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There are more churches in Las Vegas than Casinos.
During Sunday services at the Offertory, some worshipers contribute
Casino Chips as opposed to cash.

Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since there
are so many Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the
diocese for sorting.

Once sorted for the respective casino the chips belong to, one junior
priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips
into cash.

And he is known as ...........






The Chip Monk

"Lucretia Borgia" wrote in message
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There are more churches in Las Vegas than Casinos.
During Sunday services at the Offertory, some worshipers contribute
Casino Chips as opposed to cash.

Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since there
are so many Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the
diocese for sorting.

Once sorted for the respective casino the chips belong to, one junior
priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips
into cash.

And he is known as ...........






The Chip Monk


You should have noted this is one for Gillian and Fred lol

Glad you`re sticking your head above the parapet again, Sheena! And that
you`re getting on top of everything. I know it`s only been a couple of
weeks, but it must have seemed like MONTHS to you and Bucket.

Now I`ve got a wireless PC card - John`s taken over my laptop! I told him
we`ll have to have one each! He`s discovered how nice it is to just sit in
his favourite chair - or on the floor, and get on line wherever he is. I
don`t get a look-in! The idea was for me to have it by MY chair so I could
work on my designs and get on-line at the same time. Oh well!

We went to Woodbridge today (near the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship exhibition) and
the bakers there have started making "The Suffolk Trencher", which is
alleged to be the bread eaten by King Raedwald, whose tomb is there.
Apparently it was created after they`d analysed the remains of the bread
found in the Ship Burial. Whatever their interpretation of it, it`s really
good. Rough and brown with whole grains - and VERY tasty! Good for you
too, I should think. Anyone interested in Anglo Saxon history/burials can
find out more at:-
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/time.../suttonhoo.htm

Pat P

Lucille wrote:
There are more churches in Las Vegas than Casinos.
During Sunday services at the Offertory, some worshipers contribute
Casino Chips as opposed to cash.

Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since there
are so many Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the
diocese for sorting.

Once sorted for the respective casino the chips belong to, one junior
priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips
into cash.

And he is known as ...........






The Chip Monk



OH,shucks, Lucille

DH sent me that this morning!! Isn't it amazing how fast this stuff moves??
Gill

Gretel sends her love, and Max asks if Puff has any good dog toys at
your house??

"Lucretia Borgia" wrote in message
...
There are more churches in Las Vegas than Casinos.
During Sunday services at the Offertory, some worshipers contribute
Casino Chips as opposed to cash.

Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since there
are so many Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the
diocese for sorting.

Once sorted for the respective casino the chips belong to, one junior
priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips
into cash.

And he is known as ...........






The Chip Monk


You should have noted this is one for Gillian and Fred lol

I probably shouldn't admit it but I thought I had noted it for them. I
guess I forgot to look before I sent LOL
Lucille

Lucille wrote:
"Lucretia Borgia" wrote in message
...

There are more churches in Las Vegas than Casinos.
During Sunday services at the Offertory, some worshipers contribute
Casino Chips as opposed to cash.

Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since there
are so many Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the
diocese for sorting.

Once sorted for the respective casino the chips belong to, one junior
priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips
into cash.

And he is known as ...........






The Chip Monk



You should have noted this is one for Gillian and Fred lol


I probably shouldn't admit it but I thought I had noted it for them. I
guess I forgot to look before I sent LOL
Lucille


You are forgiven, my friend!!

gill

"Gill Murray" wrote in message
news:f9wRd.41818$uc.40415@trnddc04...
Lucille wrote:
There are more churches in Las Vegas than Casinos.
During Sunday services at the Offertory, some worshipers contribute
Casino Chips as opposed to cash.

Some are sharing their winnings - some are hoping to win. Since there
are so many Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the
diocese for sorting.

Once sorted for the respective casino the chips belong to, one junior
priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips
into cash.

And he is known as ...........






The Chip Monk



OH,shucks, Lucille

DH sent me that this morning!! Isn't it amazing how fast this stuff
moves??
Gill

Gretel sends her love, and Max asks if Puff has any good dog toys at your
house??

Puff has enough toys for all three of them to play for a week without any
repeats and he is happy to share all but one. Not that he's spoiled or
anything like that !!!

If ever you have nothing to do, and nowhere to go, come visit and bring Max
and Gretel with you.

On 2/18/05 7:30 PM, in article , "Pat
EAXStitch" wrote:
(snip)
We went to Woodbridge today (near the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship exhibition) and
the bakers there have started making "The Suffolk Trencher", which is
alleged to be the bread eaten by King Raedwald, whose tomb is there.
Apparently it was created after they`d analysed the remains of the bread
found in the Ship Burial. Whatever their interpretation of it, it`s really
good. Rough and brown with whole grains - and VERY tasty! Good for you
too, I should think. Anyone interested in Anglo Saxon history/burials can
find out more at:-
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/time.../suttonhoo.htm

Pat P





I am so jealous - that is on the list of places to visit if I ever get back
to the UK. (so are you!)

- odd aside related to Sutton Hoo - DH used to spend time in Cambridge UK
for professional training and I would tag along here and there. Well, the
place we stayed had several retired professors from the university as "meals
guests" and one of them knew DH quite well from previous stays. He was "shy"
about a full introduction and only told me he had taught "Celtic archeology"
and that he had worked at Sutton Hoo many years ago. It was the only site I
knew anything about and that was from Art History.

Well, he invited me to see the archives at one of the museums in town; it
had some bits he had dug up. Some bits, my tuss. His name was Brian Hope
Taylor, one of the original investigators at Sutton Hoo.

Cheryl

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 2/18/05 7:30 PM, in article ,
"Pat
EAXStitch" wrote:
(snip)
We went to Woodbridge today (near the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship exhibition)
and
the bakers there have started making "The Suffolk Trencher", which is
alleged to be the bread eaten by King Raedwald, whose tomb is there.
Apparently it was created after they`d analysed the remains of the
bread
found in the Ship Burial. Whatever their interpretation of it, it`s
really
good. Rough and brown with whole grains - and VERY tasty! Good for
you
too, I should think. Anyone interested in Anglo Saxon history/burials
can
find out more at:-
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/time.../suttonhoo.htm

Pat P





I am so jealous - that is on the list of places to visit if I ever get
back
to the UK. (so are you!)

- odd aside related to Sutton Hoo - DH used to spend time in Cambridge UK
for professional training and I would tag along here and there. Well, the
place we stayed had several retired professors from the university as
"meals
guests" and one of them knew DH quite well from previous stays. He was
"shy"
about a full introduction and only told me he had taught "Celtic
archeology"
and that he had worked at Sutton Hoo many years ago. It was the only site
I
knew anything about and that was from Art History.

Well, he invited me to see the archives at one of the museums in town; it
had some bits he had dug up. Some bits, my tuss. His name was Brian Hope
Taylor, one of the original investigators at Sutton Hoo.

Cheryl


Did you see the treasure at the British Museum? Absolutely breathtaking,
and worth seeing even if you don`t have time to see everything else. Of
course, if you try to take in everything at the British Museum, you get such
a dose of mental overload, it goes into a blur and you take ages to get over
it!

The Mendlesham treasure is spectacular, too - mostly silver. I saw it when
the British Museum loaned it to our Ipswich Museum some years ago. The real
thing, not just the replica.

Only yesterday, someone dug up a solid gold torque near Newark in
Nottinghamshire. (They say it is thought to have belonged to our East
Anglian Queen Boudicca - but that bit is probably just journalese! Nice if
it`s true, though). It weighs 1.5 lb and looks as new as if it had just been
bought from a jewellers` - it`s absolutely perfect. They think it is worth
around £100,000 - but to me it`s priceless. Isn`t it great to know that
stuff like this can still turn up?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/4275065.stm info
and picture.

Pat P

On 2/19/05 7:46 AM, in article , "Pat
EAXStitch" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
On 2/18/05 7:30 PM, in article ,
"Pat
EAXStitch" wrote:
(snip)
We went to Woodbridge today (near the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship exhibition)
and
the bakers there have started making "The Suffolk Trencher", which is
alleged to be the bread eaten by King Raedwald, whose tomb is there.
Apparently it was created after they`d analysed the remains of the
bread
found in the Ship Burial. Whatever their interpretation of it, it`s
really
good. Rough and brown with whole grains - and VERY tasty! Good for
you
too, I should think. Anyone interested in Anglo Saxon history/burials
can
find out more at:-
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/time.../suttonhoo.htm

Pat P





I am so jealous - that is on the list of places to visit if I ever get
back
to the UK. (so are you!)

- odd aside related to Sutton Hoo - DH used to spend time in Cambridge UK
for professional training and I would tag along here and there. Well, the
place we stayed had several retired professors from the university as
"meals
guests" and one of them knew DH quite well from previous stays. He was
"shy"
about a full introduction and only told me he had taught "Celtic
archeology"
and that he had worked at Sutton Hoo many years ago. It was the only site
I
knew anything about and that was from Art History.

Well, he invited me to see the archives at one of the museums in town; it
had some bits he had dug up. Some bits, my tuss. His name was Brian Hope
Taylor, one of the original investigators at Sutton Hoo.

Cheryl


Did you see the treasure at the British Museum? Absolutely breathtaking,
and worth seeing even if you don`t have time to see everything else. Of
course, if you try to take in everything at the British Museum, you get such
a dose of mental overload, it goes into a blur and you take ages to get over
it!

The Mendlesham treasure is spectacular, too - mostly silver. I saw it when
the British Museum loaned it to our Ipswich Museum some years ago. The real
thing, not just the replica.

Never made it to London for more than a day. Westminster and St Paul's and
the Tower were my first priorities. Same day when I have a month or two! LOL

Only yesterday, someone dug up a solid gold torque near Newark in
Nottinghamshire. (They say it is thought to have belonged to our East
Anglian Queen Boudicca - but that bit is probably just journalese! Nice if
it`s true, though). It weighs 1.5 lb and looks as new as if it had just been
bought from a jewellers` - it`s absolutely perfect. They think it is worth
around £100,000 - but to me it`s priceless. Isn`t it great to know that
stuff like this can still turn up?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/4275065.stm info
and picture.


That is so dang cool.

Cheryl

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:20:02 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:
OOO - which bakers - I presume it is the one on the other side of the
road to Boots going twards the Kitchen Shop.

There is a very good Sutton Hoo site

http://www.wuffings.co.uk/

(Yes it really is wuffings) done by Dr Sam Newton who is the real
expert and a brilliant speaker. The Aldeburgh Society are having him
again as our speaker next week, talking on The Viking Kingdoms of East
Anglia.

Sally

On 2/18/05 7:30 PM, in article , "Pat
EAXStitch" wrote:
(snip)
We went to Woodbridge today (near the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship exhibition) and
the bakers there have started making "The Suffolk Trencher", which is
alleged to be the bread eaten by King Raedwald, whose tomb is there.
Apparently it was created after they`d analysed the remains of the bread
found in the Ship Burial. Whatever their interpretation of it, it`s really
good. Rough and brown with whole grains - and VERY tasty! Good for you
too, I should think. Anyone interested in Anglo Saxon history/burials can
find out more at:-
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/time.../suttonhoo.htm

Pat P