Comments on: Uppercase living http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239 Letting the air out Thu, 17 May 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: monda http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5227 monda Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:29:18 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5227 Duffy and the Remington Gospels. I want a machine that types in italics. You'd better hide yours, mister. Can't wait to see the mystery machine. Go take out a loan or something so we can oooh and aaah. Duffy and the Remington Gospels.

I want a machine that types in italics. You’d better hide yours, mister.

Can’t wait to see the mystery machine. Go take out a loan or something so we can oooh and aaah.

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5226 olivander Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:21:24 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5226 Yeah, except if he wants too much for it, I'm not going to sell all my other typewriters in order to buy it; I'm going to go, "Screw you, Mr Antiques Dealer!" Yeah, except if he wants too much for it, I’m not going to sell all my other typewriters in order to buy it; I’m going to go, “Screw you, Mr Antiques Dealer!”

]]> By: duffymoon http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5225 duffymoon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:50:40 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5225 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine typewriters, and upon finding one typewriter of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5224 olivander Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:17:11 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5224 Strikethru: yeah, I've seen that one before. I don't really care for their representation of Depression-era portables. Some of us really like them. Yes, it's skimpy and tinny, but it's held up better over the years than anything made today will. Duffy: according to Rehr, there are about half a dozen known surviving specimens of this particular machine. So yes, I'm being deliberately coy. Strikethru: yeah, I’ve seen that one before. I don’t really care for their representation of Depression-era portables. Some of us really like them. Yes, it’s skimpy and tinny, but it’s held up better over the years than anything made today will.

Duffy: according to Rehr, there are about half a dozen known surviving specimens of this particular machine. So yes, I’m being deliberately coy.

]]> By: duffymoon http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5223 duffymoon Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:01:57 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5223 You're such a tease, Olivander. Are you worried some lust-filled typer will swoop in and steal your find? Well, you probably should be. ahem. You’re such a tease, Olivander. Are you worried some lust-filled typer will swoop in and steal your find?

Well, you probably should be.

ahem.

]]> By: Strikethru http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5222 Strikethru Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5222 By the way, have you come across <a href="http://www.typewriter.be/missdepression.htm" rel="nofollow">this page</a> about the Royal Signet? By the way, have you come across this page about the Royal Signet?

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5221 olivander Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:57:51 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5221 I tried to reopen the file here on my computer and got an invalid jpeg format error; it may have corrupted. I resaved it without the color profile and re-uploaded it, and now it seems fine in Firefox. The paper is <a href="http://www.officemax.com/omax/catalog/sku.jsp?skuId=06019578" rel="nofollow">OfficeMax brand ivory pastel</a>. Not high-end. About $7/ream. it fairly closely matches the look of authentic old telegram paper. I tried to reopen the file here on my computer and got an invalid jpeg format error; it may have corrupted. I resaved it without the color profile and re-uploaded it, and now it seems fine in Firefox.

The paper is OfficeMax brand ivory pastel. Not high-end. About $7/ream. it fairly closely matches the look of authentic old telegram paper.

]]> By: Strikethru http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239&cpage=1#comment-5220 Strikethru Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:26:13 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=239#comment-5220 Wow, what great paper. I can see the image in Safari, not in Firefox, as you said. Weird. Wow, what great paper.

I can see the image in Safari, not in Firefox, as you said. Weird.

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