A Quick Shout-Out to The Well-Apointed Desk.Com...psst, Typewriter Content.
I stumbled across this great website devoted to desk-bound workspaces and all that they entail. Ana, the lady who runs this site also appears to have a nice stable of typewriters, so I thought I'd...
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Friday 2/5/14 - Red Tape, RIP Bob Hoskins, Oscar-Winning Film Performances &...
Friday 5:16pm AESTWell, at least there's one decent photo in this post. The old Nat Geo maps come in real handy. I heard of Bob Hoskins' passing. Such a great shame. He was a great actor who elevated...
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Friday 9/514 - Typewriter Arrivals, Trip 35 Re-Skinning & This Week's...
Friday 7:16pm AESTBusy week. Also, I'm a little tired, so I'll try to keep this one short. Last weekend The new skins arrived for my Olympus Trip 35s. I had an hour to kill on Sunday...
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The Typewriter Collection No. 16 - Corona Four, circa 1925.
I've been after one of these babies for some time, now. I blame that blue-eyed blonde kid in "Atonement" (Dir: Joe Wright, 2007).I love the 1920s Art Deco aesthetic of the Corona Four. I love...
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Friday 16/5/14 - More Assignments, A Few Headaches & This Week's Wristwatches.
-Friday 4:14pm AEST-Here's another shot of that Corona Four that arrived last week. Our lecturer presented us with Assignment No. 3. What the hell?! We're all half-way through Assignment No. 2! And,...
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Friday 23/5/14 - More Paint, More Assignments, More Headaches & This Week's...
- Friday 10:41am AEST -This modded Seiko 7002 has been getting some regular duty over the last few months. Only painted for a short time on Sunday. I really ought to get that paint can opener out of...
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Friday 30/5/14 - Job Offers, Job Interviews, Happy Birthday Ian Fleming &...
-Friday 8:10pm AEST-Last Saturday For Lolly Night, we watched "Philomena" (Dir: Stephen Frears, 2013), the story of a woman (wonderful performance by Dame Judi Dench) seeking to...
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I'm Adding Word Verification To Combat Spam.
Hi all. Just quickly, like the title says, I've added word verification to the comments section because I'm sick of incomprehensible spam comments which make no sense and link to Louis Vuitton handbags...
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Friday 6/6/14 - Another Funeral, Another Assignment, Remembering Hammett &...
-Friday 6:20pm AEST-Last Saturday We sat down to watch "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"(Dir: Ben Stiller, 2013). I thought it was a great film, but from what I can recall of the...
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Smith-Corona Skyriter - Worth Going For?
Okay, I'm beginning to think that I have a few typewriters that I don't really enjoy using, so I think some kind of cull is in order soon. In saying that, I really like using my mid '50s Smith-Corona...
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Friday 13/6/14 - Happy Birthday Dino, Mini Jennifer Lawrence Film Festival,...
- Friday 6:50pm AEST -Last Saturday Mowed the lawn in the morning. Took much longer than I thought it would because I had to go over it twice. By the time I was done, I needed...
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Friday 20/6/14 - Typewriter Packing , Emptying The Car Wreck, Driving Duties...
- Friday 2:05pm AEST - I was getting sick of pasting film poster pics off the web onto these weekly posts because when I'd upload the post, it would appear minus the poster. IMDB has the best poster...
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Typewriter Day 2014 - Miserable Weather, But The Heater's On And I Have A...
I liked Scott K's photo on his Typewriter Day post...Wide Open Road- Typewriter day, 2014...so I figured I'd have a stab at a similar set-up;Of course, since I went to the trouble of setting up the '47...
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Return To Thailand Typecast, June 2014
I began this post a week ago. I figured I'd do it as a typecast. I have already written in greater depth about our previous holiday to Thailand a few years ago;My Trip to Thailand Typecast, Oct...
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Friday 18/7/14 - Still Coughing, Back To School, Replacement Cars & This...
- Friday 5:17pm, AEST - Okay, I've been back from Thailand now for over a week and I still have a nagging cough associated with the 'flu that I caught while I was there. Ahh, well, there are worse...
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Friday 25/7/14 - Happy Anniversary Apollo 11! , Happy Birthday Messrs...
- Friday 4:19pm, AEST - Things are beginning to get busy around here. Last Weekend My wife took the kids to see "Dawn of The Planet of The Apes" (Dir: Matt Reeves, 2014). I went looking for a...
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"Oh My God, I'm Wearing a Dad Shirt!" - A Lesson in Dressing for My Body Type.
Prior to our trip to Thailand last month, I looked at my wardrobe and decided I needed a few lightweight articles of clothing to wear. It's winter here in Australia, but it's monsoon season in...
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Friday 1/8/14 - Happy Birthday Mr. Jagger!, Industry Placement Begins & This...
- Friday 8:15pm AEST - Last Weekend We're all still caught in the various grips of this 'flu. I've coughed a little bit here and there, my wife has achey joints and a higher than normal...
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EveryDay Carry, Part 1: My Search for the Ultimate Keyring Set-Up.
This should be easy.Or so I thought. I have two car-keys, two small keys for various padlocks, another small key for the garage, and one key for the front door. I decided to get myself some kind of...
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Friday 8/8/14 - Not Much Happening This Week & This Week's Wristwatches...
- Friday 11:21pm AEST - Last weekendWe watched "Captain Phillips" on DVD for Lolly Night. You may recall that I saw this film at the cinemas a few months ago and had to put up with a twit a few seats...
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