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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted June 06, 2006 11:11 PM

...the sound on your Elmo projector is warbling like crazy and you just can't seem to track down the cause or fix it, and only later do you realize you'd taken off the flywheel and forgot to put it back on the sound drum shaft. [Roll Eyes]

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2006 01:25 AM

You Plonka! [Big Grin]

as we would say in the UK [Smile]

Kev.

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GS1200 Xenon with Elmo 1.0...great combo along with a 16-CL Xenon for that super bright white light.

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Joerg Niggemann
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 127
From: Germany
Registered: May 2006

posted June 07, 2006 06:45 AM

English Deutsch
0 results for plonka
try
plonk, plink, plonks, plank, plunk, plinks, polka, plinker, Planck

Note: Search for a phrase: word1 word2 ... or "word1 word2"

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Andreas Eggeling
Master Film Handler

Posts: 467
From: R.I.P.
Registered: Aug 2003

posted June 07, 2006 08:04 AM

Perhaps "Polka"???

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2006 08:08 AM

You need a break when you are watching a movie on TV, you see that circle up in the corner and you reflexively jump up to change reels!

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2006 08:35 AM

quote:
English Deutsch
0 results for plonka

Try Plonker [Wink]

Mike

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Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2006 09:03 AM

You need a break when you take off the back of your GS to check something and then you have no sound. You check all the functions, you search the newsgroups, you check the service manual.. and then you realize that you never connected the speaker back!

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2006 09:04 AM

Well spelling has never been my plus point [Big Grin]

Kev.

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GS1200 Xenon with Elmo 1.0...great combo along with a 16-CL Xenon for that super bright white light.

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Andrew Wilson
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 784
From: dundonald,belfast,co.antrim,northern ireland.
Registered: Jan 2006

posted June 07, 2006 12:28 PM

well jan,you are only human after all.andy.

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Barry Johnson
Master Film Handler

Posts: 358
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2003

posted June 07, 2006 12:47 PM

Have a very large whiskey and you will hear it much better!!

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted June 07, 2006 08:18 PM

You guys crack me up. Alan and Steve, great contributions - keep 'em coming! [Big Grin]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 07, 2006 09:12 PM

When you start measuring time in "Feet"...

You know you need a break!

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted June 08, 2006 08:13 AM

When you try to fire up your GS and then nothing happens. Fan turns, lamp is on but all cogs are stuck. You open the back, check the connections, check every cogs and belts and motors, put a little grease everywhere it's needed, waste an entire day disassembling the film path, check the web for spare parts, contact your Maestro in Napoli... Until you realize you forgot to push back the ESS switch to the "Normal" position after your last pulse-sync recording... (True story. Geeky, heh?)

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 08, 2006 02:45 PM

I wonder how many GS's got taken back to dealers for that problem!

Kev.

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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 09, 2006 02:57 AM

quote:
I wonder how many GS's got taken back to dealers for that problem!

Mine did... [Big Grin]

Mike

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 09, 2006 03:18 PM

Another good one is when the recording doesnt come out as expected because you have left the machine in double record mode.....yes I have done that a few times [Confused]

Kev.

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