Thanks, Tamara! LOL - I forwarded this to my family members living on the
outskirts of Atlanta!
Ricki Torrey
Salt Lake City, UT
mercifully cool overnight after thunderstorms and wind, but no rain to speak
of, yesterday.
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Does anyone know what Michael Jackson and Walmart have in common?
;<)
Ricky Torrey
SLC, UT
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Going on 51 here myself, this fall, and I'm still learning new vocabulary
(plus lacemaking!) But sometimes it pays off! :-)
The proper term, a loong-retired aquaintance assures me, is "chronologically
gifted"!
That helps take out a bit of the sting, doesn't it? :<)
Ricki T
Utah USA
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In a message dated 7/16/2005 1:38:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> Liz wrote:
>
> when he retired, nor did he do so when he went blind. It was when he fell
> out
> of a tree and bounced down the garden that he realised he couldn't do quite
> the same things as before -
Hi All -
Talking about health, I saw a recent article stating that white flour
contains a chemical (alloxan) that is known to cause diabetes. In fact, it is
used to
induce diabetes in animal tests. Alloxan is used to bleach the flour -- so
folks might want to consider using unbleached flour. He
Hi All -
I just saw an episode of the Files of Henry Lee on Court TV, and was rather
astounded to see a group of forensic scientists around a big table, where the
fragmented pieces of a shattered windshield had been collected. (You know those
tiny little squarish pieces they break into?) Each o
> Well, actually... :) "Moot" means "debatable, undecided", not something
> on which the conclusion is already foregone. The law school at our U
> has a "Moot Court" where the most contentious subjects are often
> hammered at, but almost never resolved (and certainly never put into
> being
In a message dated 7/21/2005 4:28:08 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> how would a home be declared unfit to live in for mold? how do you get
> rid of it? i have heard of a mold so bad that they have to remove the
> brick it infests, but i never heard of a house being decla
In a message dated 7/22/2005 12:21:17 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> that is really bad that it killed his dog. 6 million dollars in
> damages had to have been pretty bad. i saw on the tv the mold was
> getting inside the insulation and then in the heating ducts and it
>
In a message dated 7/22/2005 1:49:40 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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>
>
>
> Planning laws are very strict. Any new house that's built has to have a
> certificate issued to say that it's fit for habitation. That means that it
> must be dry, nothing toxic in the constructio
Hi all -- you all have really got me on a roll!
I should probably have mentioned, there is not much evidence to support the
claims of certain manufacturers that their products, like sealants, or
mold-inhibitors, are very effective. If the conditions are right, mold will
grow, even
if these pr
In a message dated 7/22/2005 9:29:20 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> I thought I should chime in here. Mould is a serious problem in buildings
> built without proper ventilation. I work in a Witdrawal Management Centre
> and currently we are closed because of mould in t
Hi all,
Maybe I should mention too that modern building techniques contribute to
mold. For instance, many times builders will leave the wood for their building
outside during construction, where it gets wet -- then it never gets a chance
to
dry out during the construction, and the moisture is
In a message dated 7/23/2005 2:41:46 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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>
> I don't know about stone houses and tornadoes. The first major manmade
> disaster in England was the Dale Dyke Dam disaster in 1864, when a nearly
> completed reservoir dam near Sheffield collapsed due
In a message dated 7/22/2005 11:46:27 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> i wonder if being closer to china,who has been accused of making no
> regulations to protect its environment, is the reason why you are
> having so many changes in your weather for green house effect.
In a message dated 7/25/2005 10:50:39 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> Well, at least you've got ood roads you can drive along to get from one
> town to
> another!! In Australia, apart from the coastal areas which are the populated
> ones, most roads are dirt roads, and not
Hi, All!
For anyone who might be interested, I got this in my email today...
THE SNOW MUST GO ON
Inuit fight global warming with human-rights claim against U.S.
Remember how Snow White used to moon around singing, "Some Day My
Prince Will Come"? That's kind of how the world is about global
war
Hi All!
This article came to my attention and it reminded me of the discussion on
Arachne about the effects of chemicals on lace, especially once it gets old,
arts
of preservation and restoration, and the difficulties of photographing
delicate lace. I'm sending this to lace-chat since it doesn
In a message dated 7/30/2005 6:37:28 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> same website, but this is a nice set of the 12 days of christmas.
> http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/images/12days.jpg
Those are great bobbins -- thanks for those links! Looks like 9 days of
Christmas, tho
Hi All,
Here in Utah, the Seagull is our State Bird, even though the only sea in
sight is now a salt lake. I'll save the story of how the seagulls saved the
Mormon
pioneers from the crickets for another day. But maybe you'd like this little
story
A little boy and his mum were walking alon
In a message dated 8/1/2005 1:08:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> i have a seagull story that isn't so nice. i think the birds are
> beautiful, but a little agressive.
>
> i was walking to catch the bus in norfolk virginia about 7 months ago
> at one of mall areas. i c
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it's really an orange-red spot on their beak not an red beak and it is
where the yound aim at that spot when the mother seagull is feeding
them.
Ahh! Thanks for the clarification -- need to watch out for th
In a message dated 8/1/2005 5:42:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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Pelican steals
wallet...LOL
Understandable, since pelicans have such big bills! :>)
Ricki T
Utah
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I had a very big day yesterday. I put DD1 on a flight for the US. It was very
hard to watch her leave knowing that it will be over 4 months before we see
her again. It's the first time anyone in our family has
In a message dated 8/2/2005 2:16:34 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> DS was another matter... he went amd came back numerous times, a real
> 'boomerang' kid. He is now married, and 20 months later, every time they
> come and visit I insist they take some more of his 'stuff'
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> Before I retired, I loved to listen to baroque or new age music when I
> got home from work, finding it very relaxing. Then I found out why -
> the beat of the two styles of music mimics a heart beat at
Hi All --
For those of us NOT at the IOLI Convention, and those whose children (or
children's children) return or don't ever leave, this poem by Walter de la Mare
comes to mind (notwithstanding its last line!) -- Here's to all of us! :<))
Kind regards,
Ricki
Utah USA
Sweet Stay-at-Home
Sweet
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> All winter I wear wool knee socks (bought from the Vermont Country
> Store), which are available in regular and a large size which is both
> longer and bigger around the calf. Then I don't have to worry
In a message dated 8/3/2005 12:12:20 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I find all-wool socks actually cooler than cotton socks, even when I have
> to settle for a higher sock. They don't get all wrinkled and icky when I
> sweat, and are resilient enough to let a little air
In a message dated 8/3/2005 3:00:18 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> It's got so bad that some parents, who have paid off what they owed on
> their
> houses, are re-mortgaging them to provide their son/daughter with the down
> payment.
>
> ... or as in some cases here,
Hi All --
I was watching Nancy Grace last night, a no-nonsense legal program, for those
who aren't familiar with her show. She said that a man convicted of child
abuse (think it was his daughter, but I fell asleep before I got the details!)
was sentenced to doing 360 days of needlepoint by the
In a message dated 8/3/2005 10:24:16 AM Mountain Daylight Time, RicTorr8
writes:
Meanwhile, people in "the developing markets"* (*innovative PC term for what
used to be called "the third world")
Woops -- my mistake! The correct term now is "EMERGING markets"
Ri
An oldie, but goodie:<)
A lady was struck by a bus, and severely injured. The ambulance was called
and she was taken to the hospital, where she was immediately taken into surgery.
While on the operating table, she had a near-death experience. Her spirit
left her body and went to heaven wher
In a message dated 8/3/2005 11:33:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> do you remember the old black and white attack of the killer tomatoes
> where the people run though the town running away from them like people
> run in the godizilla movies? i have not seen the more curre
Hi all --
Just came across this, in passing
American companies are drawn to cities like Chongqing because they are cheap;
the average annual wage here is $1,500, about half of what it is in Shanghai.
Merchandisers see markets for all kinds of products. In Chongqing, for
example, car owner
In a message dated 8/4/2005 5:51:37 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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You are forgetting that everyone who takes a job at the new plant will be
earning more money than he was earning at the job he quit in order to take the
new job. This means that he will be buying more stuf
Hi All --
The anomaly related below, though scientifically unexplained, rang some bells
for me when I saw the last sentence below.
ENGLEWOOD (8/5/05)-- A bizarre freeway of fish swimming by the thousands
along the shore of Englewood Beach Thursday morning left crowds of beach-goers
agog and
In a message dated 8/6/2005 7:17:48 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >found this with google.
> >http://www.whoi.edu/redtide/whathabs/whathabs.html
> >red tide is caused by a certain kind of algae growing very fast .
> >
> And I've discovered I'm highly allergic to it!
A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a rabbi all served as chaplains to the
students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. They would get together
two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really that
hard. A
Hi All --
I have had some "interesting" experiences this summer working in my
yardwonder if any of you might be able to illuminate them further.
First, finally made some serious headway against the snail population. I was
forced to resort to using snail bait, after I discovered that some s
In a message dated 8/6/2005 7:58:24 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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i have an idea for you: escargo? maybe you could find you a really
nice recipe and ? lol! there is also the idea to raise medicated
leaches which i like a lot, but have not yet done.
Uh huh. Good idea
>From my grandma's scrapbook -- luckily I've never tried these
DRIED APPLE PIES
I loathe, abhor, detest, despise
Abominate dried apple pies!
I like good bread, I like good meat,
Or anything that's fit to eat:
But of all poor grub beneath the skies
The poorest is dried apple pies.
Give me a t
In a message dated 8/6/2005 8:55:37 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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>
> I have been lurking on Arachne Lace for several years, I never found
> anything I wanted to say but recently I signed up for Lace Chat. The
> thread about creepy things and gardening has sent me to
In a message dated 8/6/2005 10:55:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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i have heard that beer will attract them, but i wasn't sure if it would
kill them too. i looked up ways to farm them. i think that would be
great, but i have never tasted them. i have heard that they taste
In a message dated 8/7/2005 5:13:15 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> Hi All,
>
> I am becoming even more thankful that I live in the UK! We don't have to
> put up with all these poisonous and unpleasant creepy crawlies and snakes!
>
Amazing. I wonder how the UK lucked out
In a message dated 8/7/2005 1:23:28 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> Worms don't have eyes, so if one really did see Ricki, then it wasn't a
> worm. Have you tried a google for red worms/snakes?
Well, now I have -- possibly it was a nightcrawler? I read that they have
lig
Hi All --
I heard a preacher on TV tell about a recent trip to the department store
when he, his wife and daughter and the grandma had an embarrassing moment when
the grandma asked, "Where are your thongs?" and the helpful saleslady showed
them. Now-a-days they are called "flip-flops," he warne
In a message dated 8/7/2005 9:20:29 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> Ricki, I am in my second season of raising silkworms. I am a handspinner.
> And I intend to use the silk from them. I would be interested in knowing
> why it is considered cruelty to animals. I guess whe
Hi All -
>From an insurance newsletter today:
"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long
run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the
short run determines the long run." -- Syndey J. Harris
Ricki
Utah
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In a message dated 8/4/2005 8:05:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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>
> but you are right about the movie for utah. i think it would be a
> nice tribute. you should write one of those local educational channels
> to see if they might make one. they make better programming
In a message dated 8/7/2005 6:15:24 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> http://www.cityfarmer.org/wormcomp61.html
Thanks, Suzy - out of all of those, I'd say the "red wiggler worm" looks the
most like what I sawRemind me not to start a worm farm - even though
they're goo
Hi All --
Speaking of leaving the nest, feathering the nest (!) and the GOOD side of
Mother Nature (though I have reservations about trying to make a nest in a
poison oak tree!), I got this from my mum today -- some of you might enjoy
seeing
this, if you haven't yet
Here's to a great lace
In a message dated 8/7/2005 2:12:13 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Commercial silk farmers do kill the larvae so that the cocoons can be reeled
(unwound). I don't much care for the thought of that, either. (OTOH, I'm
not about to stop buying silk.) However, in my own exper
In a message dated 8/8/2005 10:03:15 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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the year that we lived there they had an infestation of wasps. they
covered the entire side of the house. when we went out during the day,
the whole side of the house was covered in wasps. i can't remeber
Hi All --
I've "enjoyed" reading all of the stories about bugs.
The wasps-in-the pants stories remind me of a time when my son was small, and
I was out weeding the garden. There was an ant colony there, as I soon
discovered -- the biting kind, don't you know! Needless to say, a bunch of
them
In a message dated 8/8/2005 8:49:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> the other girl you mentioned probably eats glass and rocks for show!
> lol! how could you let a bee sting you? no way!
>
Actually, A.J. didn't let them sting her. She had big callouses on the bottom
In a message dated 8/9/2005 8:18:44 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> And we all caught hell that evening, coming in with torn clothes and
> all bloody; we were supervised *most strictly* the next day, not
> permitted to keep building our nascent Indian Tribe society... But
In a message dated 8/9/2005 11:50:54 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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it's *women* who are supposed to be the nitwits who spend the money without
thinking (and do everything else without thinking).
Something I read recently dispelled this rumor - if I can find it agaion,
I'
Hi All --
This "Stella Award" came in my inbox today---more bells! -- do I hear bells?
:<))
Ricki
Utah
BIRD BRAINED
by Randy Cassingham
Rhonda Nichols, 40, says she was shopping in the garden center at
Lowe's Home Center in Fairview Heights, Ill., when a wild bird "attacked"
her.
"This was
Hi All --
For those in the US who might be interested (though no doubt there are
similar services covering other countries)
Regards,
Ricki
Utah
We Test Sites That Find
Bargains in Local Stores
Comparison shopping: Two new services enable consumers to search for items on
sale in bricks-and
Hi All --
Thought you of you might find this little Business Insurance blurb of some
interest --
By Mara Lazdins
August 11, 2005
BISMARCK, N.D.âA severe hailstorm that hit parts of North Dakota late last
month caused more than $100 million in damage to insured property, according
to
North Dako
In a message dated 8/13/2005 1:45:56 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> I'm just hearing on my local radio statio a discussion about the fact that
> there are ten times more words for insulting people than there are for
> complimenting them.
>
Interesting! I've also heard
Hi All --
Don't know if this matters, or not, but a little corporate history on
SingerIn 1997 Singer acquired Pfaff, and around that time Singer also filed
for
bankruptcy. It emerged from bankruptcy reorganization in 2000. Last year,
Singer was acquired by KSIN Holdings, Ltd., an affiliat
In a message dated 8/13/2005 7:33:53 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> In my case I just stuck the stamp on the bobbin with a glue stick, then
> hung
> them up and sprayed them several times with polyurethane coating
This reminds me, someone (Tamara?) mentioned possibly us
Hi All --
I have had a couple of treadle sewing machines -- a Singer I got from my
grandmother's estate, and a White that I bought at a yardsale.
Anyway, I got a repairman once to come repair one of them, who claimed he was
an expert on treadle machines. He offered to "clean up" the elaborate g
Hi All --
I just found a website with some comparisons of various sewing machines, plus
some consumer reviews, that might be helpful
http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-Large_Appliances-All-Sewing_Machines-Bernina
Regards,
Ricki
Utah USA
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Hi All --
I suppose there's a very good chance someone has posted this here before I
joined Arachne, but it's a new one to me !
Regards,
Ricki
Utah
The Genie and the Stitcher
Source Unknown, rewritten by Martha Beth Lewis
A stitcher went into an antique store and found a dusty old bottle. As
In a message dated 8/14/2005 8:11:33 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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When he did make himself known, the rep. was somewhat embarrassed, and told
the Buyer - who he didn't realise was my Dad - what a lovely girl I was. To
which Dad replied "Yes, I know she is - she's lived wit
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> "WHEN IT CRIES??" they demanded. "Why do we have to wait until it CRIES??"
> "BECAUSE, I forgot where I put it..."
This reminds me -- sorry to report I heard about a baby who died recently
after her mot
In a message dated 8/18/2005 12:24:54 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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>
> >8. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle and spray bees or wasps to
> >kill them.
> >
> after killing slugs in beer, vodka for bees or wasps tsk tsk
>
Reminds me -- :<))
I'm very gla
Hi All --
I'm hoping maybe someone can help me with this
When I was in the Alte Museum in Munich, I had a piece of some kind of cream
cake in their garden cafe. It was so good, I want to make one, if I can, but I
don't know what it was!
I know it's not fair to ask someone else to tell me w
Hedgehog lovers unite!
Shooting cull of isles hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are being shot in the latest stage of the cull
Officials at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) have confirmed that staff are to
shoot hedgehogs in the Western Isles this autumn.
It is the latest development in the agency's contro
Hi all -- just came across these little gems on the Net I can relate toso
I thought some of you might enjoy reading them, as well!
Ricki in Utah
"If someone's pet swallows your scissors or thimble, you must graciously pay
half of the vet bill to have it surgically retrieved; you may not deman
Thanks, Janice!
I must say, I have been watching quite a few forensic case files on Court TV
of an evening, while working on my handsewing projects, and learned just last
night that approximately 95% of murders are committed by menAnd, although
they didn't give the statistics on the victims
Little boy was walking down a dirt road after church one Sunday afternoon
when he came to a crossroads where he met a little girl coming from the
other direction.
Hello," said the little boy.
"Hi," replied the little girl.
"Where are you going?" asked the little boy.
"I've been to church this
In a message dated 8/24/2005 6:50:48 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In the more than five years since my daughter told me to check this sort of
> email, I have **never once** found a "real" case -- they were all on this
> site! Sadly, even when people are told, most just
In a message dated 8/24/2005 9:12:07 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The fact that they sound plausible is what keeps urban legends
circulating even in the face of proven falsehood. One of the sure ways
to spot one is the FOAF part. That stands for Friend Of A Friend. Most
In a message dated 8/24/2005 6:41:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> I've never heard of a *choking* Doberman, but Donosy (an e-newsletter
> coming out of Poland, to which I subscribe in order to keep my Polish
> up to date) has, within the past 6 months, reported two cas
In a message dated 8/24/2005 7:43:02 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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>
> Thanks! Strictly Edgar Allan Poe And she never heard the Lunatic
> yell as the dog chewed off his two fingers while not going straight for
> the throat??? Sheesh...
This shorthand version of the ta
Thanks, Suz -- enjoyed reading the scam spam, if that's any comfort! The sad
part is there are actually people who fall for this kind of thing.
Other scams are a little harder to discern. I have seen an ad on TV for
months for some "free" computer training disks, where all you have to pay is
th
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The best thing you can do, is just delete anything like this. DO NOT open
it. You probably have to open it to forward it. As soon as you open it
they know it is an active account that the message has bee
Loved those -- thanks, Jean! :<))
Ricki
Utah
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A clergyman was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a
dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age.
The group surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he
went over and asked "What are you doing with that dog?"
One of the boys replied, "T
Dear List -
Hope none of you or your loved ones get hit by KatrinaIf anyone wants to
monitor it, I found a NOAA website tracking the Hurricane, which has
apparently moved up to Category 5
http://www.stormtracker.noaa.gov/stormtracker-katrina.htm
Regards,
Ricki
Utah
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Hi All -
I saw a whopper of a story on Trace Evidence last night
A young man from Japan, living in Hawaii, murdered a wealthy Japanese
socialite and her son.
His identity was discovered after several pieces of the murdered woman's
stolen jewelry showed up in a pawn shop -- he had used his
For all fellow cake lovers who wouldn't mind a (nonfattening) virtual cake
(with an elegant touch of lace, I might add) to feast your eyes on, you might
like to take a look at these!
http://www.elegantcheesecakes.com/products/handbag_img.html
Ricki
Utah
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Hi all,
I'm sure it's the least of their troubles, which I don't mean to minimize one
bit, but I heard some news reports warning people to watch out for poisonous
snakes swimming in the floodwaters. Plus I saw a story saying that a 3-foot
shark was spotted swimming along one of the flooded stre
Hi All --
I heard a program discussing the discovery of some textiles from ancient
times in Meso-America that had a thread count of over 600 threads per inch!
It's
hard to imagine how people were ever able to do such fine work. Really makes
you wonder, sometimes. There are so many surprising i
In a message dated 9/1/2005 8:12:22 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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Evolution doesn't *always* mean moving from simple to complex;
Darwin's "from germs to humans in 5 million years!" might be a tad
misleading if that's how you interpret it (as most of us do, for
brevity's s
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> You might want to take a look at a lesss biblical - but equally
> "faithful" and anti-evolution - point of view...
What's "Bliblical" about what I said? I really don't want to get into a huge
evolution
Tamara wrote, in part:
>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 together, they'd do more than st
>From Reuters:
BERLIN (Sept. 1) - A German woman laid waste to her family home by setting
fire to it as she tried to kill spiders in a garage with a can of hairspray and
a cigarette lighter.
Police in the western town of Zuelpich said that when the aerosol failed to
finish them off, the 34-year-
>From the Associated Press:
Man Finds 9-Inch Centipede Rustling Behind TV
LONDON (Aug. 31) - Aaron Balick expected to find a tiny mouse rustling behind
the TV in his apartment. Instead, he found a venomous giant centipede that
somehow hitched a ride from South America to Britain.
"Thinking it w
In a message dated 9/4/2005 5:24:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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Obviously, not a lacemaker: doesn't appreciate Arachnids, dim-witted,
and clumsy with it... :)
True - she got what she deserved. :<))
The good news is the spiders got away. AND the asbestos-like webs remaine
In a message dated 9/8/2005 9:48:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> We refer to the random-change theory as "the theory", rather than "a
> theory", because all other theories have dropped out of serious
> consideration; so
> far all our epicycle analogs have fit right in
Hi All --
In a message dated 9/10/2005 1:12:01 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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In the first few days, when the National Guard arrived, one of their
officers said that there were parts of the city they were afraid to go
because of armed looters.
I was shocked last weekend to
In a message dated 9/11/2005 2:04:56 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> When the tsunami hit, there were buckets at supermarket checkouts, people
> holding fund-raising events and and a huge appeal went out. For this there's
>
> not even a hint that anyone wants to make a d
In a message dated 9/10/2005 11:57:15 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >When calling up the National Guard, the troops have 72 hours
> >to get their personal affairs in order BEFORE they are deployed.
>
> Sounds a bit...relaxed? to me in emergency situation, but no worse t
Hi All --
Some of you might enjoy seeing this, on the critical lessons to be learned
from British folksongs and ballads.
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006448.html#006448
Regards,
Ricci
Utah
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In a message dated 9/12/2005 11:22:35 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> The hurricane tragedy isn't a national problem for the US in that it
> hasn't crippled the entire country - on a more global, economic level the
> hurricane damage will affect those countries who do busin
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