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<BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial">Colin G <BR>
(who will never get arms past again) <BR>
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I'm sorry the College of Heralds has left you feeling like having your arms <BR>
registered is an impossibility. Of course there is always the Sacrament of <BR>
Reconcilliation. ;-) <BR>
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</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial">I meant that I will never get my arms past again BECAUSE I'm sarcastic and challenging the heraldic dogma surrounding the (hand over heart) submission guidelines. <BR>
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Confessing murder to my priest would be easier than ensuring that:<BR>
1) the form is not reduced by one percentage point when making copies; <BR>
2) all lines in the rendering are at least 4 pixels wide (or the width of a #2 pencil when laid on its side and viewed from above); <BR>
3) the design can be grokked by a nearsighted lawyer when the 8.5 by 11 piece of paper is reproduced and shrunk to the size of postage stamp (never mind that we are forbidden to take such steps on our own...see point #1);<BR>
4) if someone who hasn't been a paid member since dirt was young registered a device that when set side by side and looked at under a black light seems to have only one point of difference;<BR>
5) I must use the dirty, chewed on Crayola my 18 month son just finished using to create what could be described, with a liberal interpretation, as Byzantine iconography on my kitchen wall and THEN have the whole thing rejected for style because I don't draw well.<BR>
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All I'm saying is this: Please find ways to make it easier for people to have fun, get what they want and find satisfaction from the working with the Heralds. It's all about customer service. <BR>
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Colin G</FONT>
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