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Strangest place to store your typewriter
I was thinking tonight that I am storing my Smith-Corona Silent in a very strange place, albeit temporarily until the handle on its case is replaced.
It is currently...
in
the
microwave. 
What is the strangest place you have stored a typewriter?
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- ztyper
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
...I was going to say floor, but nobody can beat the microwave... 
And typewriters occupying floor space doesn't seem to uncommon here anyways.
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
Mine are all in normal places, I'm afraid; & I don't have a microwave! Boring here...
You have to be careful with that one though, colrehegan - what if someone turned it on!?
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
Not a problem. My cats can't operate the microwave. In fact, it is only there because of the cat who wants to play with it and pull the ribbon out of it.
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Thread Starter- Fleetwing
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
I've got the SG3 in the (cool, dry) basement, in a storage tub with ice skates.... At least it's covered. (I'd love a proper cover for it.)
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
Microwave? I have to ask: WHY? It must be a very big microwave because I'm pretty sure that a Silent wouldn't come close to fitting in mine. Can't say that I've stored mine anywhere remotely strange, but some are in large piles - up to four or five machines deep. It's a temporary situation until I finish reorganizing and can fit my entire collection in one place.
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
Uwe,
It is a temporary situation until the case's handle is replaced. The case is currently at a shoe & luggage repair shop. One of my cats likes to pull at the ribbon in typewriters. It is why my Royal FP lives under an empty plastic bin. I came home from work one day to find a black ribbon on the floor. It was the original ribbon and it had holes in it from the cat's teeth. I took a picture last night and will post it hopefully this weekend.
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
Maybe there's something about the smell of a ribbon that attracts your cat. Valiant is a cat person and I don't recall him ever mentioning his cat getting into the ribbons of his machine, so maybe yours has a more eclectic palate? Ribbons are usually the first thing to grow that musty smell, so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Re: Strangest place to store your typewriter
Got the case back and a new handle is on it. So, the typewriter can go back into its case! 
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