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Subject:Re: Marvel at my stupidity From:Archie Ziviello <aziviello -at- NESL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:03:53 -0400
What exactly does "flame" mean?
Is it that comments are hot? Is the "flamed-one" supposed to feel
embarrassment?
If I flame anything, its usually a stubborn bolt --- Like the bolts holding
leaf spring shackles on my resto project --
I spent 2 hours trying to salvage a grade 8 bolt Sunday. I thought I could
save some dough by reusing them. But, they were "grow'd" on as a motor
headed friend of mine noted and I had to melt them away with the torches =
flamed!
I had trouble setting the mixture on the torches which resulted in different
levels of flaming - immediate surgical grade cuts or slow and ugly glob
blowing.
Who has their mixture right when flaming, the surgeon or blungeon?
LIO - "lunch is over"
Archie
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Patterson Waltz III [mailto:jpw -at- INFOVISTA -dot- FR]
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:50 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Marvel at my stupidity
Okay folks,
Before this becomes a flame war, my response to Andrew's post was intended
as self-referential humor (Prima donna correcting a message complaining
about prima donnas), and not as proof to the world that *I* know how to
spell better than he does.
It very apparently did not have the desired effect, and thus if I had the
possibility to delete it, I would. Since I can't, please just disregard it
and get back to the *real* topics of this list. I promise not to let the
spelling diva correct *anyone* else.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
> [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Brady, Joy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 18:30
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Marvel at my stupidity
>
>
> Take heart, Andrew. Email calls for hasty writing!
> Especially with 30-40 messages during our work day (a
> sentence fragment -
> please shoot me). Most of us realize this, and know to
> comment on the point
> being made, not the spelling in this forum. I vow never, ever
> to correct
> someone's spelling or grammar on this list, unless it's
> regarding the actual
> topic.
>
> Joy M. Brady
> Sr. Technical Writer/Retail Systems
> Documentation (CAD4A)
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> 614.729.4645 (voice)
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>
> Visit our Systems Documentation Web Site:
>http://web/RETAppDevel/retailsub_appdev_frames.htm
> <http://web/RETAppDevel/retailsub_appdev_frames.htm>
>
>
>
> ----------
> From: Andrew Plato
> [SMTP:intrepid_es -at- YAHOO -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:18
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Marvel at my stupidity
>
> See what an idiot I am - I can't even
> spell prima
> donna. Sorry you can all stop
> telling me how to spell this now. I
