Strikethru: I was on vacation.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

But I'm back. More posts shortly.

Meanwhile, here is another one of those "last of a dying breed" stories about typewriter repair...

rad-tastic said...: Yay! Welcome back. Did you have fun?; February 13, 2009 7:42 AM
Strikethru said...: Thanks! I did. I was in Austin, TX.; February 14, 2009 7:01 PM
CStanford said...: I read the article, and the thought of perfectly good typewriters sitting in landfills makes me want to cry.

Are there people who have been brave enough to go sift through 20-year old trash in search of them, I wonder?; February 16, 2009 9:24 AM
Jae Leslie said...: One of my typewriters I found on the curb, waiting for the trash pick-up. An Olympia portable with that brushed-metal finish reminded me of the machine my mom typed her dissertation on. So I brought it home. A thing of beauty.

Usually I only bring home books that way, from curbside. Particularly if it is about to rain. That is how my garage got its set of encyclopedias.; February 17, 2009 10:06 AM