[BC] the old board op mentality

[Kevin Raper]

On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:30 AM, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:

>The first thing I had to learn as a "radio engineer" was how to change the ribbon without getting any ink on my fingers! Also, I was introduced to WD-40. Squirt that into the ribbon reels and you have a new ribbon without even changing it! It would migrate ink from the portion of the reel that was never struck by a hammer to the active region. You could do this many times before the ribbon really needed to be changed because the paper was printed in "oil!"

And the Station owner I worked for was so Cheap, he balked at buying ribbons then! LOL He would use them until they were a Tan color. He did the same with Type Writer Ribbons as well.

73,
Kevin Raper
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