Re: Total Confusion; was, "RE: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how doI do that?"

[beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Rick

Get yourself one of those pet slings for the pup. Your face might get licked
on a regular basis, but at least you'd be able to use your hands.

Just be grateful that you don't have a kitty who contributes to your text by
walking on the keyboard.
[There's a reason I don't work off-site.]

Bee

;-)

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Rick Stone <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Indeed Leonard and I were able to come to terms with the situation. And
> I'm quite happy to report that it was just a simple misunderstanding and
> that no duel ensued. After all, the pen may be mightier than the sword,
> but when one begins lobbing nuclear warheads, well, it just ruins your
> whole day. ;)
>
> As an aside, I find it to be both amusing and a great testament to the
> difficulty communication actually can be. I mean, after all, if we
> sometimes have issues properly communicating amongst ourselves, the
> great "communicators", it's quite a testament to the possible difficulty
> of our chosen profession, no? ;)
>
> Okay, onward ho! Anyone have suggestions for typing while little dogs
> stand on your arm and insist on licking your hand as you try to type and
> mouse? ;)
>
> Cheers... Rick :)
>
> Leonard C. Porrello wrote:
> > A most interesting and amusing salutation, Mike. And as to your
> > question, "did you not read the subject line?"; the answer is, "yes."
> >
> > I glad you troubled to write as you raise a very important point
> > regarding style and tone. We differ in opinion as to whether Rick's
> > message was "totally" appropriate. I would stop at saying that it was
> > "somewhat" appropriate. As you know, the technical writer is concerned
> > with nothing if not decorousness, and Rick's tone was indeed
> > regrettable. And while I admire his (and, indeed, your) chivalrousness
> > in coming to the aid of a befuddled fellow technical writer, and he and
> > I have in fact sorted out the matter between ourselves without having
> > had it come to a duel (a fact which you may have discerned had you read
> > the entire thread before responding to it), I would nevertheless venture
> > to say that the message itself was less than "totally" appropriate.
> > Having said that, I would be remiss were I not to confess that I accept
> > full responsibility for the fact that Rick was "totally confused."
> >
> > In conclusion, as evidenced by this most unfortunate misunderstanding
> > and, in fact, in this very massage, the style and tone used when
> > writing, as you well know, is as important to ones massage as the
> > content one wishes to communicate.
> >
> > Leonard
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