Roland, the signs, the wind

[David Morris]

Sailboats veer into the wind in order to slow down or stop.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:28 AM, Thomas Eckhardt <
thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Thank you.
>
> "Veering into the wind" is something sailing boats do, no? Is this the
> first association for a native speaker?
>
> I remember a passage in M&D where the wind is described as magnetism in
> reverse and linked to desire (or a reversal thereof).
>
> Am 26.04.2016 um 11:49 schrieb Monte Davis:
>
>> https://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0703&msg=116179
>>
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> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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