Comments on: Mayonaise for Susan http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325 Letting the air out Thu, 17 May 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5620 olivander Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:40:43 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5620 The other Big Red crossed my mind, but that drink is fairly unknown this far north. This machine's snowy provenance suggests the typist had the gum variety in mind. The other Big Red crossed my mind, but that drink is fairly unknown this far north. This machine’s snowy provenance suggests the typist had the gum variety in mind.

]]> By: duffymoon http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5617 duffymoon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:32:18 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5617 I got a totally different translation. Not gum, but Big Red Soda Water. Does that clear it up? I think I saw Mayonaise For Susan at the Newport in Columbus when they opened for Uncle Tupelo. Talented young fellas, but a little too Generic Post-Punk for my tastes. I got a totally different translation. Not gum, but Big Red Soda Water.
Does that clear it up?

I think I saw Mayonaise For Susan at the Newport in Columbus when they opened for Uncle Tupelo. Talented young fellas, but a little too Generic Post-Punk for my tastes.

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5615 olivander Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:10:46 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5615 Don't go lightboxing your old ribbons! This was a happy accident. Whoever typed it had been using the black portion of the ribbon long enough that the leftover ink on the slugs made a clear impression on the facing side of the ribbon. The ribbon also had been advancing in the same direction as the text. And that part of the ribbon just happened to be between the spools, and that's the only reason I saw it. I did go through the previous half of the ribbon and found nothing else legible. Lots of faint, random letters and unreadable overstrikes. Now, if anyone has a typewriter with a carbon ribbon, the used portion should be a cinch to read. Clemens: maybe the gum is to keep the girls quiet for a while. Don’t go lightboxing your old ribbons! This was a happy accident. Whoever typed it had been using the black portion of the ribbon long enough that the leftover ink on the slugs made a clear impression on the facing side of the ribbon. The ribbon also had been advancing in the same direction as the text. And that part of the ribbon just happened to be between the spools, and that’s the only reason I saw it. I did go through the previous half of the ribbon and found nothing else legible. Lots of faint, random letters and unreadable overstrikes.

Now, if anyone has a typewriter with a carbon ribbon, the used portion should be a cinch to read.

Clemens: maybe the gum is to keep the girls quiet for a while.

]]> By: monda http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5614 monda Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:29:29 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5614 I'm furious about all the old ribbons I've tossed. I'll never trash another one without lightboxing it first. I’m furious about all the old ribbons I’ve tossed. I’ll never trash another one without lightboxing it first.

]]> By: mpclemens http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5613 mpclemens Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:41:55 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5613 Speegle sees this as being ominous, but I have a more... interesting take on it. Perhaps the Surprise for Paul involves Susan and "mayonaise" (though I don't know what the girls will do with all that GUM.) It's a typographic Rorschach test. And I think I just failed. Speegle sees this as being ominous, but I have a more… interesting take on it.

Perhaps the Surprise for Paul involves Susan and “mayonaise” (though I don’t know what the girls will do with all that GUM.)

It’s a typographic Rorschach test. And I think I just failed.

]]> By: Strikethru http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5612 Strikethru Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:02:45 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5612 Interesting. New typosphere trend: trying to decipher messages on old ribbons. I can feed ribbon through my Kodaslide for a better view.... Interesting. New typosphere trend: trying to decipher messages on old ribbons. I can feed ribbon through my Kodaslide for a better view….

]]> By: Mike.Speegle http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325&cpage=1#comment-5611 Mike.Speegle Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:04:01 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=325#comment-5611 All three of those items are ominous. All three of those items are ominous.

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