"Dave W" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:25:13 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:24:27 +0000, Dave W
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 20:10:42 -0000, "Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\)"
wrote:

Mind you they used to eat fish and chips out of newspaper when I were a
lad.



It has also to be said that other newspapers particularly the free ones work
just as well.
Brian

Yes but the print didn't come off in those days.

Oh yes it did! The ink was cheap - carbon black in an oil carrier, and
not a drying oil at that. One of the features of newspapers in those
days was that you got your hands dirty while reading them. Didn't make
any difference to the F&C though.

I don't think you're going back far enough in time. I was talking
about letterpress, not offset litho.

It's the reason the better-off had their servants iron the newspapers.
Not to iron any out creases.


michael adams

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Dave W