jacket on me

Dear Sharon,

It looks great on you, and I wouldn't do anything to the sleeves. I think they're great as is.

Teri

Thanks, Teri. :)

Sharon

That looks great on you! Much better than on the mannikin.

You look fantastic in it, Sharon. And Charlie is gorgeous too!

Beverly

Sharon, Love the jacket, you look great in it. For someone who spent the day in front of a bunch of kiddies you look fine to me. I'd be crawling on the floor after a day of teaching. Juno

Nice looking jacket, I really do like it!

I'll second that! But smile! :-)

... and a nice sig (has become my motto since, and better for me as I tend to try and tell folks what's good for them). ;-))

U.

The jacket looks even better on you than on the hangar. I love it, especially the buttons. Emily

Thank you everyone!

Kate, Charlie says thank you very much. :) He's such a hoot.

Richard, I had been smiling....but it's always a surprise when my DD takes the picture. lol She will yell "smile" after she's pushed the button on the camera, or sometimes way before then forget to push it. Ya just never know...makes for interesting shots though. heh heh She keeps us all on our toes. ;)

Ursula, I know Precisely what you mean!! I tend to do that too which I why I started using the sig...to remind myself. ;) I also have to remind myself not to get upset when people don't take my advice. I'm getting better about that. ;) We all have our struggles to work out.

Overall, I'm really happy with the jacket. Good to know y'all think it turned out fine too. Always a good confidence boost. Thank you muchly!!

Sharon --- Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the pig.

PS Anyone near to NW Arkansas want a dog?? Really cute dog. Really smart. Really playful. Showed up on my front porch (remember the couch I redid for out there?) a week ago. Has a collar, no tags. No lost dog ads match him in the paper. No one has been to the shelter looking for him. *sigh* He saw the SUCKER written on my forehead and has been living on (or under if it's raining) the couch ever since. Charlie is under-impressed and Tickles the cat has announced that he CANNOT stay forever. I'll happily post a link to pictures if anyone is interested.

Yes, did you ever read 'Little Women'? I loved it, the way Jo is working on her character and took her as an example. So whenever I suffer a relapse into my old ways I'm not that discouraged as I used to be but think that tomorrow I'll try again and do better. Anyway, would you mind if I used your sig, translated and with your name as the source? It's just too good.

U.

That was a wonderful book. You can absolutely use that line. It's one of the half million little sayings my husband picked up somewhere.

Sharon

_The Notebooks of Lazarus Long_ includes the line "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." (Quoted from memory; it was a limited-edition book and we gave our copy away before learning that we couldn't buy another one.)

It was probably an old saying when Woody quoted it. (*Really* old, since the story the quote was taken from is set thousands of years into the future.) Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long, was a grumpy character who appeared in several Heinlein novels. A calligrapher collected a number of quotes and drew a really pretty book. I believe that he got the pig quote from _Time Enough for Love_, a collection of one good story imbedded in rather a lot of garbage. The famous "specialization is for insects" quote comes from the one good story, "The Tale of the Adopted Daughter" -- where it makes perfect sense. People who deride "A human being should . . ." as nonsense are quoting it out of context.

(My spiel chuckle tried to change "Heinlein" to "Heineken". I think L.L. would have approved.)

Joy Beeson

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Hey, I found this:

Google. If it's from Heinek..., uh, I mean Heinlein, then there's probably some copyright on it and quoting may come really expensive. You never know... There was a case on German TV not too long ago where a photographer had lured people into using his pics on their websites and then sued them for copyright issues. The website's subtitle is: 'Free recipes with pictures', which made folks think the pics were free, too. He claimed that a thumbnail of an apple was worth about ? 3000.00. Well, Heinlein must have been a pretty jolly guy, loads of insight into human character, judging from the quotes on the above mentioned site.

U.