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First use of a Speedy Inks 86¢ (when I bought mine last year) ribbon. I need to do some work on the margin release.  It intermittently skips a space when activated.When I first read The Unexpected...

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A Bit of Friday Rambling and Typing

Linn Ullmann, in an interview with Vogue, on her father Ingmar Bergman:My father was a very disciplined and punctual man; it was a prerequisite for his creativity. There was a time for everything: for...

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My last post got corrupted

I've been working on the code for my previous post.  The title and all blogs on my blog list got turned into blue links.As I test post Blogger bumps the titles to the most recent posts as my tests...

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Saturday Typing

I found this little fellow on a walk in the Lillian Anderson Arboretum earlier this week.I was hoping he'd come out and say hello, but being a chipmunk would not leave his log as long as I sat...

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Sunday Afternoon Typing

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Notebooks Part One, Federal Suppy 7530-00-200-3521

Typecast from my 1964 Hermes 3000Old issue is on the left. The next oldest, center. The new on the right.  Inside they are all alike. 96 sheets of college ruled white sulphite paper.  Pages are not...

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Piccadilly Essential Notebooks

I've been using these for a few years with small entries almost daily.  I miss quite a few days.Tried to use the same pens as on the other post rather than using my original Piccadilly image in an...

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Leuchtturm1917

This is a ruled journal, but also available in dot, quad, and plain pages, and probably the most colors of any brand. Leuchtturm1917These have a nice tight  closure band, and not shown is the two...

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Markings, By C.R. Gibson

I don't really know why, but I quit using these.  Maybe because I could not find them locally. I originally used these and Piccadilly for almost everything, plain old journalling, ham radio, work,...

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UniNote Cloth Covered A5 Notebook

The richness of the cloth covering makes these journals look more expensive than they are.  There is a disadvantage to cloth though; dirt.My 4B needs a platen and feed rollers.  The ribbon feed was...

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Rhodia A5 Notebooks

Rhodiarama on left and Webnotes on right.Sorry for the usual typos. One day I'll not make any.I generally don't choose soft cover notebooks or journals larger than pocket size, but I do like this one...

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Clairefontaine Notebook and a New Fountain Pen and GOOD RIDDANCE BLOGGER! I'M...

Four hours trying and retrying the new blogshit.  No more. I hate software I cannot get to work properly and this is not software I care to mess with.sorry there is no review here.  When I get set up...

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Start the year off with The Twilight Zone and a Typewriter

We've been watching the total series of one of my favorite shows from my childhood, The Twilight Zone.I checked on line news, and found a photo of Rod Sterling at his typewriter. Story  As far as...

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Hermes 3000 Replacement Feets by Ted Munk

Exchanging the feets took all of about 10 minutes.Making this post I've got about 2 hours of trying to figure out the crappy Blogger changes.  So far Blogger improvements, like most software...

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Google & Mozilla have things royally messed up with Blogger

 I've tried to comment on blogs I follow that Mozilla and Google are blocking every blog as a deceptive site. I notified Mozilla via their banners. You may want to do do the same.  That is if my blog...

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Looks like the folks at Google corrected the issues.

 Seems things were corrected overnight. I noticed WP blogs were not affected. I did not know if or how to notify the bloggers I follow except to try and comment and post on mine, which would probably...

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It's Typing Season: This year it's a Type-Out, The Insurgency Lives On

 

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Cold Hard Type IV Has Arrived

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Things Really Are Getting to Normal, Up, Up, and Away in my beautiful balloon...

 Blogger is at it again. I hope this works this time.I should have said Scribed from by IBM Selectric-II Scribe element.Getting ready for some typing in the park. Post Script.  I should not have one...

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The Mail Bag -- Cold Hard Type -- Margin Releases

 I hope the next post will announce the move to Word Press.  When I posted this last night I hurriedly forgot to promote the latest in the book series.

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Typewriters in the news

There is an annual art event that takes place in Grand Rapid, MI.  There are all kinds of artists and art.  Last night while we watched the evening news on WOOD-TV they featured a typist: William...

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Montgomery Ward Signature 513 with Contemporary Pica

The typewriter also has a touch and ribbon selector.Majohn or Moonman A1 Pilot Vanishing Point clone.The E.F. nib is a bit broad.  I've read the Pilot is also.The inner workings of the pen.Original...

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No SuperMuseum would be complete without Typewriters........

Found this earlier today:(as usual Blogger will not allow proper editing of my post and crediting of the photo)...

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First New to Me Typewriter Since? 2020, I Think.

 I remember I purchased an Olivetti Underwood Lettera 32 from a lady locally shortly before the Pandemic hit.  We were hearing about this strange virus in the news since the end of 2019, but things...

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Another Typewriter Shop Biting the Dust

 I just read an article in The Milford Daily News that states Tom Furrier will be closing Cambridge Typewriter on March 31.  Sad to see the end of such a great shop.Here's a link to the story. Here's...

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