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Subject:Re: About that whacky MS MoS for TPs From:"bwolf" <bwolf -at- scheidt-bachmann-usa -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:16:44 -0400
Jo: Isn't your boss Gentle Ben?
;-)
TechWriting tie-in: I agree with what you say.
BW
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From: Jo Baer <jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Cc: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: About that whacky MS MoS for TPs
>
>
>"Swallow, William" wrote, among other things,
>
>... If you have enough editorial insight and heck, a decent amount of
COMMON
>SENSE ... (emphasis mine)
>
>Don't get me started!!! This is why we need ridiculous warnings such as
"may be
>hot when heated." This is why the awards committee has so much trouble
whittling
>down the list of contenders for the Darwin Awards each year. It seems to me
that
>common sense is in pretty short supply (how's that for irony?). And many
posts
>on this list point out that if one actually has and uses common sense, one
is
>often overruled by pointy-haired bosses who have none. I am so grateful
that my
>manager, and even those a few levels above me, have and use common sense
(or at
>least have sense enough not to interfere with those who have it).
>
>Jo
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