BSA_54A10
That was just an observation and not a criticism. Please accept my apology i didn't mean to offend.
Merry Christmas to you all.
ELLIS
Ellis.,
I ride BSA's so
1) you could not insult me if you tried
2) no offense is ever taken at anything said to my face
3) I have a sense of humour ( note the spell chequer won't accept the u in humor ) that includes self deprecation in spades.
So no worries.
The offer to edit my galleys still stands.
I have not had the luxury of a sub editor since I stopped writing for Reed and that was in the 90's
On the funny side.
Directly after school I went into the SMH proof readers test with a bunch of mates, as you did in the days when people were more important than property.
At the start we were told only those with a 100% score would get one of the 30 positions on offer.
Stage 1 was a strait spelling test, you got a new word every 15 seconds
about 1/2 the applicants had left after the first 10 words
By the time the whole 100 words was done there were about 50 of the 300 odd applicants left.
Then we went to the observation section where we were all given a galley about a meter long in a variety of font sizes printed in 1/2 tone ( draft ) on slightly yellowed print stock.
we had to mark up , but not correct , all of the spelling & grammar errors with a blunt purple pencil.
2 minutes were allowed for this and by pens down there were only 9 people left , including me and we were all offered positions.
Apparently speed & self confidence were more important that actual accuracy.
Some where in the box of self stuff is the letter of acceptance as a copy proof reader, I kept it for the fun of it.
And yes, Russ got the job and he stayed with the SMH for 40 years .
