Fun method of promoting a digital free environment and perhaps promoting literacy at the same time. Read a book instead of surfing digital images and broken language of the on line variety.
A member of my extended family worked as a traveling typewriter repairman. He lived in Denver and made a circuit of towns all over the Western Slope, often riding the Rio Grande’s narrow gauge to places like Durango. He died before I was born and I always regretted that nobody ever did an oral history with him.
Fun! I don’t think “hipsters” would use duct tape. How much does this weigh? What’s the rough weight/dimensions of an ultra portable, or is that just subjective?
Depends. Olympias are always heavy, but they are quality machines. Plastic machines weigh the least, but I’m not a fan of plastic (just personal taste).
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 
Fun method of promoting a digital free environment and perhaps promoting literacy at the same time. Read a book instead of surfing digital images and broken language of the on line variety.
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I like this idea — and as a Colorado native give you a big thumbs up for the Durango sticker.
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Someday I hope to live there.
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I’d like to live there again, as well, but probably not in the Denver area where I grew up. The Western Slope would be nice.
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I love those San Juan Mountains. Still have not been up to Rocky National Park.
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Rocky Mountain National Park is great, but my favorite has always been Mesa Verde National Park. It’s just west of Durango too!
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I’ve passed there, headed to Utah and Arizona. I know it is a must-see.
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A member of my extended family worked as a traveling typewriter repairman. He lived in Denver and made a circuit of towns all over the Western Slope, often riding the Rio Grande’s narrow gauge to places like Durango. He died before I was born and I always regretted that nobody ever did an oral history with him.
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That is interesting. It would make for a great book.
I’ve scored several typewriters during travels in the Southwest. One wonders.
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Wonderful inscriptions on the duct tape. Happy trails!
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Fun! I don’t think “hipsters” would use duct tape. How much does this weigh? What’s the rough weight/dimensions of an ultra portable, or is that just subjective?
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Depends. Olympias are always heavy, but they are quality machines. Plastic machines weigh the least, but I’m not a fan of plastic (just personal taste).
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BTW, this is awesome — did you come up with “Face books, not Facebook” or where did you first hear that? Earliest similar quotation I could find was this: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/02/22/icranky
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I made it up, but I’m sure others have, too.
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