Friday, September 17, 2010

Easy come, easy go

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  1. Well, that was quick! I'm sure St. Vinny will bring along one of the curvaceous 3000s soon enough; they're great to look at and just as lovely to use as your boxier version.

    Just curious - what happens to the typewriter after John finishes writing his article? Shouldn't he return it to you, or is the shipping cost not worth the trouble?

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  2. No time for jealousy on The Polt's blog - they come, they go.

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  3. I expect John will want to keep the Hermes, and he has every right; I sold it to him for the thrift store price + shipping, and he's the new owner.

    I'm not optimistic about finding another at SVDP, because this was the first Hermes of any model that I've seen there in 4-5 years of frequenting the place. I think it was testing me: I blew my chance to be generous years ago by accepting a Hermes 3000; would I take the chance to be generous by giving one up? I didn't want to miss that chance.

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  4. Wow I don't think I could let mine go like that. The others all are good/bad/indifferent but the Hermes is almost exactly what I want a typewriter to feel like.
    It seems every blogger who gets one marvels at the feel. It's a completely different experience somehow.

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