https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/26426/the-super-soaraway-new-vet-rec [quote user=&quot;George Cooper&quot;]This is a widely used expression in job adverts, usually applied to the practice seeking applicants, as if it is a desirable attribute. Today I saw it in the later “Vet Record” to give that journal it’s latest masthead useden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188282?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:16:41 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:36cbd16c-fc2f-4003-b1fe-737c3c202849Iain Richards<p>Nowt new. I&#39;t the same layout and type face as the BMJ</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188216?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:14:40 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6ba435d4-46a3-44a1-a3be-d05567319facbob lehner<p></p> <p>Well aksherely - I think it&#39;s rather an&nbsp; improvement.<br /><br />I read the editorial in the latest edition and it seemed to make sense and justify the changes.<br /><br />Traditionally the Vet Rec has been a pretty dull journal, full of irrelevant and obscure articles on diseases of Mongolian squirrels or whatever - and generally consigned to the bin after a brief look at the obits and ads.</p> <p>Anything to make it more interesting and attractive....</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188212?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:46:28 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:41ec4497-f597-413a-a1e5-6ead8ec0aec5Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Bob Russell&quot;]Edit:Actually the inside pages do look much clearer and less cluttered so not all bad![/quote]</p> <p>Typeface more suited to modern eyes not used to reading with concentration, yes.&nbsp; The editor boasts of reducing the word count, as if this were a good thing: apparently it makes one write more carefully and concisely. Hmm. Should one not be writing carefully and concisely anyway?</p> <p>They have embraced the modern publishing fashion of decorating everything with completely pointless stock pictures; and the fashion for irritatingly breaking up the text with large-face random &quot;quotes&quot; (often actually mis-quotes) stuck in just anywhere.</p> <p>Maybe they should complete the process and head the front cover &quot;Vet Rec&quot; which would be&nbsp; quite appropriate if you think of homonyms.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188203?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:02:13 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8eb520f1-e94e-440c-980d-7afd34d1507bBob Russell<p>Marie (head nurse) noticed it looked cheap and nasty but neither of us had picked up on the &#39;Vet Record&#39; bit. How dare they dumb us down!<img src="/emoticons/v2/tongue-in-cheek.gif" alt="Tongue-in-cheek" /></p> <p>Edit:Actually the inside pages do look much clearer and less cluttered so not all bad!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>