re: Pictures from days gone by....

This might not resonate with most, but look at the size of the newspaper! I was working in the newspaper industry right as the huge companies started to downsize the paper size to save money. It was crazy watching them try and gaslight customers into buying ads in a smaller space for more money.

If you look at the front page, there are 7 columns. We'd sell ad space by the column inch, so one column in width by one inch in height, and so on making boxes. A 3x6 = 3 columns by 6" high. Problem is as the paper shrunk so did the actual size of the ad...literally. It took up the same percentage of the page, but the text, images, etc were smaller. Customers understood this immediately but the paper simply refused to grasp this concept.

Sorry...overtime I see a daily newspaper now at it looks like some free publication outside of a grocery store I think back to how huge they used to be.

I also worked at a newspaper when the web width was downsized. But I was in the IT department for that change. We were still using the negative film. So we had to change the size in the network, the film processor, the plate maker and the press. That was a huge pain in the arse with all the egos and nonsense. Plus bosses putting their 2 cents in just made everything and everyday a mess. A lot of late nights and weekends with all the interference.

Wow. Blast from the past. I saw the pic and I thought that reminded me of the cool slide I used to hit as a kid visiting Shreveport. And then I saw the caption.

Not sure which one it is in the picture, but local respected planner/landscape architect Ace Torre (who I worked with once on a project) was at one time a member of that band, IIRC.

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