"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Do you get up in the morning and preactice ill humor before a mirror?


What's "preactice?"

Perhaps you should get up early in the morning and practice writing?

Wilbur Hubbard

"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Well, Wilbur, I made a substantial living as a writer over many years.
Still manage to rake in a dime or two now and then. But typing is not
now, never will be and never was one of my skills.


What a hoot! A writer who can't type? Now, that's so dumb it's beyond
human ken.

How many truck drivers can't steer? How many cowboys can't lasso? How
many wet nurses can't lactate? How many bartenders can't mix drinks? How
many airplane pilots can't land? How many talk radio hosts are deaf
mutes?

Get the point? Any writer worthy of the name learns to type.

Wilbur Hubbard

On 2007-09-11 13:31:01 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

What a hoot! A writer who can't type? Now, that's so dumb it's beyond
human ken.

That's what editors are for.

Writers are often "idea people" and sometimes (often?) miss the small,
detail-oriented stuff. Some of the best thinkers are, believe it or
not, dyslexic as well. Comes with the territory. They've *mostly*
overcome the handicap, but....

I been both. Almost every issue I (or my editor) would say "Did you
really mean to say *that*?!"

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Jere Lull wrote in news:200709112054188930-
jerelull@maccom:

That's

To bring this kiddie war back on topic, I got one of Lydia's newsletters in
my email, yesterday. They are now at the 79th Street Marina in Manhattan
with Lydia's 80+ year old mother, who's getting her sea legs nicely from
the sail over from LI though a little seasick and sore from the constant
motion of the Pig. They are having a great time in NYC and retreat to
their little mooring bouy island for R&R from the bustling city they can
watch from the cockpit with amusement.

I suppose she's got Skip hopping around, too busy to post...(c;

Larry
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Search youtube for "Depleted Uranium"
The ultimate dirty bomb......

"Larry" wrote in message
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Jere Lull wrote in news:200709112054188930-
jerelull@maccom:

That's

To bring this kiddie war back on topic, I got one of Lydia's
newsletters in
my email, yesterday. They are now at the 79th Street Marina in
Manhattan
with Lydia's 80+ year old mother, who's getting her sea legs nicely
from
the sail over from LI though a little seasick and sore from the
constant
motion of the Pig. They are having a great time in NYC and retreat to
their little mooring bouy island for R&R from the bustling city they
can
watch from the cockpit with amusement.

I suppose she's got Skip hopping around, too busy to post...(c;


More like too "ashamed" to post. Maybe he finally read all the
subscribers who replied to his foolishness and attempted to get it
though his buffoon skull that he's a danger to himself, his crew, his
fellow sailors. And, he's become a joke in this group. I really hope he
has gotten a clue and decided to call it quits before he kills himself
or some innocent party. The man doesn't belong on the water. He's an
idiot. Mark my words, we'll all be reading about him in the Darwin
Awards one day soon.

Wilbur Hubbard

In article s.com,
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:

How many airplane pilots can't land?

At least four, that we know of, because they flew into buildings on 9/11
and "Landing" wasn't what they had in mind......... LardHead......

On 2007-09-12 13:46:53 -0400, You said:

In article s.com,
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:

How many airplane pilots can't land?

At least four, that we know of, because they flew into buildings on 9/11
and "Landing" wasn't what they had in mind......... LardHead......

Actually, they *did* land, just not *good* landings ;-)

I don't believe there has been a documented case of a pilot *not*
landing the plane, somehow -- well or poorly.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

"Gogarty" wrote in message
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In article s.com,
llid says...



"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Well, Wilbur, I made a substantial living as a writer over many
years.
Still manage to rake in a dime or two now and then. But typing is
not
now, never will be and never was one of my skills.


What a hoot! A writer who can't type? Now, that's so dumb it's beyond
human ken.

How many truck drivers can't steer? How many cowboys can't lasso? How
many wet nurses can't lactate? How many bartenders can't mix drinks?
How
many airplane pilots can't land? How many talk radio hosts are deaf
mutes?

Get the point? Any writer worthy of the name learns to type.

Wilbur Hubbard

How dreadfully ignorant you are. (Typed with two fingers.)

I don't imagine Shakespeare knew how to type.


Voice recognition software is still not up to par. A good touch typist
can type 80-100 wpm without a single mistake that has to be corrected
later. One spends more time looking for and correcting voice recognition
software mistakes and omissions than if one simply learned to type and
removed the middle man so to speak.

Anybody typing with two fingers is lazy, stupid or both (unless, of
course, they only have two fingers). Learning to type is a simple thing.
Anybody can accomplish the task in about a week or two. Anybody who
needs to type (as in a writer) should have enough pride in his work that
he learns to type and at an advanced rate like 80-100 wpm.

It appalls me that any so-called writer would admit he can't type. This
is beyond pathetic. I, Wilbur Hubbard, can type 150 wpm. I can
transcribe faster than you can dictate. I can type as fast as I can
think. The problem with transcribing is you don't write well when you
simply transcribe your talk. Writing is not talking. Writing is a
different type of an art form. When I read somebody's writing I
certainly don't want to read his blabbermouthing. And, believe me, I can
tell the difference. Writing and word processing always ends up telling
a better tale than a simple-minded narration.

Wilbur Hubbard

On 2007-09-11 20:16:57 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

It appalls me that any so-called writer would admit he can't type. This
is beyond pathetic.

(answered a few seconds ago)

I, Wilbur Hubbard, can type 150 wpm. I can transcribe faster than you
can dictate.

Nice mechanical skill, but who has paid you for your output?

I can type as fast as I can think.

You only think that fast?

[Sorry, couldn't resist so easy a shot]

The problem with transcribing is you don't write well when you simply
transcribe your talk. Writing is not talking. Writing is a different
type of an art form. When I read somebody's writing I certainly don't
want to read his blabbermouthing. And, believe me, I can tell the
difference. Writing and word processing always ends up telling a better
tale than a simple-minded narration.

I can "hear" a good writer as I read. In fact, when I read a writer I
know and *don't* hear his voice, I know the editor is ham-handed and
should be replaced.

A writer is using the printed page to tell a story, whether it be a
good yarn or an instruction manual.

A common writing technique is to read what you wrote aloud. If it
sounds awkward or doesn't paint the picture you wanted to transmit,
it's time to revise.

Even you have a voice that I hear. I don't know it's pitch or speed,
but I hear it clearly.

Oh, on a different subject: your "@ddress". Most people would spell it
"invalid", not "invallid".

;-)

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2007091121070211272-jerelull@maccom...
On 2007-09-11 20:16:57 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

It appalls me that any so-called writer would admit he can't type.
This is beyond pathetic.

(answered a few seconds ago)

I, Wilbur Hubbard, can type 150 wpm. I can transcribe faster than you
can dictate.

Nice mechanical skill, but who has paid you for your output?

I can type as fast as I can think.

You only think that fast?

The point is when a person talks his speech lags behind his thought
process. This makes for inefficient speech which when transcribed makes
for inefficient writing.

Look at it this way. If you mouth the words that you read it slows down
your reading. This is fact and cannot be argued with. You are engaging
in an extra process and that's inneficient. Same thing goes with
writing. It's more efficient to have the thought delivered through the
fingertips than throught the mouth. Advanced writers have been taught
these facts. That's why Gogarty is an unsuccessful writer for the most
part. He has limited his potential. He has crippled himself. He's like a
400 pound ballerina.


[Sorry, couldn't resist so easy a shot]

Make it funnier next time . . .


The problem with transcribing is you don't write well when you simply
transcribe your talk. Writing is not talking. Writing is a different
type of an art form. When I read somebody's writing I certainly don't
want to read his blabbermouthing. And, believe me, I can tell the
difference. Writing and word processing always ends up telling a
better tale than a simple-minded narration.

I can "hear" a good writer as I read. In fact, when I read a writer I
know and *don't* hear his voice, I know the editor is ham-handed and
should be replaced.

Then you are mentally and probably physically mouthing the words.
Printed words have no sound and should have no sound. They should only
bring forth a mental process. The whole idea of verbal speech in
anathema to written speech. Humans have progressed as far as they have
primaryily due to the written word because it is so much more efficient
and accurate. Writers should realize that fact and use the art of
writing to go where speech cannot go.


A writer is using the printed page to tell a story, whether it be a
good yarn or an instruction manual.

Only if his intent is to do so. As a writer, I would rather leave good
yarn-spinning to my voice where it belongs. I use writing to stimulate
thought - not paint a picture. A canvas and paint brush paints a better
picture that somebody talking about a painting. A good writer bypasses
the physical senses and goes right to the source - the mind. After all,
without the mind there are no physical senses. The mind is the
wellspring. Any writer who doesn't know this fact is no writer - just a
hack.

Why do you think I'm such a successful troll. It's not because I put my
verbal blatherings on the screen. It's because I push mind buttons that
writing can push while transcribed verbal gushings cannot.


A common writing technique is to read what you wrote aloud. If it
sounds awkward or doesn't paint the picture you wanted to transmit,
it's time to revise.

Even you have a voice that I hear. I don't know it's pitch or speed,
but I hear it clearly.

Oh, on a different subject: your "@ddress". Most people would spell it
"invalid", not "invallid".


Makes it all the more invalid. . . But, isn't it amazing how there is
no such word and, as such, it is never spoken yet your mind can deal
with it and look at the thoughts it produced without ever having been
mouthed. Look what has happened "behind the scenes." Sort of makes my
point, doesn't it?

Wilbur Hubbard