Congratulations on your purchase! I'm very fond of typewriters, mauger that I'm all thumbs with them. If you're going to use it regularly, you may want to seek out a local or regional party who can service it for that eventuality of repair.

Congrats on the typewritter! I still keep and use the one my grandpa had, aside from sturdy they're superfun to write in. Their only downside is that ink tape is a bit hard to come by nowadays ;w; (at least over here)

Thank you both! I'm really happy with the purchase, and I plan to use it a lot. drawcia, funnily enough, they're super easy to get for cheap on aliexpress. you can get three tapes for like 15 bucks. I know it's not ideal, but there's availability

I have an internet friend who spent some time in Ushuaia recently. Seems like a lovely part of the world… and if nuclear war breaks out you’re pretty well insulated from it, which is a bonus. ;)

Patagonia is my favorite place in the entire world, tbh, I'm happy being anywhere near the Andes.

I sure am lucky to live in the country that owns the green part of Patagonia. The Andes look beautiful in winter!

I've only seen the Southern Cone in photos and videos. As much as I admire its largely unspoilt beauty, I wouldn't care to live there. Its appeal is perfectly fathomable..

based laptop chad

Had I been here upon your first annunciation, I would've warned against the sale or relinquishment of such a useful tool, and advised you to cultivate some discipline to eschew online activity when you'd rather read and draw. Otoh, I'm glad that you're more interested in books than sites.

I don't believe getting rid of your personal belongings will help achieve your goal, for me, being completely honest, that's a bad way to cultivate self control. especially with your objective because it doesn't make sense at all, if the computer is something that is in your way, the laptop will be just as much in your way lol

It's fine; I don't do anything on the machine I gave away that I can't do on my old trusty laptop. Not being nailed to a single place will benefit me, and I'll reclaim a lot of space occupied by the screen, keyboard, etc for more useful stuff.

@ongezell No, because I can't be fucked to use my laptop for anything but work. I get home and I forget it exists.

And, well, although it's important, self control is not even my main goal. It's just I don't see much use for it anymore. It's a big bulky powerful machine that I don't use for anything but to update my site. It's a waste! I might be whimsical, but this is something I've been meditating for a year or so.

All else aside, any summer is well spent reading :)