No worries,

Colin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald England" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: Away for a while


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin dewar" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Away for a while
>
>
> > Gerald,
> >
> > I think its great the way your e-mail comes thro' on my screen cut up
like
> a
> > poem, or one of Bob's line reassignment exercises (and possibly mine
does
> > too). I find myself scanning it as a new sub and thinking, this is so
21st
> > century.
> >
> > Colin
>
> Ah you're not the first to say that -- it's probably because I compose
> emails in a half-screen window and forget about the fact that most
people's
> email windows have word-wrap on automatically -- so instead of just
letting
> the programe do the word-wrap -- I put in hard returns -- because actually
> since I have quite  a large monitor, if I try and read a whole screen full
> of text the lines are long and I strain my neck scanning across the
page --
> I could of couse resize my reading window and then it would look OK. Is
this
> easier to read than the way I normally compose prose emails? Some people
> complain that a lot of free verse is just "chopped-up prose" -- maybe the
> prose I write is just elongated poetry.
>
> Cheers [if that ain't a cliche -- see I've been reading other mail too!]
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gerald England" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:47 AM
> > Subject: Away for a while
> >
> >
> > > Just a note to say that I'll be away
> > > towards the end of the month.
> > > I'll be putting myself on no-mail
> > > in about a week or so
> > > but I'll be answering personal mail
> > > until the 13th
> > > but would appreciate it if people
> > > would not send me any emails
> > > from the 13th to the 31st September.
> > >
> > > I hope to rejoin the list after that.
> > >
> > > yours
> > > Gerald England
> > >
> >
>