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Bragging on my credit union, in Michigan: I deposit checks online by submitting a photo of front and rear. The software is set up to enable doing so. The hard copy check ends up in my file here at home.

An Equity buddy was an understudy in it for 22 years. Including for two roles that had a scene together. “Which side of the conversation am I tonight?“

We will hang instruments with sidearms 90* out on battens. Sometimes it’s to hang on the same batten as a teaser. Then we will use at least two sidearms on the battens, clamped to the batten with the arm straight up next to a line the batten hangs from. Then tie/secure the “stiffener” at the end...

Sunglasses. The eyes can become 4 point or 8 point star filters from looking into hotspots too much. Sunglasses allow you to see/feel what’s going on but help hold off the stress(?) to the eyes.Otherwise, I agree on looking for the hotspot and going from there. I once had to focus an outdoor...

Does it have a license key on a usb stick? They can work loose enough that they are not recognized, thus the board reverts to demo or factory mode. On ours we open the top (control surface) and pull and reinsert the USB key to make sure it is seated well. Preferably do this with the console off...

They are reporting only a few broken windows in the Saenger and one other bldg. Looks like the theatre is ok. Good thing that crane fell and aligned with the street as it hit the ground. Other damage was said to be fairly minor - to a sewer line. They are also spinning that the crane that hung...

Who's the old-timer??? Got out the olde books.JACKPOT SPOILER!!! In Jan '91 there are a bunch of silks including a different blue. Ha. See below.1.) In a current book I see the R121 Blue Diffusion and R125 Blue Cyc Silk.In July 1982: there was R120, 121, 122, 123 but none of the silk...

Where does the "non-dimmable three pin outlet get it's power?" Is it truly straight non-dim power? Or is it a dimmer parked at full providing the power? The second choice is bad news and could explain why they work when plugged into "power from a normal 120v 60hz edison". A parked dimmer does...

I thought I had seen/heard that the powercons are not rated to be made or unmade while power is on. Is that indeed true? My practice is to power down if doing so, frinstance during a focus to shift a fixture that would require unplugging. We do power down to make such changes. Others have...

Both ways? Does Bill like to back in sometimes? (hiding now)

"That’s right, come fall, the hemp system at The National — one of only a handful of such systems left in the U.S. — will be no more. The $1.5 million project is, truly, the end of an era."...

Having a bunch of these we are in the same boat. The grippy things get lost but also degrade from heat and can break apart when changing lens settings, sticking to the lens or the barrel.I use rubber jacket from S cable. 14 or 16 gauge is about the right size, #12 will probably be too...

It would be a rare instance where I'd want a switch to really work, whether it's a simple switch or to trigger a relay.If the goal is for the practical switching to work with general lighting cues to reflect a changing light source, it can be a headache. It can lead to difficulty in getting...

Happy Belated Birthday to the Queen!!! Thank you for your indulgences.

We've had great luck just doing it w/incandescents and not worrying about lamp failures. Truthfully there has not been much of a choice. Sometimes we would go a full run, 35 shows, w/o a failure. Losses have been very rare.Fortunately (or not!!!) we have done many shows with a False Proscenium...