My Granddad was a typesetter.. Amazingly enough it wasn't the lead that
killed him.. 3 packs a day was deadlier...
Robert
On 01/13/2018 02:09 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
It started a bit slow and slightly confusing but I enjoyed it.
I remember when this stuff happened but I was not paying as much
attention to it as Watergate that came a bit later.
Seems like Patti Hearst was about the same era.
I had forgotten about Linotype machines. Was explaining how it worked
to my son during the movie.
Then I came home and started watching youtubes about linotypes.
I remember when the newspapers used them. When you toured them as a
school kid they would give you a bar of type with your name on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gQasrMBALA
