tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post8434001949930614216..comments2023-09-30T10:39:38.126-05:00Comments on Fresh Ribbon: Flea Marketing in South Arkansas and Hitting PaydirtMondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-66004652317767276852009-07-05T10:30:46.755-05:002009-07-05T10:30:46.755-05:00Consider the ju-ju tossed. I sure hope you find so...Consider the ju-ju tossed. I sure hope you find something fabulous!Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-23461704902869595102009-07-01T11:46:57.670-05:002009-07-01T11:46:57.670-05:00Monda, what wonderful finds! I'm heading up t...Monda, what wonderful finds! I'm heading up to the fleamarket strip in Niles, Michigan before long, can you toss some of your ju-ju my way? I never seem to find anything.Jessica Orrhttp://bookaddiction.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-32700251361548892452009-06-25T13:14:34.536-05:002009-06-25T13:14:34.536-05:00When I was there last, it was the *perfect* week. ...When I was there last, it was the *perfect* week. I mean, in some ways more perfect than anything on the West coast. Everything was green, and the temperature was just so, kind of cool, kind of warm. And it seemed like paradise. I told my parents to stop bitchin' about the Arkansas weather and they blew a gasket! Which was fun to watch.Strikethruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797111328778577303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-67442058196595294302009-06-23T17:11:49.629-05:002009-06-23T17:11:49.629-05:00Strikethru and Mike, we're on our second week ...Strikethru and Mike, we're on our second week of 100+ temperatures, so I suggest Arkansas shopping trips in the Fall instead.<br /><br />Just so you know, Fall happens around Christmas and lasts through the first half of February. Then it ices for two weeks. After that is tornado season, so mark your calendars now.Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-31064656054561989922009-06-23T13:26:51.041-05:002009-06-23T13:26:51.041-05:00You can bet I will go a'huntin next time I am ...You can bet I will go a'huntin next time I am back in Arkansas. I found several typers when I was there just in the Goodwill, which is pretty much guaranteed not to happen here in Seattle. <br /><br />I can picture the little shops. Sigh!Strikethruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797111328778577303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-88674314134097409382009-06-23T10:40:21.264-05:002009-06-23T10:40:21.264-05:00Never before has moving to Arkansas seemed so enti...Never before has moving to Arkansas seemed so enticing.Mike Speeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648532407369443335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-65631630708669920282009-06-22T14:17:44.570-05:002009-06-22T14:17:44.570-05:00Through gritting teeth I jealously congratulate yo...Through gritting teeth I jealously congratulate you on your finds.gnorbhttp://www.gnorb.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-90098562454704413082009-06-21T20:30:16.810-05:002009-06-21T20:30:16.810-05:00Good Lord, Faust. You may have to go all the way t...Good Lord, Faust. You may have to go all the way to Memphis to find anything close to Voss-land. Hot Springs is delightful! I've heard a rumor that there's a typewriter repair man still working down there. <br /><br />I'm beginning to suspect that the closer I travel to a college or university, the more likely I am to find old typewriters. One of us needs to set sail for Fayetteville.Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-49855847182568487932009-06-21T20:13:23.524-05:002009-06-21T20:13:23.524-05:00Monda, I imagine (though I doubt it) that differen...Monda, I imagine (though I doubt it) that different regions of Arkansas had contracts with each of the companies, similar to my having to type this on a Dell because my college has no choice but to supply its instructors with them (not my first choice, by the way). It's fanciful, but I can sit back and imagine that somewhere some region had a contract with . . . dare I dream it . . . Voss. Boy, if I could only find that part of this state.<br /><br />BTW . . . I'm here toward Hot Springs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-17953767243665872882009-06-21T17:48:49.699-05:002009-06-21T17:48:49.699-05:00Julia, you know I love the pretty machines. I left...Julia, you know I love the pretty machines. I left quite a few in the shops that weren't exactly lovely in their bones. When the junk shops go out of business, things are BAD.<br /><br />Faust - I don't know what part of the state you're in, but let me tell you the shopping is much better far away from Little Rock. <br /><br />The brands seem to be regional, for some reason. In northern Arkansas every typewriter is a Royal, in the central part of the state it's Smith Corona, and down south there are nothing but Remingtons everywhere you look. Anyone want to venture a guess on this one?Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-29559344752805306422009-06-21T10:39:16.351-05:002009-06-21T10:39:16.351-05:00Monda, I had no idea. I am living, if but for the ...Monda, I had no idea. I am living, if but for the moment, in the selfsame state as you, and I've yet to find one typewriter worth consideration at one of the junk (let's call them antique) stores, much less have had anyone digging storage for me. Perhaps, just perhaps, I lack the charm you have.<br /><br />Congrats on your finds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-13366179708642745262009-06-20T21:04:33.737-05:002009-06-20T21:04:33.737-05:00I am jealous of the ones you picked up, somebody j...I am jealous of the ones you picked up, somebody just took the Royal Precision Portable (red! omg!) I was bidding on ENTIRELY out of my "acceptable price range" and I had to give up. I'm itching for a snappy new typewriter...those are great, and I wish there were more junk shops around here. This part of Michigan is absolutely dismal like that, our only decent junk shop went out months ago because they went bankrupt. Nobody wants knickknacks or 1950s housedresses in this economy, apparently.<br /><br />I love teal typewriters. Brb, staring more at your pictures.Julia Effhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12029243317842734202noreply@blogger.com