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Subject:RE: New Poll Question From:Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:47:11 -0800
And remember the screens we used to use on photographs to get them to
reproduce correctly? I don't miss those days one bit. Hey, does anyone still
have any carbon paper lying around?
I used to compose early drafts on 3-ply teletype paper, and literally cut
and paste when moving text around.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+beth -dot- agnew=senecac -dot- on -dot- ca -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+beth -dot- agnew=senecac -dot- on -dot- ca -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]On
Behalf Of Al Geist
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 5:27 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: New Poll Question
Bill Swallow wrote:
>Well, to be fair, my first techcomm-related job involved producing
>camera-ready copy using hot wax for illustration placement, and
>drafting pens for callouts. And that was in 1995-6. ;-)
>
>
I still have a hand waxer and some bees wax packed in a box somewhere
along with some letter-size layout sheets, amberlith and blue line
pencils if you ever need them.
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