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    How many techs does it take to change a lightbulb?

    Some of my favorite responses to the question, "So, what WAS wrong with the light?" A. "Um, we forgot to plug it in." B. "We didn't patch it into the board." C. the everpopular, "No lamp." D. "I thought the 'new kid' was going to hang that light." and the new most popular... E. "It...
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    A big welcome to our newest member!!!!!!!!

    Actnicians or techtorsLeper! Fie on thee to call a technician who also acts a leper. I know very few people who appreciate my work more than the techtor ,or actnician. I spend hours on the focus and color scheme of my lighting design and THEY NOTICE. I add a chair rail and practical...
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    Corn chips in the booth.

    No food, no drink in the booth. Wanna drink? (step outside) Need a snack? (take five, go get chips, just don't bring it into the booth) Of course if you happen to have an extra ETC 24/48 laying around or the $2,500 it would cost to get a new one... No cell phones either. We had our 24/48...
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    Disciplinary and other issues

    You can also try "grounding them." If I have a technician who is unruly and they work on lights, boom, no cats for a week. If they do the same infraction again...permanent. If you are not allowed in the cats you can't really do lights so...why don't you (unruly technician) go clean the orchestra...
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    How to keep your gels from burning out too quickly

    gelsI used pounce wheel from the costume shop to aerate the gels once and it seemed to work fairly well. For me, the biggest baking problem I have is with my Altman Sky cycs, largely because I run 1500's in them and have teenaged lighting technicians. They seem to follow the "This is...
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    Techie sayings

    sayingsAll the opera geeks used to say somethin' like "Il boca de lupo." Which I'm told means "in the mouth of the wolf." It's foriegn so it makes ya seem smart, and it's italian so...yeah I guess that's good, too. So, why in the mouth of the wolf? 1. When you are already in the mouth of...
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    Footwear

    I love wearing my Vasque hiking boots. They feel safe, I can stand for a long time and they give great ankle support. But, on the down side, it also turns my feet into little bitty pot roasts. So I try to make sure that if I'm going to be in for 12-15 hours, I pack a couple of pairs of...
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