Paper

"Working on a papermaking machine is pleasant, especially for me as a machine operator. This isn’t a job like any other, since our end product is like no other; newsprint. It’s very impressive to know that one has a hand in the production of newspapers the world over. Yes, I really feel I’m a papermaker and the omnipresent machines don’t alter that feeling in any way.

In all events, I read my newspaper like a papermaker: I look at it in the light to check for any faults and I even look to see how it reacts to being in a pile at my newsagents …"