> > Film on rolls - simple way to go or so it seems. I merely let the > film I"ve read drop over the back of my desk onto the floor as it > comes out of the reader and where it stays out of the way until I have > finished and need to re-roll manually. This takes maybe 3 minutes to > do. Denise - why don't you get a spare reel & wind the film onto it as you've read - no mess on the floor, no fear of damage & hubby can get the hoovering done without the fear of some of Beechworth's history disappearing up the tube. Yes I still manually re roll the film at the end. Then the only film you end up with on the floor is when someone yells for a please check from a year you haven't got in the reader. The art of changing reels very quickly. Or as you describe below... > HOWEVER, as soon as you have re-rolled the film you always have to > unroll it, check something or go back for something missed. Unroll > the film all over the floor until you get to the date. Get your > information and then start to re-roll. Untangled the dog, unwrap the > chair legs, don't trip yourself and make sure no one walks on it. > Then re-roll - 3 minutes for a small item you needed. > > HOWEVER - every single minute is worth it in the long run for your own > research. > > Chris - the Federal Standard is one also where you need to stand on > your head, on the desk, sideways , twisting your neck with your arms > between your legs and type at the same time....tad tiring. One must > call for help after an hour to be untangled and dropped on the floor > then ironed out flat. No, not the film, me. Definitely Denise, I have just read where they are receiving coach loads of female lunatics at the Asylum, I think we're on the next one - box seats!! Chris

> Denise - why don't you get a spare reel & wind the film onto it as you've > read - no mess on the floor, no fear of damage & hubby can get the > hoovering done without the fear of some of Beechworth's history > disappearing up the tube. Yes I still manually re roll the film at the > end. Sounds too hard. No one can get in the way of my film under the desk - it won't grab anyone who is vacuuming, who vacuums under the desk when there is film there? And yes please - Box Seats in fact let us have the reigns.

You could always turn the reader on it's side!!?? That might be easier than turning you on the side. Anyone tried it? Sounds a lot of fun, Denise, the way you do it. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Chris [mailto:wildmob@dodo.com.au] Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2006 8:41 PM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HC] Off Topic - 35mm Newspaper reader > > Film on rolls - simple way to go or so it seems. I merely let the > film I"ve read drop over the back of my desk onto the floor as it > comes out of the reader and where it stays out of the way until I have > finished and need to re-roll manually. This takes maybe 3 minutes to > do. Denise - why don't you get a spare reel & wind the film onto it as you've read - no mess on the floor, no fear of damage & hubby can get the hoovering done without the fear of some of Beechworth's history disappearing up the tube. Yes I still manually re roll the film at the end. Then the only film you end up with on the floor is when someone yells for a please check from a year you haven't got in the reader. The art of changing reels very quickly. Or as you describe below... > HOWEVER, as soon as you have re-rolled the film you always have to > unroll it, check something or go back for something missed. Unroll > the film all over the floor until you get to the date. Get your > information and then start to re-roll. Untangled the dog, unwrap the > chair legs, don't trip yourself and make sure no one walks on it. > Then re-roll - 3 minutes for a small item you needed. > > HOWEVER - every single minute is worth it in the long run for your own > research. > > Chris - the Federal Standard is one also where you need to stand on > your head, on the desk, sideways , twisting your neck with your arms > between your legs and type at the same time....tad tiring. One must > call for help after an hour to be untangled and dropped on the floor > then ironed out flat. No, not the film, me. Definitely Denise, I have just read where they are receiving coach loads of female lunatics at the Asylum, I think we're on the next one - box seats!! Chris