You say tomato and I say tomato ...

It was a far better day at work than I'd anticipated. We were stunned that our tame freelance American, who has been proof-reading our output for the US disc (disk?) has completed the second-stage work we asked within days and is asking for more. She is very good; bright and on-the-ball, and can grasp what is required at the first explanation. Our problem is the classic one of two nations divided by a common language, and a native US-English speaker was essential.

One American chap at the university who was offered an interview took two days to reach our office - the first day he tried to get to us without first consulting a map. He then emailed to say that he had been searching for our building for two hours, and his mobile had run out of credit so he couldn't call. But he emailed only half an hour after his interview time (why did he start searching so early? Why didn't he ask someone? - and has he not heard of phone boxes? He's been in the country a year!) I'm sure he's intelligent - he's just not very clever.

So now we have to work fast to keep up with the girl, who flies back to the US on Thursday. Hurrah for couriers (I've volunteered to take the demo disc (disk?) if necessary - I have a visa! And California sounds quite nice. It took them quite a while to stop laughing ...)

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