Re: [lace-chat] Why?

2006-04-01 Thread romdom
what about using the delete key instead of flaming ? that's what i'll do from now ... dominique from spring in Paris, france .. it's so good to have a little warmth and sun at last To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace-chat] Fwd: Rat-squirrel not extinct after all

2006-03-11 Thread romdom
thanks Ruth there was this sentence at the end of the article Now the challenge is to trap some live ones, and calculate how many still exist to tell whether the species is endangered, Dawson said. i'm ready to bet it IS endangered now they have mentionned its existence . Exactly what happened

Re: [lace-chat] Please be patient for a bit till everyone gets the message.

2006-02-02 Thread romdom
le 2/02/06 5:36, Martha Krieg à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : With that in mind, I have been exercising my delete key on several unread posts in the last few days to save my blood pressure! have been doing the same and don't know how i could survive without that precious key

Re: [lace-chat] :-) London tube announcements

2005-12-04 Thread romdom
a Paris Metro user myself i really had a good time reading all this .. thanks .. i wish the Paris train drivers just gave us simple explanations .. we usually have to wait without information at all .. except from time to time about people strolling along the line .. dominique (aka romdom

Re: [lace-chat] For the aluminum-coifed among us

2005-11-14 Thread romdom
le 13/11/05 21:55, Lynn Carpenter à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ the conclusion is most interesting (very tongue in cheek ) . it will do no good to the paranoid among us though ...

Re: [lace-chat] From arachne on Diddl the cartoon character

2005-10-30 Thread romdom
le 29/10/05 20:11, Jane Viking Swanson à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi All, A lace conversation led to talk of Diddl who is a cartoon character from Europe. I was so involved with the stars that hang on/follow the cursor that I didn't even notice what language the website uses. i

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Trafalgar

2005-10-22 Thread romdom
French joke : the english are weird ...fancy giving their monuments names of defeats : waterloo station, trafalgar square... ! I hope i'm not offending anybody ...i didn't mean to ... we have as many jokes about the Brits as they have about the French dominique , froggy from the

[lace-chat] SP thanks

2005-10-08 Thread romdom
dear secret pal and you asked if i like the frogs ?? i LOVE them . the bobbin is incredible . i didn't think such a thing existed . i proudly put it among my froggy treasures, and the magnet as well because my fridge is too small and it wouldn't show properly .. the cards are so pretty (just

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Katrina devastaion

2005-09-28 Thread romdom
le 27/09/05 18:31, susan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : i have no crazy intentions to say they don't have a right to their homeland and they shouldn't be allowed to rebuild, but the whole idea to live behind a levy in a hurricane prone area should have never been put into play. yes but

Re: [lace-chat] coffee and tea preference

2005-09-25 Thread romdom
Jenny is right, the water makes a difference. absolutely right . i use mineral water for both coffee and tea and it does make a difference . i love coffee and drink too much of it but definitely not instant . i must say instant coffee to me is not coffee; it's nescafé , drinkable but

Re: [lace-chat] Katrina devastaion

2005-09-25 Thread romdom
le 23/09/05 17:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I wonder also whether people will want to return to live somewhere where they have experienced such devastation - I think I would be one who would get to the highest ground, and furthest from the Gulf states, just in case

Re: [lace-chat] Katrina - unbelieveable

2005-09-10 Thread romdom
le 9/09/05 17:25, David Collyer à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Dear Friends, He asked each of them if they had any intention of removing the bodies, but no, it was not part of their job statement! Then finally some paramedics came along and he knew the bodies would be removed. But no

Re: [lace-chat] Katrina - unbelieveable

2005-09-10 Thread romdom
le 10/09/05 17:27, BrambleLane à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Margaret in PA, ducking the flames that are sure to arise... lol ... margaret .. we'll share them . dominique from Paris, France . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat

Re: [lace-chat] Creepy crawlies

2005-08-07 Thread romdom
le 7/08/05 9:22, Jean Nathan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Think escargot are a particular species of edible snails. wll... escargot is the french for snail but it might mean edible snails in english ... i'd say all snails are edible but the biggest ones are easier to eat and escargots

[lace-chat] red tide

2005-08-06 Thread romdom
le 6/08/05 9:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Could someone explain what red tide is? 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 . dominique from Paris, france. To

Re: [lace-chat] Stocking runs (2)

2005-08-02 Thread romdom
le 2/08/05 15:01, Jean Nathan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : - sign of getting old when comfort takes precedent over everything. What I used to suffer for the sake of fashion!!! Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK lol how true ! I've stopped wearing high heels and keep to comfort . which

Re: [lace-chat] fried green tomatoes/ peanut butter

2005-07-13 Thread romdom
le 13/07/05 8:33, susan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : just out of curiosity, has anyone in the uk or anyone overseas ever cooked or ate fried green tomatoes? it seems to be more of an american southern type of food, so probably not even some of the northern americans have tried it. all you

Re: [lace-chat] fried green tomatoes/ peanut butter

2005-07-13 Thread romdom
sorry about the blank message . my mistake ... le 13/07/05 8:33, susan à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : also i heard from someone that in the uk they don't have peanut butter. how true could this be being you are so close to spain. spain grows a lot of peanuts. if anyone knows of any

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] right or wrong tie up?

2005-07-10 Thread romdom
le 6/07/05 8:47, Helene Gannac à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : When will our leaders be finally convinced that the weather is indeed changing, and it might be our fault! thought it was better to switch my answer to chat. when their offices get flooded and they have to swim for dear life i

Re: [lace-chat] Isleworth Lace Day

2005-05-21 Thread romdom
how far is Hounslow station from London TGV station (can't remember the name . one of those senior moment .. i love that phrase but i keep wondering why we don't have the equivalent in french ??) -- dominique If you're going through hell, keep going. -- Winston Churchill le 20/05/05

Re: [lace-chat] Isleworth Lace Day

2005-05-21 Thread romdom
21/05/2005, romdom wrote: how far is Hounslow station from London TGV station (can't remember the name . one of those senior moment .. i love that phrase but i keep wondering why we don't have the equivalent in french ??) -- dominique If you're going through hell, keep going