I promise to write your name down on a piece of paper in every state I pass through. When I'm all done that would be:

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia.

If I remember, I may have already done it in Pennslyvania. I could possibly go to New York and Ohio, too.

I'll let you know when I complete the list.

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Simply throwing in some spurious garbage

and and and and and and and and and
or or or or or or or or or or or or

can make a big difference, too.

Evans

1. Yes
2. Yes, although I guess now it would be Bob Marr's Joke-A-Thon
3. Nope
4. I've done that
5. Yep.
6. Guilty as charged!
7. Sure do
8. I couldn't have said it better myself!
9. I've been guilty of that one too.
10. I've done that.
11. I have 16. But I'm dying to try it at my first theater, a 20-plex :-D
12. Yes
13. Sure do!
14. Uh, no, I'm not quite that good (yet)
15. I assume this was before Brad had a picture??

Wow, only 2 out of 15 no's. Scary, ain't it?

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This one time, at Projection Camp, I stuck a xenon bulb....

Ken, you say "I have 16..." Are you just saying that you have 16 screens, or have you actually done a 16 screen interlock there? The closest I know of to anyone meeting the 16 screen interlock was one reel through 14 screens at the local AMC 24 plex.

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1. You check film-tech forums at least once an hour to see if any new posts have been made.

2. The Bob Maar's Joke-a-Thon forum has superceded all your other sources for jokes on the net. [That forum was originally a single thread in Film-Yak.]

3. You put a link to film-tech on a WWW site that you run, not primarily to let your users know about it, but to provide a link so you can more easily get to it.

4. You post a review of a movie on the movie review forum as soon as you get to a computer after leaving the movie theatre.

5. You have no fear of condemnation by other members if you mention thinking that your booth is haunted.

6. You edit every post 4 or 5 times after first submission to correct every spelling and grammatical error that you're aware of.

7. You get depressed if it is a slow day for film-tech postings.

8. When you're sitting in a theatre, you notice every detail that is wrong with the presentation and auditorium environment and wish you could fix it.

9. When someone asks you how a movie was, you give details based on the quality of the presentation rather than of the movie contents or quality.

10. Any time you're in any room in a building with a large amount of unused space, you calculate the maximum size screen that could be placed there and think of how the room could be turned into a theatre auditorium.

11. If your theatre has more than 16 screens, you are dying to interlock a movie through all of the projectors to top the 16-way interlock.

12. Your web browser always knows your username and password for film-tech, so you never have to actually type it. [It originally said "Microsoft Internet Explorer" rather than "your web browser".]

13. You find yourself using the phrase "Film Done Right" to describe theatres with excellent presentation quality.

14. After any movie, you know if sperical or anamorphic lenses were used, and know how many blades were in the shutter mechanism of the camera that filmed it.

15. You wonder what the moderator, Brad Miller, really looks like. [This was before pictures were used on the forums].

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1. Yep. I also sit in the chat room sometimes in case people are on the forums and are as lonely as I.

2. Haven't really read the Bob Maar forum yet in fear it will consume
every last ounce of time I have.

3. Don't really have any active sites up right now, but that's a good idea.

4. Haven't posted any reviews yet. I like every movie I see because movies are fun.

5. Everyone's booth is haunted.

6. Yep. Spelling, grammatical, and when I see I said the same thing three times in three different sentences.

7. Very true. But then I just surf over to drive-ins.com and check all the latest pictures, comments, and just browse in general for a few hours...

8. Right on! "If only I worked here..."

9. EXACTLY! Especially when people ask about Episode II. I explain that the focus was soft and they give me a blank stare.

10. ALL THE TIME! And when I am over someone's house, I begin calculating their living room into a screening room.

11. No way. Interlcoks scur me.

12. I never use the "remember my password" feature because I am afraid of the government posting under my name.

13. Yes, and "Film Done Wrong" for those that have poor presentation quality. Come to think of it, I saw a kid fall on a skateboard the other day and thought, "Skating Done Wrong"...

14. Sorry, not THAT good at spotting those things yet.

15. Even though he has a picture now, I still wonder...

1. You check film-tech forums at least once an hour to see if any new posts have been made.

Well of course, doesn't everyone? (1)

2. The Bob Maar's Joke-a-Thon forum has superceded all your other sources for jokes on the net. [That forum was originally a single thread in Film-Yak.]

Bob is incredible, how in hell does he remember all these? Just 50 more pages to go (at this point). (1)

3. You put a link to film-tech on a WWW site that you run, not primarily to let your users know about it, but to provide a link so you can more easily get to it.

Me? Run a site? I am down to ten minutes to get on this one. (0)

4. You post a review of a movie on the movie review forum as soon as you get to a computer after leaving the movie theatre.

Hell, I never get to see a whole movie. (0)

5. You have no fear of condemnation by other members if you mention thinking that your booth is haunted.

Of course I have worked haunted booths (usually friendly). I am sure there are many more out there too. (1)

6. You edit every post 4 or 5 times after first submission to correct every spelling and grammatical error that you're aware of.

Only 4 or 5 times? (Takes me that many to spell my name wright). (1)

7. You get depressed if it is a slow day for film-tech postings.

Yeah, what the hell are the rest of you having fun at that I'm not? (1)

8. When you're sitting in a theatre, you notice every detail that is wrong with the presentation and auditorium environment and wish you could fix it.

Everytime, no matter how good the presentation is, I search all the harder for anything worng. (1)

9. When someone asks you how a movie was, you give details based on the quality of the presentation rather than of the movie contents or quality.

As a projectionist, I was never able to remember the movie I was playing at the time. (0)

10. Any time you're in any room in a building with a large amount of unused space, you calculate the maximum size screen that could be placed there and think of how the room could be turned into a theatre auditorium.

I rather imagine where the projection room(s) would be and on which side of the projector the platters would have to be. (1)

11. If your theatre has more than 16 screens, you are dying to interlock a movie through all of the projectors to top the 16-way interlock.

Bin there, done that. (not with nitrate yet, tho). (1)

12. Your web browser always knows your username and password for film-tech, so you never have to actually type it. ]

It would, if I would let it. (0)

13. You find yourself using the phrase "Film Done Right" to describe theatres with excellent presentation quality.

Of course.(Don't tell John tho, he gets pissed when i pay him the 5 bucks per time in Canadian money). (1)

14. After any movie, you know if sperical or anamorphic lenses were used, and know how many blades were in the shutter mechanism of the camera that filmed it.

Lenses, probably, blades no. (0)

15. You wonder what the moderator, Brad Miller, really looks like. [This was before pictures were used on the forums].

I guess my score is 10.

By the way, that discussion about Brad & Joe is hysterical!