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Originally Posted by DNSB
Advocating a move back to the good old days of hot metal typesetting? Been there, done that, still have the scars and em ruler to show for it.
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My grandfather worked on a hot metal Linotype machine up to the 1970s. The company kept just one going for wedding invitations and the like. In his last year before retirement he managed, somehow, to put a finger into the pot.
It was a very clean amputation. All the doctor had to do was trim it a little and fold a flap of skin over the end. Apparently it didn't hurt at the time. The doctor said 'It will in a few days'. And it did.