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I haven't posted here for a long time, and about eighty percent of the reason for that is the lack of a scanner that works with Windows from 7 to 10.  But the rest is laziness and some distractions. The latest distraction is definitely cutting into my lazy time.  I've been sick.  So I'm blogging elsewhere for a few weeks (or months, possibly). Here is my Caring Bridge page, if you want to know what's going on. And here is some info on lung carcinoids, for the curious. The good news is that carcinoids in the lungs are pretty straightforward to treat, with a high success rate ..read more

Finally got the space bar screwed down and now I can enjoy using one of my favorite machines ..read more

Original brush ..read more

Yes, I'm still using the cat tower for photos, because it has the best light ..read more

See how nicely those have been preserved?  only the two on the right end show much grime. Action is still a bit stiff but with some oil drops here and there and just typing on it, that is improving. SN is 1A-1918923-12.  it looks very similar to the 1941 gallery, but presumably they didn't change much during the war.  I'm surprised there are SN's for the war years at all, frankly, but I guess donations didn't cover every need. I just need to get a new ribbon in here and use it some more. In other news, I was outbid on an Olivetti Lettera 36 electric portable.  I only t ..read more

I'm not just selling off, I'm adding a few for actual use.  This is one that was just below the sg1 on my list, and harder to find in my price range ..read more

I just ran across this on shop goodwill Here's a screen cap for when the page goes away: Apparently it went for $199 in 2016 and is now out of stock.  It seems to have come from/been connected with this site and there appear to be a number of posts complaining about the quality of the machine (jams and alignment mostly). Huh.  What do you think ..read more

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