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On 12 Jul 2012, at 03:56, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> wrote:
> P.S.: I try to avoid the "hit-by-a-truck" scenario. Instead, I always
> say to my colleagues whose work I document: "If you were to win the
> lottery tomorrow and move to Hawaii, what would the rest of us need to
> know?"
I would never say that to my team. There'd be an endless debate on
"Why go to Hawaii? What about the Seychelles?"
"I hear Madagascar's nice".
"Nah, I want to go to Mauritius…"
On the other hand, few people will argue about what kind of bus… :D
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