--part1_49dbec35.2470a46f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/16/99 3:03:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: <<Let's say that your great-great uncle, Reno Starr, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. A cousin has supplied you with the only known photograph of Reno, showing him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture are the words.....Reno Starr: Horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison, 1895. Escaped 1897, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton Detectives, convicted and hanged, 1889. Pretty grim situation, right? But, let's revise things a bit. We simply crop the picture, scan in an enlarged image and edit it with image processing software so that all that is seen is a head shot. Next....we rewrite the text: Reno Starr was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana Railroad. Beginning in 1885, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Uncle Reno passed away during an important civic function held in his honor....when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed. .the end....................................... I think I have seen a few "essays" that might have been rewritten just like this one, how 'bout you??? Sheila>> Kuzins, I got the attached "advice" from Kuzin Sheila who researches Davises and Greers. While I have not yet discovered any horse thieves in the family, I have found several politicians so I can see some future uses for Sheila's revisions. L&S, Bob --part1_49dbec35.2470a46f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-ya02.mx.aol.com (rly-ya02.mail.aol.com [172.18.144.194]) by air-ya04.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 16 May 1999 18:03:31 -0400 Received: from etex.etex.net (etex.etex.net [207.70.156.240]) by rly-ya02.mx.aol.com (vx) with SMTP; Sun, 16 May 1999 18:03:24 -0400 Received: from sheilap (glmr-pri3-a19.lcc.net [207.70.156.147]) by etex.etex.net (8.8.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id QAA03294; Sun, 16 May 1999 16:59:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Sun, 16 May 1999 17:11:13 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: Sheila Pool <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: "'Breedlove, Jan & Bill'" <[email protected]>, "'Carothers, Brian & Tricia'" <[email protected]>, "'Craft, Janice Barnett'" <[email protected]>, "'Davis, Bob'" <[email protected]>, "'Evers, James E.'" <[email protected]>, "'Harlan, Diane & Mark'" <[email protected]> To: "'Harris, Bozie'" <[email protected]>, "'Herring, Janeane Rogers'" <[email protected]>, "'LaRue, Joe & Pat'" <[email protected]>, "'McRight, Karla'" <[email protected]>, "'Odom, Louise & Ralph'" <[email protected]>, "'Renfro, Bruce and Lea'" <[email protected]> To: "'Still, Ginger and Bob'" <[email protected]>, "'West, Sharon'" <[email protected]>, "'West, Stephen'" <[email protected]> Subject: How to be creative with troublesome kin!!! Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 17:11:00 -0500 Return-Receipt-To: Sheila Pool <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Let's say that your great-great uncle, Reno Starr, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. A cousin has supplied you with the only known photograph of Reno, showing him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture are the words.....Reno Starr: Horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison, 1895. Escaped 1897, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton Detectives, convicted and hanged, 1889. Pretty grim situation, right? But, let's revise things a bit. We simply crop the picture, scan in an enlarged image and edit it with image processing software so that all that is seen is a head shot. Next....we rewrite the text: Reno Starr was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana Railroad. Beginning in 1885, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Uncle Reno passed away during an important civic function held in his honor....when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed. .the end....................................... I think I have seen a few "essays" that might have been rewritten just like this one, how 'bout you??? Sheila --part1_49dbec35.2470a46f_boundary--