Literacy+ Wrote:
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> No hestitancy about identifying myself. However,
> it seems that catchy "Written By" often draws more
> attention than a real name. Be that as it may,
> FYI, my name is Joe Hoffmann, I hold a BS and MS
> in Journalism from the University of Oregon in
> Eugene, Oregon, spent 40 years employed by a
> national aerospace engineering company, am retired
> from employment, and am active in the South Bay
> Historical Railroad Society at the Santa Clara,
> CA, former Southern Pacific depot, where I am the
> president of the organization. I also am active
> in the Central Coast Chapter of the NRHS. I have
> been involved with railroads my entire life
> (through family), have been a reporter and
> photographer of railroads (both employed and
> freelance) and continue, after 67 years, to be a
> railfan, too. (BTW, I chose aerospace because the
> pay was so much better than railroading!)
>
> I'm sorry if such a simple request to proofread
> posts drew so much of your wrath.


I have no way to prove that your name isn't "Literary+". Then again I have no way to prove that your name is "Joe Hoffman".

Your request for proof reading is no more absurd than a request to use your "real name"...