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Sherry wrote:
Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a word you don't hear anymore. More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work anymore. Now I think I'm what you call a recluse. Sherry Sherry, I did typesetting for a couple of years. I worked for a newspaper and as we typed our words came out on a sort of tape as a series of dots. You had to learn the code. The tapes were then fed into a typesetting machine. It was a step forward from the linotype setters. You had to be a very fast typist. Interesting. Bev -- Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit. |
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jmcquown wrote:
It's like clear cinnamon schnapps with flakes of 18 karat gold in it. Very potent stuff. Goodness!! :-) Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:50:35 +1300, Bev wrote:
Sherry wrote: Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a word you don't hear anymore. More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work anymore. Now I think I'm what you call a recluse. Sherry Sherry, I did typesetting for a couple of years. I worked for a newspaper and as we typed our words came out on a sort of tape as a series of dots. You had to learn the code. The tapes were then fed into a typesetting machine. It was a step forward from the linotype setters. You had to be a very fast typist. Interesting. If you belonged to the union you were a typographer. My late uncle set hot metal type for years. He retired just as the newspaper was getting the Photon machines. |
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William Hamblen wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:50:35 +1300, Bev wrote: Sherry wrote: Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a word you don't hear anymore. More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work anymore. Now I think I'm what you call a recluse. Sherry Sherry, I did typesetting for a couple of years. I worked for a newspaper and as we typed our words came out on a sort of tape as a series of dots. You had to learn the code. The tapes were then fed into a typesetting machine. It was a step forward from the linotype setters. You had to be a very fast typist. Interesting. If you belonged to the union you were a typographer. My late uncle set hot metal type for years. He retired just as the newspaper was getting the Photon machines. I did belong to the union. I can remember that women were paid the same as men, not common in those days. Another memory was telling DH I had to be at work early. "Why?", he asked. "We are going to go on strike," I said, rofl. It was a militant union. I also remember one of the subs touching a linotype machine. We all downed tools in a second and the paper was late. Bev -- Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit. |
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"Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote in message
... On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:58:54 +1100, "Yowie" wrote: SHHHHH! Aussie wine & tim tams are an Aussie secret. Be careful unless you want *everyone* to get the idea and then the price will sky rocket and the yumminess decrease as all the best stuff becomes marked for export. :-) Yowie Okay, I gotta ask. What is a tim tam??? TimTams are a chocoholic's idea of paradise. Take two chocolate biscuits (cookies). Slap some chocolate cream in between them. Cover the lot with a generous amount of chocolate. TimTam Slam: Nibble off one set of hte diagonally opposite corners. Insert one corner into Kahlua, Tia Maria, Bailey's or other sweet liquer that would go with chocolate. Suck the other corner of the timtam as hard as you can. Once you can taste the liquer, the timtamslam is ready to eat :-) Overseas Aussies pine for vegemite, timtams, cherry ripes, violet crumbles, twisties and real beer :-) Yowie |
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Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
On 15 Jan 2005 16:30:49 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote: Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a word you don't hear anymore. More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work anymore. Now I think I'm what you call a recluse. Sherry Oh, yeah. I was a typesetter many years ago, both with punchtape at J. C. Penney and then with the Compugraphic line-at-a-time machine at the student newspaper in college. Memories . . . light the corner of my mind ;-) Ginger-lyn Jill of All Trades ;-) ROFL That reminds me of a funny. When I worked at Prudential in the 80's we had a new regional VP. He was showing some clients around and tried to introduce me as a "Jack of All Trades" but he said, "She's basically a Jackass - uh, Jack-ESS! of all Trades" Jill |
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Yowie wrote:
Overseas Aussies pine for vegemite, timtams, cherry ripes, violet crumbles, twisties and real beer :-) TimTams sound delicious... but vegemite!?!?!?!?!?! Victor, shuddering at the thought of vegemite.... -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
The significant point here was that they are about the size, shape, and color of a puck. Before he turned, he unwrapped the Moon Pie and palmed the puck. Facing the players, he announced "I am getting tired of this. You think you're tough? Let me show you tough." At which point, as far as they were concerned, he ate the puck./// This sounds like a GREAT practical joke. Where can I get a "Moon pie"? ;o) Helen M (who's in the UK) -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:12:07 +0000 (UTC), "Helen Miles"
wrote: Where can I get a "Moon pie"? http://www.moonpie.com |
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