[Leica] NYTimes.com: The Do-It-Yourself Economy

[al.crouch at earthlink.net (Al Crouch)]

Strange to me that we all have horror stories of ink lines with ruling pens
on vellum.  Mine was to make a large drawing of seating locations at the
high-school stadium, a grid of rows and seat positions showing every seat
as a small (1/8") square.  There was absolutely no way I was going to rule
all those lines without some smearing and uneven spacing.  I got so
disgusted and frustrated, I just turned it in like it was, which was not
pretty.   I think they used it anyway.   Or got someone else to do it and
did not tell me.   Yes, a Rapidograph would have been nice, but those came
later and had their own issues.

:Al



> [Original Message]
> From: Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: 12/15/2009 7:40:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] NYTimes.com: The Do-It-Yourself Economy
>
> Well, I had different goals when classes were over.  I'd had enough
frustration for the day and did sound effects and ran the board at the
school's FM station, WNYE.  It styled itself as the "High School of the
Air."  I took part in a whole slew of radio shows dramatizing various
moments in American History.  
>
> Regards, 
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
> >> 
> >> Jeez, I was so glad to see the end of them.  My high school drafting
class
> >> required we use them to ink on vellum.  Getting a clean line with no
breaks or
> >> smudges was virtually impossible.  The number of drawings I ruined as I
> >> attempted to get the last few lines is place is uncountable.  That
Senior
> >> drfating class was a whole year of frustration.  Arghhh!
> >> 
> >> I would have sold my soul to the devil to get my hands on a
Rapidograph.
> >> 
> >> Regards, 
> >> 
> >> Dick
> > 
> > 
> > To keep up with the mechanical and architectural drawing programs at New
> > Trier high school meant you needed to stay after school and hour and a
half
> > every day you were there. It meant when you got home from high school
every
> > day it was dark just in time for dinner. It was a built in
extracurricular
> > activity like going out for wrestling.  And you couldn't do both.
> > It was the 60's I learned with drawing pens I got pretty good at it.
Even my
> > lettering was pretty good. It took lots of extra hours. But like
anything
> > its not "talent" which was the issue its just putting in the hours.
> > 
> > 
> > Mark William Rabiner
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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