I'll admit that the use of hot wax has different connotations for me. ^_^ Is that manner of beast related to the organic aromatics I recall emanating from the freshly copied handouts, in glorious pale blue, cranked out using a device similar to a mechanical cash register?
(I only wish I still had my mechanical calculator! It was for pounds, shillings, and pence, too. Enter the amount, pull the handle down to add it to the current tally, and it'd obediently - nay, magically! - print the running total up on the paper roll. Inside, of course, it was thick with levers, and would probably damage a tank if one were to attempt to roll over it)
I'm still using the wallet I picked up while visiting you in Singapore, though it is, admittedly, starting to show its age somewhat. I'll replace it when I see something that appeals, but there's no desperate hurry.
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Date: 2012-02-29 09:30 pm (UTC)(I only wish I still had my mechanical calculator! It was for pounds, shillings, and pence, too. Enter the amount, pull the handle down to add it to the current tally, and it'd obediently - nay, magically! - print the running total up on the paper roll. Inside, of course, it was thick with levers, and would probably damage a tank if one were to attempt to roll over it)
I'm still using the wallet I picked up while visiting you in Singapore, though it is, admittedly, starting to show its age somewhat. I'll replace it when I see something that appeals, but there's no desperate hurry.