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Ian Parfrey
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E
Registered: Feb 2009


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You know you're a Projectionist when -: you have rewinds on the kitchen table.

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Damien Taylor
Master Film Handler

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From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2007


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You measure time in feet.

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Marco Giustini
Film God

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From: Reading, UK
Registered: Nov 2007


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you find small pieces of punched splicing take in your underwear.

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Louis Bornwasser
Film God

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From: prospect ky usa
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you have a 7 x 15 ft screen in the basement for film and a 10" tv upstairs. Louis

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Sebastian Binz
Film Handler

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From: Cologne, Germany
Registered: Nov 2007


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you complain to your wife about the windows not being cleaned and therefore the light throughput being reduced...

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Martin McCaffery
Film God

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From: Montgomery, AL
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You quit going to the movies because they aren't show properly

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Mark J. Marshall
Film God

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From: New Castle, DE, USA
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You watch a movie on DVD and remember where the reel changes are.

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Scott Norwood
Film God

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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99


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You want to scream whenever you see 4x3 pictures stretched out to fit 16x9 TV screens. Or vice-versa. [Mad]

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Bill Gabel
Film God

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From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
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You heat your dinner in the lamphouse. (old school way) [Big Grin]

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Martin McCaffery
Film God

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From: Montgomery, AL
Registered: Jun 99


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Or light your cigarette off of the carbon arc!

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Tony Bandiera Jr
Film God

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From: Moreland Idaho
Registered: Apr 2004


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quote: Martin McCaffery
You quit going to the movies because they aren't show properly


...and you also start staring at the upper right corner of the screen every 18 minutes watching for the changeover cues!!

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Jim Henk
Master Film Handler

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From: San Diego, CA
Registered: Feb 2006


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You go home buying, and pass just because there aren't two good adjacent rooms that would make a good screening room auditorium / booth combination.

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Aaron Garman
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Toledo, OH USA
Registered: Mar 2003


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You create moveable masking for your iPod.

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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999


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You see EVERY reel change cue in features.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
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quote: Martin McCaffery
You quit going to the movies because they aren't show properly
No kidding. Couldn't have said it better myself. Well, actually I probably could have because I would have completed the word "shown" and punctuated my sentence. [Smile]

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