I have saved my self- wait for it- 10 dollars! Oh yes.
Anyways, as I have stated before, I write on an old manual typewriter. However, do you know how hard it is to find a place that even has typewriter ribbon when it runs out? Practically impossible. However, being the brilliant -I crack myself up- dame I am, I googled "How to renew Typewriter Tape". Aha! There are many ways! Easiest of which being a good spritz of WD-40. Well, we have plenty of that hanging about due to dad's gun re-sales. So I snatched a can of the greasy, smelly stuff, unhooked the ribbon from the typewriter (Which decided- just out of spite- to not come out and be stubborn, causing me to spend 5 minutes trying to get the darned thing out), grabbed some failed drawings I had done, laid them over the table, ceremoniously unwrapped the accursed tape, and drenched the thing! Well, okay, so I didn't quite drench it, but I gave it several good sprays, and ran a Q-Tip over it all. And now it types just as black as it used to! I am quite happy about this revelation... however, I do need to locate myself a ribbon dealer, as it will only hold up to so many "Ribbon Rejuvenations".
A very happy EQ and Spirit signing off!
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