[lace-chat] Re: [lace] To our Aussie and NZ spiders

2015-04-23 Thread Tregellas Family
Dear Liz, Thank you for your thoughts on our ANZAC day celebrations tomorrow. Fortunately one of the bigger services in Adelaide will be held just round the corner from where we live. We will be going to the Youth Vigil service at 8pm tonight then attend the dawn service in the morning.

Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Re Susan of Tennessee

2013-03-17 Thread Tregellas Family
Nice to hear from you Tamara - don't believe you've posted for such a long time. I used to enjoy your 'play on words' - made me stop and do some research, other than lace. :-) Lorraine Hatcher was asking after you the other day. Cheers, Shirley T. - Adelaide, 27C today climbing

Re: [lace-chat] :-) Ventriloquist without a dummy

2011-01-18 Thread Tregellas Family
On 18/01/2011 2:04 AM, jeanette wrote: If you have time on you hands or feel like a bit fun, go and look at this ventriloquist. I made a tinyurl and hope it works!! http://tinyurl.com/29pv5w3 Oh yes, it worked very well. I had to keep replaying it as I was laughing so hard I kept

Re: [lace-chat] Teacher?

2010-08-06 Thread Tregellas Family
And it will become even smaller in 2012 when we will be hosting the international convention for the amateur radio group 2012 YL International Meet and in 2014 when the international lace organisation OIDFA conducts their convention and meets here in beautiful downunder Adelaide, South

[lace-chat] Hi from Australia

2008-10-14 Thread Tregellas Family
Evening All, Just a short note to let you all know that our South Australian Branch of the Australian Lace Guild has some 2009 diaries for sale. More information privately from me. Cheers, Shirley T. - cool October so far. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Address: J.S. S.R. Tregellas 14

Re: [lace-chat] Re: origin of a word

2008-06-13 Thread Tregellas Family
Tamara P Duvall wrote: My choice for a palliative might be the aperitive (or aperitif) that Tamara was referring to. But don't tell those primitives, my relatives, or their agent operatives since it is none of their business what I use for a restorative. Tee hee. Always appreciate

Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] Pease pudding

2007-05-28 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi David and other curious people :-) , David in Ballarat wrote: G'day Shirl, Thanks for the memories and now I must go check out my Mum's cookery book for the recipe of the pease pudding and stottie cakes - haven't had them for years. If you find them, could you send them over please.

[lace-chat] Geordie Stottie Cake

2007-05-28 Thread Tregellas Family
And the recipe for stottie cake is: *Ingredients* 1590g Plain flour 30g Salt 70g White Fat (Nanna used to use lard) 14g Sugar 90g Yeast 850g Water 30g Milk Powder *Method* Sieve all dry ingredients together and rub in the fat Dissolve yeast in warm water, then add to ingredients and mix

[lace-chat] Quiet list

2007-03-03 Thread Tregellas Family
At 09:26 PM 3/3/07 -0500, you wrote: On Mar 3, 2007, at 20:53, Betty Ann Rice wrote: I haven't had any lace or lace-chat all day. Has anyone else? Nope; yours is the first. And yours Tamara was the second - strange. Shirley T. - in hot, hot, Adelaide, South Austrlaia where we've

[lace-chat] A Lace Affaire Downunder

2005-02-03 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Spiders, Just a short note to let you know that our Lacemakers Fair in South Australia will be held on Saturday and Sunday 12th and 13th March 2005 (10am - 4pm) at the Fullarton Park Community Centre. Admission is $4.00 and we have loads of suppliers and exhibitions. Our competition

Re: [lace-chat] Dating after sixty (lace-chat)

2005-01-27 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Helene, Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who's sick of the heat. Why can't we exchange with some of that lovely snow you're having in Europe and the US, I don't know!! I do, I was talking to a lady in Ingersoll (near Toronto) this morning and she said that the temperature was minus

Re: [lace-chat] RE: Weather

2004-12-28 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi to you all, At 08:57 PM on 27-12-04 -0700, Helen Bell wrote: Heard from Mum and Dad who are at Mallacoota, (far eastern Victoria, on the coast), and they said it was pretty cold there today (28th Oz time), and they weren't going out fishing. Next thing, Noelene'll be reporting that it's

[lace-chat] Mittens

2004-12-16 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi All, Ruth wrote: Dear Bev, Your question brought back memories! Let me say upfront that I understand the need for strings to connect mittens, especially for a young child, but as a young child, I *hated* having a string To keep my little hands warm in an English winter, I had a pair of

Re: [lace-chat] Sydney's smiling

2004-10-18 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Ruth, Aussie Arachnes - It's rained gently *all day* in Sydney!! The street gutters are awash, the grass looks green (nearly as green as Adelaide, Shirley!) and I think I'm in heaven!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) I've just returned from a week in Perth where it is even greener

[lace-chat] I'm still hearing it! :-)

2004-08-03 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi All, especially the Oz spiders on this list, There is about 65mm (in the last 24 hours) in my bucket outside and their is concern about the Patawolonga River flooding down at Glenelg, a suburb at the coast in a direct line west (approx 8kms of the City of Adelaide). It is fantastic

[lace-chat] Pigs not Cows

2004-06-30 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Ruth and all, Yep, you are correct Ruth, we have bronze pigs in the Mall in Adelaide. I've got no idea why they were made and installed but they are a talking point with visitors. Don't think that pig reaching into the rubbish bin has ever found anything to eat though. :-)

Re: [lace-chat] More Good ole days

2004-05-28 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Spiders, This reminds me of a couple of weeks ago when I was in General Trader (a super-duper kitchen shop) buying a new sauce pot. An elderly gentleman came in asking for a larding needle. I wonder how many remember those? The *young things* behind the counter had no idea what he

[lace-chat] RE:somethings wrong

2004-03-08 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Spiders, At 07:22 PM 08-03-04 +1100, Lynn wrote: Well I arrived at the beautician's this morning for a 9am appointment to have my genuine imitation gel nails done. Got there in time, having missed breakfast, to find out that my appointment is tomorrow- mentalpausal day. Does this

Re: [lace-chat] Australian weather

2004-02-15 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Noelene, At 06:06 AM 15-02-04 +1100, you wrote: Just heard that Adelaide has had its hottest temperature yesterday since 1939 - 43 degrees C!!! Firefighters are on alert, but so far no destructive fires. Are you surviving OK Shirley? Thanks for your concern. Yep, we're surviving

Re: [lace-chat] Re: English Lace mag

2004-02-14 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Ruth, Got my mag the day after Liz and I'm savouring it. As my birthday present in January, Jim gave me a membership subscription to the English Lace Guild :-) I got copies 111 and 112 in one envelope two weeks ago and now I have 113 to drool over. Well, I need something to do in

Re: [lace-chat] English is hard to learn

2003-09-05 Thread Tregellas Family
Hi Spiders, At 09:09 AM 04-09-03 +0100, you wrote: Dear Lace Chatters, Jean Nathan wrote:- (snip) They said was that people who move to another region keep using some of the words from their region of origin to hang on to their roots, but that it isn't done consciously. My husband says