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Acquired via thrift on April 10, 2026. It finally fills my itch to have an italic typeface for use in personal correspondence. It's in spectacular starting condition though a bit gamey, but this should clean up nicely. It immediately needed a bit of forming on the carriage lock and a new ribbon, but it's generally ready to be in the regular rotation.
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Not sure how to feel about the Rams taking Ty Simpson. I’ve developed an appreciation for spending money on elite QBs, both in college (Cam Ward, Carson Beck, Mensah) and in the pros (Stafford).
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This scene in Barry destroys me—especially this part of the scene. Bill Hader said that the “king of suck balls mountain” was improv and that he could barely hold it together. Once you know, it’s clear as day that Hader was puckering. YouTube Scene
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I watched the fascinating documentary Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (Magnolia Pictures, 2015) last night. An hour and thirteen into the picture, William F. Buckley Jr., who is known to have used a Royal HH and an Olivetti Lettera 32, can be seen abusing what appears to be a Hermes 3000 portable typewriter.
#Photo#Social Stream#Typewriters#Best of Enemies#typewriters in media#typewriters of authors#William F. Buckley Jr.
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I've expanded my index card database storage by 30 new drawers of 13 3/4" of space each.
This model appears to be a Gaylord Bros. card index, but is missing explicit badging. It has the appropriate size for the modular Gaylord system and seems to be missing a few pieces including some of the dovetail pieces which would typically hold the unit securely together. Sadly, it's also missing all the card rods. The top seems to have been added from another unit and has a large crack in it. A few of the drawers need some minor nail and/or gluing attention.
It's definitely in rougher condition than my first Gaylord card index. The piece needs a fair amount of refurbishment work. The stain has gone a tad to the green side, but I'm on the fence about stripping, sanding, and re-staining the whole thing. I am considering refurbishing one section and adding it to my primary Gaylord cabinet as I think the two would match up very well.
It's in functional and usable shape, so I spent a couple hours blowing it out with my air compressor, cleaning it off, fixing a few nails, and giving it a much needed coat of furniture polish.
I was happy to pick it up for a price tag of $200 (or $6.66 per drawer), though it may have been a bit much for something in this condition compared to prior purchases. The seller did mention that they had more than six interested parties at this price within just two hours of listing, so I suppose I'm lucky that I saw it and responded as quickly as I did. Of course within that timeframe it was in my vehicle and headed home.
The base has a property tag from the city of Arcadia, but the owner has had it for the past 30 years and was using it primarily for baseball card storage.
New Grand Total
Recalculating from my collection of card indexes, I think this new cabinet brings my total up to 10 “boxes” with a total of 107 drawers featuring almost 160 linear feet of index card storage space. This comes out to the possibility of storing 265,475 index cards, with a cost per drawer hovering around $11.00 and still dropping.
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