I took the copies over--two, this time, because Miss Reba said she wanted a copy for herself that was bound. Not in so many words, but when I was asking how the last one she did was fixed, she said, with a rather put-out, sad tone, "I don't know--you only would pay to have one of them bound." ::sniff:: Well, NOT THIS TIME!
I passed them across the counter to Miss Vicki--no, not THE Miss Vicki, the lady who owns the joint--with instructions that the cover should be clear plastic, the back cover black, and the binding to be the black plastic coil-type binding. Thinking to myself that, by holding my fingers closely and moving my hands together and apart rapidly, I would convey the idea of the spring-type coiled wire binding that goes through all the tiny loops. Except, of course, in black plastic.
Ten minutes, and two freshly bound copies. With the clunky comb-type plastic binding that is an ever-lovin' [very naughty word redacted] to handle. I'm not sure the requirements even let you use this type of binding strip--I think it pretty much has to be ANYthing else. ::sigh::
What could I say? There was no way to make the tiny holes and redo it, and Vicki's too nice to fuss at. So, I paid her $6.50, and I figure we'll look at the instructions again tonight to see if this'll do. If not, there's always tomorrow, I suppose.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at April 13, 2005 01:58 PMWhat you want is "Spiral Binding."
The stuff you got (and don't want) is called "GBC Binding," if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Eric at April 13, 2005 03:11 PMWell, when I asked, I said "spiral," but I don't think she heard me clearly. Which is why I also made the "springing coily" hand gestures.
Oh well.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 13, 2005 03:53 PM