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Subject:Re: Typos of the week! From:Jo Baer <jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:56:34 -0500
But you can rest assured that practically nobody read it. (Going back to our
"who reads the manual" thread.)
Jo
Sharon Burton-Hardin wrote:
> OK. I once - in the middle of 150 hours of work in 9 days - actually wrote
> the following. And the manual shipped with the phrase intact because there
> was no time to review or edit. The manual was for a CD-ROM writer in the
> early '90's.
>
> "Premature ejection can result in a blown disc."
>
> Not a typo - I meant it!
>
> sharon
>
> Sharon Burton-Hardin
> Anthrobytes Consulting
> 909-369-8590
> www.anthrobytes.com
> Vice-president, Programs of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
> www.iestc.org
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