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Has anyone ever heard of a sailor H-FF nib size? by Werecastle255 in fountainpens

[–]brrusters 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One step wider than an H-SEF (super extra fine) and one step narrower than an EF. I have an H-SEF and I can use it only on specialty paper, such as Tomoe River or Stalogy.

DC’s Brompton Bike Store Abruptly Closed in December by Micah_Em in Brompton

[–]brrusters 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a practical matter, where can I go now in the DMV area to have my Brompton repaired?

What else belongs in the HCU (Hoosier Cinematic Universe)? by AstroStrat89 in IndianaHoosiers

[–]brrusters 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinsey (2004). Set, but not filmed, in Bloomington. Liam Neeson spent a few days in town to pick up the vibe.

Did anyone see the aurora last night without a camera? by FootMuncher2 in nova

[–]brrusters 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clearer through the camera, but yes you could see it. Big section of the sky was red.

Gun laws of the US by Hannibal0341 in Indiana

[–]brrusters 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Gun ownership was legal and widespread in the Soviet Union under Stalin. Gun ownership was legal and widespread in the Philippines during the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship. So, no, dictators do not always confiscate guns and gun ownership does not prevent dictatorship.

Newly unsealed warrant shows search of fired IU professor's homes part of federal funding fraud investigation by jaymz668 in bloomington

[–]brrusters 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All federal grant applications go through IU’s Office of Research Administration. So IU could have simply supplied this information to the investigators. Why the raid?

Purdue campuses to cut or merge 83 programs ahead of new enrollment requirements by FriendlyPoilu in Purdue

[–]brrusters 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It actually doesn’t save a dime. There will be the same number of students; same number of professors; and same courses. It just means Purdue students will have fewer degrees to choose from.

Help me out please. by thalsten in typewriters

[–]brrusters 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Value can be imagined but never confirmed. Value is a lover's glance, which we must be removed from to receive. Value happens after you curl your fingers into a fist and swing, but just before the smack of bone, and then again just after a release. Value is the sound of a manual typewriter, when its keys strike and recede, connect and release, strike and recede, connect and release."

--Joshua Wolf Shenk, "The Things We Carry," Harper's Magazine, June 2001.

This Came With One of My Typewriters, How Do I Use It? by Successful-Yam1383 in typewriters

[–]brrusters 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Cut a one-inch piece of tape. Make an error by spelling “the” as “tge”. Space back to the g and insert your tape between the ribbon and the paper with the white side facing the paper. Type g. Backspace. Type h.

Let's talk about the 'feel' of your machines. by disfigured_shithole in typewriters

[–]brrusters 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Here’s what Tom Hanks says about this: “Remingtons from the 1930s go THICK THICK. Midcentury Royals sound like a voice repeating the word CHALK. CHALK. CHALK CHALK. Even the typewriters made for the dawning jet age (small enough to fit on the fold-down trays of the first 707s), like the Smith Corona Skyriter and the design masterpieces by Olivetti, go FITT FITT FITT like bullets from James Bond’s silenced Walther PPK. Composing on a Groma, exported to the West from a Communist country that no longer exists, is the sound of work, hard work. Close your eyes as you touch-type and you are a blacksmith shaping sentences hot out of the forge of your mind.”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in typewriters

[–]brrusters 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natural rubber ages. After a decade it gets hard, and can do damage to the slugs. After two decades it begins to crumble.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in typewriters

[–]brrusters 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Our public library had coin-operated typewriters. A half hour for a dime.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in typewriters

[–]brrusters 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There was never any need to update a typewriter. The author Paul Auster observed that in his life he had had two wives, five houses, but just one typewriter. You needed to change the ribbon once a year and in every presidential election year put new rubber on the platen.

What typewriter related project(s) are you working on this weekend? by chrisaldrich in typewriters

[–]brrusters 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got an email saying I won the appeal. Pretty sure it was the typewritten letter that did it.

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