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  1. kmcginn

    Oh "deer"...

    In New Orleans we already know that Hell has frozen over - we found it out last Febriary in Miami when the Saints won the Superbowl! Sorry, I couldn't resist getting a dig in there!
  2. kmcginn

    Things you say that just don't sound right...

    I guess it's a hangover from my "deadline" college days" Gosh wahnula, that's an awfully long hangover!!! Sorry, I couldn't resist! Welcome!
  3. kmcginn

    "I wish I knew" or "I wished I knew"

    Instead of I wished I knew, I would say I wish I had known. It sounds a little less clumsy to me. I am still wishing, but I wish I had known it at the time (which hass already passed).
  4. kmcginn

    Christmas Carol lyrics quiz

    I got an 84.
  5. kmcginn

    IRRITATING words and expressions

    Myself instead of me. As in: "If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call Joe or myself". I think people think it makes them sound important when all it really does is make them sound uneducated!
  6. kmcginn

    IRRITATING words and expressions

    irregardless - one of my pet peeves And I have a friend who "conversates" with people. It drives me crazy - I just want to scream at her when she says that!
  7. kmcginn

    Most annoying English phrase?

    irregardless
  8. kmcginn

    Amusing names

    When I was at LSU, there was a photographer for the campus paper named Sterling Silver. There used to be a local Eye Doctor in New Orleans whose first name was Monica. She married another doctor whose last name was Monica. You guessed it - she took his name and became Dr. Monica Monica. And...
  9. kmcginn

    Following a period, one or two spaces?

    2 spaces here too. Sorry, but I think it's an "old school" thing, and I fit right into that category!
  10. kmcginn

    IRRITATING words and expressions

    How about people who end e-mails with "... If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call John Smith or myself." It's likt the "My boss took my wife and I to dinner" scenario. You would say "If you have any questions, please don not hesitate to call myself", so why would you say...
  11. kmcginn

    Boss behavior - is this normal?

    I would follow up each assigned task (especially ones you disagree with) by an e-mail so you have it in writing. Copy his boss and say something like - "I just want to clarify that your directions are such-and-such. I'd like to reiterate again that I disagree with that method, and I think...
  12. kmcginn

    Is this word appropriate?

    How about immediately? Seems the most obvious choice to me.
  13. kmcginn

    Sympathy Card Etiquette

    I too got an 8. I diagree with #12. I think they left out the correct answer - Friends of the family of the deceased. I send sympathy cards to friends who have lost family members, even if I didn't know the deceased. I am sypathizing with my firend at their loss - it doesn't matter if I knew...
  14. kmcginn

    Training your Manager

    It would be nice if this worked, but I am doubtful. Hasving recently had to deal with an intolerable boss, I made a move which got me away from him.
  15. kmcginn

    Licensing is ignored

    I would send an e-mail copying both parties and any and all managment above them. Summarize your conversation with them, and remind them, as Matt said, that all future purchases were to be legally licensed. I would have a statement in there along the lines of: "In order to comply with...
  16. kmcginn

    Linguistic differences in the fall.

    So true, Ken. I guess we should be grateful for small favors. I'll take the heat any day over what we got in August last year!
  17. kmcginn

    Linguistic differences in the fall.

    In New Orleans we call it Hot!We also have two seasons - hot and hotter!
  18. kmcginn

    Should I change the company?

    Is this PM now your boss, or is she just the PM? What I mean is, can you talk to your boss (or her boss) and explain what's really going on? Gather your thoughts and present them in a professional way, Make it clear you are thinking of the clients' needs and not just bashing her ideas...
  19. kmcginn

    Best / Worst Sitcoms

    I'd have to go with M*A*S*H and Cosby for the best. M*A*S*H stayed good even through all the character changes - I think because of Hawkeye (Alan Alda). Cosby proved that you didn't need to be nasty to be funny. And they really acted like a family. I'd have to add Dick Van Dyke and I Love...
  20. kmcginn

    Writing User Guides and Training Scripts

    Speaking as a former teacher and documentation specialist, and as someone with a mom of senior age who is just getting into computers, the best advice I have is never assume they know anything you haven't told them. You can never get too basic. For example, don't say "Turn on the computer."...

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