Flying Pigs

MartinS wrote in news:43b715a1$0$195$ snipped-for-privacy@auth.newsreader.octanews.com:

Goes back to the days of parafin lamps and candles, what with compulsory ID cards, DNA testing, extended detentions without charge and al teh other really impotant stuff etc etc etc I don't suppose Parliament has cotoned on to the idea that theatres now use new-fangled electric lamps.

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Periander
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Periander wrote in news:Xns973DF0E9C7DB6ulmbritwarcouk@130.133.1.4:

Bloody newsreader ... (can't blame the drink), that was me picking the wrong sig.

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Chris Wilson

Now then Chris, be fair! The government has to wait until there is an outbreak of theatres burning down, and only *then* will they announce the abolition of the requirement for a fireman. That's what "joined-up" government is all about....

Cheers, Steve

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Steve W

My guess is that this only covers the moving parts.

Steam powered cars - the driver's main job was attending the fire.

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Greg Procter

qualified as an engineer and

of university training.

I live in the past. =8^] Here in NZ the Polytechs, Universities etc overlap so one can get a degree via a Polytech and attend night classes at Uni.

Regards, Greg.P.

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Greg Procter

Seems reasonable - see you next query =8^)

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Greg Procter

Why would anyone want to burn the place down? Did they put on such inflammatory material?

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Jane Sullivan

Who also, incidentally, attend fires. Normally the ones at the picket lines at the ferry........ ;-) Badger.

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Badger

"Badger" wrote

Very droll .......................... but true! ;-)

John.

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John Turner

qualified as an engineer and

of university training.

a Polytech and attend night

Ain't no such animal as a poly in the UK anymore, they're all uni's.

But the point I was making was that one can be entitled to the designation "engineer" without any sort of a degree or professional training.

Steve

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Steve Hancock

Yes. The acetate film.

Reply to
Christopher A. Lee

Twenty or so years ago, my wife worked as a broadcast engineer with a regional ITV company. If nitro-cellulose (not acetate) archive material had to be brought into the main technical area, one of the security staff had to be present with a fire extinguisher ready until it was returned to its container. The stuff was flammable to start off with, and with time degraded into a very unstable condition. Brian

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BH Williams

I worked in BBC Film Unit Management, and we weren't allowed to bring nitro-cellulose stock onto site - full stop, We had to get the film sent to a specialist centre for dealing with it, and they would transfer it to another medium - usually video tape.

I do remember our local news production in Bristol receiving a tin of old film which someone had found in their loft. They asked us in the Film Unit if we could top and tail it for transmission. We asked them the approximate date of the material and when the answer placed the material well back into the nitro era, we had to get the material escorted from the premises. Luckily, no one had tried to open the can

Jim.

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Jim Guthrie

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