Re: [lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets

2004-02-27 Thread DELTAYLOR
In a message dated 2/25/2004 7:18:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The other method we use to locate > the van is to use the remote starter and the running lights as well as > the > motor come on to give a bit of a clue if you are close enough to have > the > gadget work.

Re: [lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets

2004-02-26 Thread Ruth Budge
Although, as I found, there can be disadvantages in being easily-recognised!! In our old house, our next-door-neighbour was a real sticky-beakhe was out on the front driveway all day long, and we could do nothing without him seeing. However, yesterday, I drove down the street in the new car -

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2004-02-26 Thread Scotlace
Well, Ruth, "being English" you should paint the cross of St. George on the roof of your car - easier, too. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2004-02-26 Thread A+Y Farrell
My little Ford laser is a very unusual bright marine blue. It really stands out in the car park and everyone in town knows it is me. DH is a paramedic. When I pass an ambulance in my car they always wave to me but if I drive my DH's car which is a very generic white car they don't know and don't wa

Re: [lace-chat] Re: :) Fwd: golden sunsets

2004-02-25 Thread Ruth Budge
Ah! Yes, Tamara - but here lots of our local carparks are multi-storey, and when I can't find my car on one level, I walk down the steps to the next floor. Stop on the landing half-way down and survey the multitude of cars to see if I recognise any of them. Now *that's* where a Union Jack would c

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2004-02-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 25, 2004, at 23:14, Ruth Budge wrote: Well,being English, I've always fancied painting the top of the car with a very large Union Jack - thought *that* should make my car stand out amongst all the Aussies! Only if they're tall enough to see it At 5'2" and shrinking, I can't *reach*

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2004-02-25 Thread Ruth Budge
Well,being English, I've always fancied painting the top of the car with a very large Union Jack - thought *that* should make my car stand out amongst all the Aussies! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But I love the idea of tying something to the ant

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2004-02-25 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 25, 2004, at 3:53, Darlene Mulholland wrote: The other method we use to locate the van is to use the remote starter and the running lights as well as the motor come on to give a bit of a clue if you are close enough to have the gadget work. My car manual says that if you use the remote k

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2004-02-25 Thread Darlene Mulholland
When coming out of a grocery store with my two preschool children, both who are now mid 30's, I commented that I wondered just where we had left the car. An older woman overheard me and commented I'd made her day and that she'd rush home and tell her husband a young thing like me did the very same

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2004-02-24 Thread Joy Beeson
At 10:07 AM 2/25/04 +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: [snip] > .you'd be surprised how many grey cars there are in > Sydney!! I *adored* my bright yellow Omega. It was nowhere near as useful a car as my little grey Toyota Tercel, but I never mislaid it! -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ho

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2004-02-24 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Feb 24, 2004, at 12:13, H. Muth (Heather) wrote: The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs. I'm not senile but I have a disease which affects my memory (among other things). I have hypothyroidism. When my car was stolen a few weeks ago, I stood in the parking l