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Not a real efficient method, carbon paper...for Butt Copies.
Mimeograph...IDK how that wd work...
Plaster cast, though.
Could do that and then have a mold for producing replicas...
Lot of effort, compared with xeroxing....

Mimeograph? Oh no. Too many rollers and pinch points. The plaster cast has the added effect of being three-dimensional. Faux marble work was once a very popular way to decorate plasterwork--and the resulting copies are going to be 1:1 scale doorstops for the committed crack copier.

There's a youtube video (security camera) of some big guy making sure the coast is clear and then sitting up on the copier to shoot the moon, and then breaking thru the glass or whatever it is. :D

(That doesn't apply to the old "banquet lamps" which take a No. 3 burner. And I need a No. 3 burner, dual wicks with extinguisher lever, with 4" shade fitter for a glass ball shade. Might be an expensive way to build a "free" lamp.)

Ebay? There's a lot of oddball stuff on Ebay. Buyer beware as always on Ebay, but it's worth checking out.

eBay is on my list but I think I am going to see if I can alter the lamp to carry an English Duplex burner. May need to solder a new collar on.

I have no issues with faith, only with those who seek to force their views on others.

@Darkkin I am a Catholic, and the only thing that keeps me one is that I believe the doctrine. Two years at a Catholic college, however, was more than enough. I shall not be returning, and will finish my degree with them online. It's not that they are religious--

--it is the tacit assumption that everyone else is, that stifles inquiry, and is the fastest way to make atheists in industrial quantity.

- that sort of thing precludes getting something decent built.
I did save the old '36 Woodstock off the desk and a couple decent portables, as well as a 1912 LC Smith desktop. But unfortunately I didn't get a chance to finish that.

I lost a good many typewriter parts in the move as well as the makings of 2 machines I was building. Had to save the 2 reed-organs, 4 crates irreplaceable books, and 2 19th-century shotguns out of my apartment as well as a rare collection of phonograph records. (I am good at digging in the trash.)

So the answer to your question is no.

I think I have ink in the car, and a pen in here, but pens are a good way to use up a lot of paper & make a big mess.

I plan on getting some gear so i can go out and camp in peaceful place to get away from the noise and chaos at home. Not as a permanent solution of course, but it would help every ones in a while

It's surprisingly doable, @phantom--and it becomes addictive. Even at home I cannot stay put. I have to be making something, reading, or thinking. If I rest, I do that on its own time. Go camp, travel, do what you can to get away from the house.

That's great to hear. I know you were close to finishing your story.

@Aspychata No, I'm not the one who is writing a story, and I prefer not to be associated with that user.

As far as a future, all I ask for is a quiet life where I can get away from the 21st century distraction culture.

Yes, it was a documentary. From the future. ;)

Which we are now rapidly becoming...

Made me think of the main character in a book by Gary Paulsen.
"Come on, he thought, baring his teeth in the darkness—come on. Is that the best you can do—is that all you can hit me with—a moose and a tornado?" https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/hatchet/quotes/page/4/

@tree Gary Paulsen's absolutely amazing. I remember reading his book "Dogsong" and that was a very interesting one about the mental & emotional effort of driving a dogsled in the Arctic Circle. He's better than Jack London.

omg

what is wrong with people!? Can you press charges against this idiot child? justice should be served!!!

Well, if he tries it again, he's a dead man, is all I can say. I'm going to be seeing about filing a complaint with the Police Department for one, and practicing up with a baseball bat at close range for two. He won't be doing this one again.

My advice is to tell them walking is cheaper than driving. No idea what response that will get!

@maycontainthunder that's what I've been telling them--"gas is five dollars a gallon and y'all think I'm driving?"

Just keep an eye out for an old Schwinn mountain bike, then fix it up and use that. In some cities bicycling is common, I know it was in San Francisco in the mid 90s because transit was a joke, so people got around using bicycles and scooters.

Elevator music. Generic term for radios, loudspeakers, etc. playing music & such in public places. The father of poor taste & the mother of sensory overload.

Sounds like a Cher song- if l could turn back time.
I hate Muzak in elevators. Plus it has subliminal messages in malls, buy, buy buy

Agree with both your posts here! :) Bit like billboards and what's on them, too...

We get kangaroo ticks here which are small and don't actually seem to enjoy sucking on people. While I've had them on me they've never bitten - unlike the European ticks, or some of the ones in Eastern Australia. Even when I find them on the horses, they're usually not so keen to feed on them.

But what about The Tick? I do love him so.

What do you call a tick with anxiety disorder? ...a nervous tick...

Best of luck

But, part of the progress they chose, was preserving natural beauty and a quiet community-centered life

That's a bit like Denmark, Western Australia, where we originally wanted to buy a house. But then we saw a place with 50ha of intact ecosystem in the hinterland and the rest is history. The bit of the hinterland we are in is an enclave of Hicksville, with a few exceptions. But we "import" a lot of lovely farmstay guests.

I totally get why living in a community that shares many of your core values is a good thing to do. Makes life so much easier and more pleasant. More good relationships, less friction and less immediate reason for misanthropy, depression etc.

Sounds great! Enjoy! :)

That was a nice library you were in before! ...is nice library a tautology? Well, it was a particularly nice library! :)