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Subject:Re: Fun fact From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:51:54 -0400
I don't get blank stares, I get "so those $%* books are YOUR FAULT! No, I'm
sure yours are clear and easy to read, not like the ones that come with VCRs
(you don't do VCR manuals, do you?) ..."
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mike -dot- huber -at- software -dot- rockwell -dot- com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Margulis [SMTP:ampersandvirgule -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET]
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 6:54 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Fun fact
>
> Folks,
>
> Tonight is the second time in a week I've seen a Jeopardy! contestant
> introduced as a technical writer.
>
> Does this mean fewer people will give us blank stares when we tell them
> what we do for a living? Probably not.
>
> But if you see a Jeopardy! contestant in your office tomorrow, say hello
> for all us techwrlers.
>
