pin and posted the file at

[lace-chat] Weird Characters: was: Fw: Handkerchief fabric (moved from Lace)

2012-05-08 Thread Joy Beeson
e a "reads mail, reads news, browses, and cleans the kitchen sink" program to write in ASCII, and even "plain text" is apt to be written in some private code. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.com

[lace-chat] Re: Book Raffle -- Rosemary

2012-04-13 Thread Joy Beeson
adn't spotted it on the top shelf of the hall closet. So I shuffled, asked him to pick one, he took the four of spades, which means the fourth entry that I received, and that is: Rosemary Darrah. Send me your address. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.n

[lace-chat] Forty Entries in Book Raffle

2012-04-07 Thread Joy Beeson
other entry yesterday and two today. And I've been exactly as busy this weekend as I thought I'd be! I baked rye bread yesterday, and today when I got back from beating fourteen dozen eggs for tomorrow's breakfast service, I baked a loaf of buckwheat bread.

[lace-chat] Book Raffle

2012-03-30 Thread Joy Beeson
an ex-library book, and only a little yellow. Send entries to joybeeson at comcast.net with the word "raffle" in the subject line. I'll draw names on Friday the thirteenth; there's a library book sale that day, so that cuts down on the dates I have to remember. -- Joy B

[lace-chat] Re: tomatoes

2012-03-28 Thread Joy Beeson
rmly glued the seed to the towel. Then she stored the towel in a cool dry place until time to plant. If some towel stuck to the seed when you peeled it off, no sweat -- it won't hurt anything. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.ht

Re: [lace-chat] A bird of a different feather!

2012-03-25 Thread Joy Beeson
-brown one was beautiful. I wish I had preserved it. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the daffodils are starting to fade. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line

Re: [lace-chat] Gillardand her spin

2012-03-09 Thread Joy Beeson
because of its innovation, freedom, and industrial might -- but in the non-fictional world, our leaders tossed all that into the garbage in inept pursuit of the now-futile 19th-Century military path to conquest, and now we're a third-world country with enough leftovers that

Re: [lace-chat] I won!

2012-02-07 Thread Joy Beeson
he Kula was? -- I sent an enthusiastic letter saying they could send the airline tickets to my Indianapolis address, and I'd be delighted to buy their sewing machine or whatever it was. I never heard from them again. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.ne

[lace-chat] Shopping: was; Green thing

2012-02-06 Thread Joy Beeson
problem. Not to mention that I hear surprisingly well for my age, and I would like to keep it that way. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

Re: [lace-chat] Green thing

2012-02-02 Thread Joy Beeson
he restroom (so it wouldn't be unpacked and put away) and ran back out to the car for my bags. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort

[lace-chat] Re: Green thing

2012-01-31 Thread Joy Beeson
s are snowed by canvas bags. I bought the canvas bags from SuperValu (now Nichol's Market) in another state and another century. They are still going strong -- small holes in some, but I'm still not looking to see which bags the canned goods go into. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.h

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Soup & Stew enhancer

2012-01-24 Thread Joy Beeson
w there are *many* brands of colby cheese in Hoosier supermarkets. I got my last batch at Aldi, pre-sliced. I must remember to pick up one of Kroger's mini-horns the next time I go to Owen's. (Owen's is an odd story: Kroger bought the local supermarket -- and

[lace-chat] Re: Soup & Stew enhancer

2012-01-23 Thread Joy Beeson
ncils to cut a wheel off the horn (Score a line around the cheese with a paring knife, put the floss in the score, pull on the ends.) Then I would butter the newly-cut surface to keep the horn from spoiling. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeC

Re: [lace-chat] EU bureaucracy

2011-08-26 Thread Joy Beeson
and multiplying by the number of lines on a typical page and the number of pages -- usually a better estimate than the precise but inaccurate count of a word processor. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U

Re: [lace-chat] curry bras????

2011-07-26 Thread Joy Beeson
ellower than International Orange. And rather sheer for my tastes, but I'd been hunting for yellow linen a long time when I found it. (I should check whether there's enough scrap from it to make a taxicab bra, and *really* snow innocent bystanders!) -- Joy Beeson http://joyb

Re: [lace-chat] Christmas stores opening

2011-07-26 Thread Joy Beeson
fts: everybody gets fruitcake. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachn

Re: [lace-chat] concentrated OJ

2011-05-11 Thread Joy Beeson
out at no charge. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we went directly from furnace to air conditioner. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe l

Re: [lace-chat] concentrated OJ

2011-05-11 Thread Joy Beeson
advertising triumph when some of the powder was taken on a space voyage. The ads never mentioned that on early flights the astronauts followed a food-free diet on account of there being no facilities in space suits. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debee

[lace-chat] Re: Concentrated orange juice

2011-05-08 Thread Joy Beeson
. Nuts dilute the sugar and make small servings more satisfying. The rec.food.cooking FAQ, which is posted on the Web at http://vsack.homepage.t-online.de/rfc_faq.html contains much useful information for people using foreign cookbooks. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http

Re: [lace-chat] Valentine customs

2011-02-01 Thread Joy Beeson
On 2/1/11 9:31 AM, Jean Eke wrote: Do any of you know if this custom survived anywhere else? Often customs like this were taken to America and survived longer there. It might have been an influence on our Halloween customs. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort

Re: [lace-chat] Cactus recipes

2011-01-25 Thread Joy Beeson
. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's winter. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace-chat] Re: Dried fruit, was Fabric widths

2011-01-25 Thread Joy Beeson
The bag of figs I moved into the cupboard yesterday evening is nearly empty this morning. That reminds me of another reason to keep sweets in the freezer. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exc

[lace-chat] Re: Dried fruit, was Fabric widths

2011-01-23 Thread Joy Beeson
at Maple Leaf Farms two or three times a year, etc.) -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where Saturday was a good day to stay home and sew. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscr

[lace-chat] Fabric widths

2011-01-22 Thread Joy Beeson
ed that you could make the packages even smaller. Well, well. I was going to say that the standard package is now twelve ounces, but when I went to the freezer to check, I discovered that Aldi still gives you fifteen ounces. Which may be why all the boxes of dried fruit in the freezer are from Aldi.

Re: [lace-chat] old measures

2010-12-20 Thread Joy Beeson
a site that said four tablespoons and a site that said three or four; since they essentially agreed, I quit. Four _tablespoons_ -- I was sure it was four _ounces_. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.

[lace-chat] Old Poem

2010-11-19 Thread Joy Beeson
ed me That it is cruel To allow a baby animal To fall into the hands of a small child For when children love something They love it to death The league of animal lovers Has fallen into the hands of adults Who are still the children My mother meant -- Joy Beeson

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

2010-10-24 Thread Joy Beeson
wings" these days, and the seasoning isn't so restricted. They are still served with celery sticks. There's rather a nice restaurant in the Detroit-Street sprawl called "Wings Etc."; I think it's a chain. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast

[lace-chat] Dentistry and Malls: was: Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults

2010-10-23 Thread Joy Beeson
no possible alternatives, so it's crowded. Not a lot in the way of intersections, though. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wa

Re: [lace-chat] American meat: was: Lamb recipe

2010-10-22 Thread Joy Beeson
for two people, and you have to thaw them in sets of four, so I don't know when I'll get around to cooking the last two packages. (I like the left-overs sliced thin for lunch, but DH doesn't.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast

[lace-chat] Re: Cell phones

2010-10-22 Thread Joy Beeson
On 10/22/10 3:21 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: The how do they get an internet connection for their computer at home? We used to get our Internet service through our phone line, but nowadays we get our phone service through our Internet line. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http

[lace-chat] Cell phones: was: Re: Truths for mature adults

2010-10-21 Thread Joy Beeson
finished. What I want a cell phone for is as a substitute for the dime I used to carry: stash it, turned off, until I need to call a tow truck, taxicab, or ambulance. I never get incoming calls on my landline; cain't see anybody needing to call me on a cell phone. -- Joy Beeson htt

[lace-chat] Re: Truths for mature adults

2010-10-19 Thread Joy Beeson
hetto" routing option. When riding our bikes through Detroit, we stopped at a gas station and the passers-by were so friendly that we worried that they'd feel hurt when we left. An hour or two later we stopped again, and someone asked where we'd come from; when told, he said "O

[lace-chat] Re: Term "Craft" -- moved from Lace

2010-10-03 Thread Joy Beeson
is did not last long; the hospital was told it had to hire a Licensed Therapist, and the training for the license didn't include learning anything to teach the patients. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. 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] Re: Good day lasses and lads

2010-09-23 Thread Joy Beeson
On 9/20/10 6:44 AM, Gareth Peach wrote: Good Day, lasses and lads; anyone left that remembers me? Gary Peach "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." "It's a gray, powdery substance." -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ we

[lace-chat] Eavesdropping, was: just think abut this

2010-09-23 Thread Joy Beeson
n jail, medical emergencies are the only emergencies you are going to have. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the first day of fall is predicted to be *hot*. To unsubscribe send email to majord

[lace-chat] Golden Rule

2010-08-19 Thread Joy Beeson
rs to weed and dead-head my lilies, but I never touch anyone else's plants without asking whether he minds -- I wouldn't want passing strangers to pull up weedy-looking plants I've been nursing along, or to snip off faded blooms when I planned to save the seeds. -- Joy Beeson http://j

[lace-chat] Information Highway: moved from: [lace] Re: Strange Magazine

2010-07-16 Thread Joy Beeson
n off the mower when you get off. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's sunny and less hot. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to ara

[lace-chat] Re: Mini-Raffle: worn handkerchief

2010-03-22 Thread Joy Beeson
And the winner is: Ilske Thomsen. I took the handkerchief to the post office this morning, and a truck will take it to South Bend tomorrow. From there, no-one knows. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Re: [lace-chat] Spam advice again

2010-03-17 Thread Joy Beeson
than "don't mess with it", particularly since you may not even know your mailer is leaving "irrelevant" bits out. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's bright and s

[lace-chat] Mini-Raffle: worn handkerchief

2010-03-11 Thread Joy Beeson
hey are in museums. Then I remembered that I know a few people who can put small bits of fine linen to good use. If you want it, send your snail address to joybee...@comcast.net. If I get more than one request, I'll draw a name out of a hat. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.co

Re: [lace-chat] Spam?

2010-03-07 Thread Joy Beeson
take care of it or get you an e-mail telling you where to send it, and whether to forward it or attach it to a new message. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: Tech-challenged seniors

2010-02-27 Thread Joy Beeson
was last May. Took a few weeks to verify that I wasn't getting any mail, a while longer to suspect that I'd been unsubscribed somehow, and quite a while after that to remember that I can ask Majordomo about it. So I sent a "subscribe" message and got a "welco

Re: [lace-chat] sky blue pink

2009-05-19 Thread Joy Beeson
one else in the family adored oysters. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's to be sunny

[lace-chat] Re: :-)) GOTTA LOVE SURVEYS!

2009-04-02 Thread Joy Beeson
On 4/2/09 7:46 AM, jeanette wrote: The last sentence is supposed to be in Arabic writing Shows you how out of touch I am . . . I took it for Japanese. The joke would work with English as the last line! -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net

Re: [lace-chat] Providence?

2009-03-22 Thread Joy Beeson
r way lost one of a row of trees in their front yard to a driver who didn't stop at the intersection -- and replaced it with a rosebush! Wasn't a multiflora, either. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Wri

Re: [lace-chat] Deer: was: A Little Canadian Humor

2009-03-02 Thread Joy Beeson
in which a token number of deer are taken, undergo quite a lot of extra training, and hunt under extra rules. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's freezing but springlike. To unsubscribe send e

Re: [lace-chat] Deer: was: A Little Canadian Humor

2009-03-01 Thread Joy Beeson
ers is presumed to have mistaken it for a doe.) I hope (but don't believe) that the urban zone will include the Old Boy's Club. That's where the deer who forbid me to grow tomatoes and peppers come from. I never even considered planting corn. -- Joy Beeson http://roug

[lace-chat] Deer: was: A Little Canadian Humor

2009-02-26 Thread Joy Beeson
de of the fence couldn't have been injured too badly -- we were going slow when it jumped into us, because Dave had started braking when he saw the first deer cross the road. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where I'm wondering whether

Re: [lace-chat] help!

2009-02-11 Thread Joy Beeson
on the hooks is when you switch from one hook to another and want the two hooks to match. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the snow is gone and there aren't any fishermen on the ice. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

[lace-chat] Key Caps: was: Re: New baby

2009-01-19 Thread Joy Beeson
st one... Try prying off the key cap and picking the cat fur out. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it isn't snowing. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscri

[lace-chat] Is it Spam?

2008-12-01 Thread Joy Beeson
an taking a bolt cutter to his data cable.)) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscr

[lace-chat] Re: No Knead Bread Recipe

2008-11-12 Thread Joy Beeson
long; it tastes sour. Went just fine with potted meat, mayo, and a dill pickle, though.) (The dough destined to be pizza is aging in the fridge.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://ww

Re: [lace-chat] More tips for arthritic hands?

2008-10-02 Thread Joy Beeson
On 10/1/08 1:00 PM, Dora Smith wrote: I have an arthritic hand. Not I'm going to treat it with rusty pewter; but has anyone got any more strategies? Don't use the mouse. Wear all-wool fingerless gloves when typing. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast

Re: [lace-chat] microwave popcorn

2008-10-02 Thread Joy Beeson
ing a saucepan works just fine, except for wearing the anodized finish off the bottom of the pan. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of

[lace-chat] Halloween Again

2008-09-19 Thread Joy Beeson
The decorations at Big R included a manikin wearing a lace witch's hat -- and the lace was a spider pattern. I was half inclined to ask where they'd got it. (But the exceedingly cheap-looking crown ruined the effect.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast

Re: [lace-chat] Knitting Yarns

2008-09-14 Thread Joy Beeson
On 9/14/08 9:23 AM, Dee Palin wrote: . . . could anyone please tell me what Worsted Weight yarns are? Yarns about the thickness of 4/8 worsted yarn. 4/8 worsted was so common in the first half of the twentieth century that "knitting worsted" was the only label needed. -- Joy B

Re: [lace-chat] What is Fried Mush? [formerly What are grits?]

2008-08-15 Thread Joy Beeson
mold, rather than pouring it in. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where summer is winding down and the garden is full of weeds. To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] Re: blogs versus websites

2008-08-10 Thread Joy Beeson
s this format almost automatic. Ah, yes, one more thing you have to learn: how to FTP your files to the server. I got a techie friend to select a suitable program (WS-FTP, in my case), so all I have to do is to open the program, select the remote server from a drop-dow

Re: [lace-chat] blogs versus websites

2008-08-09 Thread Joy Beeson
? Um, er, uh . . . I use my blogs for blogging and my websites for websiting. What are you planning to do? -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.livejournal.com/ http://laetitia-apis.livejournal.com/ http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net

[lace-chat] Re: What are Grits?

2008-08-01 Thread Joy Beeson
end with cheese because Dad didn't like cheese in meat dishes; I either cover the entire dish or leave it off. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (loca

Re: [lace-chat] pleated gathering?

2008-06-29 Thread Joy Beeson
cifies a *blunt* needle.) If your fingers cramp, the needle can be mounted in a pin vise. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort W

Re: [lace-chat] pleated gathering?

2008-06-29 Thread Joy Beeson
ot; to the search field said that Bernina's ruffler is Foot #86. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana,

Re: [lace-chat] Computers: printing Web pages

2008-06-27 Thread Joy Beeson
sure you remember to delete it later, then print TEMP.HTM with Word. That also gives you a chance to delete unwanted parts of the page. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timesw

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Unfortunate websites

2008-06-04 Thread Joy Beeson
On a hunch, I typed powergen_italia into my URL field, and learned that while Power-Gen is a real company, they don't have an Italian subsidiary. The site is, as someone suspected, a hoax. (I delete messages right after reading them, so I can't look back to see who.) -- Joy B

[lace-chat] Re: Unfortunate websites

2008-06-04 Thread Joy Beeson
On 6/4/08 9:58 AM, Janice Blair wrote: I couldn't work out the last one so I clicked on it. I think it must be a joke as the site is under construction. Was I reading wrong? Janice I've seen that one before. It's PowerGen's Italian branch: powergenitalia.

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