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Comment by ChrisJeanne on February 5, 2009 at 7:58pm

Sûr, c'est le genre de loisir qui demande beaucoup de temps et de patience aussi...
Ma mère a toujours été très intéressée par tous les travaux "de dame", elle sait faire plein de choses qu'elle a apprises de sa grand-mère et de sa mère, et moi j'ai appris d'elle...
Mon père est un peintre du dimanche, et avec lui j'ai appris à dessiner, à peindre ; et j'ai dévoré tous ses livres, depuis les livres d'art jusqu'aux polars à deux sous...
Ils aimaient la musique, de Mozart à Brassens, ils chantaient dans des choeurs, et moi j'ai.... jamais su bien chanter !
Comme quoi, finalement, ça ne fait pas tout, les parents !!!!

Comment by ChrisJeanne on February 5, 2009 at 7:45pm

zut, j'ai raté une touche : je crois que c'est tout...

Comment by ChrisJeanne on February 5, 2009 at 7:44pm

Si tu veux, je sais aussi : coudre, broder, faire de la dentelle et de la frivolité (qui sait encore ce qu'est la frivolité ?), du crochet, du macramé, du tricotin, du tissage... euh, je crois que c'est tou...

Comment by Talking Bird on February 5, 2009 at 6:53pm

February 5, 2009 - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced today that the Mafia would be entitled to receive as much as 70 billion dollars of TARP bailout funds recently approved by Congress, to offset losses incurred last year in the organization's loan shark and Ponzi scheme divisions. The president noted that the crime syndicate would have to agree to the same restrictions on executive pay as were placed on legitimate financial institutions receiving government assistance.

Under those restrictions, Mafia dons would not be permitted to receive more than five hundred thousand dollars in annual compensation, except for stock options. The value of stock options paid as compensation or bonuses would be unlimited, but anyone receiving such options would not be permitted to sell the shares until the Mafia returns a profit. The restrictions were incorporated into the second bailout package, to address concerns by some that taxpayer funds from the first bailout were used to finance nine figure salaries for the same managers whose business strategies brought about last year's financial collapse.

A spokesman for the Mafia lodged a protest against the salary cap, saying that it would limit the beleaguered drug and extortion giant's access to the most talented professionals. Top-performing felons currently on the payroll might leave, he pointed out, attracted by more robust compensation packages from the Russian mob and other competitors.

"There are only a finite number of candidates who have the knowledge and experience required to manage multi-billion dollar rackets," he said, "and they will naturally seek positions which reward them accordingly." A Forbes magazine survey indicates that as many as 3,000 mafiosi would have their salaries cut if the government's terms are accepted. Attorneys for the Mafia are preparing a package of threats and financial incentives to persuade congressional leaders to set aside the requirement.

Consumer advocate and presidential candidate Ralph Nader voiced objection to the disbursements, but no one heard him. Publishers have long insisted that Mr. Nader's opinions be expunged from the public record, as a dangerous impediment to the concentration of wealth.

Comment by ChrisJeanne on February 5, 2009 at 5:50pm

I've been knitting sweaters for many years.
I want to see this one made by Liz...

Comment by Judy Skolnick on February 5, 2009 at 10:43am

Ohh Chantal, the picture was sent to me by my friend Sandra in Rhode Island and yes they are cute, make them bigger with more snow. But we are warming is this going to cause them to melt away and the animals to get bigger like the dinosaurs? They say no we are destroying the animals habitats.

Comment by alfonso caccavale on February 5, 2009 at 9:57am

Hi Chantal, Wonderful photo and snowmen. Made you all these?

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on February 5, 2009 at 9:09am

Always knew those political types had frozen hearts! Our weather man is saying that this has been the coldest winter for many a year... frosts a pleanty... and this is likely to be the first of a series of similar winters... Liz is knitting me a new sweater... Icelandic wool... hands up who would like to see it when it's done?

Comment by Sandra S. Melencio on February 3, 2009 at 2:43am

Judy Skolnick invited me to this group and am impressed at the activity and camaraderie of the group. Hope to have more and better interaction as time goes by.

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on February 2, 2009 at 12:26pm

dear oh dear, writing that last text... multi ligual text... has totally absorbed all the benefits i got from breakfast... I'd better lunch(eon)

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