CompuServe Messages

"Rich, at Sun LihoGraphic Arts" What happened ? Did the keys stick on that relic of a PC (or worse yet, an elitist, desktop-publishing, forked filed, Mac) you're probably using? Irrelevant is spelled with one "l". You could not possibly own an Amiga and say those *>>horrid<<* things about her. Fat Agnes, herself, would probably come out of her socket and stomp all over your worthless hide. (Or, at the very least, burn up with embarrassment <g>). I've been lurking myself for quite some time, and my response to that last comment is probably going to be the mildest you will get here. ;'D If you are working in the Lithographic Arts community, you must surely know what it is like to hear forecasts of doom for an entire industry. I work in it daily, and the printed page is said to be going the way of the buggy whip. Direct-to-plate, direct-to-press, direct-to-CD-reader, everyone has their predictions, but nobody likes a vulture who spreads doom and gloom. Some of us have to work in the pressroom, in the sales office, in desktop, stripping, proofing or what have you, every day; but until we are given pink slips, most of us prefer to be a little naive, hoping that someone might want that rag that we are printing. Go figure! And, go away birdie! I leave you with a quote from one of my favorite old TV shows, (which also suffered those kind of doom and gloom comments from critics, pundits and know-it-all executives intent on putting it into an early grave) as follows: Sulu sez, (as a giggling nemesis yells "Die, die, die, you're all gonna die" just before his bodily parts get beamed out, >>maximum dispersion<< into space) "He sure talks gloomy" !:'D Hal Waterhouse Zortchin' down the Digital Dirt Road, on Autopilot\____|\ o/~ o/~ Goin' to Kansas City o/~ o/~ / |/