Re: I like the Dummies books (and VWs)

Subject: Re: I like the Dummies books (and VWs)
From: "Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:28:06 +0800

arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com <arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com> wrote:

> I have multiple Dummy's and Idiot's guides.

I have none. If I need to learn anything related to computers, it is
almost reflexive to just look for the appropriate O'Reilly book.

> Once upon a time I owned the "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A
> Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot" and loved it.
> ...
>
> Go ahead, raise your hand if you, too, owned an old VW. Raise two if
> you had the same book!

Two hands up here. My mechanical aptitude is only marginally
better than that of the average turnip, but with that book I was
able to maintain an elderly VW bus from Amsterdam to India
and back.

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Sandy Harris
Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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References:
why I like the Dummies books - was Boring documentation: From: Sean Hower
Re: why I like the Dummies books - was Boring documentation: From: Cassandra Greer
I like the Dummies books (and VWs): From: arroxaneullman

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