My Name is Ian Short, father of bluegal. That kind of reminds me of the Tales of King Arthur book I had as a child. It was illustrated by the great N.C. Wyeth, father of Andy. The caption from one of my favorite illustrations was this, or very nearly like it: "My name is Sir Lancelot du Lac, King Bans' son of Benwick and knight of the Round Table." Take that!
My hope is to get everything straightened out on this site before the first snowfall of winter, or a certain person or two is impeached from office, which ever comes first!
I'm doing everything by ear, and every other day will realise that I haven't included this or that bit of information, or have omitted a perfectly striking image that got misplaced by being saved in the wrong folder, etc., etc. Most of my sins of omission are the direct result of the computer vs a person of my advanced age, raw inexperience, or years upon years of accumulated, blissful economic ignorance.
Case in point. If I'm making these cards with even the slightest intention of selling them, have I provided prospective customers with enough information about how to purchase the little buggers? Hell no!
Right now I'm without the knowledge or skills, or perhaps the required rosy optimism and intestinal fortitude to set up a PayPal account, or involve myself too deeply with whatever alternate systems have spontaneously arisen to deal with the tawdry details regarding the consumation of internet sales transactions. Later, perhaps.
Money orders are, of course, always welcomed. Personal cheques must clear the banking system before any of our tasteful products are shipped out of the vast and sprawling Toby Heavy Industries warehouses here on Pittsburgh's North Side. Sending cash through the mail is always a bit risky, and you won't have a receipt or cheque stub to prove that you've even ordered cards when and if they fail to arrive in your possession. But cash will work.
To that issue: what I will say in my defense is that I am generally honest; dread anyone feeling ill will towards me; am easy to track down, and am totally intimidated by the very thought of lawyers, police officers, or a guy named Lenny the Fish,* knocking on my door. (* I trust that this moniker is generic enough to avoid a particularly disparaging ethnic stereotype associated with certain gentlemen featured on the popular HBO television series, "The Soprano's.")
The cost, per card, is $4.00 including postage and handling. Any one ordering twenty cards with no less than four separate images, will receive one additional card, for a total of twenty-one, at no additional cost whatsoever! The name of each card, if I remember rightly, is typed under its image on the site. If you can't read the name or for one reason or another it's non-existant, a brief description should be enough to insure getting the card or cards you want.
Sorry about the copyright warning slash. I picked that up from stamp collectors catalogs. With it's white background and blue lettering, it kind of reminds me of the paper strip maid service personel leave on the toilet seat in a hotel room: "Sanitised for your protection."
Oh, yes! The address for Toby Heavy Industries Ltd. is:
Toby Heavy Industries Ltd.
The Running Dog Press Division
518 Foreland Street, 2-1/2 fl., rear
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-4911
(412) 321-8664
i.short8@gmail.com
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