OT Can we have a roll call.

Hi Shirley,

I'd love to hear more about your time in Malta, if you wanted to share. I've
hope to visit there some day, and have several friends who have done so. We
have a pharaoh hound, which is actually a breed from Malta -- Maltese rabbit
hounds or Kelb tal-Fenek, the national Hound of Malta. As soon as I get my
bead loom constructed, I'm going to attempt a loomed pharaoh hound portrait.

I'm looking forward to pictures of your new and improved, easy-care garden.
I'm in the midst of converting parts of our yard / garden to areas requiring
less maintenance. Still trying to convince dh that we don't need ANY lawn,
and that gravel or stepping stone paths through native, asian or
meditarranean vegetation would be best -- little or no watering, and no
weeding!!

We've had many flocks of robins visiting our yard recently; they seem to
take turns with the chickadees and grosbeaks. I think of you when I see the
robins. Hope you can entice another to spend time with you.
--
KathyZ

"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
...
This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on
google it say that there are 938 people subscribed.
.....
I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At
the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons were
born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy ...
Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it
easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed from
my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come
bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group.
Hugs
Shirley

Tina, my son and I completely agree with your thoughts on the TV change ...
we've decided it's a plot by government, cable and television companies to
make some money (economic stimulus??). We've never paid for cable, and I
really don't want to start now. But I also would like to be able to continue
watching the local stations, and PBS. Fortunately, we had to purchase a new
TV set two years ago, so we do have a digital TV now, but still had to
purchase a new VCR and new antenna in order to record and adequately access
the digital channels.

I must say, though, that I'm enjoying seeing clear digital pictures instead
of the snowy or shadowy pictures we often had to watch before. Hope you're
able to work through this without too much fuss.
--
KathyZ

Tina wrote:

Yeah, I'm not at all fond of Google. Partly because I have to sign
Pete out of Yahoo to use it, and it's his computer I'm using.

Got to get me a new computer. But there's no use in getting one
unless it will do all I need. I want a lap top with CD RW and with
ethernet. Or whatever it's called that will allow me to travel with
it and connect without wires. And I want it to be able to beam over
to a TV screen, since we may have to get TV over the internet when
they close down analogue TV.

It is really a long story.
DH and I were engaged to be married and we were going to get married on
his next long leave at Christmas. He knew he would be away for about 18
months. That was 1954. He was in the Royal Navy.
However he rang me were I worked and said that he had to go in the next
2 weeks to Malta. Did I want to go with him? I said yes but it meant us
getting married right away.
We had to get a special licence from the Arch Deacon. We got married in
the same church as my parents did, just a close family reception
afterwards. DH left and we had to make arrangements for me to follow. I
left home in February 1955. We stayed in Malta until May 1957.
We went back for our silver wedding in 1979 then back for our golden
wedding 2004. We also went back with friends in 1981 and we went back
with the family in 1998. so our grandchildren could see where the father
and uncle were born.
Is there anything special you would like to know.
Shirley



In message , Zk
writes
Hi Shirley,

I'd love to hear more about your time in Malta, if you wanted to share. I've
hope to visit there some day, and have several friends who have done so. We
have a pharaoh hound, which is actually a breed from Malta -- Maltese rabbit
hounds or Kelb tal-Fenek, the national Hound of Malta. As soon as I get my
bead loom constructed, I'm going to attempt a loomed pharaoh hound portrait.

snipped

--
Shirley Shone

http://www.allcrafts.org.uk

*Raising my hand from the back of the class*

I'm here! Sorry I'm late - seems to be my MO lately.

Sterling is my name and Sterling is my game. I'm a stringer, but not a weaver. I don't use those
teeny tiny seed beads cause they're just too small. A person could go blind using those!
I like to use gem stone beads, sterling silver, and pearls. Trying to make the ordinary look
extraordinary. *lol*

I don't chat much here in RCB, cause frankly - I'm a cynic, and most people don't want to hear the
ramblings of a cynic.... so I keep my fingers away from the keyboard and to myself and I lurk most
times that I am able to check out the RCB. I am a busy person, as are most of us beaders. My
husband has his own construction business and I do his books. UUGH!! What a thankless job. I'd
rather be beading!! I also work full time as an Insurance Specialist at a large Orthopaedic
surgical practice. Another thankless job!! *lol* Again, I'd rather be beading!! We are also in
the throws of remodeling our house. Yeah, you read right.... not just a room but the whole freakin
house. I am also trying to find time to put together my web site but you all know how that is...
not enough time in the day to do the things you wanna do. Anyway, that's me and I am waving to ya
from the back of the room. Just don't make me stand up and give a speech cause I suck at public
speaking. I'd rather be beading!! *grin*

Sterling


"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
...
This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are
938 people subscribed.
We must have a lot of lurkers.
Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in.

I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of
Shirley's Spoon Club.

I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working
on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There
is no record of their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future
could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can.

Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took
the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it
is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group.
Hugs
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

http://www.allcrafts.org.uk

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:53:37 +0000, Shirley Shone
wrote:

This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on
google it say that there are 938 people subscribed.
We must have a lot of lurkers.
Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in.

I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of
the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club.

I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work.
At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons
were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of
their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the
distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work
on it while I can.

Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it
easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed
from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another
will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this
group.
Hugs
Shirley

Armand And Kerry are still here though not as often.

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:53:37 +0000, Shirley Shone
wrote:

This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on
google it say that there are 938 people subscribed.
We must have a lot of lurkers.
Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars sign in.

I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of
the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club.

I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work.
At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons
were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of
their birth in UK. So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the
distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work
on it while I can.

Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it
easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin I tamed to feed
from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another
will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this
group.

Heather from Victoria, Australia here.

I pop in here from time to time to see what's going on. I've made
hardly any jewellery since I stopped selling it but I did buy quite a
few flameworked beads last year (not Chinese) and do intend to start
making stuff again soon.

I did make a pendand for a friend's Christmas gift using one of the
flamworked beads I bought. She seemed to like it a lot but then it was
a beautiful bead so what was there not to love, particularly since it
was in her favourite colours. Of course I didn't get around to
photographing it. That is a habit I must break.

Good luck with the robins.


--
Heather

You know, we always love to have a man show up here in the group.
There's usually a different perspective. So how do you have the time
to do all these crafts? Are you retired or just lucky? This is a
great place for information. Not as busy as it used to be,
unfortunately. But people here are still willing to share and teach.

But Las Vegas? That place spooks me. Fairbanks is a desert too, so
who am I to talk!

Tina



On Feb 5, 7:46*pm, "Carl R" wrote:
Hi, my name is Carl and my wife and I live in Las Vegas, NV - originally
from Portland, OR. Although we sometimes miss the green landscape and all
the water of the Pacific NW, we certainly don't miss the rain or days of
shoveling snow off the house front entrance. Although we did get 4 inches
of snow in Las Vegas in December, *thankfully it was gone the next day.

Being a new beader I read this newsgroup and appreciate all the tips and
techniques that are shared. I have attempted lampwork beads - um, don't
think that is my calling. I am concentrating on fused glass pendants and
incorporating these with gemstones for necklaces and bracelets. I am
exploring new ways to attach the pendants, other than drilling a hole and
attaching directly or with a bail, and I am practicing wire wrap
techniques. I have completed one pendant with wire wrapping "Queen of the
Eggs" -

My other hobbies/crafts include quilting (my wife likes to help pick out
the fabric), cross stitch and polymer clay. My wife and I have been fusing
glass for about 3 months - we took a class at the local community center
and got hooked! I've listed our websites below if you would like to take a
look at our designs.

I look forward to continued reading on the newsgroup and hopefully one day
I will have some input to the questions that are asked. *Carl

For glasswork/beaded jewelryhttp://members.cox.net/car-kar/carkar.htm

For other craftshttp://members.cox.net/carl-ryan/index%2008.htm

"Shirley Shone" wrote in message

...
This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on
google it say that there are 938 people subscribed.
We must have a lot of lurkers.
Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars *sign in.

I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of
the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club.

I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work.
At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons
were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of
their birth in UK. *So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the
distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work
on it while I can.

Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it
easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin *I tamed to feed
from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another
will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this
group.
Hugs
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

I expect us to have fewer fuzzy pictures. Which is to say, fewer
stations that will come in at all. We have no "line of sight"
broadcast points at all. And no cable lines at all. Even when we pay
for those cable/satellite services we get poor pictures -- no line of
sight to those either in this location.

Of course, watching TV isn't such an interesting thing most of the
time anyway. I can't stand talking heads or sit-coms.

Tina


On Feb 8, 11:14*pm, "Zk" wrote:
Tina, my son and I completely agree with your thoughts on the TV change ....
we've decided it's a plot by government, cable and television companies to
make some money (economic stimulus??). We've never paid for cable, and I
really don't want to start now. But I also would like to be able to continue
watching the local stations, and PBS. Fortunately, we had to purchase a new
TV set two years ago, so we do have a digital TV now, but still had to
purchase a new VCR and new antenna in order to record and adequately access
the digital channels.

I must say, though, that I'm enjoying seeing clear digital pictures instead
of the snowy or shadowy pictures we often had to watch before. Hope you're
able to work through this without too much fuss.
--
KathyZ

Tina wrote:

Yeah, I'm not at all fond of Google. *Partly because I have to sign
Pete out of Yahoo to use it, and it's his computer I'm using.

Got to get me a new computer. *But there's no use in getting one
unless it will do all I need. *I want a lap top with CD RW and with
ethernet. *Or whatever it's called that will allow me to travel with
it and connect without wires. *And I want it to be able to beam over
to a TV screen, since we may have to get TV over the internet when
they close down analogue TV.

Hey Sterling,

If Maren can like my bitchy posts, we can also like your cynical
ones. Actually, I miss all the "personalities" from back when I first
started here. I think we are poorer for the discouragement of OT
posts.

Glad to see you.

Tina


On Feb 9, 7:21*pm, "Sterling"
wrote:
*Raising my hand from the back of the class*

I'm here! *Sorry I'm late - seems to be my MO lately.

Sterling is my name and Sterling is my game. *I'm a stringer, but not a weaver. *I don't use those
teeny tiny seed beads cause they're just too small. *A person could go blind using those!
I like to use gem stone beads, sterling silver, and pearls. *Trying to make the ordinary look
extraordinary. *lol*

I don't chat much here in RCB, cause frankly - I'm a cynic, and most people don't want to hear the
ramblings of a cynic.... so I keep my fingers away from the keyboard and to myself and I lurk most
times that I am able to check out the RCB. * I am a busy person, as are most of us beaders. *My
husband has his own construction business and I do his books. *UUGH!! *What a thankless job. *I'd
rather be beading!! *I also work full time as an Insurance Specialist at a large Orthopaedic
surgical practice. *Another thankless job!! *lol* *Again, I'd rather be beading!! * We are also in
the throws of remodeling our house. *Yeah, you read right.... not just a room but the whole freakin
house. * I am also trying to find time to put together my web site but you all know how that is...
not enough time in the day to do the things you wanna do. *Anyway, that's me and I am waving to ya
from the back of the room. *Just don't make me stand up and give a speech cause I suck at public
speaking. *I'd rather be beading!! **grin*

Sterling

"Shirley Shone" wrote in message

...

This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on google it say that there are
938 people subscribed.
We must have a lot of lurkers.
Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars *sign in.

I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of the Swaps, Founder of
Shirley's Spoon Club.

I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work. At the moment I am working
on the family history. Since both our sons were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There
is no record of their birth in UK. *So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the distant future
could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work on it while I can.

Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it easier to maintain, I took
the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin *I tamed to feed from my hand. Alas though it
is with us no more. Keep hoping another will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this group.
Hugs
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

http://www.allcrafts.org.uk

Good to see you again. What are you doing now? Any pictures?

Tina


On Feb 11, 9:45*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:53:37 +0000, Shirley Shone



wrote:
This group is getting less and less postings lately. Just checking on
google it say that there are 938 people subscribed.
We must have a lot of lurkers.
Can we have some to de-lurk and can the regulars *sign in.

I am of course Shirley with several aka's One Madame Tassel, Queen of
the Swaps, Founder of Shirley's Spoon Club.

I have many hobbies as some of you will know which includes bead work.
At the moment I am working on the family history. Since both our sons
were born in Malta whilst DH in the Royal Navy. There is no record of
their birth in UK. *So I thought anyone trying to do the FH in the
distant future could come unstuck. So I thought I had better set to work
on it while I can.

Since our back garden is still in the throes of a makeover to make it
easier to maintain, I took the pictures down on my web site.
I have replaced them with pictures of the wild robin *I tamed to feed
from my hand. Alas though it is with us no more. Keep hoping another
will come bobbing along for me to try my luck with.

So come on lots hear from you and build the ratings back up on this
group.
Hugs
Shirley

Armand And Kerry are still here though not as often.