829 Southdrive

829 Southdrive

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Leaf Well Enough Alone


This is my entry and I'm stickin with it.
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17 comments:

  1. Doc Häagen-DazsJuly 30, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    You expect to win the Tall Oaks Yacht Club burgee contest with a maple leaf? Nice try!

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  2. BaydogJuly 30, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    Doc, the oak leaf was taken from my backyard. And made kind of perfect by a Mac operator/designer-friend of mine. It's the idea that counts, and I think I have a winner.

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  3. BaydogJuly 30, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    And were there any positive attributes to this design in your opinion, hockey fan? :)

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  4. Carol AnneJuly 30, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    Vexillologically speaking, it's a good design, in that it has good contrast between the background and the main image, and the oak leaf is iconic. In general, words and letters are frowned upon, but in this case, the yacht club's abbreviation would be all right.

    You have also adhered to the rules of tincture, which say that you should not have color against color, fur against fur, or metal against metal, since you have chosen one of each: azure, mink, and argent.

    All in all, it's a very agreeable design.

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  5. JoeJuly 30, 2011 at 2:32 AM

    Boy, oh boy. Now I'm really confused. "Vexillologically," try saying that at a cocktail party. "Rules of tincture!" Oh no, I think my brain is going to try and jump out of my mouth again. This discussion is way above my pay grade.

    Can a guy get a drink in this joint?

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  6. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    ...and difficult to hoist upside down.

    Steve in Baltimore

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  7. MillieMacJuly 30, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    ...and you can have more than one entry!

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  8. O DockerJuly 31, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    Gastronomically speaking, be careful what you wish for. If you win this contest, they might start calling you Burgee King.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Do you know what TOYC really means?

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  10. MojoJuly 31, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Now THAT'S a cool home page photo!! Love the tie-up sneaks and white wool socks that 'da man' is sporting!

    The first credo of Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight: Respect the elders.

    BTW, as for your creative burgee design, perhaps the letters also inspire a call to arms: Toil On You Cheapskates?

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  11. BaydogJuly 31, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Mojo: If anyone would appreciate that photo, it would be you! He appeared to be working on the rubrail from the Lightning on the trailer in the background. Notice the Pilsener glass to his left, behind the fencepost. Must have been springtime if Mom was wearing a sweater.

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  12. MojoAugust 1, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    I had missed the Pilsener glass. And what's the name of the car on the fender?

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  13. BaydogAugust 1, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    Fury, pretty sure.

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  14. my2fishAugust 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    I like your design - clean, elegant, simple.

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  15. MojoAugust 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Ah yes, the Plymouth Fury, c. 1958?

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  16. BaydogAugust 1, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    I don't know about the car, but the photo was c.1960.

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  17. MojoAugust 1, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    Of course you don't know, as you were still "in production" that year (1960).

    I, on the other hand, was a 2 year veteran on the planet.

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