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10:31 pm February 15th, 2007
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you know, if i put much faith in such things, i'd find it very amusing that mercury went into retrograde on valentine's day. (since, you know, communication is so important to healthy relationships.)

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I have not run a printing press in... 10 or 11 years, and yet today, for some reason, I suddenly noticed the differences between the two very different sides of a piece a paper. One side is the "felt" side, the other is the "wire". Grab an ordinary sheet of paper, and feel them; the "felt" is smoother.

I could also feel the grain again. So strange. I have not noticed such things for so long, and then to have them suddenly strike me today while loading the laser printer at work.

I found my hands just naturally jogging the paper, as I had done every day for so many years, and loading it up.

I miss my presses.

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molasses From: [info]molasses Date: February 16th, 2007 06:05 am (UTC) (Link)
so, how ARE you?
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faelad From: [info]faelad Date: February 16th, 2007 03:20 pm (UTC) (Link)
Hanging in there, dear. I need to do some more posts, I know. Work & life has been busy.
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filarabit From: [info]filarabit Date: February 16th, 2007 09:18 am (UTC) (Link)
So ... do you like the smell of freshly opend paper? I have always loved that smell... I also really like the feel of really good paper... maybe I was a typesetter in a past life...
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faelad From: [info]faelad Date: February 16th, 2007 03:23 pm (UTC) (Link)
Paper, yes, and fresh ink. The entire printing process is something I miss, but running a press in particular.
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uncacreamy From: [info]uncacreamy Date: February 16th, 2007 02:56 pm (UTC) (Link)
The press thing was always so incredibly cool, and you obviously liked it so much.
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faelad From: [info]faelad Date: February 16th, 2007 03:24 pm (UTC) (Link)
Yeah. Still don't recognize my clean hands some days. I should have bought that letter-press back in the '90s.
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uncacreamy From: [info]uncacreamy Date: February 16th, 2007 03:27 pm (UTC) (Link)
*remembers your hands well, actually* Is it too late?
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sexypet From: [info]sexypet Date: February 27th, 2007 12:25 pm (UTC) (Link)

*remembers your hands well, actually*
Don't we all...the faelad was the King of Charisma.... :)
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uncacreamy From: [info]uncacreamy Date: February 27th, 2007 02:37 pm (UTC) (Link)

Re: *remembers your hands well, actually*
I spent a goodly amount of time with his hands. I think he's still the king of Charisma.:)
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faelad From: [info]faelad Date: February 27th, 2007 05:49 pm (UTC) (Link)

Re: *remembers your hands well, actually*
King of..? Oh dear, no no no, not me.
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faelad From: [info]faelad Date: February 27th, 2007 05:46 pm (UTC) (Link)
For that letter press, yes. I wouldn't buy a press until I knew where Dews and I were headed in the world...
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xydexx From: [info]xydexx Date: February 25th, 2007 06:20 am (UTC) (Link)



Miss ya. *hugs*
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faelad From: [info]faelad Date: February 27th, 2007 05:50 pm (UTC) (Link)
Oh my! I still have a couple of those kicking around somewhere. They have less impact in Albuquerque than they did when I'd leave a stack of them in GCT.

Miss you too, dear! *hugs*
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