Posted by Jock on October 17, 2007 at 12:28:30 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Writing Plain English (was Blue skies (was Blue water)) posted by Peter Ceresole on October 17, 2007 at 11:07:33:
You and Josef Conrad both...
The comparison is flattering, but is a bit fanciful. Joseph Conrad was a blue water sailor who retired to write wonderful books. I am a grey water sailor who has half-retired to rescue wonderful railways.
(The second link leads to WWW pages that were created over 5 years ago and are a bit dated.)