[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-29 Thread Tamara P Duvall
in a super-power country - is now over 1100, and growing, as people are beginning to move back and discovering new corpses... It is posssible to "live in the edge of a volcano" and survive, even in a "shoe-string" country with not too many resources. But not if those in

[lace-chat] Fwd: The Concert

2005-09-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
uch someone by passing this little message along. May God bless you and be with you always!   and remember, "Don't quit." "Keep playing.", [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of unknown.jpg] -- Tamara P Duvallhttp:/

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Kite flying

2005-09-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
;Make up your mind. Last night, you told me to go fly a kite." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace-chat] Re: Re: Katrina devastation

2005-09-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
etc. And then they remain poor, so can't buy off the politicians who'd be willing to work to ameliorate the situation. And, if the situation *is* improved, it's only for a few moments, because it's a stop-gap improvement, and every action brings a reaction - perhaps in the next commu

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Senior moments

2005-09-26 Thread Tamara P Duvall
then inquired of her, "When I asked if you would marry me, did you say 'Yes' or did you say 'No?' "Why, you silly man, I said 'Yes. Yes I will.' And I meant it with all my heart." The widower was delighted. He felt his heart skip a beat

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s of things. Had New Orleans *stayed* within the original settlement area, Katrina disaster would not have happened. Whether New Orleans would have been alive to receive the disaster is another story... 25% of US refineries are located in the Gulf (*not* the Middle

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread Tamara P Duvall
... Not because I can't muster an argument but because - obviously - we're so far removed in our perceptions of "what is real", that it's pointless to continue arguing. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Former

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
money for the purpose ran out; it was needed in Iraq and for the tax breaks for the rich. And it wasn't the city council that was responsible for *that* little mess-up. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Polan

[lace-chat] Re: Visiting Virginia

2005-09-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
lovely Rita meter-maid" scheduled to land this weekend, also in the gas-producing area. Though, knocking on wood, she seems to have lost some of her punishing fury... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Three Aussies

2005-09-22 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ad and she gave you the beer?" "Well not exactly," Bluey says. "When she answered the door, I said to her, 'You must be Steve's widow'. She said, 'No, I'm not a widow.' And I said, 'I'll bet you a case of Fosters you are'.&q

[lace-chat] Re: coffee and tea preferences

2005-09-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
emaking ), but I'm a tea and dog lover -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: coffee and tea preferences

2005-09-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
first couple of times, I got iced tea (not fizzy), and the meal "sat" on my stomach for the next 78 hrs... So then I tried Coke instead, and the meal was "burped out", violently, within 6 hrs I don't like Coke, but it's still a better "digestive solution&qu

[lace-chat] Re: percolators and other bits

2005-09-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
7;t remember - apologies - as to who'd decided to pick it up and put it through more "paces" using the -er ending for the comparative but, since she was in UK (*that much* I do remember ), her version of comparative needed no correction. grammatcally speaking (or trying to) you

[lace-chat] Re:poem (colours)

2005-09-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
er... Despite the lack of art education, I *love* colours... But, with colours - as with everything else - I'm obsessive; even "turquoise" has at least 4-5 shade variations to offer Thankfully, I don't have to worry about any of them; *all* make me look like a corpse, with on

[lace-chat] Re:Hallowe'en/celebrations in general

2005-09-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
. But mine is *by choice* (still; won't be by '08, I dare say ), and her's is not. So, every Hallowe'en I'm reminded that *not everything* about the Polish socialist/communist system was rotten, and not everything about the American democracy is star-shining...

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina Insurance

2005-09-20 Thread Tamara P Duvall
when chosen for office, which turned out to be an 8 yr loss of high-bracket earnings... He'll need some sort of a retirement nest egg when his term is over; wouldn't do for an ex-vice-president to move into a mobile home somewhere in N.O. or Biloxi... -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina insurance coverage

2005-09-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ing and are *still* willing to come back (I expect many will not), you don't want to come back to a new location - that would be no different than staying in Dallas -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Polan

[lace-chat] Fwd: Funniest and most Offensive Religious Jokes.

2005-09-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
jokes, in response to the British government's proposed anti-religious hatred legislation, is finally over. And we have two winners... http://www.shipoffools.com/Features/2005/laugh_judgment_results.html -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace-chat] Re: poem

2005-09-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
... But, pretty please, may I wear some other colour? Purple just "doesn't go" with my spirit, much less my skin-tone :) Thanks! -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina insurance coverage

2005-09-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
What about those who couldn't afford homeowners insurance (any more than they could afford health insurance)? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cont

[lace-chat] Re: supper/dinner

2005-09-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t all. If family comes, then we have special Christmas Eve supper and nibble on leftovers all day long on Christmas Day. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cont

[lace-chat] Re: Some more for your finished list

2005-09-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
sion of my teenage years was somewhat similiar: to let the peacock out -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROT

[lace-chat] Re: Red hat no .....

2005-09-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
y: "red top, bare bottom"? If so, waiting till one's old, sort of defies the purpose, no? Given that women are much more willing to forgive the wrinkles below the hat than men are? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina/perceptions/general rambling

2005-09-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
nally, I think the contempt/lack of empathy of the current administration is not colour-determined; I think it runs along the have/have not line, of whatever shade. The fact that most of the have-nots also happen to be black is almost incidental. IMO, the Upper Bushes are really not *able*

[lace-chat] Re: Finished list

2005-09-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
he matter of translations of apt sayings... I can't quote any more (memory not being what it used to be 30-35 yrs ago) but I was struck by how often Shakespeare's "saws" occur in everyday Polish. Only... half of the time, they're not the same ones commonly occuring in Engli

[lace-chat] Re: Donating/perception of Katrina

2005-09-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t cake)... At least we now know that Duh-bya's disassociation from reality is a *genetic* trait, not something we can blame him for. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Perception of Katrina

2005-09-11 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ocally in the areas which had not been destroyed... Or will be able to organise one huge shipping, at reduced costs, buying the same stuff at reduced costs. IMO -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubs

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina

2005-09-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e, we bombed the hell out of the national museum in Baghdad, where history of thousands of years was lost too Hard to apply a scale to calamities... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send

[lace-chat] Re: Katrina - unbelieveable

2005-09-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
the majority. And how right he was. Almost hard to belive that someone writing so early could have had such a clear-cut vision of what was what, no? De Toqueville was *the first* American author we had to read at Warsaw U in the Americaln Lit course, and I've always had a soft

[lace-chat] Re: Jacquard's computer

2005-09-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
wer. 'lectric, now) jacquard loom actually worked... All within a 3-yr span... It kinda stuck in my mind Especially since it allowed me to sneer some at my puter-geek offspring -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw,

[lace-chat] Re: Tesco

2005-09-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
t I ain't riding a bike to do the shopping (I was gonna say "I'll be d...d if I ride a bike to shop" but then realised that I'll be d...d anyway, for other reasons ) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly o

[lace-chat] Re: Tesco

2005-09-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hat chocolates were beneficial not only for one's spirit but also for one's physical being :) But I'm glad your foot is better; can't make that 20 minute walk with it spasming, can you? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, US

[lace-chat] Re: Gossamer threads/evolution

2005-09-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ep me skinny even if I spend all my time sitting at the pillow )... You read old cookboks (at least the Polish ones), and you find out that game has to be barded, while domesticated doesn't, even if it's the same basic animal... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp

[lace-chat] Re: Language Evolution

2005-09-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
urrently popular - at least in US - hatred of " all things liberal", while extolling "freedom" (and thinking that the two are incompatible) is simply due to lack of classical education -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia,

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Late-Night Jokes About High Gas Prices

2005-09-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ree dollars a gallon in some places. Didn't we win that war? I mean, I know there were no weapons of mass destruction but apparently there's no gas there either." -- Jay Leno "The price of gas in California is going crazy. In fact, today I did something sma

[lace-chat] Fwd: Language Evolution

2005-09-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
never studied at all), by drawing parallels... But, to *speak*... English -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Language Evolution

2005-09-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e difference disappeared earlier; the only place one could still hear it before WWII was in theatre, among the classically trained actors... How do I know? Early post WWII films, old records and "oral history" :) Linguistics is fun... As fascinatiing as lace -- Tamara P Duva

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Are you Kathlick?

2005-09-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d, "We're not Kathlick, because they pour the water on you." "We're not Babtis, because they dunk all of you in the water." "We're not Methdiss, because they just sprinkle you." The littlest one said, "Didn't you smell that water!" &quo

[lace-chat] Pat on the back

2005-09-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
r screen). I smacked it, and it opened up all my previous options. Then, calmly, turned (almost) invisible again, the sly so-and-so. I feel pleased with *myself* but, really... Pox on technology... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (F

[lace-chat] Re: UK petrol pumps

2005-09-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ment and a mountain of debt" behind are already relieved of the duty (but not the debt ), and we need to be "fair" (reminds me of a very old and rather dirty USSR-times joke ), in our treatment of the citizens... Watch for the next session of Congress/Senat

[lace-chat] After Katrina

2005-09-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
lose faith in his constant "we're on top of that situation, and we're winning the battle", with all the evidence to the contrary... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

[lace-chat] Re: Woman Torches House Trying to Kill Spiders

2005-09-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ciate Arachnids, dim-witted, and clumsy with it... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, wri

[lace-chat] Re: Language Evolution/texting

2005-09-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
burgandy" (very common spelling mistake) and "to her and I" (appalingly common grammatical mistake) *for years*. Texting is, at least, "clean" (since there are no rules, none can be broken). And it's innovative. And it's fun. At its best, it's like

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: v-day rhymes

2005-09-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
o smell this way My feelings for you no words can tell, Except for maybe "go to hell" What inspired this amorous rhyme? Two parts vodka, one part lime. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To un

[lace-chat] Re: Language Evolution/Polish

2005-09-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
e group number in the inanimate objects escapes notice even more What is texting? Messaging over the cell-phone -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cont

[lace-chat] Re: Language Evolution

2005-09-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
in cells left to follow the development of texting - it looks fascinating. But, when my son tried to give me an example (granted, texting is almost allien to him too, since he's 28 ), it left me totally baffled. All I'd want to learn how to text is: duh? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Gossamer threads/evolution

2005-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
-by-step, development... PS You might want to take a look at a lesss biblical - but equally "faithful" and anti-evolution - point of view... http://thepaincomics.com/weekly041229.htm -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Forme

[lace-chat] Re: Gossamer threads/evolution

2005-09-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
it would be strong enough to stop a mortar shell! Spider "silk" *is* the strongest fibre (per diameter) known, and very light for its bulk. There are attempts to reproduce it but, so far as I know, commercial production is not yet viable. I would suspect, if enough of them were plied toget

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: generous lover

2005-08-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ver at the cab driver and said, "What would you do?" The cabby said, "I'd cover his ass up with that blanket before he catches a cold." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscr

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Memories of a Pharmacist

2005-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ering what you could give me for it." The pharmacist said, "Just a minute, I'll go talk to my sister." When she returned, she said, "We discussed it at length and the absolute best we can do is, 1/3 ownership in the store, a company pickup truck, and $3,000 a mont

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Virginia girls...

2005-08-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
love those girls from Virginia.   -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Sins

2005-08-28 Thread Tamara P Duvall
right?" O'Leary shook his head and said "No, Father, after you talked about Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, I remembered where I left my hat!" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To

[lace-chat] Re: Hoax emails (was, Fwd: It may save your life)

2005-08-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
best of "yesterday's jokes" with zest, but never-ever forward any mass-mailing messages which *ask* me to forward them (warnings, fund-raisers, etc). Can't scramble up the time to check them out for validity and figure there'll always be at least 9 others (as per reque

[lace-chat] Re: Hoax emails (was, Fwd: It may save your life)

2005-08-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
d in major national newspapers, so it's not likely to be a hoax. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROT

[lace-chat] Fwd: [lace] IOLI lace contest rules from the contest chair

2005-08-24 Thread Tamara P Duvall
submitting lace entries is June 24, 2006. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: A blonde is a blonde, is a...

2005-08-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
on to make love to. I can also understand him wanting to be a millionaire. But why he wanted to be hung like a black man is beyond me." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Fallliinnnggg...

2005-08-21 Thread Tamara P Duvall
My kind of exercising - let someone else sweat :) If you get tired, just capture the enthusiastic athlete with your mouse (click and drag)... From: M.D. http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf    -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace-chat] Re: USA Bobbin lace web sites

2005-08-19 Thread Tamara P Duvall
de range of choices. As for libraries... Mine used to have a couple of books on lace but, being small, it also has a policy that any book not checked out in 3 years *goes*, to allow for more books (possibly of broader appeal). So, no more lace books in my library. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Mothers of sons

2005-08-18 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s them down on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says, "Okay, Ma, guess which one I'm going to marry." She immediately replies, "The one on the right." "That's amazing, Ma. You're right. How did you know?" The Jewish mother replies, "

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Household hints

2005-08-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
orb some of the alcohol to numb the pain. 16. NEVER DRINK THE STUFF - IT'LL KILL YOU!!   - Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Senior Humor

2005-08-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet--who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator. On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him. "I don't know," he said. "She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Re: Fw: WOMENS WORLD

2005-08-16 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ce (rather than a piece of jewelry or a night out away from the stove) as their major birthday or Christmas gift. Mind you, I've *requested* many a super-dooper pot or some other appliance (but *not* a vacuum cleaner ) in my younger and more naive days... :) -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] : Fwd: Inflatables

2005-08-15 Thread Tamara P Duvall
?" "White, please." "Would you like Christian or Muslim?" This question confused the man . . . and he replied, "What has the religion got to do with it? It's an inflatable doll?" "Well," explained the assistant, "The Muslim one blows itse

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: medical charts

2005-08-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
s seen in consultation by Dr. Smith, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree. 33. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead. 34. By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling bet

[lace-chat] Re: Compliments/insults (and an old joke)

2005-08-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
be my very best friend. Amen. MALE PRAYER I pray for a deaf-mute nymphomaniac with huge boobs who owns a liquor store and a bass boat. This doesn't rhyme and I don't give a sh,,t. Amen. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA

[lace-chat] Re: decorating bobbins (for people who can't paint)

2005-08-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
u do *not* have any more room on your pillow than you do with Continentals - in fact, you're likely to have *less room*.... But you'll have a prettier pillow :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw,

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

2005-08-13 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ame form. But, to me, "Szwecja" (Sweden) is "sexual revolution and cold" and "Szwajcaria" (Switzerland) is "Alps and banking", and the two remain, dutifully, in their separate mental compartments... :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-

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

2005-08-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
) was *Swiss*. As were the first Berninas I'd seen in this country (in 1973). It's like threads and their origin... Mettler, anyone? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send

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

2005-08-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Singer as well... So, when I came here, I didn't even look at Berninas/Vikings. To each her own, no? -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the li

[lace-chat] decorating bobbins (for people who can't paint)

2005-08-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ith the dots and commas arrangements allow for an almost endless variety of designs... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line

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

2005-08-12 Thread Tamara P Duvall
o house it (it was made for a non-electric model). A machine that's more or less screwed into the table can afford to be light, because the table adds to its stability. A free-standing machine needs some heft in the bottom, or else even hemming jeans would be a chore. IMO. -- Tam

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Multiculturalism

2005-08-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
hand and says "I am from Iraq, I am not an Australian." He finally sees a nice lady and asks suspiciously, "Are you an Australian?" She says, "No, I am from New Zealand." So he is puzzled, and asks her, "Where are all the Australians?" The New

[lace-chat] Re: designs for bobbins

2005-08-10 Thread Tamara P Duvall
to make them completely covered), or else they'll poke above the covering medium and eventually get dislodged. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containin

[lace-chat] Re: .......And flying things

2005-08-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
and spend, and spend... But I notice that *it's he* - who grew up among all the riches - that gets beguiled by non-essentials... But everything else that Suz has listed - various needle crafts and country dancing (with all its figures and keeping to the rhythm) - they're not &qu

[lace-chat] Re: ......And flying things

2005-08-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
#x27;ll have obsessively systemizing women as well as unusually emphatic men. And, if a systemizing woman meets a systemizing man, their offspring is likely to be so locked in, it'll become autistic (though chances of becoming autistic are stonger for males. Who are more obsessive by nature...) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Oldie but goodie...

2005-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
for a few moments none of the children could identify the taste. "Well," he said "I'll give you all a clue. It's what your mother may sometimes call your father." One little girl looked up in horror, spit hers out and yelled, "Oh My Gosh ~ They're assho

[lace-chat] Re: :-) Thought for the day

2005-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
; facile, blurring the edges of truth, distasteful... but in keeping with his general "philosophy" (no, I'm not flaming anyone or wanting to start a flame war. But I'm with Donne on the "every man's death diminishes me", and I hate it; *hate it*, when anyone

[lace-chat] Re: Bug stories

2005-08-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
)... Am I gonna stop and try to observe the beast that got me, then try to remember what I'd learnt in school about the markings (which, possibly, aren't the same as what I'd learnt 40 yrs ago in Poland, anyway)? Not likely... :) If it's yellow and black and it stings, i

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: pink envelope.

2005-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
The pastor was amazed.  "Your son is very successful.  What does he do for a living?" "He is a veterinarian," she answered. "That is an honorable profession," the pastor said.  "Where does he practice?" The old lady said proudly, "In Nevada.  

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Computer Age

2005-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ter a blessed little popup appeared and said: You've got male.   -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROT

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Hello?

2005-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
n, green, green, and I pink it up, and say, "Yellow, this is Mujibar.'" Mujibar now lives in a neighborhood near you and works at AOL on the Help Desk -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To u

[lace-chat] Re: .......And flying things

2005-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
urse, he's developed his own allergies, but living in CA and never visiting VA in May or September has kept him breathing normally... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [E

[lace-chat] Re: Creepy crawlies (snails and other edibles)

2005-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
Vegas is a small town, with few decent eat-out places but, recently, we've had a French restaurant relocate from someplace in the county and all their seafood is *superb*, including the snails. I'll need to go back there soon, I think, for a solitary "lunch fix" -- Tamara P

[lace-chat] Silk production and cruelty to animals

2005-08-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
And I love wool, even though sheep, while being shorn, resent it loudly. And I'd rahter have one pair of shoes but leather, than 4 plastic ones. Anything else I consider cruelty to me, and I'm as much of an animal as the rest of them -- Tamara P Duvallht

[lace-chat] Re: Creepy crawlies

2005-08-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ke something from outer space :) Yours, evading storm second night in a row - I've never done so much "saving" in my entire 'puter life... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscr

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: died in service

2005-08-06 Thread Tamara P Duvall
women who died in the service." Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear, asked, "Which service, the 9:45 or the 11:00?" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.n

[lace-chat] Re: growing old gracefully

2005-08-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
everyone else... The content of the "growing old gracefully" joke was not offensive in the least - how can the truth be offensive (except to the current White House administration ) ??? It was funny at least in part because it was true; there is an English word which describes the situ

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Pope John Paul II

2005-08-04 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ul says, "He's mad about THAT?" St. Peter says, "She's furious." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: oops

2005-08-03 Thread Tamara P Duvall
very cautiously and announced with a smile, nearly laughing, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn #365, "Shall We Gather at the River." -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send emai

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: white lie cake

2005-08-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
but before she could get to her feet, one of the other ladies said, "What a beautiful cake!" Alice sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess (who was a prominent church member) say, "Thank you, I baked it myself." -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] Re: Harry Potter - different covers

2005-08-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
st 3 books (but both in Polish and in the Brit-English ), but found them delightful and extremely well written. I'm waiting for the series to be finished, so I can buy a "collected" edition and read it all at once. And then again, savouring. -- Tamara P Duvall

[lace-chat] Sign of old age?

2005-08-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
fashion; I hate to see a favourite disintegrate finally) always came first, then and now. I dress for myself, not for others. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Blondes' bashing

2005-08-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ok it to work the next day. Her boss saw it on her desk. "What's that,' he asked? "Why, that's a thermos.it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold," she replied. Her boss inquired, "What do you have in it?" The blonde replied, "Two Popsicl

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: TOO HIGH

2005-08-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
at he was unusually well endowed.   Trying not to show that she was staring, the teacher said, "You must be in the 5th grade."   "No, ma'am," he replied. "I'm the jockey riding Silver Arrow in the seventh. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-

[lace-chat] Re: books alive/good read

2005-08-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
ook is still very well written - funny and schmaltzy in the right proportion - and a good way for a non-Latin-American to get a glimmer of an idea that not all people whose surnames end in -ez are identical :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virgi

[lace-chat] Re: Travelling children

2005-08-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
k to being great friends again, if no longer *quite* on the same terms. Now, we like one another as human beings, not as a parent and child. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to

[lace-chat] Re: Travelling children

2005-08-01 Thread Tamara P Duvall
I'm going to meet Yvonnne too, when she comes to vist her daughter come Christmastime... Yours, bubbling (and babbling) in expectation, -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Coincidence

2005-07-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
been trying to have a child. Today, my gynecologist told me I'm pregnant! "What a coincidence," said the man. "I'm a chicken farmer. For months all my hens were infertile, but today they're finally fertile." That's great!" says the woman, "Ho

[lace-chat] Re: IOLI 2006

2005-07-31 Thread Tamara P Duvall
two-language country). And I cracked up. "Do you curse in French also?" she asked me. "No" I said "I curse in English for everyday, and in Polish for when I need really strong expression. But here, when we curse, in whatever language, we say: 

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Car Trouble

2005-07-30 Thread Tamara P Duvall
oughtful. "A horse, you say? Was it by any chance a white horse?" The man replied to the affirmative. "Yes, it was!  Am I crazy?" "No, you ain't crazy. In fact, you're lucky," said the rancher, "because that black horse don't know shit about cars.&quo

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