From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V2 #1319 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Wednesday, January 19 2000 Volume 02 : Number 1319 In this issue: Re: [scribes]: Re: Rotring Ink RE: hehe was(RE: [scribes]: Re: clam shells) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 06:40:25 -0600 (CST) From: watkins julia k Subject: Re: [scribes]: Re: Rotring Ink On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Christine Robertson wrote: > Very permanent. I've used it for 8+ years with no signs of fading; > one of our other laurels has used it for 15+ years. It's a lovely > ink, very black, and flows well. Thanks! Barbary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:57:32 -0600 (CST) From: Eloise Beltz-Decker Subject: RE: hehe was(RE: [scribes]: Re: clam shells) On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Becky McEllistrem wrote: > > I always hear stories like this and wonder which brave soul (or nitwit) back > then saw a pile of rotting mussels and said "What do we use that for?" > > Kind of like my soapmaking book which says lye was first invented by pouring > water through cold ashes (from wood I guess). What could they have been > thinking? Well, the most plausible 'soap' explanation I ever heard was, cooking over campfire. Poured water on dead fire to make sure it's out. Spill grease out of pan - drop ladle. Discover ladle comes really clean. :-> Mussels, though, you got me on that one. Eloise of Tree-Girt-Sea, big Auel fan, waiting for the next book - for the last 15 years ... - -- Eloise Beltz-Decker eloise@ripco.com http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~eloise/ Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V2 #1319 ******************************