<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">This is great! In addition to remember the golden years it is really funny and clever. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Thank's a lot. </span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div></div></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Have a Happy New Year all Quad people and families.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><div style="font-size: 14px; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div><div>Adair Comarú</div></div><div>Technical Director</div><div>Post-Production</div><div>TVC Televisão & Cinema</div><div>Sao Paulo - Brazil</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://br.linkedin.com/in/adaircomaru" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><a href="http://br.linkedin.com/in/adaircomaru" target="_blank"> profile</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Skype: acomaru</div><div>+55 11 9458-4749 mobile</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 14px; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">+55 11 3026-9531 office</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div></div></span></span></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Quad List <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:51:44 -0200<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Quad List <<a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [QuadList] A Present to the Quad Videotape Group--VT Hell on Christmas Eve<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div style=""><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px">VT Hell on Christmas Eve</span><br style="font-size:21px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px">To the tune of Jingle Bells:</span><div><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px"></span>Written Christmas Eve, 2011 by Ted Langdell</div><div>© and <span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px">ⓟ Ted Langdell, 2011</span><br><br></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px">Here's an A capella recording.</span></font></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px"></span></font></div></div><div style=""><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px"></span></font></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:9px"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="6" style="font-size:23px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">And the Lyrics:</span></font></div><div><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Working tape on Christmas Eve</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Hit "Rewind" on VT 3</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">A One-hour Net delay</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Just two minutes till it plays.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">When suddenly I hear</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">An unexpected snapping noise.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">A hidden splice let go, and </span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I went, "No! No! NO!"</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Hey MC! </span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">VT Here!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">We have a problem tape.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">The Como Christmas Special reel</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Has got a special break. Yeah!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I can fix.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">But we'll need</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">to play this in two parts</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">One will come from VT 3</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Tell me what else have we got? </span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">"VT 6'll work just fine</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">It'll take me just a sec...</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Gotta move the supply reel over there</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">and not step in the tape..."</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">So I quickly make the swap</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Then, I grab an empty reel</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Lace VT 3 in record time</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">And re-sume my rewind!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Please go fast.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Don't let go</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">If there's another splice!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">This Como Show has got to run</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Or I'm out in the ice!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Let's hit play.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Will it lock?</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Will we beat the clock?</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Are the four heads still in working shape?</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I pray the EQ's on the dot.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I shake as I hit stop, and I pray as I hit play.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">The servo lock comes on, and we're just :15 away.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">My cuing guess was right.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">We're in the break before the show.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Now, MC is on the ID slide.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">We can let VT 3 roll.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Oh, Thank God.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">There's no clog.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">No banding I can see.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I hope the splice break happened</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Where our local spots will be.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Turn to 6.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Lace it up, and then hand wind the reels</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I hope it's in a PSA,</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">and that God hears my appeals.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">With my fingers shaky, still. </span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I hit play on VT 6.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I hear the head wheel whine</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">and the picture is just fine!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">There's an image on the screen</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Of a talking book machine.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Then Como Show! </span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Thank, God, ya know!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">I'll back it up :15!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Quadruplex!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Quadruplex</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Christmas reels abound </span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Punch play. The head wheel spins up </span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">With such a happy sound! Oh!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Como show. Such a glow!</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Color from I/Os. </span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">In Heterodyne or in Direct</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">It Could! Look! Quite Diii viiiiiiiiine. </span></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:21px">Merry Christmas!</span><br><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium"><br></span></span></font></div><div><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="font-size:14px">Ted</div><div style="font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px"><div><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style=""><div style=""><div><div style="margin-top:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica">Secretary for the <a href="http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/"><font color="#0018ea" style="color:rgb(0,24,234)"><u>QuadVideotapeGroup.com</u></font></a></font><font face="Helvetica" size="2" style="font:normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica">: </font></div><div style="margin-top:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica">Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in conjunction with the Library of Congress</font></div><div style="margin-top:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color:rgb(0,24,234)"><u><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></u></font></div></div></div></span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><br class="x_Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></span></body></html>