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<div style="text-align: center;">So today I brought home my new baby.  He is a bit worse for the wear, grey paint chipping in spots and quite dusty, but after years of neglect, what can you expect?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznKVoqgcpByB9ns-FeJUyMDN_vV125LGOcSjD1pFouzkd9GfD7OEtYoHPEG6IXpwOjOPOh9SF9ASAApZXU3x0jIXSA0qUsdSwv5FaRi0x_B2AeaNsPth4Oo2eBbfQbrkLNRPdtuxaH4o/s1600-h/P2154047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznKVoqgcpByB9ns-FeJUyMDN_vV125LGOcSjD1pFouzkd9GfD7OEtYoHPEG6IXpwOjOPOh9SF9ASAApZXU3x0jIXSA0qUsdSwv5FaRi0x_B2AeaNsPth4Oo2eBbfQbrkLNRPdtuxaH4o/s400/P2154047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was one of the people who resisted word processing as it slowly took over from typewriters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved that click clack, the music of writers. I loved the irregularity of the type, the permanence of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I found two Remington Quiet -Riters on kijiji for $10, and went to liberate them from their crawlspace.</div><div style="text-align: center;">One does not type, and is in pretty bad shape, but I am thinking it may provide parts for this guy, who sprung right back into action, typing perfectly although he has been stored for twenty years!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vcK-rSYD1g6vclecSJX8XnL_G1Q64TIWlcPBlUVt5f65gSeMySZASl-iMrjNi8gHkY6iVJTnWDnGkLbMIZRRw3M900IPOz6Sa1_BPHFdyglCEUv7jEfnd0WxIAD_EUUGq0ocW71CuoM/s1600-h/P2154059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vcK-rSYD1g6vclecSJX8XnL_G1Q64TIWlcPBlUVt5f65gSeMySZASl-iMrjNi8gHkY6iVJTnWDnGkLbMIZRRw3M900IPOz6Sa1_BPHFdyglCEUv7jEfnd0WxIAD_EUUGq0ocW71CuoM/s400/P2154059.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I have no excuse to begin a little project that I have been contemplating, and as soon as I get it under way I will share it here. For today, I am going to find out exactly how to clean up one of these old fellas, and give him some much-needed TLC.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div>

Welcome Home, Remington...

So today I brought home my new baby.  He is a bit worse for the wear, grey paint chipping in spots and quite dusty, but after years of negle...

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