12 Jul 2013

On Remingtons and Hypermarkets










*I am only considering Wal-Mart Supercenters. There are very few ordinary Wal-Marts remaining in Michigan, and though they can be found out here, are not the target of my discussion.

Produced on my Remington Portable 1

7 comments:

  1. Well, it certainly looks like it produces a great type.

    As an Australian, I have not had the miss-fortune of wandering into a Walmart. Mind you, we have plenty of our own variations. However, nothing with the level of mythology of Walmart - and the interesting attitudes of the people that shop there.

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    1. It does. These Remingtons seem to hold up remarkably well.

      I used to think it was a uniformly mediocre experience. I didn't realise it actually does get bad enough to justify the outrage (that doesn't even touch on actual corporate policies and so forth, just the experience).

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  2. There is almost nothing that will entice me to go into our local Wally-World. I suppose that I should pay a little more attention to prices between the stores I regularly frequent, mainly Rouses & Target and to what some of my favorite "treats" cost compared to less-expensive alternatives, but W-M isn't even on the radar screen.

    Some of the Target brand stuff is better than name brand, anyway.

    The Remington is beautiful. One of these days I'll have to get a proper pre-war machine.

    A. L. G.

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    1. Occasionally I venture into Wal-Mart....every time the experience is slightly worse than before and every time I swear never to return. But sometimes I just have to for one or two items.

      I have to agree on the Target brand.

      I would highly recommend one of these if you want something unusual and also very useful! They're surprisingly common.

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    2. Your pics of the instrument with the typebars raised make it look like a porcupine.

      A L G

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  3. How far afield have you gone? The big ones are up in King County, around Tukwila and Renton. Tacoma gets shortchanged by a lot of chains.
    That's a nice Remington. I love mine, it's the one I've used twice in Virgin America flights.

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