the magic of television
Nov. 9th, 2011 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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On NCIS. Power is out, and they need to distribute a criminal sketch, so they have dug a mimeo machine out of storage and are poking gingerly at it.
Gibbs comes along and shows the youngsters what's what. You just zoom the roller into position, stick the drawing on it, and roll out copies. Hey presto! No styluses, stencils, or ink, just roll that original and watch the prints come out.
We had it easy. Not like the young people of today, who have to use non-occult means to make copies.
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On NCIS. Power is out, and they need to distribute a criminal sketch, so they have dug a mimeo machine out of storage and are poking gingerly at it.
Gibbs comes along and shows the youngsters what's what. You just zoom the roller into position, stick the drawing on it, and roll out copies. Hey presto! No styluses, stencils, or ink, just roll that original and watch the prints come out.
We had it easy. Not like the young people of today, who have to use non-occult means to make copies.
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