All of the above :) Flea markets, dumpsters, occasionally I find one abandoned on my front porch. Let enough people know you are into TWs and they will find ...
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victorfrankenstein2@...
calvin_hobbe...
Oct 17, 2005 1:07 pm
I got mine from ebay (the majority) and one I got from Staples (I got a Brothers electric office typewriter) and another one I got from a website that was...
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Peter Weil
pmweil@...
Oct 17, 2005 12:45 pm
Most of my typewriters have been found at antique shows =E---other. This includes things like an aluminum Blickensderfer # 5 and a Sholes and Glidden. The...
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Paxety Pages
paxety
Oct 17, 2005 10:51 am
I occasionally find something on ebay or at a rummage sale (yard sale). I have not seen a manual typewriter in a non-profit shop or thrift store or flea market...
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Nickurania@...
Oct 17, 2005 8:48 am
Hi There, In my case (ranked in order of importance) I get them from the following: C,B, and E At one time it was almost entirely from B but I have been...
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jeff
jleater
Oct 17, 2005 8:09 am
Bruce, If you want to make an Email easier to read - hold your browser over the text - then hold the Ctri key down and move the scroll wheel on your mouse....
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pbrun01
Oct 17, 2005 5:24 am
I know that many of the people who frequent this board are collectors. I thought I'd conduct a poll. Where do you find your typewriters? A) Rummage sales B)...
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Ned Brooks
beroaldus2001
Oct 17, 2005 3:40 am
... Sorry to hear about the arm. I did something to my right arm a few years ago and had to have orthoscopic surgery. ... There's a typewriter picture at ...
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Bruce
letmein162003
Oct 17, 2005 2:29 am
LINDA, IN OZ, WE SAY YOU MUSTN'T OVERDO THE ELBOW LIFTING EXERCISES, THEY HAVE A HABIT OF CAUSING LONG SLEEPTIME! HOPE YOU RECOVER SOON. PLEASE EXCUSE MY...
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Lynda Beckler
lynda_beckler
Oct 17, 2005 1:52 am
(OK, you guys, I've injured myself again. Lifting my assistant Rebecca, the blind basset hound, the dropped-screw-finder extraordinaire, in and out of the...
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Richard Milton
fredbloggs99...
Oct 15, 2005 11:19 pm
Thanks for posting the extract, Andrew -- an interesting piece. In the 1950s and 1960s when British spies were as common around the world as American spies...
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Typeter@...
typeter2001
Oct 15, 2005 11:18 pm
Since the list is into literature and film references, here is something to watch for if you see the movie _Capote_. William Shawn, the editor of the _New...
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Ned Brooks
beroaldus2001
Oct 15, 2005 7:06 pm
... Interesting! I have some Burgess books, but not that one. The plot element that a typewriter salesman would be expected to know anything beyond his own...
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Andrew Brian Schrader
Niwotian
Oct 15, 2005 5:35 pm
Hi, everyone. I am reading "Tremor of Intent" by Anthony Burgess (author of "A Clockwork Orange"). It was published in 1966 as a satire or send-up of the...
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pbrun01
Oct 14, 2005 5:58 am
One of those legendary typewriter shops in Berkeley is Gordon's, on Bancroft, just across the street from the track stadium. A great typewriter shop. These are...
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Ned Brooks
beroaldus2001
Oct 14, 2005 4:12 am
... Hi Marek - You did get to us, but you should change the Subject line - that was a string on PayPal scams. Do you know the Model name or number, and serial...
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Marek Kotowski
marekot2005
Oct 13, 2005 11:33 pm
Hi somehow I cannot get to you I have a underwood, I need to do something with it Marek Jim SureWest <dax@...> wrote: ... Hello, Payment has been sent...
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Jim SureWest
typewrit
Oct 13, 2005 10:35 pm
... Hello, Payment has been sent today at 10:13 AM. I am looking forward to complete the transaction. Thank you, Derek You can view the item clicking the link...
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Ned Brooks
beroaldus2001
Oct 13, 2005 8:19 am
... Yes, these are always lies. They should be forwarded to "spoof at paypal.com". I get several every week....
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Bruce
letmein162003
Oct 13, 2005 8:05 am
Thank you charles & Rusc - russell? I know and you know, but I heard there are some 80,000 new customers on computers each week !! - and its the newbies...
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victorfrankenstein2@...
calvin_hobbe...
Oct 13, 2005 6:48 am
Yes, whenever I get anything from ebay or paypal saying that there have been illegal uses on my account or that my account will be suspended or just about...
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Brayton Harris
brayton_harris
Oct 13, 2005 2:46 am
Yeah, sure, shut them down. This has been going on for, oh, three years, I send every bum email to "spoof" -- and neither eBay nor PayPay has yet to post...
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rusc
moonsgaze
Oct 13, 2005 2:34 am
So called "Phishing" e-mails are a regular occurrence for me. The originators want you to respond with information that they can use to access your account. ...
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Charles Oxford
cjoxford2
Oct 13, 2005 1:41 am
paypal or ebay always include your name in the email. forward it to spoof@... and they will reply with a thank you and tell you they try to catch the...
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Bruce
letmein162003
Oct 13, 2005 1:09 am
A few minutes ago I received an email purporting to come "with best regards" from "PayPal Team" I have never used PayPal - there are no offices in...
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Lynda Beckler
lynda_beckler
Oct 12, 2005 3:02 pm
Thanks, Richard. I already have that booklet, courtesy of our good friend Jack Knarr, and I dragged it down to Kinko's and made a few copies for other M-H...
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Richard Milton
fredbloggs99...
Oct 12, 2005 2:46 pm
In case you haven't noticed it -- eBay item 6569146002 Richard...
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Ned Brooks
beroaldus2001
Oct 10, 2005 5:50 pm
... Well, I see that I have one on the inventory with the s/n recorded, so I must have found it once.... Yes, it's on the right, under the carriage. With the...
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JAY RESPLER
jayrespler2
Oct 10, 2005 8:41 am
... Should be similar to the Lettera 35. See the location illustration on my web site. -- Jay Respler ADVANCED BUSINESS MACHINES CO. 732-431-1464 1 - 7 pm --...
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angel jimenez
afjim
Oct 10, 2005 3:46 am
PL Rajan is the fellow that works in my company in Houston. Here is his report ! Angie Jimenez ... ...