Re: Vexillology (was Re: website birth)

Ar 21:45 09/11/01 -0800, bhac Yoon Ha Lee le scríobh chugam:

>On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 09:40 , Keith Gaughan wrote:
>
>>>On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>>> > Way fun.  :-)  I only design "flags" for story-building purposes, but
>>>I
>>> > must learn from you in terms of recogniability/distinctiveness (I tend
>>>to
>>
>>I've a rule myself - draw what you want out first and then simplify it
>>until
>>it becomes something you could easily sew or embroider.
>>
>>My mother's a seamstress by trade. I know these things...
>
>Keith,
>I *like* that.  (And Frank, thanks for the website--I'll keep an eye on it.
>)  <scratching head>  Why is it that I'm descended from over three
>generations of seamstresses/textile merchants and dont' know these things?
>   <G>
Well, my excuse is that her work was next door to my secondary school and she'd
drive my sister and I home every day. Of course, we had to wait an hour or two
in the evening but being able to nip over to get something warm for lunch. It's
pretty cold during winter up in Sligo.

>(Possibly because if there's anything like a genetic conservation of
>physical/motor coordination, I have it in the negatives to make up for
>everyone else...I can trip over things that are halfway across the room.)
Well, I'm much the same. My shins have hit more wood than the average hurler's.
I think I'm renowned for my clumsiness at this point.

Oh, and I've something to ask you: what does `meep' mean?

K.

--
Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...>
http://homepage.eircom.net/~kmgaughan/
I can decide what I give / But it's not up to me / What I get given -=Bjork=-

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