Plain Dealer Here I Come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by MGSCP, Aug 30, 2004.

  1. MGSCP

    MGSCP Guest

    :Brow: Well guy's today I start my new job as a pressman at the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper :bglasses:

    I've been trying to get in there for two years :shock: since being downsize in 02:rant:

    I'll be working with 5 other guy's I used to work with :TU: :TU: :TU: and will be getting back some of what I lost by being downsized:ball:

    well wish me luck and off I go.......................:Brow:

    :Comp: :bglasses: :TU: :TU:
     
    MGSCP, Aug 30, 2004
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  2. 70 gsconvt

    70 gsconvt Silver Level contributor

    So you'll be working at that giant facility on I-480 and Tiedeman??
     
    70 gsconvt, Aug 30, 2004
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  3. Dana/Beth Andrews

    Dana/Beth Andrews Huc accedit zambonis!

    Congrats Mark:TU:

    Printing is a tough industry right now and snagging a plum pressman position is no small feat.

    You just make damn sure the guys on the shift before you have all the cat walks back in place before you go jumping up between units to aggitate ink or whatever.

    And of course remember to buy the guys on your machine lunch on your first payday.......rookie initiation:Dou:

    Good Luck & count all your fingers before leaving the plant each day:laugh: :puzzled:

    D.
     
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  4. Jim68Skylark

    Jim68Skylark Well-Known Member

    Good luck on the return engagement, hopefully it will be a long and lucrative one. :)
     
    Jim68Skylark, Aug 30, 2004
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  5. mechacode

    mechacode Well-Known Member

    Have fun man. :TU:
     
    mechacode, Aug 30, 2004
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  6. MGSCP

    MGSCP Guest


    yes.... you can't miss that building :eek2:

    the large glass windows is the pressroom it's a football field long and 70 feet high....... holding 4 8 tower presses :eek2:

    thanks guys the frist day went well

    :bglasses:
     
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  7. MGSCP

    MGSCP Guest

    Thanks Dana here's some pic's of the press

    http://www.bespoke.co.uk/Clients/Goss/GosEng89.htm

    http://www.gossgraphic.com/pg/products_colorliner.htm

    there are 4 presses each has 8 4/color printing towers 8 paster stations and 2 folders

    it has a spray bar dampning system and the ink is injected onto the fountain ball no ductor roller

    I'll learn more today :Brow:

    :bglasses: :TU:
     
    MGSCP, Aug 31, 2004
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  8. Dana/Beth Andrews

    Dana/Beth Andrews Huc accedit zambonis!

    Mark, thats awesome:eek2:
    I went to high school with a guy named Pete Goss.....yes Goss
    Seems his grandfather perfected and manufactured the first succesful high speed, newsprint quality web press.
    The kid had no interest in following in the family business, choosing instead to coast on the fortune of his family.
    At sixteen his dad bought him 69 cougar 4 spd with a 428 CJ. The thing had so much motor we would have to un bolt the mounts and jack the block up about 3 inches just to change out spark plugs.
    Yet he still could never seem to catch my beat up & rusty GS 455:laugh:
    Those are some NASA quality presses, take your time , learn it all & you could go anywhere and ply your trade.

    Nice Machine, good machine.

    D.
     

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