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system: You are Anne Mcreary, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Carolyn Kerby about "COE".

They wrote:
CK> Hi Anne, just a short note to let you know that I received all of my
CK> COE ornaments, they were lovely and I enjoyed them well into the new
CK> year.

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assistant: Hello Carolyn!
Tuesday January 27 1998 19:15, Carolyn Kerby wrote to Anne McReary:
Good to know, Carolyn! <G><
Take care!
Anne McReary
mcreary@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/mcreary
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system: You are Lora Franklin, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Anne Mcreary about "Messages".

They wrote:
->  LF> Sorry 'bout this, but I have popped up on another echo!
-> Well I do a variety of things, and I moderate the CROSS-STITCHING and
-> NEEDLES_THREADS echos as well <G>< hehehehe  Guess I could have told
-> you that but it was a bit off topic for Katty Korner <G>< hehehehehe
-> Right now I am crocheting a sweater.  Actually I hope to have TWO of
-> them finished in time to wear to our church conference that we will
-> be going to in April.  Gotta really make those hooks fly! <G
-> I do some cross-stitching, embroidery, and needlepoint as well.  I
-> also do quite a lot of sewing (been making my own clothes for well
-> over 40+ years).  I even do an occasional "wedding" when the mood
-> strikes me. <G><  I also do quite a lot of sewing for my hubby as
-> well. <G><  I have to be careful of the suiting material I use as
-> I'm allergic to wool. :( Makes me all kinds of puffy and broken out!

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assistant: Hi, Anne!
- > Why be sorry??? <G><  We're here to have fun!
Sorry for you to have to put up with me on 2 echoes.  8:-} But we do have
fun.
Not that all our discussions were on topic, but we have always talked
about the kitties, too.
As I suspected, a very multi-talented lady.  Hope you get your sweaters
completed.  When I first learned to sew I made everything but our
underwear.  I even made some shirts, pants and ties for my husband, but
never got brave enough to make him a coat.  I had enrolled in a
community college course to learn when we moved from LA and I never got
back to it.  I love to sew, but I am hard to fit - I wear an 18 petite -
and am short and rather round, narrow shoulders, broad hips.
Do you sew the dresses for the weddings and decorate as well?
You really do have a bad problem with allergies!  That is a shame but
sounds as though you have it well in hand.
You are bringing out the urge for me to investigate my pattern box and
my material box.  I've got to quit the job and get my house straightened
out first.  I did shampoo my bedroom carpet yesterday.  Went to empty the
tank of the shampooer, stepped down on a linoleum floor with wet soles.
Both feet slipped out from under me and I landed real hard flat on my
bottom and my head hit the door frame.  I moaned and groaned for awhile
and then finished the shampooing.  Sure was hard getting in and out of
the car about 20 times today.  I do thank the Lord I wasn't really hurt.
God bless,
Lora
system: You are Gaylen Hintz, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wendy Buchanan about "Messages".

They wrote:
WB> Surprised to see me here?  <g>  Yeah, it works both ways, old
WB> friend!
WB> If it's anything like the stuff we have here, including my
WB> sewing machine which giggles each time I go by the table it's
WB> on, it will definitely not work the way it's supposed to!
WB> hehehe
GH> ... Things in this room do not react well to bullets.
WB> That tends to be the case here, too!  But things in this room
WB> do not generally react well to *anything* I do!  hehehe!
<g>  BTW, what's up.... haven't seen anyone in LensNet lately. :(
WB> Senile?  Not you, Gaylen!  You aren't allowed to use that
WB> excuse. You will stay young just as long as you keep that
WB> skillet out of Mama's reach.  :)
WB> LadyBear Hugs,

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assistant: It's simply incredible what Wendy Buchanan said to Gaylen Hintz
  hehehehehe, agreed!  Actually I picked up this echo for Penny
Powers while she was still local.. I normally don't haunt this echo
but my mistake has paid me benefits. :)
  hahahahahha, I've got a room full of stuff like that too. :)  I'm
currently putting a couple of computers together from spare parts
for a few of the local kids around here so they will have something
to mess with and shucks... maybe even call my humble establishment.
:)
  hahahahhaha, unhunh... been having a bad day lately then Wendy?
  hehehehehe, that may have been the start of my problems don't you
know.  She's a mean and vicious old woman but then again to put up
with me she probably has to be. <g>
  hey..... missed those for far too long... take care of yourself
and say hello to that old man of yours for me too. :)
system: You are Gaylen Hintz, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wendy Buchanan about "Whoops--tee hee!".

They wrote:
GH> hehehehehe, I know but I felt so danged stupid AFTER I saved it
GH> cause you know I'm almost perfect. <vbg>
WB> "Lord, but it's hard to be humble,
WB> When you're perfect in ev-e-ry way..."
WB> ::SNICKER!!!::
WB> No *wonder* that sewing machine laughs every time I walk near it!
WB> hehe..hehehe..hehehehehe!  <----- "Crafty" chuckle!

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assistant: It's simply incredible what Wendy Buchanan said to Gaylen Hintz
  Oh mercy... now why is it I get this feeling I'm not going to live
this down anytime soon. <vbg>
  hahahahahaha, well hopefully your singing voice is much better than
mine but then again.. that doesn't take much either. <g>
system: You are Dale Herman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Tandy Leather of Arlington".

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assistant: HI! have you heard of the new Web site of Tandy Leather of Arlingtone ,
exas?
Use your Web browser to go to www.tndy.com . It has an on line catalog which
you can order from by calling the toll free 1-800-668-7519 or fax
1-817-795-8548.
Orders are generally processed within 24 hrs. Call and ask Andy, Virginia or
Kathy to mail you a catalog.
Cheers
system: You are Jeannelou Truitt, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ruth Haffly about "b clothes and accidents".

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assistant: Dear Ruth,
      YEs, for the leather, the sewing machine behaved fairly well.
For some reason, it usually does.    I get my leather jackets  to
recycle at yard sales.   The top price i will pay is $5 and that has to
be something pretty special.  Even at that price, i get maybe four
pouches and some 'scrapy' projects from it.  The pouches sell
[when they sell]  for $7-$11 each.   Added costs; a different $10
machine about every 20 pouches, a dollar for the special thread and
needle, and another dollar for the thong.  Parsed out, it costs $9.50 in
materials to make at least $28, worth of pouches, plus anything else i
can get out of it.   If the jacket came with a belt, that lets me do
some other lucrative things.    I haven't sold any of the beverage
carriers yet, so i don't know what the traffic will bear on them.
   I too have several of the multiple hole punches, but the BC bottoms
are on a curve that  make punching them , a real nuisance.
   Sara, my injured friend,  spent the evening with me last night [while
our husbands went to a meeting].   She is doing very well . She can
already hold things in her injured hand.  She plans to start a small
Ribbon EMB kit today.   She cannot, of course support any considerable
weight or lift it above her bust.   Thanks for your thoughtful
suggestions.
                     Shalom,  ll
system: You are Holly Sullivan, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeannelou Truitt about "Re: got it".

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assistant: Jeannelou, I tried sending something to your Internet email address and got
back a "no such user" message.  Could you resend me your email address so I
can try again?  Maybe I copied ti down wrong, I don't know.
Thanks.
:)---Holly---<--<-@  *  holly@cheerful.com  *  <GRIN>
FunAmigaSysopPaganGoddessQuiltArtistSCACostumerAtLarge
BBS 619 549-0278 URL: www.geocities.com/Wellesley/4201
system: You are Gaylen Hintz, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Anne Mcreary about "Messages".

They wrote:
GH>  Well hello there Anne!
AM> [blush!]
AM> Oh I don't think she would be that easily put off, Gaylen.
AM> Something must really be going on! <G><  Can you send me her
AM> email addy by way of email to me?  I'll try to "Roust" her out
AM> of hiding.

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assistant: It's simply incredible what Anne McReary said to Gaylen Hintz
 My goodness, I've not made an attractive lady blush for many a
year. <g>
  I wouldn't normally think so either but it's not like her not to
at least say hello once in awhile. :(  I had a bit of a problem with
corrupted files in my e-mail and other places but I'll check my
outgoing box to see if I still have it and if so I'll send it along
to you via e-mail. :)
system: You are Gaylen Hintz, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Anne Mcreary about "Opppsss".

They wrote:
AM> Hello Gaylen!
AM> Well, you could join the Secret Admirer's Exchange as
AM> pennance! <RD&G>< heheheh
GH> Hey!  You'd better be running after that cruel and unusual
GH> punishment! <g>  Mercy!  Anything but that! :)
AM> Me???  Cruel????  Nah!  Unusual???  Well maybe! <RD&G><
AM> You don't want to receive all kinds of things during
AM> February???  My what's a girl to think? <G><
<vbg>

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assistant: It's simply incredible what Anne McReary said to Gaylen Hintz
  Well greetings and salutations back at you. :)
  Ah... nah.. better keep my big yap shut.. don't want to get into
anymore trouble. <g>
  Exactly my point. :)  My wife is a wonderful and understanding
woman but things from secret admirers would be one thing that would
probably enable her to searching for that danged fryin pan again.
system: You are Carol Shenkenberger, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Donna Lewis about "Re: Craft Day".

They wrote:
DL> Just to let you know that Thursday, 29 Jan 1998 is CRAFT DAY, all day

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assistant: *** Quoting Donna Lewis from a message to All ***
I would see this on the 30th.  *sigh*.
                                       xxcarol
system: You are Carol Shenkenberger, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Scoobie Doo about "Re: The Rules -Short Form".

They wrote:
DH> USA_EURLINK Echo Rules - Short Form and Reminder

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assistant: *** Quoting Scoobie Doo from a message to David Hallford ***
Grin, you are more confused than you realize.  Them's the rules for another
echo!
To aswer your problem though, it seems the sysop of your BBS has the echos
set to handles and needs to reset them to real names for posting in the
echos.  In the interum, just type in your real name at the bottom of your
messages like i add xxcarol to mine.  That will do well enough in all the
echos until your sysop fixes the configuration.
                                       xxcarol
system: You are Anne Mcreary, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Pat Knox about "Messages".

They wrote:
->  LF>> Not that all our discussions were on topic, but we have always
->  LF>> talked about the kitties, too.
->>
->> Isn't that keeping things on topic?  I call that sort of chat and
->> combining with the subject matter of the echo an on topic
->> message<G><  HEY PAAAAATTTTT KNOOOOOOXXXXX????  How do you call
->> this??? <G><
PK> Gee, is that someone yodeling???  Oh, it is just Anne!  What do I
PK> call what? Oh, the chat and the combining of subject matter material?
PK> I call that good netiquet!  hehehe!  No problem with that here.
PK> Kitties, huh?  I have 4.  My worst problem is keeping them off the
PK> fabric that I have pulled out to make a quilt out of. A few weeks ago
PK> I pulled out solid black for a Cat Quilt that I am making.  Washed it,
PK> ironed it, ready to start  cutting the next morning.  Even thought I
PK> had it somewhere that the cats would leave it alone.  5:30 the next
PK> morning I get up to get my son up for school.  I come up front to find
PK> Gizmo, my long-haired black and WHITE cat lying in a nest he made of
PK> the black fabric.
PK> White hairs are EVERYWHERE on it! To the washing machine that fabric
PK> went again!!!  AARRGH!  Yes, Gizmo still lives. He is my personal
PK> favorite!
PK> Bet that isn't the type combining you were talking of!! hehehe

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assistant: Hello PAT!
Friday January 30 1998 08:27, PAT KNOX wrote to ANNE MCREARY:
That's the way I understood it! <G><
He knew some fresh "bedding" when he smelled it! <G>< hehehehehehe
No fabric shall be cut before it's time.  We must make certain ALL the sizing
is out you know! <G><
Well it certainly worked for Gizmo! <G>< hehehehe  How is the little darlin'
today???
Take care!
Anne McReary
mcreary@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/mcreary
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system: You are Anne Mcreary, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Gaylen Hintz about "Messages".

They wrote:
GH>> Well hello there Anne!
AM>> [blush!]
GH>  My goodness, I've not made an attractive lady blush for many a
GH> year. <g>
AM>> Oh I don't think she would be that easily put off, Gaylen.
AM>> Something must really be going on! <G><  Can you send me her
AM>> email addy by way of email to me?  I'll try to "Roust" her out
AM>> of hiding.
GH>   I wouldn't normally think so either but it's not like her not to
GH> at least say hello once in awhile. :(  I had a bit of a problem with
GH> corrupted files in my e-mail and other places but I'll check my
GH> outgoing box to see if I still have it and if so I'll send it along
GH> to you via e-mail. :)
GH> ... Gibb's Law: Infinity is one lawyer waiting for another.

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assistant: Hello Gaylen!
Thursday January 29 1998 22:36, Gaylen Hintz wrote to Anne McReary:
Well see, you haven't lost the "touch".  I can well imagine you can still
make your wife blush on occassion! <RD&G><
Good, please do!  We all miss her!
if only you knew!!!
Take care!
Anne McReary
mcreary@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/mcreary
With links to PCPBBS and these fine Networks:
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system: You are Anne Mcreary, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Gaylen Hintz about "Opppsss".

They wrote:
GH> It's simply incredible what Anne McReary said to Gaylen Hintz
AM>> Hello Gaylen!
GH>   Well greetings and salutations back at you. :)
AM>> Well, you could join the Secret Admirer's Exchange as
AM>> pennance! <RD&G>< heheheh
GH>> Hey!  You'd better be running after that cruel and unusual
GH>> punishment! <g>  Mercy!  Anything but that! :)
AM>> Me???  Cruel????  Nah!  Unusual???  Well maybe! <RD&G><
GH>   Ah... nah.. better keep my big yap shut.. don't want to get into
GH> anymore trouble. <g>
AM>> You don't want to receive all kinds of things during
AM>> February???  My what's a girl to think? <G><
GH>   Exactly my point. :)  My wife is a wonderful and understanding
GH> woman but things from secret admirers would be one thing that would
GH> probably enable her to searching for that danged fryin pan again.
GH> <vbg>
GH> ... Help me quick! Someone must have turned reality back on.

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assistant: Hello Gaylen!
Thursday January 29 1998 22:46, Gaylen Hintz wrote to Anne McReary:
<CHORTLE><!
Well you know there's quite a craft to throwing one of those things you know!
I remember a lady that got sooooooo mad at her husband that she gave that ol'
black cast iron skillet a fling and it ended up lodgin in the wall!  What a
swing!
Anyway it would have been fun to have a man included.  Make all kinds of
"exciting" and unusual. <G><
I hate it when that happens!
Take care!
Anne McReary
mcreary@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/mcreary
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system: You are Anne Mcreary, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Carol Shenkenberger about "Craft Day".

They wrote:
DL>> Just to let you know that Thursday, 29 Jan 1998 is CRAFT DAY, all
DL>> day
CS> I would see this on the 30th.  *sigh*.

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assistant: Hello Carol!
Friday January 30 1998 16:01, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Donna Lewis:
Well atleast you were only a day late and a $ short.  I missed the entire
boat.  Got the message on the 31st! <G>< hehehehehe
Take care!
Anne McReary
mcreary@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/mcreary
With links to PCPBBS and these fine Networks:
AFN, ICFN, CYBCH, MJCN, PATNET, STN, PNFN, HCN, FIDO and much more!
system: You are Gil Parrish, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wendy Buchanan about "HI, Stranger!".

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assistant: Hey kiddo--------good to hear from ya again.  I am sooooooo happy you
got healed---what did you do?  One of my good friends has fibro. and she
is in constant pain so I would love to hear what you did.
Sounds like you relly get to do the craft things now---I took a spinning
wheel to work and get to spend part of my lunch hour spinning and
working on my crafts.
Congratulations on your new puppy---one of our Cashgora goats had a new
kid Thrus. a little male.  He is huge and the buck that I used for this
season's babies was too big for me to want to keep any offspring
probably, so will take all of the little ones to the salesbarn when they
are weaned, unless they are exceptional looking.  Then I'll keep the
females.
I do accounting work at an oil company in Tulsa--have a college degree
in business ed. and am taking accounting classes to get a degree in
acct.  Want to make the big bucks. ha
Tkae care and write.  Vicki...
system: You are Gil Parrish, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ruth Haffly about "MD Sheep & Wool Fest.5/98".

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assistant: Hi--glad things are going good.   Since I have no idea how the land
burnt and who burnt it I can't do anything about it.  Two of my
neighbors are raising lots of herbs in their large greenhouses so I'll
buy starts off of them come spring.  I just hope my 3 year old
strawberry patch makes it----it grew famtastic strawberries in this
sandy soil.
I love coloured cotton and have grown the bronw and the green---in two
different years as you can't grow them at the same time or they will
cros pollinate.
I enjoy me new job--have been there 2 months now.  Son Bill graduated
from college and joined the Army--we were't too pleased about that but
it guarantees him a job, I guess.
Take care and write anytime.  Vicki
system: You are Ruth Haffly, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeannelou Truitt about "b clothes and accidents".

They wrote:
JT>       YEs, for the leather, the sewing machine behaved fairly well.
JT> For some reason, it usually does.    I get my leather jackets  to
JT> recycle at yard sales.   The top price i will pay is $5 and that has
JT> to be something pretty special.  Even at that price, i get maybe four
JT> pouches and some 'scrapy' projects from it.  The pouches sell
JT> machine about every 20 pouches, a dollar for the special thread and
JT> needle, and another dollar for the thong.  Parsed out, it costs $9.50
JT> in materials to make at least $28, worth of pouches, plus anything
JT> some other lucrative things.    I haven't sold any of the beverage
JT> carriers yet, so i don't know what the traffic will bear on them.
JT>    I too have several of the multiple hole punches, but the BC bottoms
JT> are on a curve that  make punching them , a real nuisance.
JT>    Sara, my injured friend,  spent the evening with me last night
JT> [while our husbands went to a meeting].   She is doing very well . She
JT> can
JT> already hold things in her injured hand.  She plans to start a small
JT> Ribbon EMB kit today.   She cannot, of course support any considerable
JT> weight or lift it above her bust.   Thanks for your thoughtful

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assistant: Hi Jeannelou,
Must be the machine's temperament is suited for leather; at the price
you get the machines for, it says "leather is fine, everything else,
phoey!"
Hmmm, haven't noticed any leather jackets at yard sales around here.  I
got some pieces of scrap years ago and made a purse (bag); would like to
see what I could do now that I've more experience.  First one was when I
was in early years of college as I recall.
So it sounds like you do pretty good, if they sell.
Don't see why they wouldn't; I should think that real die hard SCAers
would want to use something like that to avoid apperances of the mundane
world.
What about a handle with several punches in a row (imagine a garden
rake)?
Bit by bit, she will gain strength in that hand to a certain extent only
she and her body will determine.  Meanwhile, keep encouraging her to
work with it but not overwork it; the ribbon embroidery sounds like it
would be a good start.  Having had both hands basically out of
commission, I can sympathise; I do appreciate the limited use they do
have now.
Catch you later,
Ruth
Geoworks Ensemble & Professional Point - High performance on a budget!
hafflys@primenet.com    FIDO 1:309/63.2
... Junk - stuff we throw away.  Stuff - junk we keep.
system: You are Shauna Charron, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "QBE".

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assistant: Hi All!
It's the end of the month and time once again to pick a winner for
the QBE for February.
I received blocks from Teresa Herman, Pat Knox and Suzanne Pratt.
And the winner is..........Teresa Herman!!!!!!
Congratulations Teresa and we'll be watching for the block pattern
you pick for February.
ttyl  Shauna
... Catch the Blue Wave!