Comments on: Snapshot: the signwriter’s delight http://jamesbrownontheroad.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/1081/ the personal blog of James Benedict Brown: architect, researcher, flâneur and opinionated trainspotter Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jw http://jamesbrownontheroad.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/1081/#comment-5455 jw Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:38:22 +0000 http://jamesbrownontheroad.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/1081/#comment-5455 Surely its point is that the sign as photographed needs to be longlasting and weatherproof, and as the little raindrops tell us, while the infomation it refers to is ephemeral and likely to change more often. bet the poster it refers to is in a little perspex fronted case that will no doubt fill with condensation, but that doesn't matter, because they can print a nice new one on microsoft word. To my mind, a bigger problem is that all the phones are disappearing. Surely its point is that the sign as photographed needs to be longlasting and weatherproof, and as the little raindrops tell us, while the infomation it refers to is ephemeral and likely to change more often. bet the poster it refers to is in a little perspex fronted case that will no doubt fill with condensation, but that doesn’t matter, because they can print a nice new one on microsoft word.

To my mind, a bigger problem is that all the phones are disappearing.

]]> By: amandamonfrooe http://jamesbrownontheroad.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/1081/#comment-5445 amandamonfrooe Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:10:28 +0000 http://jamesbrownontheroad.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/1081/#comment-5445 this is a good example of ensuring you are needed by your employer. someone with an ear to the recent news of economic turmoil wrote this i should think. yesterday on the bus to work i heard a young man confess to his friends that for years he thought the sign 'slow children at play' meant that in the area around that notice there were mentally challenged young people. the sign should read 'slow: children at play' or 'slow! children at play.' he asked, there's kids everywhere but not that sign everywhere. he made an excellent point. but maybe we have it wrong. maybe those are signs for districts with lots of slow kids playing b ball. i'll leave sign writing to the pros and assume this was not the clever work of a recession bound city employee. this is a good example of ensuring you are needed by your employer. someone with an ear to the recent news of economic turmoil wrote this i should think. yesterday on the bus to work i heard a young man confess to his friends that for years he thought the sign ’slow children at play’ meant that in the area around that notice there were mentally challenged young people. the sign should read ’slow: children at play’ or ’slow! children at play.’ he asked, there’s kids everywhere but not that sign everywhere. he made an excellent point. but maybe we have it wrong. maybe those are signs for districts with lots of slow kids playing b ball. i’ll leave sign writing to the pros and assume this was not the clever work of a recession bound city employee.

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