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solarbirdFrom the Lexington Science Fiction and Fantasy Association mailing list, Hey Oscar Wilde! It's clobberin' time!, an art blog of drawings from "various artists interpreting their favourite literary figure/author/character." It's fun!
Completely unrelated, have the original instructions (retyped, not scanned) for setting up and operating your Crosley 51 Radio Receiver, one of the first affordable radios, from back when tuning in an AM station was a four-knob challenge helped by having a bit of practice at it. And that's after the half hour of setup, involving a couple of hundred feet of wire (for the long-distance high-gain loop antenna you'd make) and two to three kinds of wet- and dry-cell batteries. Radio used to take some real determination.
Completely unrelated, have the original instructions (retyped, not scanned) for setting up and operating your Crosley 51 Radio Receiver, one of the first affordable radios, from back when tuning in an AM station was a four-knob challenge helped by having a bit of practice at it. And that's after the half hour of setup, involving a couple of hundred feet of wire (for the long-distance high-gain loop antenna you'd make) and two to three kinds of wet- and dry-cell batteries. Radio used to take some real determination.
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