tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post5523675069158961520..comments2023-09-25T08:48:48.104-07:00Comments on John Vigor's Blog: Just blame etaoin shrdluJohn Vigorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-35145894563457821422011-04-25T09:22:33.276-07:002011-04-25T09:22:33.276-07:00Oh my, I did leave a few lapsus digitae didn't...Oh my, I did leave a few lapsus digitae didn't I? <br /><br />Or should that be digitae's?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290928283713813594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-27779446219489461742011-04-25T08:56:05.337-07:002011-04-25T08:56:05.337-07:00Ah, Micky-T, etaoin shrdlu is everywhere, but I ca...Ah, Micky-T, etaoin shrdlu is everywhere, but I can't blame him this time. Nor can I blame the publisher. It was my mistake. And my simple defense is that we all make mistakes. In which regard, I may point out that it's The Lyons Press, not the Lion Press. Furthermore, the newspapers I worked for were all black and white and read all over. Groan. Sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself.<br /><br />John V.John Vigorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-56413425740095798072011-04-25T07:28:02.733-07:002011-04-25T07:28:02.733-07:00Ahh, the typo. You explain it so well.
And right...Ahh, the typo. You explain it so well.<br /><br /> And right on subject to the comment I'd been planning on sending this week. I just finished reading your wonderful book <i>Small Boat to Freedom</i> and enjoyed it very much. I must say what helped just the tiniest little bit was I too used to own and sail a boat named <i>Freelance</i>, and you sailed right throgh some of my old stomping grounds. I truly enjoyed the book and it will be a part of my next boats library. <br /><br /> In 1987 right after you and your family sailed past Antigua I had the opportunity to live in that region of the tropics for four or five years aboard my own little boat <i>Caprifol</i> which had white painted canvas decks. I wanted to share with you my favorite line. "I wish they could have experienced this delightful night of sailing in the warm tropics, where the stars were so brilliant that they made a faint shadow if you held you hand over <i>Freelance's</i> white deck, and where the wind was as warm and gentle as a lover's caress."<br /><br /> You or your, it's a minor offence. I'm sure you wrote your instead of you, maybe you'll want to take it up with The Lion Press. ha ha.<br /><br /> One more thing, how can anything be written in black and white? It's either written in black on white or I suppose it could be written in white on black.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290928283713813594noreply@blogger.com