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   -=> Dave Drum wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    DD> I didn't look where my cursor was when I pressed the "E" to enter the   
    DD> post. I have since posted it in Cooking which was my original intent.   
      
   I was poking you with a sharp stick.  I've done that before.  Besides, I   
   know the moderator here.  He won't mind.   
      
    DD> And show why one should NOT edit one's own work. The eye tends to see   
    DD> what the brain tells it should be there. Glaring errors that a stranger   
    DD> can see in a heartbeat - often escape the writer's critical eye.  Bv)=   
      
   Yes.  I learned that years ago when I was a newspaper proofreader.   
       
    DD> And confusers are *very* literal. They have no idea what you *meant* to   
    DD> say/do.   
      
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   "A computer will do what you tell it to do but that may be much   
    different from what you had in mind." - Joseph Weizenbaum   
      
   -- Sean   
      
      
   ... A penny saved is a Congressional oversight.   
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