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BigMoneyJim · 03-17-2004, 05:34 AM

In this message John Galt proposed a design for the ER symbol and wanted it on a flag made from used dryer sheets. I was inspired and made some electronic versions since I'm not done reusing my real dryer sheets yet.

As of the time of this posting I have about 83k of graphics to post which will probably double the page loading time at least.

Graphics to follow. . .

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BigMoneyJim · 03-17-2004, 05:37 AM

These are sized to be used as your avatar (the picture under your user name in these boards).

You can't see the difference between the two circle ones because the background is white. Here's a colored background comparison:

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BigMoneyJim · 03-17-2004, 05:40 AM

I'm leaving out my very first flag. These are the same general design but are much smother and more balanced. Hopefully the second one looks like it's made of a 3x2 grid of dryer sheets stiched together.

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BigMoneyJim · 03-17-2004, 05:45 AM

This design came out much better looking than I thought it would when I decided to try it.

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BigMoneyJim · 03-17-2004, 05:52 AM

John Galt has been evasive about what non sum qualis eram means, but TH offers this translation: " I am not what I once was." The scissors signify cutting costs. And what else would the ER flag be made of today?

03-17-2004, 08:42 AM

The scissors signify cutting costs

This could be a fairly universal peice of symbology evoking an entire ethos. Much the same way the Bald Eagal or "Uncle Sam" symbolizes America. Cutting costs; cutting the ties to the world of work; cutting the whole ensnaring "social web" of consumerism, keeping up with the Jones, status symbols

03-17-2004, 04:18 PM

Although I did not think of it when I came up with the
scissors idea, it does evoke a whole collection of
nuances vis-a-vis retirement, and "life its own self".
I like to think I am on the cutting edge of ER, but my spouse (a snippy little thing) believes it must be shear hubris for me to consider myself so sharp.

John Galt

unclemick · 03-17-2004, 04:41 PM

O Boy! - that's the kind of post that got the whole dryer sheet thing on a roll.

sgeeeee · 03-17-2004, 04:53 PM

I wonder if there is some way to actually make a pair of scissors out of used dryer sheets?

BigMoneyJim · 03-17-2004, 05:02 PM

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I wonder if there is some way to actually make a pair of scissors out of used dryer sheets?

No, but you can make dryer sheets with scissors. Well, more dryer sheets, anyway.

And smaller.

Ooh. Ooh. I wasn't going to work on this tonight, but it just hit me how to make it look more like stitched-together dryer sheets: I just have to rotate the textures in place so they don't match where the sheets meet. How simple!

BUM · 03-18-2004, 03:11 AM

Being an armchair student of vexillology, I urge you to flag this post and consider ALL aspects that must be decided (with a few suggestions).

Descripition - usually 1:2 oblong

Design - appropriate symbology.

Salute - "Two fingers moving smartly in a sissor-like fashion over one's right eye".

Pledge - hmmm...we need a pledge contest.

Disposal - eg. "Must be ecological. Torn to make usable rags. The rags themselves will be recycled until becoming usless."

Code Enforcement - Do we need to elect a Sgt. At Arms?