May 2006
an appropriate reason to put ‘temporary’ in a sign
yesterday i said i thought it was funny that someone put up a sign saying ‘temporary sign‘. and then i spotted this which i think is a legimate use of both the word temporary and permanent (in the same sign)
the amazing lightweight undestroyable bollard
i went to a seminar yesterday which was held in an exhibition hall. the exhibition was for police forces and the stalls were amazing. i’m not a policeman so i found it all quite amazing (and rather surreal).
my favourite thing were these fantastic bollards which sort of pop up out of their base and are fairly industructable (eg you can run over them with a car and they just pop back up).
here is one of the sales chaps happily modelling one for us.
if you are interested you can get them from here
temporary sign
why would anyone go to the trouble of printing a sign that says temporary sign ? you might as well jump to the final version, or simply not tell anyone it’s temporary. it’s like all those ‘under construction’ websites in the 90s.
i await in eager anticip – ation for the permanent version (which i hope will have ‘temporary sign’ on it just to confuse us. or perhaps this is it already)
the english summer fete
english summer fetes are terrific things. there’s something timeless about a community getting together and entertaining each other on a rainy summer’s day.
at the end of our soggy thames walk we reached Castle Eaton (as you can see) and we were greeted by this terrific sign.
Look at the sign – it’s fantastic. The giant capital italicised F sticking outside the board is inspired.
but what if you’re not a fan of home made fun and games ? well, you needn’t worry as this fete has a ‘reading room’ for the more studious fun lover.
If you’re in the area on the 20th May 2006, you should go along. It’s here if you need a google map. We’re not so won’t.