Trans-Cascadian hydroelectric journey

Driving towards Puyallup on SR-167 the mountain seems to grow larger with every mile.

(aha! editing gone slightly awry)

Tipsoo Lake has to be one of the most photogenic places in the country, absolutely delightful.

The bank of the Columbia River

There was a log that looked like an alligator.

The little "oasis" as I call it, next to the river, is where the clump of trees is.

Hydroelectric power isn't free from the landscape-marring drawbacks of all electricity.

Cliffs along the Columbia.

A neat volcanic formation along the river that rises out of the water.

Wanapum Dam

Sent from my Triumph De Jur Perfekt

Making the most of the Triumph/Adler

I fear this isn't quite as useful as the BBC's excellent program Making the Most of the Micro, though.

I've created a new header, change the blue to orange, and also officially made the title all with small letters. I've been getting more and more spam comments that I've had to filter out, so I may have to start using captchas but I'm going to hold out against doing so as long as I can.

[EDIT] I have changed the settings to only accept comments from non-anonymous users.

Sent from my Triumph Norm

"Antique Store Pricing"

Read the comments. They are now essential.

Typed on my Triumph De Jur Perfekt

Triumph Norm

1936 Triumph Norm 170022

(Alas, I had no clever title this time.)

A separate but somewhat related piece of information is that one can restore a bit of the shine back to Bakelite like this by wiping some light oil on the surface (from Richard Polt) and I also found out independently when cleaning up my Triumph De Jur Perfekt that a little light oil will help restore the richness of the colour of the brown keys on those models (they have a tendency to fade).

My Triumph De Jur Perfekt

Typed on my new Triumph Norm

Revelation of Perfektion

1956 Triumph De Jur Perfekt 1231026

Not only am I not in the habit of spending $80 on a typewriter, I don't think I'd ever done it before. But it was worth every single one of those four twenties. So much for 8 photos. I went for 12. I think everybody deserved them, too. And if you haven't noticed, I am very fond of pinning years down on typewriters that aren't exact or verified. This is because I like to have a year rather than 195X, and if I'm off a bit it then oh well. It doesn't really matter that much.

There is absolutely no consensus on how we ought to officially label these as. I've seen Triumph DeJUR, Triumph De Jur, Triumph-DeJur, Triumph De JUR, and Triumph De-Jur. Notice how the badge on the back of the typewriter, and the brush and cleaning cloth do not say DeJUR on them.

Machines of Loving Grace (scroll down for the De Jur)

Manual Entry Triumph De Jur Standard

Perfectly printed and packaged by my new Triumph De Jur Perfekt