Well, sort of.'
'Is technical writin' hard to learn?'
'People like you and me been doin' it since cave-dwellers first scratched
pictures of rock-throwers on their walls. Finest kind training aid for
their kids.'
I pointed to the printed and hand-scribed notes and graffiti in the patches
of still exposed concrete.
'Content may have changed, but the idea is still to get a message across.
What about you? Ever tried that kind of writing?'
'Technical stuff?' His shoulders rose and fell. 'Not much. Student,
y'know. I'm still gettin' assignments to write about my last trip to
Disneyland. I do use trade manuals to tune the motor on my bike, and
the book has lists and drawings of tools and step-by-step instructions on
how to do the job. Use 'em all the time, but never thought about where
they came from. You put that stuff together?'
'Made my livin' at it for a while before I retired. But, like I said, I'm a
firehouse horse who keeps chasin' fires even after being put out to
pasture. In my blood, I guess.'
He laughed.
'Tools in a repair manual,' he said, 'and all the different parts and
instructions.
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