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[Bella]

I am disappoint in that game. u.u;;

That said, I want a fluffy pony now, so I can squeeze and poke it and hear it make moe noises. >w<

Pretty much the same reason I want this calculator and keyboard....

[Chocofreak13]

that game reminds me of find the ham...

[Bella]

My dad is engineering a mount for this really nice, but old tripod I have so that I can use it with my cameras (which lacked the mount needed to work with this tripod in question).  : D

Also, I got a matte black correcting Selectric II for $15. I bought it mostly for the cosmetically immaculate case and keyboard, since the insides seem to be in rough shape. The motor doesn't run and parts of the keyboard are seized up, I'm just going to hang onto it until I have the time/money/will to get it refurbished in the future.

[NejinOniwa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2EtUe1_NE
WHEN I'M GOING FAST

[Nichi]

@Bella: Ooh...
You should post pics of it. I just posted some of my Selectric II in /Member Pictures :3

[Chocofreak13]

selectrics seem to be the hot new thing.

[Bella]

Selectrics have been the hot new thing for the last several decades. I've seen more than one person become excited just talking about them, several other people were considering the one I bought and it doesn't even work, and it's damn near impossible to get a working unit for less than a few hundred dollars because there's still a huge market for them. Not just collectors either, writers love 'em and they're still used in offices around the world.

Also, it's considered some kind of masterpiece of engineering... and perhaps the most mechanically-complex typewriter ever crafted ... one of the most beautiful pieces of industrial design ever created by IBM ... in fact, this article makes an argument that it helped solidify the house design style of IBM and other aesthetically-iconic companies to come, notably Apple.

[Nichi]

I'm one lucky bastard, then; since I got a working one for $5 >:3

Granted, it needs to be cleaned, but hey; can't complain with a working Selectric for $5

[Chocofreak13]

indeed.

though i still don't know what sets it apart from other typewriters. i like my olivetti.

[Nichi]

Mainly the historic significance and the cool-as-hell type element; which looks like a golf ball with letters on it

[Chocofreak13]

so......it's more popular because it's prettier?

:\

[Nichi]

Well, the type element has advantages over the traditional typewriter, as it allows for one to type very fast without risk of the teeth jamming up. That's what makes it appealing, aside from historic significance...at least, I believe so. Bella or Stew would be better at answering this than I am ^_^;;

In other news, it's hard to believe I'm almost through the work week; just today and tomorrow to go, and then I get a normal weekend before my work schedule returns to normal

[Chocofreak13]

have fun~~~

so i'm out today, because i don't feel safe traversing the CARPET OF SNOW out there.

colour me wimpy, but my mother's car isn't exactly what it used to be. :\

[Nichi]

I don't blame you. If it where snowing like that down here, I wouldn't want to take my truck out in it until I got new tires for it

[Chocofreak13]

my mum needs a new wheel well for her car, i guess. either way, it makes the car drive in a very rattly way and i just don't trust it. so here i stay. :\