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Rich S. wrote: "Robert Bonomi" bonomi@c-ns. wrote in message hlink.net... In article , Rich S. wrote: Anybody know who's flying the yellow Bucher Jungmann around the Port Orchard, WA area? The obvious, if not particularly useful, response to that question is: "The pilot". *grin* Do you write software documentation? ) The -original- version of that gag comes from your territory. It seems that a couple of guys are flying in a helo, in the Redmond vicinity, when a pea-souper of a fog suddenly comes in. The pilot carefully descends, until he's in sight of the ground, next to a large office building. grabs a marker and notepad, out of the flight case, scribbles a big sign, and holds it up to the view of the people in the building "Where Am I?" he asks. Somebody inside, nods emphatically, grabs a marker, writes, and holds up the following response: "You are in a helicopter." The pilot gives them a thumbs up, pulls back up into the zero-visibility realm, puts the stick hard over, flys 'blind' for several minuted, and descends _right_at_ the airport. *GREATLY* to the amazement of his passenger. "How'd you do that?" he asks. Pilot explains: "Well, that answer to 'where am i?", while technically accurate, was, in reality, absolutely useless; thus I knew that that _had_ to be the MicroSoft 'technical support' facility, and, from that, I knew _exactly_ where I was, relative to the airport." A serious answer to your question, is "yes, occasionally". However, I was raised by professional journalists -- my mother held the position of *editor*in*chief* of a commercial newspaper at age 16, and my dad was with a national wire-service for years. I've also done some reporting -- my _second_ assignment ended up as a full column on the front page of the NY Times. With that kind of background, when I _do_ write manuals, they tend to be clear and informative. I also know the difference between a 'tutorial' and a 'reference manual', and structure appropriately to the intended use. See what happens when you ask a sm*rt-*ss question? guffaw |
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"Robert Bonomi" bonomi@c-ns. wrote in message
news The obvious, if not particularly useful, response to that question is: "The pilot". *grin* Do you write software documentation? ) The -original- version of that gag comes from your territory. I gnü that..... ;-} Rich S. |
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Almost right spelling ----BUECKER--- that is if you want the correct Swiss German spelling. Emil ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thank yew, Emil, but no thanx. Too much fun being had right now. Save this for later. g Barnyard BOb -- |
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"Barnyard BOb --" wrote in message
... Almost right spelling ----BUECKER--- that is if you want the correct Swiss German spelling. Emil ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thank yew, Emil, but no thanx. Too much fun being had right now. Save this for later. g Barnyard BOb -- I have noticed in the past that Germans and/or Swiss who live over a hundred miles apart seldom agree on the correct spelling or pronunciation of words. Many times they cannot read each other's written words. Ask one to translate a few German words written on a stein for example, and you'll get excuses like, "Oh, that's written in High German. I'm not sure what it means." Rich "And we thought America was culturally diverse" S. |
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