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RE: You know you're an incurable tech writer when...
Subject:RE: You know you're an incurable tech writer when... From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:<TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Jan 2004 17:30:18 -0500
The last "Dear John" letter you wrote began, "I feel the need to end our relationship for the following reasons:" followed by a bulleted list -- that included nested bullets.
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From: S Rush [mailto:rushsm -at- comcast -dot- net]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: RE: You know you're an incurable tech writer when...
every time you buy a product that comes with an incomprehensible manual, you have a (nearly) uncontrollable urge to call up and offer to rewrite the thing--for free--for the good of mankind.
