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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 29, 2009, 5:00 am
BEI Design wrote:
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> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>> "BEI Design" wrote...
>>> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>>>> Last pod canopy delivered this evening, and I have the
>>>> cheque. :)
>>>> And the boss man is keen for me to do more things like
>>>> it, but has agreed that a greater lead-time woul be a
>>>> good move! :D
>>> Congratulations! I hope you let them know that "Poor
>>> Planning on Their Part Does Not Constitute and
>>> Emergency on Your Part", and that you let them know you
>>> FSOL fees for future work. ;-)
>> Well, Beverly put it much better than I could ever do.
>> ;-) Congratulations! BTW, what does FSOL stand for?
>> U.
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> I may have it wrong. I think Kate refers to her especially
> hurried projects as "Faster than the Speed OF Light" sewing
> ergo FSOL.
>
Usually just FTL - Faster Than Light: popular SF contraction, along the
lines of Star Trek's warp speed and B5's hyperdrive.
I sometimes also refer to lighting the afterburners on the sewing
machine, like a jet fighter on take-off!
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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>> "BEI Design" wrote...
>>> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>>>> Last pod canopy delivered this evening, and I have the
>>>> cheque. :)
>>>> And the boss man is keen for me to do more things like
>>>> it, but has agreed that a greater lead-time woul be a
>>>> good move! :D
>>> Congratulations! I hope you let them know that "Poor
>>> Planning on Their Part Does Not Constitute and
>>> Emergency on Your Part", and that you let them know you
>>> FSOL fees for future work. ;-)
>> Well, Beverly put it much better than I could ever do.
>> ;-) Congratulations! BTW, what does FSOL stand for?
>> U.
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> I may have it wrong. I think Kate refers to her especially
> hurried projects as "Faster than the Speed OF Light" sewing
> ergo FSOL.
>