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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>And the clue was watch the tape timer, I bet it did not rewind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Easy sat here in my warm office with no pressure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I suspect I would have fallen for it too and the Japanese would
have learnt some new words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>TrevorB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>UK Member<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com
[mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>C. Park
Seward<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 30 January 2010 17:11<br>
<b>To:</b> Quad List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [QuadList] Another disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I actually have a rewind story.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Press event, Disneyland. Japanese crew rushes into the
mobile unit with their story on tape. Just finished editing. No time to look at
it, just cue it up. Reporter on camera live to Japan. Intros the piece and the
tape op rolls it. Plays for about 20 seconds and then we see the picture
rewind. The tape op stops the tape, cues it back to the beginning and rolls it.
Then, 20 seconds in, the picture rewinds. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>When the crew was editing their piece, they had a false
start on the tape and the rewind was actually recorded on the tape. They forgot
to tell us to cue the story AFTER the false start and the rewind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>C. Park Seward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Visit us: <a href="http://www.videopark.com">http://www.videopark.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:32 PM, <a
href="mailto:georgenann@aol.com">georgenann@aol.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Roger that, Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Things like that can happen to anybody. They realy are easy to
remember, I wish I could remember how the equipment worked as well. HI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>One evening Letterman went into rewind on air, (in NYC). The
op was a great fellow, WWII Vet, was at Normandy, in his 80's and the finest
fellow you could ask for and good friend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>CBS put a bunch of D-2's in rollaround racks. 2 in each. The
2 D-2 machines were on the bottom of the racks and the 2 control panels were
about halfway up fastened to drawers which were on ball bearing slides. They
are called R2D2's. One R2D2 was in the area from which the air tapes are
played. There was a small dent in the tile on the floor and the R2D2 was
sitting unnoticeably slightly leaning backward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The area supervisor told the op to make a dub of
something on the unused D-2, while the other D-2 was airing Letterman.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The op pulled out the control panel he was going to use to do
this dub, which was the top panel, turned around to pick up the tape he was
going to put in the record D-2, and while he had his back or side to the R2D2,
the top panel rolled back it, leaving only the bottom panel visible, the panel
for the Letterman machine. I don't think I have to tell you what happened next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>After everything came off the fan, I had to write up a report on
this failure. It was obvious to me that it was an equipment malfunction
due to the defective floor causing the panel tray to slide back in by it 'self,
which it wasn't designed to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Shortly after, the poor guy was transferred to "Tape
Degaussing". I blew my cork, since it was an "Equipment
Malfunction" nobody should have come down on him at all. I told him
I was going to file big complaint with the union (I may have been ABM for Maint
at the time, not sure). He said don't bother, he was happy there, he
could make his own hours and he liked it. A few weeks later he was
transferred back to the area he was in in the first place. Months later
he retired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>George Keller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:dcfwtx@aol.com">dcfwtx@aol.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>
Sent: Thu, Jan 28, 2010 3:53 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Another disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>George, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I clearly remember one "disaster" incident where the
degausser was located in the tape room adjacent to the daily use (usually
meaning low-pass zone delay) tapes (by that time, 2" and 1" type C .
A fella (self proclaimed hot-shot) had just finished a camera shoot in an edit
bay down the hall. It was some sort of interview in the machine room for promos
etc. recorded on a BVH 500 1" type C. After the successful shoot (with
on-camera talent), he somehow got flustered and took the record tape directly
to the degausser. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Needless to say, I don't recall much of an employment longevity
for this NABET individual. My apologies for those who read this story I
either posted earlier here or on another similar list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Regarding big degaussers, I seem to remember ruining more
than one wrist watch while using them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>David Crosthwait<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:GEORGENANN@aol.com">GEORGENANN@aol.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>
Sent: Thu, Jan 28, 2010 10:59 am<br>
Subject: [QuadList] Another disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Guys:<br>
<br>
Dave just reminded me of something that happened many years ago, with his
referring to quick turnarounds.<br>
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On the CBS tape floor there was a tape degausser, a big degausser. It was
so big that it would actually heat up a 90 min 2" tape reel. Was it made
by Ampex??<br>
<br>
Most of the ops were in the habit of routinely taking a fresh tape and
degaussing it, then making their record. (After completly cleaning the machine,
of course).<br>
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One evening, one of the ops took the air show, (Either 60 Min or Sullivan, not
sure) and routinely put it in the degausser. About half way thru. he
realized his mistake and almost fainted. WOW! was he shook. He was
a Hasidic Jew, very dedicated to the VT business and was so upset nobody even
mentioned it to him, they were afraid he would pass out. So the air
master aired with no backup for a while till another copy could be located and
synched up.<br>
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The next day the degausser was removed from the tape floor and brought down to
the basement to the new "Degaussing Dept." Later this became the
"Punishment" department for the techs which management didn't
like. I never was sentenced there, they needed maint. types too bad,
(Thank God)<br>
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This also pissed off some of the "Wise Asses" in the dept, as back
then the CBS paychecks had magnetic ink on them and they degaussed the checks
which made the banks work a little harder. (The way the banks are acting
nowadays, I think I would do the same thing now if they had magnetic ink.) HI!<br>
<br>
Oh yes, another thing comes to mind about those "Wise Asses". Someone
came up with the idea to bring in their telephone and charge card, etc., bills,
back when they were IBM type punched cards and put them in the paper slicer and
take a 16th or so off the bottoms so they would look OK, but be kicked out of
the readers and have to be processed manually. I had nothing to do with either
of these activities, really!<br>
<br>
73,<br>
<br>
George Keller </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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