From: The Older Gentleman on
wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> wrote:

> If it was easy you wouldn't be burning the midnight oil into the wee hours
> of press day

Who says I do?


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From: wessie on
totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote in
news:1iqpwji.1i1qzl41oiyiusN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk:

> wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> wrote:
>
>> If it was easy you wouldn't be burning the midnight oil into the wee
>> hours of press day
>
> Who says I do?
>
>

you were whinging about the "others" going to the pub whilst you slaved
over a hot Mac finalising the copy, just a day or two ago

I merely added a bit of journalistic hyperbole.



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From: zymurgy on

The Older Gentleman wrote:

> wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> wrote:
>
> > totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote in
> > news:1iqpwji.1i1qzl41oiyiusN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk:
> >
> > > wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> wrote:
> > >
> > you were whinging about the "others" going to the pub whilst you slaved
> > over a hot Mac finalising the copy, just a day or two ago
>
> Actually, I do my damndest *not* to let the work run into the evening on press day.
>
> And so it's proved (apart from one memorable occasion when the server crashed and
> took the entire issue with it).

Heh, this particularly concentrated the mind when I worked for
NewsInternational.

This was in the day when they were prone to come down and sack you on
the spot.

Happy days :)

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