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   61rroger@gmail.com to Snidely   
   Re: A question about fountain pen use   
   12 Aug 20 16:32:55   
   
   On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 3:27:33 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:   
   >   
   > Questor noted that:   
   > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:11:42 -0700, Snidely  wrote:   
   > >> Questor used thar keyboard to writen:   
   > >>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:18:24 -0700, Snidely    
   wrote:   
   > >>>> Questor blurted out:   
   > >>>>> On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 03:25:23 +0000 (UTC), Howard    
   > >>>>> wrote:   
   > >>>>>> 61rroger@gmail.com wrote :   
   > >>>>>>> Please forgive me if I've asked this here before in one way or   
   > >>>>>>> another, I don't remember if I did.  I also searched past   
   > >>>>>>> posts/topics, and could not find anything.   
   > >>>>>> This was the post on February 15.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Oh great.  Even this newsgroup is in summer reruns.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> This is your chance to pilot your experimental script, and see if it   
   > >>>> will fly far enough to get to prime time as a mid-season replacement.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> But... I want to direct.   
   > >>   
   > >> Essa-Pekka Salonen became a conductor so that someone would play his   
   > >> music.  You could become a director by having a script to start working   
   > >> with.   
   > >   
   > > But what can I use as source material?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Hmmm... I have an idea, but I don't know if I can devote the time to   
   > > properly   
   > > develop it.   
   >   
   > Strike while the iron's hot.   
   >   
      
   "Make hay while the sun shines, and laugh every day.  We'll sing in the   
   sunshine...."   
      
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