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Originally Posted by Dave Suponski
Thanks Bill, I thought it was was a wonderful story. I read Francis's reply three times and still don't understand. I think I'll just go to bed...
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-- If you will aloow my "play on the word 'Millwright'- and as we both have a machine shop background. I have a keen eye for details, crucial to certain skilled trades-and also some military MOS-- About a year ago I noted in an issue of our beloved Parker Pages that your good friend Bill Murphy's lovely wife Linda had her (and Bill's) last name miss-spelled- as Murphey, instead of Murphy. I made mention of that error, in the same wise as when we were discussing Bourbon whiskies, and someone replied that George Dickel was their favorite whisky- wrong spelling here, Famous grouse is a whisky, George Dickel is a whiskey--
Perhaps I should have directed my observations as to the improper usage of the apostrophe and the s that followed in both the boy's and later the gal's to the proofreader at PP. What I was trying to explain to you, besides my remarks as to the top quality of the photos and the overall balance of your article, is that such usage is in error.
We all try to detail our beloved Parkers, both by written words and by photos to be "dead nutz" perfect, so that both our brother members of the PGCA and the casual readers of our Forums will know we are 100% serious about our love of the "Old Reliables". If you, hypothetically, were to show one of our fine Parkers in the proper forum here, and miss-described a DHE as a BHE, would you not expect some other equally sharp-eyed reader to make note of that error? I should hope so.
With the celebration of the brave Revolutionary hero Casmir Pulaski upon us, and with the fact that my surname once was Murinski- well, you can bet your dupa I'll be around for quite a while- eagle eyed and as always, Your Observant Servant, (with credit due to the late Robert C. Ruark)!!




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