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Subject:Re: levels of detail -- are we beyond this? From:"Tom Johnson" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:28:24 -0600
Personally, I'm never quite sure how long to leave the shampoo in. 5
seconds? 2 minutes?
To answer John's question, the audience is presumably people who are
somewhat techie.
Tom
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Doug Grossman <Doug -dot- Grossman -at- sas -dot- com>wrote:
> The shampoo instructions also need to say when you can stop. If you always
> follow Instruction #5, you'd be shampooing until it was all gone and then
> have to run out to the store to get another bottle so that you could
> continue. You'd have very clean hair, but not much of a life otherwise.
>
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> Instructions:
>
> 1. Wet hair thoroughly with warm water
>
> 2. Apply a generous amount of Mr. Andre's SuperModel-Strength, Anti-Sludge
> Shampoo (with kumquat & alfalfa extracts)
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> 3. Gently Wash hair
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> 4. Rinse
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> 5. Repeat
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