RE: Typos of the week!

["Susan W. Gallagher" <SGallagher -at- akonix -dot- com>]

> How many in this group have had this experience?
> You're walking at normal speed past someone's desk,
> maybe even carrying on a conversation with somebody
> else. A document is lying face-up, and
> instantaneously, almost unconsciously, you look it
> over and say "Typo!" before you can stop yourself.

Spot a typo at 50 paces? Yup, me! Someone walking 
past me with a printout in their hand, a piece of
paper on the desk -- upside down to me, yup. Spot
'em all. I used to proofread boilerplate text as
it scrolled onto the screen, but that was before
processors got *quite* so fast.

-ol' eagle eye

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