ladder

[victor steinbok]

If my calculations are correct, three or four years ago I was half your age,
Wilson. But I am rapidly catching up.

In any case, the reason I was stating the obvious is because no modern
dictionary describes the construction. And most modern "Venetian blinds" are
one-piece, cut-to-order.

VS-)

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:16 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:21 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I found "tape ladder" in The Strand Magazine (December 1893) ad for
> Venetian
> > Blinds, posted separately under "Cold Peace". The object does /resemble/
> a
> > ladder--_it's essentially the two vertical fabric contrivances into which
> the
> > horizontal slats are inserted to form Venetian blinds_.
>
>
> Were you, by chance, born after, let's say, 1950, Victor? ;-)
>
> --
> -Wilson

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