23 Oct 2011

Lots of interesting things I found recently



Typed on my new Webster XL-500 and Smith-Corona DeVille 700

5 comments:

  1. pretty nice haul! odd mix of records if I may say so.

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  2. Those Websters sure are cute. And this one comes with all the trimmings...

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  3. I bet someone out there somewhere has instructions on working that answering machine.

    It's very cool and classy. I could use one. I'm terrible with numbers.

    Olympia made them as well, but probably won't find one easily: Olivetti must have benefited from Underwood's distribution channels.

    A.L.G.

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  4. That is a great haul. I love the period graphics. Even if the records are beat to heck, the covers are a lot of fun.

    I also picked up an adding machine late last week. Like I needed another one. This one was by Sharp and made in Japan. What caught my attention is that the each print column has a long, vertical bar with numbers instead of wheels.

    The mechanism is dramatic and well worth $4.00 in entertainment value. Essentially, it is like the adding machines of old (well, really old) with purely mechanical accumulation and an added motor and clutch mechanism.

    I expect this may be the last good week at the thrift stores before the snow blows. It was warm here and people might have cleaned their garages.

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  5. 1) Sooo envious of your adding machine! I've been on the lookout for a long time...no luck yet. Someday. :)

    2) Starting with a small goal for NaNo is good! Mine is to double last year's wordcount...which puts my goal at 20k. Reasonable, I think, since I'm such a procrastinator and it's my first semester back in school after two years. So far all of my essays have been written after 11:30pm the night before they're due...hope I get better at this if I decide to major in creative writing! Bleh!

    3) Niiiice script! :)

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