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At 10:31 AM 6/29/95, Nancy Hayes wrote:
>In article <199506261855 -dot- LAA00795 -at- mail -dot- direct -dot- ca>,
>Matt Ion <mion -at- direct -dot- ca> wrote:
>>On Thu, 22 Jun 1995 16:57:44 PDT you wrote:
>>
>>>Well, for one thing, the question has nothing to do with sentence>TO EJECT
> FROM
>> THE AIRPLANE
>>>1. Pull the left-hand lever upward sharply. This will eject the
>>> canopy.
>>>2. Pull the right-hand lever upward sharply. This will eject you
>>> from the airplane.
>>3. DO NOT REVERSE THESE STEPS!!!
>What the heck. Here's how it's done according to our company guide (and,
>No, I don't agree w/ the guide's placement of the conditional; the only
>conditional steps allowed are those used with logic operators: IF, THEN,
>etc.).
> Reversing the following steps could kill
> you.
> ============================================
>1. Eject from the airplane by performing the following steps in the
> order given.
> 1.1 Pull the left-hand lever upward sharply to eject the canopy.
> 1.2 Pull the right-hand lever upward sharply to eject from the airplane.
>Aren't style guides =fun=? *cheap shot*
>Nancy (nancyh -at- pmafire -dot- inel -dot- gov)
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Is this anything like "Ready, Fire, Aim"?
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