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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.

From the top of the Micronet Information Network nodelist:

"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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