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Limits of the written word: (was "Opening Instructions")
Subject:Limits of the written word: (was "Opening Instructions") From:Peter Zimmer <pzimmer -at- FOX -dot- NSTN -dot- NS -dot- CA> Date:Sun, 13 Aug 1995 11:01:59 -0300
On 9 Aug 1995 21:18:40 -0000,
Johnson, Mike C. @ SLG <MCJOHNSO -at- slc -dot- unisysgsg -dot- com> wrote:
>Help!
>My wife gives me these little outer space juice packets in my lunch.
I've had the same struggle. It is a =manual= skill, acquired over time.
It's an eye/hand, show & do problem, not a "written direction" problem:
You need to "hire" a six-year-old as a demonstrator. They (my
daughter, her friends) seem to have figured it out. OTOH,
Rubbermaid makes nice lunch-box juice containers, re-usable, and the
juice is cheaper that way. You also have options not available in
the juice-paks.
Peter
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