tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post7396103995572914418..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: reading, clothes, monkfishAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-45640611606440440422011-01-16T17:12:23.055+00:002011-01-16T17:12:23.055+00:00CC Tablet drawing was attractive for a time but I ...CC Tablet drawing was attractive for a time but I grew tired of it once the innovation had worn off. Nothing beats pencil and paper in the long run.<br /><br />BB I realized some time ago that I would never buy a suit again. A shopkeeper once said I think to me or it may have been to my late wife, Deirdre: "This should see you out." Any whe was fond of quoting it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-85924441651305005572011-01-16T12:56:48.778+00:002011-01-16T12:56:48.778+00:00I didn't realise you too suffered from these s...I didn't realise you too suffered from these secret desires about clothes. I often read (and re-read) the ads for that Indian tailor who regularly visits Britain and makes himself available in a string of hotels for measuring up those who fancy a Savile Row suit at a non-Savile Row price. I am particularly tempted by a design where both jacket and trousers have silk linings. But apart from being buried in it when would I wear it?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-8387289370228010532011-01-15T22:14:07.464+00:002011-01-15T22:14:07.464+00:00As someone being forced to learn to execute illust...As someone being forced to learn to execute illustrations on the computer, after<br />over 4 decades of successfully drawing and painting these by hand, I agree, not at all bad. <br /><br />And did laugh (with a wince) at the poor Monkfish's expense.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com