Another fun article. Lots of good stuff about maples. We're looking to plant a Japanese or similar maple in our front yard this fall. I told Jeff he could give it to me as a birthday gift. That relieved him of wondering what to give me. And the furniture: I still have an old maple wood chest of drawers that I plan to give to my daughter when she moves into her forever house. And thanks for the bit about -30-. Never knew about the different graphs on individual pieces of paper, though. That's bizarre, but it makes the reporter write the important facts in a way that won't be shuffled to the "forever file." You know ... that round bin next to the desk. I cherish old time journalistic writing with its rite tite structure and non-repetitive verbiage. Internet writing is the exact opposite to trigger the bots. BLECH!
Computers make writing too easy. I sometimes refer to it as diarrhea of the cursor. Having to stab at the keys of a manual typewriter really did keep you from typing too much.
We wrote everything on newsprint in the old days, half or full sheets. Why waste good paper? Some typographer was going to have to set it.
I go back to the days of hot lead. I’ve written about that before.
When I was city desk secretary for the Deseret News, the editor had a roll of newsprint threaded into his manual typewriter. He'd write a quick note in his own text shorthand, then rip off the paper at the proper size. It was a roll of carbonized paper and he'd nail the copy on a spike.
As for hot lead, they were still using it for the classifieds, but everything else was being converted over to computer. That's where I first learned about cursers and word processing on a screen. When my next employers tried to teach me how to use an MTST machine, my brain refused to assimilate it.
Another fun article. Lots of good stuff about maples. We're looking to plant a Japanese or similar maple in our front yard this fall. I told Jeff he could give it to me as a birthday gift. That relieved him of wondering what to give me. And the furniture: I still have an old maple wood chest of drawers that I plan to give to my daughter when she moves into her forever house. And thanks for the bit about -30-. Never knew about the different graphs on individual pieces of paper, though. That's bizarre, but it makes the reporter write the important facts in a way that won't be shuffled to the "forever file." You know ... that round bin next to the desk. I cherish old time journalistic writing with its rite tite structure and non-repetitive verbiage. Internet writing is the exact opposite to trigger the bots. BLECH!
Computers make writing too easy. I sometimes refer to it as diarrhea of the cursor. Having to stab at the keys of a manual typewriter really did keep you from typing too much.
We wrote everything on newsprint in the old days, half or full sheets. Why waste good paper? Some typographer was going to have to set it.
I go back to the days of hot lead. I’ve written about that before.
When I was city desk secretary for the Deseret News, the editor had a roll of newsprint threaded into his manual typewriter. He'd write a quick note in his own text shorthand, then rip off the paper at the proper size. It was a roll of carbonized paper and he'd nail the copy on a spike.
As for hot lead, they were still using it for the classifieds, but everything else was being converted over to computer. That's where I first learned about cursers and word processing on a screen. When my next employers tried to teach me how to use an MTST machine, my brain refused to assimilate it.
delightful read this Sunday morning, thanks Fran! 30
Another nice bit of work, Fran.
Love the sketch of the maples leaf.
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