Some eye candy from my own collection.
regards
David
Posted 25 April 2013 - 09:34 PM
Posted 26 April 2013 - 11:52 AM
Lovely! Didn't even know there was a flamingo color in celluloid, fun!
Posted 26 April 2013 - 04:13 PM
Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.
Regards,
Allan
Posted 15 May 2013 - 10:58 PM
Great pens David! I'll have one with me in Raleigh that isn't in your shot if you'd like to add another to your group.
Pearce.
Posted 16 May 2013 - 02:37 AM
I like your theory. The use of "Flamingo" to describe anything other than pink or maybe pinkish orange just makes no sense.Just pure speculation on my part, but I always thought there may have been a breakdown in communication somewhere at the W-E company. Perhaps they meant to call the pen "Flamenco" - since the colors do remind me of the colorful costumes worn by the famous Spanish dancers. Then perhaps somebody making up the catalog simply thought he was told "Flamingo" instead and put it in the catalog that way. Certainly, the color looks nothing like the bird.
Posted 22 May 2013 - 01:40 AM
The use of "Flamingo" to describe anything other than pink or maybe pinkish orange just makes no sense.
Posted 22 May 2013 - 01:59 AM
The use of "Flamingo" to describe anything other than pink or maybe pinkish orange just makes no sense.
Hi David, I understand the thought that flamingo refers to pink. But it is still JUST possible that someone could be consciously accessing the older generic definition of "flaming." Online Etymological Dictionary: flamingo Regarding the likeliness of the more generic definition as familiar to someone, etymologists more wonky than I out there?
Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.
Regards,
Allan
Posted 22 May 2013 - 03:37 AM
The use of "Flamingo" to describe anything other than pink or maybe pinkish orange just makes no sense.
Hi David, I understand the thought that flamingo refers to pink. But it is still JUST possible that someone could be consciously accessing the older generic definition of "flaming." Online Etymological Dictionary: flamingo Regarding the likeliness of the more generic definition as familiar to someone, etymologists more wonky than I out there?
Marsilius, that seems like a real stretch to me. You are very likely the only person on this board who knows that. Most everyone thinks of the bright pink bird when you say "flamingo".
Just sayin'.
Posted 22 May 2013 - 01:44 PM
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Posted 22 May 2013 - 05:06 PM
Well, here's a photo of a flamingo I took just down the road from me at a park on... Flamingo Road. The truth is that their color can vary somewhat; it depends upon their diet. I have seen pinker flamingos than these; they probably had less algae in their diet.
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Posted 09 July 2014 - 11:38 PM
Having added a couple items of late to my Flamingo collection, here is a recent photo
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d
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