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Month: May 2023
Mail Call: A Letter and a Package! (:
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Fixin’ a grindy laptop optical drive on the $7 WinXP laptop
2023-01-27: Thriftin’ Report: $7 Laptop & Celtic Knot Stamps! Getting the optical drive out of an HP Pavilion dv4000 laptop Yup, that center spindle is certainly rubbing on the bent drive cover. Verrry carefully bend it back into shape. While we’ve got it open, let’s clean the lens and dust out the insides. The spex! […]
Correspondence: Episode 12 – Melinda Loves Roger
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Mail Call: JVC Types in SPACE!
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Mail Call from Portugal!
And also this came in the mail – I wonder what it could be? Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Coffee, Tea or Microcassette? Why Not All Three? :D
Weapon of Choice: Mitsubishi Pencil Company Boxy 100 ballpoint pen. I love the size, flat sides and fine point, but it’s a little lightweight and I feel I write a little less readably when I look at the result. The pen itself looks very futuristic! The Booty! :D I had the Teeccino Maple Pecan, which […]
Mail Call with Hula Girl Collins Tumblers!
Weapon of Choice: “Little Jake” 1933 Monarch (Remington) Remie Scout Model #S73610 Currently in the earholes:
Compact Cassette Lows and Corona Highs
Sigh. It also ate the Larry P. “Witchita Lineman” tape. Luckily I had all that digitized, but I can’t rightly put a tape someone sends me in there. I need reliable non-destruction.. Currently in the earholes:
Latest Mail Call Forces Completion of Episode 11
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ACCO “PressTex”, Franklin-Covey Classic and EDCN, Oh my!
Weapon of Choice: “Dr. Lizardo” 1973 IBM Selectric II #26 1220365 When I fill up the second EDCN Archive book, then I’ll switch to the A5 3-Ring binder for Archive Book #3, and by the time I fill that up, I should be out of 2-hole punched EDCN sheets and well into the FC “Classic” […]
Going With The Flow
Weapon of Choice: 1959 Smith Corona Skyriter #3Y 210063 Typewriter Club LIVE 2023-05-07: Heh, I just noticed on re-watching the TCL meetup that Brian G wore his Galactic Federation of Typewriter Repair Rangers shirt, but was working on his Panasonic folding record player. Franklin-Covey “Classic” hole puncher – at a thrift store near you! Two […]
Mail Call – New Cassette Deck? :D
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Mail Call – One Letter To Save Us All
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Finding the *right* ribbon for a machine
Weapon of Choice: 1959 Smith Corona Skyriter #3Y 210063 Weapon of Choice: “Einstein” 1956 Smith Corona Silent #5S 529594 When you have intact and still supple feet, but the bottoms are shiny and slippery, try sanding the shine off and enjoy fresh grippiness! The old glue on the typebar rest dried out, but that’s easily […]
A delightful Elite face Skyriter! :D
Weapon of Choice: 1959 Smith-Corona Skyriter #3Y210063 Actually, there is something(s) I need to do to this Skyriter, first, prepare for a BESTICKERING! (been savin’ up stickers for just this occasion) And clean that typeface out! Squirt, squirt, scrubby, scrubby… Mmmm, much better! Now we’re talkin”! :D Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call (finally!)
Weapon of Choice: “Little Jake” 1933 Monarch (Remington) Remie Scout Model #S73610 Currently in the earholes: