Random photos, comics, etc.

[Randy Stankey]

Who hasn't?

[Harold Hallikainen]

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[Jim Cassedy]

Tony- I had an uncle who was of Germanic heritage and worked as an engineer & I remember
seeing that sign in his home workshop at least 30 or more years ago. . . and it's still funny.
Tnx for posting! I've also seen it in an automobile shop that specialized in German cars.

[Tony Bandiera Jr]

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When I worked at UC Irvine and projector #2 threw a fit, I called it an "Ausfart" (not the correct German spelling) which I thought meant a certain body part. Then one show when I had a student guest learning film projection, the machine acted up again and I called it Ausfart, he asked me why I called the projector a driveway?

[Harold Hallikainen]

Reminds me of the old joke:

Q: Do you smoke after sex?

A: I never looked.

[Leo Enticknap]

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And there was me thinking that what one got up to in one's bedroom was one's own business! Allowed or not, it sounds painful.

[Jim Cassedy]

[From Motiograph's Sound Track Theatre Book

Tim- I've got that same book. I found mine in a used book store about a decade ago.
I bought it not only for the great photos and tech info about old equipment, but also
for all the corny cartoons it had inside too. The one below is one of my favorites:


If you want to learn more than you'll probably ever need to know about circa 1940's vintage
projection & sound equipment, there's a pretty good scan of the book at the Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/soundtra...p?view=theater

[Jim Cassedy]

Very Late One NIght Last Week On My Way Home, I Saw This:
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I Passed By There Again Earlier Tonight, & I Looked Like This:
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The building being used as a "screen" is The Hobart Building in downtown San
Francisco. It was designed & built by architect WIllis Polk in 1914, and still has a
lot of its' original interior architecture intact. One of the screening rooms I work at
is located inside. When it was built, there was another, shorter, building right along
side of it, which was torn down some time in the 1960's or 70's- - which is why one
side of the lower part Hobart Bldg has this 10 or 12 story trapezoidal flat side with
no windows, which make a perfect surface for this holiday projection project!

[Tim Reed]

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From Motiograph's Sound Track Theatre Book

[Leo Enticknap]

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The G key is immediately above the B, so I can see how this happened. What makes it worse is that "bog" in British slang means a toilet.

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

THIS is showmanship!

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Randy, But now that machine is just another feature on your phone...

[Leo Enticknap]

In defense of Fahrenheit...

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[Leo Enticknap]

This will only make sense if you're familiar with California's Inland Empire, but for those that aren't, suffice as to say that San Bernardino is nicknamed San Bernaghetto by natives of the surrounding settlements.

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[Frank Cox]

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[Mark Gulbrandsen]

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The pre-wash cycle in action...