@ircon96 Oops, sorry @Wookee, i somehow didn’t see yours up there! (I thought it was weird that it wasn’t even on the original list. ) Oh well, great minds & all that.
@shahnm Wow, we must have a psychic connection, cuz i didn’t even see your post till i saved mine, or i would have tagged you, too. Another great minds moment! Or is it a mind meld?
@Kyeh I remember him! He was a fellow Franco-American, a sort-of-local boy, born & raised just over the border, about an hour south of me, in Lawrence, MA. Such a small world, my uncle owned a print shop in that city (years later, of course), & i spent a lot of time there in my teens.
@Kyeh Actually, my grandmother spoke Canadian French, but she didn’t speak it to us kids, so i only picked up a few naughty phrases here & there. I took Parisian French for SIX freakin’ years in school, but didn’t retain a lot. I’d describe my abilities as rudimentary, at best. I could get by reading signs (i read a little better than i speak, but that’s not saying much!) & using basic phrases, but i can’t converse fluently, unfortunately. I wish my grandmother had spoken it to us when we were really young & could absorb it better.
As far as the print shop, my older brother was an actual employee for years & operated some of the big machines, but i only helped out with menial stuff, like collating & stitching, when they had big jobs or when i had spare time, before i got a steady after-school job. Being a word geek, though, during lulls & breaks, i used to hang out with the typesetter, who was a cool chick. I actually thought about learning the trade before i found a more local job that i could ride my bike to, since this was all before i was old enough to drive. Man, i was a zygote!
@ircon96 Did the typesetter run one of those big linotype machines? Or did she actually set type by hand? I learned offset printing in school and later joined a group that does letterpress printing, so I’m always interested when I encounter someone else who’s done it.
As for languages, I feel exactly the same way about Japanese - I really wish my mother had used it with us, but she thought at the time that it would keep us from getting good at English in school. Now they know that it’s actually an advantage to be fluent in more than one language. Oh well!
@Kyeh Very true about the importance & usefulness of languages!
They did mostly large commercial jobs using offset lithography, i believe, but my uncle had a soft spot for the old-school methods and equipment, so they had some of the old stuff around, too. And the typesetter had been in the business for a long time, so she had experience with various methods.
I can’t remember if she used a Linotype (or possibly a Monotype?) at that point, i think it was mostly phototypesetting, but they also did smaller letterpress & engraving jobs, where she would set by hand, iirc. There were also occasional art prints, like the one below, from a NH pen & ink artist. I got to keep a copy due to my love of horses. (Sorry for the shadow & the edge of my dog’s butt, she was being nosy! Lol)
My memory of that stuff is hazy, but i remember it was pretty cool to see all that exotic (to me) equipment! I also got to see the huge presses in action & especially remember the big cutter, slicing through reams of heavy stock like buttah! Kinda scary to think what it could do to a body part! Lol
@Wookee I hear ya, about being tired! You know what? I do believe i was thinking of Victor French when i saw yours, cuz i was thinking of a whole different person than French Stewart, but close enough! Lol
That was brutal, reading through all of those and not seeing the obvious Wahlburgers. Donnie, Mark and Paul.
My Mom loved that show and I watch reruns whenever I can
I thought Jon Hamm(burger) was the best on that list
I do enjoy Sirloin Backrib Stew-art.
(Burger) Patty Duke
Chuck Roast Norris
@shahnm it’s amazing the things that Roast can do, according to the internet anyway
Jack London Broil
Isaac Ribeyesamov
T-Bone steak Walker
Omar StewBeef
KaBob Saget
Mia Marrow
Hillary Shank
Filet Knight
Biltong Eilish
Stevey Martiny (The Jerky)
Aren’t all celebrities just big Hams?
Kobe Bryant
Mr. T-Bone
Grissel Bundchen
Stewart French Dip
Mary Steervirgin
Moory Povich
Arnold Schnitzelburger
Al Frankenfurter
Amy Porterhouse
KeeWagyu Reeves
Tom Shanks
Donald Rumpsteak
Black Angus Young
Carne Wilson
Some gimmes:
Meatloaf
Shia LaBeouf
Jon Heffer
Barbacoa Walters
Richard Kielbasa
Sarah Highland
Came here to say Meatloaf (RIP) but someone beat me to it.
Don Brisket (shout out to Dark Shadows!)
Eric Asada
Pair-roast Hilton
Steak Diane Keaton
Sarah Jessica Porterhouse
Roast Malone
Mr. T-bone
@ircon96 @Wookee beat you to it…
@ircon96 Oops, sorry @Wookee, i somehow didn’t see yours up there! (I thought it was weird that it wasn’t even on the original list.
) Oh well, great minds & all that.
@shahnm Wow, we must have a psychic connection, cuz i didn’t even see your post till i saved mine, or i would have tagged you, too. Another great minds moment! Or is it a mind meld?
Sam Sheperd’s Pie
Skirt Steak Ulrich
Flat iron Pugh
Sloppy Joe DiMaggio
Guillermo del Toro
Tri-tip Heifer (RIP, Battlestar Galactica)
Tom Bourguignon (the Dancing with the Stars guy…)
Hanger Steak Waddingham
Mike Mignon (from Beef Wellington Paranormal)
Mark Pot-au-Feuerstein
Tartare Reid
Catherine Oxenberg
Au Poivre Plaza
Jon M. Churrasco
Steak Diane Keaton
@railek Sorry, @Kyeh beat you to it
Sandra Bull-ock
Tagine Egerton
Harmony Korean Beef
Donald & Kiefer Sauerbraten
Benedict Cumberland Pie
Rissole Ifans (or Darby)
Crystal Béarnaise
Richard Bulgogi (bonus, he happened to be in Osso Bucco!
)
Ribley Scott
Goulash Hawn
@ircon96
Or Robert Goulash, from Camelot, etc.
@Kyeh I remember him! He was a fellow Franco-American, a sort-of-local boy, born & raised just over the border, about an hour south of me, in Lawrence, MA. Such a small world, my uncle owned a print shop in that city (years later, of course), & i spent a lot of time there in my teens.
@ircon96 Oh, cool! So that’s why your French is so good?
Also - a printshop??? Did you learn to print?
@Kyeh Actually, my grandmother spoke Canadian French, but she didn’t speak it to us kids, so i only picked up a few naughty phrases here & there. I took Parisian French for SIX freakin’ years in school, but didn’t retain a lot.
I’d describe my abilities as rudimentary, at best. I could get by reading signs (i read a little better than i speak, but that’s not saying much!) & using basic phrases, but i can’t converse fluently, unfortunately. I wish my grandmother had spoken it to us when we were really young & could absorb it better.
As far as the print shop, my older brother was an actual employee for years & operated some of the big machines, but i only helped out with menial stuff, like collating & stitching, when they had big jobs or when i had spare time, before i got a steady after-school job. Being a word geek, though, during lulls & breaks, i used to hang out with the typesetter, who was a cool chick. I actually thought about learning the trade before i found a more local job that i could ride my bike to, since this was all before i was old enough to drive. Man, i was a zygote!
@ircon96 Did the typesetter run one of those big linotype machines? Or did she actually set type by hand? I learned offset printing in school and later joined a group that does letterpress printing, so I’m always interested when I encounter someone else who’s done it.
As for languages, I feel exactly the same way about Japanese - I really wish my mother had used it with us, but she thought at the time that it would keep us from getting good at English in school. Now they know that it’s actually an advantage to be fluent in more than one language. Oh well!
@Kyeh Very true about the importance & usefulness of languages!
They did mostly large commercial jobs using offset lithography, i believe, but my uncle had a soft spot for the old-school methods and equipment, so they had some of the old stuff around, too. And the typesetter had been in the business for a long time, so she had experience with various methods.
I can’t remember if she used a Linotype (or possibly a Monotype?) at that point, i think it was mostly phototypesetting, but they also did smaller letterpress & engraving jobs, where she would set by hand, iirc. There were also occasional art prints, like the one below, from a NH pen & ink artist. I got to keep a copy due to my love of horses. (Sorry for the shadow & the edge of my dog’s butt, she was being nosy! Lol)
My memory of that stuff is hazy, but i remember it was pretty cool to see all that exotic (to me) equipment! I also got to see the huge presses in action & especially remember the big cutter, slicing through reams of heavy stock like buttah! Kinda scary to think what it could do to a body part!
Lol
Ragù Jackman
Joseph Bolognese
Chow Mein Yun-Fat
Tim Curry
Teriyaki Crews
Borscht Karloff
Bobby Carne-vale
French dip Stewart
Damn, @Wookee, i kinda did it again, except the names are reversed! My senility is in full force tonight, i guess.
@ircon96 I think yours is the right way. I know I was tired that night.
@Wookee I hear ya, about being tired! You know what? I do believe i was thinking of Victor French when i saw yours, cuz i was thinking of a whole different person than French Stewart, but close enough! Lol
Leonardo Carpaccio
Salami Hayek
Veal Oscar Isaac
That was brutal, reading through all of those and not seeing the obvious
Wahlburgers. Donnie, Mark and Paul.
My Mom loved that show and I watch reruns whenever I can
@llangley We saved it for you!
So obvious.
Angus T-bone Jones
Donald Trumproast
David Ogden Steers
@pmarin Loved him! RIP, Major Charles Emerson Winchester III.
Frank Sinatra
Lucille Meatball
@Kyeh
Kathleen Tournedos
Big Mac Davis