Roland, the signs, the wind

[Monte Davis]

Or, routinely, while tacking

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 8:45 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>> -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>
>
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