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Posted by Joan, too on November 08, 1996 at 15:37:11:
: I think some of our Canadian posters may toast you for that! They are part of the Commonwealth but they gained independence from the UK a while ago.
: Bernie
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I am excessively sorry if my grievous blunder has offended any of those of the Canadian persuasion! Of course I should have said "commonwealth"; in my paltry efforts to save keystrokes I assure you that no insult of any kind was intended.
Joan, too
Posted by Amy on November 08, 1996 at 15:38:32:
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: Lord. But hey - how did he react to them? Does he even care?
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He signed their pictures and was reported surprised he had fans there. When one women sought to ID herself by saying "We're with the web page (meaning FoF)," he said. "Oh yeah."
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Posted by Mia on November 08, 1996 at 15:39:36:
Anyone interested in Jane Austen stuff, Past Times catalog (1-800-621-6020) has several Jane Austen items. 1997 Jane Austen Diary, Cassandra Stationery (with shadowed excerpts from a letter written by Jane to Cassandra), and the Jane Austen Letters Book. The catalog also offers other british stuff, Celtic, Medieval, etc.
Posted by genie on November 08, 1996 at 15:39:42:
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: : I just noticed that when Lizzie walks outside when the sun is shining, you can see the outline of her legs through her dresses. Would dresses have been that thin back then? I think that would have been very revealing for that time. However, they weren't ashamed to show cleavage, so I guess a little leg wouldn't bother them. Any thoughts?
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: I read somewhere also that young women of that era were known to "wet down" their thin muslim dresses the better to display their figures!
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Please forgive me if this posts twice.; I had some trouble. Just wanted to say sorry for the typo --- I wrote "muslim" when I meant "muslin" , a big difference. No offense meant. I'm just a poor typist. g.
Posted by Mich on November 08, 1996 at 15:45:41:
: : I like this scene, because it shows his typical result when talking to Lizzy; he starts out by asking how her family is (nice, safe, generic question), gets and answer, and then Wham! she asks him a question that he is not prepared to answer.
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: Isn't that so true? She really zaps him every time. He can't find a safe subject. "Do you often walk into Meryton" Wham!
: Amy
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I had always thought the scene where Darcy is watching Jane leave was Lizzies imagination of what happened. Just as when Lizzie finds out about Lydia and Wickham she thinks of when Wickhem said "there is one lady I will surely miss" she imagines he and Lydia looking at each other?
Have I completely misread this?
Mich
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Posted by Katherine on November 08, 1996 at 15:46:51:
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: : Kali, Mich, and I have made plans to meet for Tea in San Francisco on Saturday, December 21, 1996.
: : Candace
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: Lucky you !! I lived in The City for 7 wonderful years..have you picked a spot? - Katherine
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: I'd love to come, but the air-fare is excessive. Now if anyone would like to meet for a Cappuccino in Taormina...
: Eric
Ohhh wish that I could, it sounds great! In which part of Italy is Taormina exactly? Not too near Naples I hope, as it would get a bit crowded when the USN Med cruises hit town.
How about a virtual Tea/Latte On Dec. 16, Jane Austen's Birthday?
Beat Army,
Katherine
Posted by Katherine on November 08, 1996 at 15:47:00:
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: : Kali, Mich, and I have made plans to meet for Tea in San Francisco on Saturday, December 21, 1996.
: : Candace
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: Lucky you !! I lived in The City for 7 wonderful years..have you picked a spot? - Katherine
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: I'd love to come, but the air-fare is excessive. Now if anyone would like to meet for a Cappuccino in Taormina...
: Eric
Ohhh wish that I could, it sounds great! In which part of Italy is Taormina exactly? Not too near Naples I hope, as it would get a bit crowded when the USN Med cruises hit town.
How about a virtual Tea/Latte On Dec. 16, Jane Austen's Birthday?
Beat Army,
Katherine
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Posted by Kali on November 08, 1996 at 15:49:20:
: : : : : : : : : : : Kali, why do you want to go to law school? I'm a lawyer, so I'm interested in knowing what prospective law students think it will be like.
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: My practice is civil litigation--so I don't know much about the lobbying type of practice. However, I have several partners who do that both at the state level and in DC. I'll ask them if they have suggestions/tips I could pass on to you. I found law school rather tedious, but fortunately law practice is more interesting. Good luck!!
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Yes, please send anytning along that you'd like to. My e- mail address is dxiechkn@uclink.berkeley.edu.
THnak you!
- K
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Posted by Grace on November 08, 1996 at 15:49:40:
: : : Is it too late to also suggest a 'Darcy Riding Crop'? I think it might sell well.
: : Grace
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: Ooo! Does it come with the matching leather boots?
: Cheryl
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: But, of course, Madam. Will that be Mastercard or Visa?
Posted by Katherine on November 08, 1996 at 16:00:46:
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: These sound like good additions to my sumptuos package a while ago. .... Another idea: I'm a puppet maker....
: Hilary
Hilary,
You *must* make these puppets!! Imagine the slappable Bingley sisters puppet set for venting one's feelings while viewing Duckface and her rotten sister on the screen..or a Lady C. De B. puppet for those PMS days..a Mrs. Bennett puppet for when the kids start to drive you crazy...
OR what about our dear Amy and her audiocassettes of P&P2 for listening in the car! Say she is on a long trip and is stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. The puppets!
OR those of us on the East Coast who have been having a great deal of challenging weather this year with frequent power outages
Posted by Katherine on November 08, 1996 at 16:00:53:
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: These sound like good additions to my sumptuos package a while ago. .... Another idea: I'm a puppet maker....
: Hilary
Hilary,
You *must* make these puppets!! Imagine the slappable Bingley sisters puppet set for venting one's feelings while viewing Duckface and her rotten sister on the screen..or a Lady C. De B. puppet for those PMS days..a Mrs. Bennett puppet for when the kids start to drive you crazy...
OR what about our dear Amy and her audiocassettes of P&P2 for listening in the car! Say she is on a long trip and is stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. The puppets!
OR those of us on the East Coast who have been having a great deal of challenging weather this year with frequent power outages due to snow, ice, hurricanes, tornado warnings -cut off from our videotapes for hours at a time!
I must have them...
Katherine
Posted by Grace on November 08, 1996 at 16:04:24:
: : : I'm coming late to this discussion, but I see the making of a merchandising dynasty here.....and there's still time to get out a glossy catalogue by Thanksgiving (a la Neiman Marcus): The Pemberley Collection - Catering to Polished Societies Everywhere.
: : We have the necessary talent - Eric could manage our Hurst line of wines and spirits, Hilary's got bedding and fine linens planned out, Cheryl(if I remember correctly)has expertise with leather volumes....Think of the possibilities!
: : Grace
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: But Grace, ever modest, you've forgotten yourself! Which of your many talents are you going to offer? Spruiker? (maybe a little too bargain basement-ish for marketing this refined collection, though). Lingerie? Accessories? Ship fittings? Choreographer for Marketing? Lyricist? Please let us know.
: Hilary
: How kind of you to think of me. Lingerie definitely has appeal, but I think Candace might have a better feel for it. I daresay I might be tempted by Small Appliances....we could offer three models: The Bingley, The Wickham, and of course, the piece de resistance of the collection - The Darcy. Batteries will not be included.
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Posted by Mich on November 08, 1996 at 16:11:37:
: : : Hi Everyone --
: : : Kali, Mich, and I have made plans to meet for Tea in San Francisco on Saturday, December 21, 1996.
: : : We would be most happy if any of you would also like to join us. Please RSVP to my E-mail by
: : : December 1st.
: : : Hope to hear from you,
: : : Candace
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: : I'd love to come, but the air-fare is excessive. Now if anyone would like to meet for a Cappuccino in Taormina...
: : Eric
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: Sundowners in Johannesburg?
: Anne
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Hey we have our own Austin world conference here.
Mich
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Posted by Grace on November 08, 1996 at 16:14:09:
: : : : : Yes. Don't tell me you are another of us who is exactly not three and forty.
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: : : : Became three and forty last July.
: : : : - Candace
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: : : You and me and Kathie Lee.
: : : : Janet
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: : Okay, That does it. I can't stand it anymore. I will finally have some time of my own this weekend and I am going to do a poll on the age of posters here. This bunching up around the 38-45 region is too suspicious. What can it mean?
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: : Amy
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: I must put my hand up too - 43 last June. We don't bunch in the middle of the year, too, do we? Should we add astrology and the Year of the Snake to Myers-Briggs?
: Hilary
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: Add one more to the list. I'm 42. (An Aquarian and Year of the Horse, I think) Grace
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Posted by Joan, too on November 08, 1996 at 16:14:14:
: Thanks, Amy! I'll definitely look for it. Five minutes is lengthy for a promo. A&E won't be pressing that into their slots very often -- they're too keen on advertising to sap that space. Prime-time will probably be out of the question. Morning is about right, as you point out -- but I am on the west-coast! Too early for me.
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On the west coast I often caught the longer promos for P&P2 just before 8 PM - during the summer I think there was something running at the 7:00 hour on certain days that was not a full hour in length and they ended up having time to run their own promos quite consistently.
Joan, too
Posted by Cheryl on November 08, 1996 at 16:20:07:
: : I just reread my post and I hope that I didn't come off as world-weary or disappointed with life.
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: No, but the first part did give the bittersweet feeling that you have lived a while and see a few things. Maybe we are all somewhat deeper than we appear at first blush, kind of like an Austen novel.
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Oh dear. I am not deep. Perhaps my enthusiastic participation in the daggy bed threads has tainted my reputation. I am particularly unlucky in meeting with persons so well able to expose my real character, in a part of the world where I had hoped to pass myself off with some degree of credit! :-)
Cheryl
Posted by Grace on November 08, 1996 at 16:27:11:
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: : : Amy and I were going for a Regency look. What shall we term this theme you and Hilary suggest (wool muffs and shearing shears)? The Daggency look?
: : Either way, I think Henry gets to do the Robert Palmer part!
: : Grace
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: Maybe the Anthrax look. I don't want to put Henry's nose out of joint, but I thought CF would get that part?
: Hilary
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: Colin in the part? Well......if you insist.
Grace
(Tell his agent the chorus will be in the buff, with muffs - I'm sure he'll take the gig.)
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Posted by Cheryl on November 08, 1996 at 16:29:07:
: Hi Everyone --
: Kali, Mich, and I have made plans to meet for Tea in San Francisco on Saturday, December 21, 1996.
: We would be most happy if any of you would also like to join us. Please RSVP to my E-mail by
: December 1st.
: Hope to hear from you,
: Candace
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Ladies, I am so envious! I do live right next door (Nevada) and were not December the busiest time for musicians, I would be sorely tempted to time my annual pilgrimage to SF to join you. You must let us know the dinner went, or better yet, someone bring a laptop and report to us live, from the scene.
Cheryl
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Posted by Carolyn on November 08, 1996 at 16:31:45:
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What would work is one of those 16-month calendars, that go from September 1st to December 31st of the following year.
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I am so far from objecting to a 16-month daily calendar that I would probably buy several if they existed.
Posted by The Mysterious H.C. on November 08, 1996 at 16:33:45:
: What would work is one of those 16-month calendars, that go from September 1st to December 31st of the following year.
: Yes and since we all of us have an unsocial taciturn academic sort of bent, such a configuration would be most agreeable and appropriate. Yes indeed. Happy thought.
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(What a straight line)
"This is no very striking resemblance of your own character, I am sure," said he.
"How near it may be to _mine_, I cannot pretend to say.
_You_ think it a faithful portrait undoubtedly."
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