June 16th, 2009 / 8:24 pm
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Ryan Call
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Used Bookstore Finds: ‘The Director of the Meteorological Branch is please [sic] to supply…’
A few weeks ago, my friend Mike Scalise sent me a bundle of old guides of all sorts from the dollar bin at Riverby Books in Washington DC. I found the following letter in Weather Ways, a weather guide for pilots published by the Meteorological Branch, Department of Transport, Canada in 1957.
I like reading this letter a lot. Reading it makes me feel very calm. I like to think about this letter and the people involved in the events of the letter.
Tags: 1957, Canada, Weather Ways
“The Director of the Meteorological Branch is please to supply”
“The Director of the Meteorological Branch is please to supply”
That letter makes me feel calm too. I think it’s the typeface and crest/crown in the header. I don’t know why, but it makes me think that people believed in things then.
The letter was written by a man in a navy suit with short hair and thick glasses worn without irony. He was “pleased”, but not “happy”, possibly because he realised that “euphoric happiness” is unattainable. His office was predominately wood. At parties he and his wife threw, he brought all of the men down to the basement and showed them his collection of antique bush maps. The other men were appropriately interested. At night, he never doubted anything.
That letter makes me feel calm too. I think it’s the typeface and crest/crown in the header. I don’t know why, but it makes me think that people believed in things then.
The letter was written by a man in a navy suit with short hair and thick glasses worn without irony. He was “pleased”, but not “happy”, possibly because he realised that “euphoric happiness” is unattainable. His office was predominately wood. At parties he and his wife threw, he brought all of the men down to the basement and showed them his collection of antique bush maps. The other men were appropriately interested. At night, he never doubted anything.
yes the typface and crown letterhead is a big part of it. agree
yes the typface and crown letterhead is a big part of it. agree
Weather wars, sometimes called TV radar wars or Doppler wars, are a kind of sensationalist journalism primarily concerning weather news.
Weather wars, sometimes called TV radar wars or Doppler wars, are a kind of sensationalist journalism primarily concerning weather news.
You have the longest thumb I think I’ve ever seen.
You have the longest thumb I think I’ve ever seen.
i just realized that it looks broken in that picture.
i just realized that it looks broken in that picture.
This letter terrifies me in ways I cannot qualify or quantify.
This letter terrifies me in ways I cannot qualify or quantify.