Stuck in the past

[Robinne Weiss]

Fake hair, and ears, too! I can't imagine how irritating all that stuff must be by the end of the day. Makes me itchy just thinking about it!

 

[Jennifer Stone]

You wouldn't always expect a fake nose, no-one expects a fake nose. Hmmm, maybe an idea for a novel here. Fill it in as you see fit, let's see how many different ideas we can get.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

You wouldn't always expect a fake nose, no-one expects a fake nose.

...And that's exactly how Jeff planned on smuggling the explosives on board Flight 4320 en route to D.C.

 

[Stephen Drake]

And, of course, everyone from Texas rides a horse to work with their guns on their belts, wears a cowboy hat, and speaks with an accent/drawl.

You mean they don't!? I am truly shocked and amazed! What is this world coming to!

 

[Stephen Drake]

Just to be clear:
Montana, being the 4th largest state in area and the sparsest population (1 m).
Residents do not all ride horses to town. Some do ride their horse to town, mostly to visit the bar (you don't get a dui if you're riding a horse while drunk).
There are modern conveniences and the schools have more the one room.
Most people own more then one gun and will use it if you trespass, but you hardly ever hear of a gratuitous shootings or robberies (sticking up a convenience store there is like robbing the coffee shop that police frequent, not the smartest thing to do).
There are vast amounts of open sky (Big Sky Country).
Not everyone wears a cowboy hat, but a lot do (I have one, I just don't wear it).
There are a lot of Grizzly Bears and they like people...for a snack.
If you're looking for flat land in Montana, good luck! There is some, but not a lot.
"Rush hour" is defined as more than 3 vehicles in the same lane going through any town at 5:00 pm.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Just to be clear:
Montana, being the 4th largest state in area and the sparsest population (1 m).
Residents do not all ride horses to town. Some do ride their horse to town, mostly to visit the bar (you don't get a dui if you're riding a horse while drunk).
There are modern conveniences and the schools have more the one room.
Most people own more then one gun and will use it if you trespass, but you hardly ever hear of a gratuitous shootings or robberies (sticking up a convenience store there is like robbing the coffee shop that police frequent, not the smartest thing to do).
There are vast amounts of open sky (Big Sky Country).
Not everyone wears a cowboy hat, but a lot do (I have one, I just don't wear it).
There are a lot of Grizzly Bears and they like people...for a snack.
If you're looking for flat land in Montana, good luck! There is some, but not a lot.
"Rush hour" is defined as more than 3 vehicles in the same lane going through any town at 5:00 pm.

(Sounds an awful lot like the Texas stereotype lol) Are all of y'all in militias too?

 

[Stephen Drake]

(Sounds an awful lot like the Texas stereotype lol) Are all of y'all in militias too?

I don't live there anymore...been in WA for the last two years. There were a few, but they weren't obvious. Ted Kaczynski was captured not far from were I used to live, though.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Neither being far from Oregon, more or less. Actually WA is just over the river at Portland

 

[Stephen Drake]

Neither being far from Oregon, more or less. Actually WA is just over the river at Portland

Yes, I know. Portland is about 150 miles south of me. I'm not far from JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McCord).

 

[Jason Byrne]

(Sounds an awful lot like the Texas stereotype lol) Are all of y'all in militias too?

You should have seen the Michigan Militia. Yee-haw.

I do wear a cowboy hat. It's my rain-hat. Got it at the county fair... 13 years ago, and it's done a marvelous job ever since. I wish I knew that guy's name, that made it.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Hmmm, well I guess I'm something of a Cornish Cowboy, for in my time in Atlanta I acquired a black leather cowboy hat - which I added a silver concho headband to, though it's actually a child's belt bought for 50c at a thrift store. I also have a full length black leather duster coat, black cowboy boots and a buckskin beaded and tassled jacket by swanky designer Arturo, which retailed for $2,250 new - but which I grabbed for $650 on eBay. This is by far the most expensive garment I've ever bought. None of this gear is really wearable in Cornwall, as it would make me look like a line dancer! I suppose that I could become a highwayman and flag down a passing stagecoach.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Hmmm, well I guess I'm something of a Cornish Cowboy, for in my time in Atlanta I acquired a black leather cowboy hat - which I added a silver concho headband to, though it's actually a child's belt bought for 50c at a thrift store. I also have a full length black leather duster coat, black cowboy boots and a buckskin beaded and tassled jacket by swanky designer Arturo, which retailed for $2,250 new - but which I grabbed for $650 on eBay. This is by far the most expensive garment I've ever bought. None of this gear is really wearable in Cornwall, as it would make me look like a line dancer! I suppose that I could become a highwayman and flag down a passing stagecoach.

Damned highwaymen and brigands...

 

[Richard Sutton]

I actually still own two typewriters. One is an actual Royal Manual which weighs about twenty pounds and sound like an "EL" crossing. The other is an Olivetti electric with changeable type font balls, like a Selectric (anybody remember those???) I'd love to part with them, but nobody on Ebay is interested, so they will continue to hold up a section of the basement junk storage. Despite this old-school hardware cred, I remain a hunt and peck typist even now!

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Typewriters are so heavy. I bought one from a retired journalist in 1993, and as she only lived a mile from me I walked to pick it up. Lugging the full-size Olivetti home took longer than I thought it would, as it weighed about 35 pounds.
The very last typewriter factory in the world closed in 2011 :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...nds-production-Godrej-Boyce-closes-doors.html

 

[Carol Rose]

I own several typewriters and they're on display in my writing room. And yes, Richard, I remember Selectrics!