I'm pretty sure typing was a required course at my high school (in the early-mid 80s) for which I'm deeply grateful. We used to have the typewriter my grandmother got when she was in secretarial school that had unmarked keys. I'm not sure where that ended up, though.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Apr 12, 2021 9:49:57 am PDT #5515 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
amyparker - Apr 12, 2021 10:23:17 am PDT #5516 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
JenP, Epic's right; you might also see if FB has a specific local group just for boxes - there's one here, and I found all the boxes and packing material I needed for my last move on it, then got rid of all of it the same way. I'll use it again when we move next year.
Toddson - Apr 12, 2021 10:43:57 am PDT #5517 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
When I moved out of my old apartment, I had some extra boxes ... they were an odd size, but perfectly good boxes. I left them down by the recycling bin, but told other move-outs about them, so I'm pretty sure they were used.
In re typing - I'd learned how to type in high school ... got to be pretty good at it. I went off to college with my mother's 1930s L.C. Smith typewriter, but got a new manual one for Christmas that year.
JenP - Apr 12, 2021 10:46:18 am PDT #5518 of 30000
Thanks, amyparker. I submitted to join my local group, but if no one wants the boxes, I'll def see about a specific moving group. I have packing paper, too, that can be reused, so this will be great.
juliana - Apr 12, 2021 11:54:55 am PDT #5519 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
If there's a Freecycle group around you, you might see if anyone in it wants the boxes.
amyparker - Apr 12, 2021 12:04:28 pm PDT #5520 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Happy to help!
Just got my appointment for my first shot! Nothing on the island, but there's a general surgery 25 miles away in Silverdale that's offering them, and I seem to have beat the rush: everyone else over 18 is also eligible on Thursday.
Toddson - Apr 12, 2021 12:36:04 pm PDT #5521 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well the virtual conference started today ... I was supposed to monitor one session that required a special registration and, of course, I wasn't on the registration list. I'd reminded the person in charge of registration to put me on the list Friday, but ....
It looks like the surprise assignments will be manageable ... tedious but manageable. I just wish I'd had a little advance notice and a little more info as to what was expected of me. sigh ....
Laura - Apr 12, 2021 1:13:46 pm PDT #5522 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Big Yay for stabination!
Big Boo for tedious assignments.
Toddson - Apr 12, 2021 1:31:51 pm PDT #5523 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A little tedium I can deal with, it's the "surprise!" assignments that get me.
Laura - Apr 12, 2021 1:58:32 pm PDT #5524 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah surprise party or surprise bonus are okay, but surprise assignments suck.