RE: Tech writers: our sad lives

["Mike Schmidt" <mschmidt -at- weathercentral -dot- tv>]

I read my water softener manual just last night... and (I'm almost
ashamed) circled several mistakes.

But here's a poem to cheer you all up:

Johnny was a chemist's son
But Johnny is no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

ms

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Geoff Hart said:
> ... because I don't know anyone other than a technical writer who ever
read
their washing machine manual.

Guilty!

:^)
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