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Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

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"TimW" wrote in message
...
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

a noggin is a dwang in the near of scotland .......

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On 12/11/2017 19:09, TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 1. A mattock, a dibber
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 4. a float, a hawk
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 5. a skep, a smoker
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 7. A paternoster,Â*Â* a priest,
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 9. Catafalque bier veil
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

A good collection. Would need google for a small number!

Steve

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:11:41 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 12/11/2017 19:09, TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

********** 1. A mattock, a dibber
********** 2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
********** 3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
********** 4. a float, a hawk
********** 5. a skep, a smoker
********** 6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
********** 7. A paternoster,** a priest,
********** 8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
********** 9. Catafalque bier veil
********** 10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

A good collection. Would need google for a small number!


You either haven't read the entire thread or have a worse memory than
me. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby


7. A paternoster, a priest,

Ive ridden in a paternoster, but not with a priest. ;-)

Tim




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T i m Wrote in message:
On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:11:41 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 12/11/2017 19:09, TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

A good collection. Would need google for a small number!


You either haven't read the entire thread or have a worse memory than
me. ;-)

Cheers, T i m


Er.... Presume you've forgotten this is a different thread?
this
is the 6th post (iirc :-)

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On 12/11/17 19:09, TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 1. A mattock, a dibber
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 4. a float, a hawk
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 5. a skep, a smoker
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 7. A paternoster,Â*Â* a priest,
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 9. Catafalque bier veil
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

And the answers:
1. Gardener
2. Blacksmith
3. slater/roofer
4. Plasterer
5. Beekeeper
6. tailor
7. Angler
8. carpenter
9. Undertaker
10. potter

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:55:50 +0000 (GMT+00:00), jim k wrote:

T i m Wrote in message:
On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:11:41 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 12/11/2017 19:09, TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

A good collection. Would need google for a small number!


You either haven't read the entire thread or have a worse memory than
me. ;-)

Cheers, T i m


Er.... Presume you've forgotten this is a different thread?this
is the 6th post (iirc :-)

Yeah ... I'm a right brainer you see so only remember the things that
are pertinent (to the point). ;-)

Also, there are so many duplicate threads popping up because
(possibly) my newsreader doesn't realise they are part of the original
thread, I just saw it as the same thing (which in fact to a right
brainer it is). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 7:09:13 PM UTC, TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

Are you sure you didn't write that after you'd been to the pub?

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Sounds like a gardening bee keeping jack of all trades to me, and we all
know what thy can be like.
Brian

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"TimW" wrote in message
...
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

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On 12-Nov-17 10:44 PM, Tim+ wrote:
TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby


7. A paternoster, a priest,

Ive ridden in a paternoster, but not with a priest. ;-)

It is also possible to ride in a Priest:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Priest


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Tim+ wrote:

Ive ridden in a paternoster, but not with a priest. ;-)

Over the top (or under the bottom)?

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Andy Burns wrote:

Tim+ wrote:

I’ve ridden in a paternoster, but not with a priest. ;-)

Over the top (or under the bottom)?

Both ;-)

We had one at Salford University, commissioned in 1967, after
quite a delay whilst the fire authorities sorted out necessary
precautions. The chemistry students had to be forbidden from
jumping on with arms full of glassware.

Ah, the heady days of the sixties. The architects had provided a
bench seat on each floor immediately opposite the paternoster.
The place was full of female language students, hemlines were
very high, and as the car rose, you popped up at floor level.
Views in the tower block were interesting.

Going over the top, though frowned upon, _had_ to be done It
was a little unnerving, as it got noisier and there was a bit of
vibration, being near the drive motors, but not actually as
hazardous as getting on and off normally. On each floor there was
a hinged flap. so that overhanging feet were not chopped. As the
top area was solid, there was a flap which operated a trip
switch, which was regularly operated.

Some wag went over the top and emerged standing on his head.

The whole block is now demolished, the space left appearing far
too small ever to have contained it, whilst the somewhat similar
Sheffield Arts Tower is listed!

Chris
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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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"TimW" wrote in message
...
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

a noggin is a dwang in the near of scotland .......

would you make an effort to keep your quiz inclusive? .......

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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
...

"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
...

"TimW" wrote in message
...
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

a noggin is a dwang in the near of scotland .......

would you make an effort to keep your quiz inclusive? .......

A flag, red-head and a blonde.

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Chris J Dixon wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Tim+ wrote:

Ive ridden in a paternoster, but not with a priest. ;-)

Over the top (or under the bottom)?

Both ;-)

We had one at Salford University,

We had one in James Went Building at Leicester Poly, the paternoster did
seem to spend huge chunks of time out of order, the building itself was
out of commission for a year while they removed the asbestos, and is now
demolished.

Ah, the heady days of the sixties. The architects had provided a
bench seat on each floor immediately opposite the paternoster.
The place was full of female language students, hemlines were
very high, and as the car rose, you popped up at floor level.
Views in the tower block were interesting.

We didn't get such a benefit

Going over the top, though frowned upon, _had_ to be done It
was a little unnerving, as it got noisier and there was a bit of
vibration, being near the drive motors, but not actually as
hazardous as getting on and off normally.

I gathered there were various "tilt" switches as it went over the top,
so stood very still, quite often people would "trip" it while trying.

On each floor there was a hinged flap.

During quiet times you could take a trip up and leaving all the flaps
open behind you. I seem to remember the front of the cars also hinged
upwards and would trip it if it threatened to decapitate someone.

so that overhanging feet were not chopped. As the
top area was solid, there was a flap which operated a trip
switch, which was regularly operated.

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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Chris J Dixon wrote:
Going over the top, though frowned upon, _had_ to be done It
was a little unnerving, as it got noisier and there was a bit of
vibration, being near the drive motors, but not actually as
hazardous as getting on and off normally.

Do paternosters keep the car the same way up or do they invert it as it goes
over the top? Or are there two different sorts, with the added fun being "is
this the inverting sort?".

I imagine that paternosters are good where some people are going to all the
floors and therefore a conventional lift would have to stop at each (with
deceleration and acceleration at each floor), but are very slow if most of
the people are going from the ground to the top floor, and therefore the
paternoster has to go slowly (for safety of people who might have been
getting on/off at each floor) where a conventional lift could accelerate to
a faster speed when bypassing the intermediate floors. And also they are not
good if a lot of people want to get on/off and have to all do so within a
fairly small window of time while the lift floor is still within jumping
distance of the building floor.

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On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:46:52 -0000
"NY" wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
Chris J Dixon wrote:
Going over the top, though frowned upon, _had_ to be done It
was a little unnerving, as it got noisier and there was a bit of
vibration, being near the drive motors, but not actually as
hazardous as getting on and off normally.

Do paternosters keep the car the same way up or do they invert it as
it goes over the top? Or are there two different sorts, with the
added fun being "is this the inverting sort?".

No, your feet remained downwards at all times! A bit bumpy as it went
under or over the top, but good fun ;-)

I imagine that paternosters are good where some people are going to
all the floors and therefore a conventional lift would have to stop
at each (with deceleration and acceleration at each floor), but are
very slow if most of the people are going from the ground to the top
floor, and therefore the paternoster has to go slowly (for safety of
people who might have been getting on/off at each floor) where a
conventional lift could accelerate to a faster speed when bypassing
the intermediate floors. And also they are not good if a lot of
people want to get on/off and have to all do so within a fairly small
window of time while the lift floor is still within jumping distance
of the building floor.

A little like the underground really. If you couldn't get in one,
another would be along. In a few seconds in this case.

Because only so many people could get on and off in the limited time
available they weren't as crowded as a conventional lift car could be.

I only remember it running at a fixed speed but there were never long
queues as there were quite a few lift cars in the chain.

This was circa 1975/7 at Crawley Technical College. Went back there in
the 80s and they had been replaced by normal lifts with the typical
queues.

They worked very well and I never heard of any accidents but Health &
Safety types obviously got their way :-(

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SteveE wrote:

On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:46:52 -0000
"NY" wrote:

I imagine that paternosters are good where some people are going to
all the floors and therefore a conventional lift would have to stop
at each (with deceleration and acceleration at each floor), but are
very slow if most of the people are going from the ground to the top
floor, and therefore the paternoster has to go slowly (for safety of
people who might have been getting on/off at each floor) where a
conventional lift could accelerate to a faster speed when bypassing
the intermediate floors. And also they are not good if a lot of
people want to get on/off and have to all do so within a fairly small
window of time while the lift floor is still within jumping distance
of the building floor.

A little like the underground really. If you couldn't get in one,
another would be along. In a few seconds in this case.

Because only so many people could get on and off in the limited time
available they weren't as crowded as a conventional lift car could be.

I only remember it running at a fixed speed but there were never long
queues as there were quite a few lift cars in the chain.

Yes, they only ever ran at a fairly steady speed, since it had to
be safe for people getting on and off at any time.

Our cars were only supposed to carry a maximum of two passengers.
It would have been a challenge (which some no doubt accepted) to
get more on and off in the time available.

The biggest problem with flow was that, since lecture times were
pretty standard, everyone wanted to move at the same time. At
intermediate floors it could be rather like trying to spot a gap
on a busy motorway. They would no doubt have been much better in
locations which had less peaky demand.

Chris
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:51:12 -0000, NY wrote:

A flag, red-head and a blonde.

There should be at least one other in here who knows who uses those.
Along with brutes, bashers and inky dinks.

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
idual.net...
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:51:12 -0000, NY wrote:

A flag, red-head and a blonde.

There should be at least one other in here who knows who uses those.
Along with brutes, bashers and inky dinks.

what about grunters ? ......

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On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:46:40 +0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:

There should be at least one other in here who knows who uses those.
Along with brutes, bashers and inky dinks.

Perhaps you could throw some light on that Dave! ;)

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In message , The Other John
writes
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:46:40 +0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:

There should be at least one other in here who knows who uses those.
Along with brutes, bashers and inky dinks.

Perhaps you could throw some light on that Dave! ;)

Are they lighting systems for the film industry?


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On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:51:36 +0000, Tim Lamb wrote:

Are they lighting systems for the film industry?

And TV.

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On 12/11/2017 22:44, Tim+ wrote:
TimW wrote:
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby


7. A paternoster, a priest,

Ive ridden in a paternoster, but not with a priest. ;-)

Tim




its a bleeding fisherman type person

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"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
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In message , The Other John
writes
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:46:40 +0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:

There should be at least one other in here who knows who uses those.
Along with brutes, bashers and inky dinks.

Perhaps you could throw some light on that Dave! ;)

Are they lighting systems for the film industry?

They are types (mainly different sizes, AIUI) of filming lights. Other
things are flags (shades put in front of a non-filming light that cannot be
turned off during location filming) and barn doors (hinged plates attached
to the side of a light to restrict its beam); a snoot is a conical shade
placed on the front of the lamp to give a narrow circular beam.

What's the name for the huge cylindrical lights mounted on a crane to
provide wide-area "moonlight" lighting of a night scene?
https://s8.postimg.org/egkuxo0ud/Pict0558.jpg (close-up) and
https://s8.postimg.org/odvvqqnvp/Pict0591.jpg (high up on the crane)

https://s8.postimg.org/k4r5oksc5/Pict0592.jpg shows a flag - the black panel
on the RHS of the picture at the left side of the archway to stop the light
from the lamp above the archway (part of the Oxford college where this was
filmed) illuminating the actors with a greenish hue from the mercury
discharge lamp. The scene was lit entirely by the lights mentioned in the
previous paragraph; it was night time.

I took those pictures during the filming of an episode of Inspector Lewis.

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On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:06:51 -0000, NY wrote:

Along with brutes, bashers and inky dinks.

Perhaps you could throw some light on that Dave! ;)

Are they lighting systems for the film industry?

They are types (mainly different sizes, AIUI) of filming lights.

Yep,

Red Head - tungsten halogen about 500 to 800 W. approx 6" dia with a
hemispherical glass fibre(?) back which is red in colour.

Blonde - grown up Red Head, tungsten halogen 2.5 kW approx 12 " dia
rear casing a yellowy orange.

Inky Dink - small tungsten light, 100 W, quite well controlled beam.
Often used or put a glint in the actors eye without altering the real
lighting.

Brute - The larger HMI (Hydrargyrum Medium-arc Iodide) gas discharge
luminaires. Daylight colur temperature 10+ kW or so. Fresnel lens
approx 3' dia. ******* things, weigh a lot, shove out a tremendous
amount of light, enough light to compete with direct midday, mid
summer, sunlight, but also shove out a tremendous amount of heat they
might be about 10% effcient, ie a 10 kW brute produces 9 kW of
heat...

Basher - Bit like a Read Head, probably battery powered and on a
short pole as a "Hand Basher".

Flag - Something that stops light going where it shouldn't that isn't
part of a luminaire. Normally black cloth over a metal frame witha
spigot to fit into a lighting stand to clamp.

What's the name for the huge cylindrical lights mounted on a crane to
provide wide-area "moonlight" lighting of a night scene?
https://s8.postimg.org/egkuxo0ud/Pict0558.jpg

Donno, but I'm TV and I think Lewis was shot with real film. If so it
would be using a drama "film crew" and film DOP and thus film lights
rather than TV. Both the cradles and the mount they are on appear to
be motorised. TV would tend to have a cherry picker and send a man up
in the cage to set the llights, he may or may not then stay up there.

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NY wrote:

They are types (mainly different sizes, AIUI) of filming lights.

In stage lights I like the way that a Birdie is less than a PAR.

I only recently discovered that ABBA's Supertrouper was all about
a follow spot.

Chris
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In article ,
NY wrote:
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
...

"TimW" wrote in message
...
Below, you get the names of items used in a trade, profession or hobby.
What is that trade, profession or hobby

1. A mattock, a dibber
2. Fuller, bellows, swage, mandrel
3. A rip, a ladder, a scribe
4. a float, a hawk
5. a skep, a smoker
6. A pressing ham, a clapper, chalk
7. A paternoster, a priest,
8. A noggin, a bradawl an adze
9. Catafalque bier veil
10. Jigger jolley, pug, harp & wheel

I am off down the pub. Answers later.
Thanks all for your help.

a noggin is a dwang in the near of scotland .......

would you make an effort to keep your quiz inclusive? .......

A flag, red-head and a blonde.

Don't forget the Yashmak. ;-)

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"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
...
I only recently discovered that ABBA's Supertrouper was all about
a follow spot.

Likewise I only learned it a year or so ago. Until then I thought it was the
performer rather than the light who was the Supertrouper. But the first line
*is* "Supertrouper lights are gonna blind me", which should have given the
game away.

In his spare time my great grandpa (who died long before I was born) used to
work as a follow-spot operator in his local theatre in his spare time - and
in those days the lights were carbon arc which got very hot. The carbon rod
used to burn down during the performance and had to be replaced during the
interval using a pair of tongs. Apparently in those days a lot of theatrical
lighting using very narrow-beam spotlights on objects that were referred to
in the script - "You'll find my cigars on the mantelpiece", and a light
would illuminate the cigars. It all sounds a bit contrived and force-fed,
and it must have been a nightmare lining up all the spotlights and maybe
moving them from illuminating one object to another on cue, when you
couldn't actually turn the beam on (because it would be seen by the
audience) to adjust it until it was correctly lined up.

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A flag, red-head and a blonde.

Don't forget the Yashmak. ;-)

Not heard of a yashmak before - "let's have the blonde wearing the yashmak
over here and put the brute over there by the red-head" :-)

I was surprised when I was watching the filming of Lewis how often they used
lights outside a building shining in through the windows to supplement the
daylight: https://s8.postimg.org/wjx8afgc5/Pict7331.jpg and
https://s8.postimg.org/j309rtt8l/Pict9842.jpg - notice the blue gels to
balance the lights to be daylight coloured - I imagine it's much easier to
light the scene for daylight than than to light it for tungsten and then
have to put amber gels on any windows that are in shot or that are lighting
the scene.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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A flag, red-head and a blonde.

Don't forget the Yashmak. ;-)

Not heard of a yashmak before - "let's have the blonde wearing the
yashmak over here and put the brute over there by the red-head" :-)

It's effectively a cloth french flag.

I was surprised when I was watching the filming of Lewis how often they
used lights outside a building shining in through the windows to
supplement the daylight: https://s8.postimg.org/wjx8afgc5/Pict7331.jpg
and https://s8.postimg.org/j309rtt8l/Pict9842.jpg - notice the blue
gels to balance the lights to be daylight coloured - I imagine it's
much easier to light the scene for daylight than than to light it for
tungsten and then have to put amber gels on any windows that are in
shot or that are lighting the scene.

It makes you independent of the actual daylight. Using the real sun could
also give continuity problems with shadows changing place within the room
- since things are rarely shot in either real time or story order.

HMI lights tend to be the order of the day on location due to being less
power hungary. But are closer to daylight than tungsten. Hence the filters
if tungsten are used where less powerful units are OK. The camera white
balance can be altered to suit anyway.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

It makes you independent of the actual daylight. Using the real sun could
also give continuity problems with shadows changing place within the room
- since things are rarely shot in either real time or story order.

The giveaway is when shadows are clearly not from a source at
infinity - there is a visible divergence.

Chris
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