Richard Webb wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 RW> GUess we still need a fidonet historian .
 RW> Back in the day Marge Robbins in IOwa was sort of filling
 RW> that role >

Yea....but the Historian would have to promise to be the one that turns off
the lights and closes the door when it all goes away.

TL> And don;t forget all the out-takes and flubs. 


 RW> SOunds to me like that one needed to be kicked back at the
 RW> writers for a rewrite.  USed to do that gig myself, and
 RW> sailed more than one back at the writer.

Oh we were never crass enough to send it back....all of us charged by the
hour, so we just laughed and watched the Ad Agency's bill get bigger.  The
worse the copy, the more money we made.


 RW> IF you're producing an album for a client, never neer allow
 RW> the client to stay at your home if home is also the studio
 RW> .

I have never and will never have anyone with whom I do business enter
my home.

 RW> wIll continue this in netmail if you like as it's not
 RW> topical here .

We have strayed a bit....but the moderator is tolerant.


TL> There is a lot in the echolist that doesn't vary.  I could make the
TL> list shorter if I could look for unchanged text from the previous
TL> month and substitute that with

TL> Hebrews 13:8
TL> the same yesterday,today and forever

 RW> cOuld probably be done with grep like utilities etc.

Ah...that was an attempt aat scatalogical humor.

I had better reign myself in...observing the national scene I am lead to
believe that it is no longer acceptable to poke fun at scared cows or
wanna-be sacred cows.


cya,
thom
http://www.echolist.net/ 
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