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Trevor
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« on: July 29, 2021, 01:34:32 AM »
Film projection for me: the last time I threaded a projector was 2013, sadly.
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I know I can make it on my own if I try, but I'm searching for the Great Heart
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2021, 06:52:30 AM »
I got out of high school knowing how to run a one color offset press....
Unfortunately, I was such a lousy janitor, they wouldn't let me get a job doing it....

A lot of facets of lithography were already changing at the time....
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2021, 07:59:18 AM »
How to find obscure records and movies in second-hand shops. Now Kristi just orders them on Amazon.  Bluesad
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2021, 08:10:32 AM »
Quote from: LilCerberus on July 29, 2021, 06:52:30 AM
I got out of high school knowing how to run a one color offset press....
Unfortunately, I was such a lousy janitor, they wouldn't let me get a job doing it....

A lot of facets of lithography were already changing at the time....

I know how to operate one too!  Thumbup
I took a year of commercial art and printing in Vocational school!
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2021, 08:19:19 AM »
I can send and receive in Morse Code, using a telegraph key.
At least, I could at one time.
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2021, 08:47:15 AM »
Quote from: Alex on July 29, 2021, 07:59:18 AM
How to find obscure records and movies in second-hand shops. Now Kristi just orders them on Amazon.  Bluesad

There's a store like that in Cape Town called Mabu Vinyl and Digital which does that locally.
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2021, 05:19:31 PM »
Tariff publishing. 
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2021, 06:22:41 PM »
Quote from: Trevor on July 29, 2021, 08:47:15 AM
Quote from: Alex on July 29, 2021, 07:59:18 AM
How to find obscure records and movies in second-hand shops. Now Kristi just orders them on Amazon.  Bluesad

There's a store like that in Cape Town called Mabu Vinyl and Digital which does that locally.

There's one or two shops in downtown Richmond trying to keep to art alive....
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2021, 02:37:38 AM »
I am an excellent typist. I’m not talking about just typing words per minute, I mean working an electric typewriter. I can change and fix an ink ribbon like I invented the damned things. Try putting that on a resume nowadays though…
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2021, 03:24:19 AM »
Quote from: zelmo73 on July 30, 2021, 02:37:38 AM
I am an excellent typist. I’m not talking about just typing words per minute, I mean working an electric typewriter. I can change and fix an ink ribbon like I invented the damned things. Try putting that on a resume nowadays though…

I still have an electric IBM typewriter in my office: wrote the first draft of my film research on that.
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2021, 08:49:09 PM »
I learned how to develop my own film in a dark room.
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2021, 12:23:17 AM »
Quote from: WingedSerpent on August 05, 2021, 08:49:09 PM
I learned how to develop my own film in a dark room.

That's another skill I have which isn't needed in my job anymore: everything is digital.
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RCMerchant
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« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2021, 10:10:48 AM »
When I was a kid I was real good at shooting marbles.
But who plays marbles any more, even children?
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« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2021, 11:15:44 AM »
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 06, 2021, 10:10:48 AM
When I was a kid I was real good at shooting marbles.
But who plays marbles any more, even children?

I don't know who plays them but they have tons on sale on places like amazon. Usually listed under Games: Dice & Marbles. My guess it has become more of an indoor game over the years. That said, my niece collects marbles in glass jars for decoration.

I had mad skills dialing with my thumb on rotary phones  TeddyR
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« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2021, 01:53:37 PM »
Quote from: claws on August 06, 2021, 11:15:44 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 06, 2021, 10:10:48 AM
When I was a kid I was real good at shooting marbles.
But who plays marbles any more, even children?

I don't know who plays them but they have tons on sale on places like amazon. Usually listed under Games: Dice & Marbles. My guess it has become more of an indoor game over the years. That said, my niece collects marbles in glass jars for decoration.

I had mad skills dialing with my thumb on rotary phones  TeddyR
Marbles are also good for marble runs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_ball_sculpture

On the topic of the thread, I used to know a fair number of MS-DOS commands.
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