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Subject:RE: Best technical writing of the season From:"Edward D Thompson" <miraclewhip00 -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 6 Jan 2004 03:30:52 -0600
I've often thought that -- if I were more mechanically inclined and
slightly more masochistic -- a great way to pick up extra money at X-mas
would be to assemble toys for parents prior to X-mas day. K-Nex are, of
course, designed to be built by the kid, but there are a lot of toys that
would benefit from some pre-assembly. :)
Ed T
(Lone Tech Writer and budding Power Builder programmer)
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> Subject: Re: Best technical writing of the season
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> Funny you should mention that. A national new magazine (60 minutes;
> PrimeTime, or one of their ilk) ran a piece on instruction booklets just
> before Christmas. I believe the product was one of the connex pieces, and
> everyone who tried to put it together gave up. They showed pictures, and
> each one was beautifully illustrated, one step per page. But the book was
> very thick, and the participants repeatedly were confused by where exactly
> things should go.
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> The company said it should take something like 8 hours to complete the
> assembly. That was enough to make most people balk. 8 hours for a toy?
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