The Keyboard Collector's Poem
- elecplus
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Small kish, baby kisk, long kish, M
To grind them up would be a sin.
Sand paper, paint pot, epoxy glue
These will make them just like new.
We hoard them, we hide them,
We treat them with care.
We spend all our money,
Our cupboards are bare!
But we full of bliss
Nothing is amiss.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
And yes, we love to hold her!
Bad poetry, I know, but I couldn't sleep. Who can improve on it?
To grind them up would be a sin.
Sand paper, paint pot, epoxy glue
These will make them just like new.
We hoard them, we hide them,
We treat them with care.
We spend all our money,
Our cupboards are bare!
But we full of bliss
Nothing is amiss.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
And yes, we love to hold her!
Bad poetry, I know, but I couldn't sleep. Who can improve on it?
- Madhias
- BS TORPE
- Location: Wien, Austria
- Main keyboard: HHKB
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- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
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Poetry? Nah. But I have got a twelve bar blues.
My eyes are green with envy,
But my wallet's paid his dues.
Been sitting here for half the year,
Still ain't got good news.
Oh you know for sure.
I got them Cherry MX blues.
(Harmonica.)
Ain't no fancy Topres,
Ain't nothin' I can use.
I got them blues.
My eyes are green with envy,
But my wallet's paid his dues.
Been sitting here for half the year,
Still ain't got good news.
Oh you know for sure.
I got them Cherry MX blues.
(Harmonica.)
Ain't no fancy Topres,
Ain't nothin' I can use.
I got them blues.
- fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
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This thread is a very good idea. I may even try to write something myself.
As with some/many/most eclectic hobbies, an outsider will wonder when psychiatric help is called for.
Somewhat off-topic, but I will re-post these 2 ditties yet again:
Quote from: Anonymous Coward, circa 2011:
I feel ashamed when I see a grown up man say things like "…. a sharp drop at the actuation point at around 2/3 - 3/4 way down the ...."
Don't you have anything better to do with your life than yammering away on the minute details of a keyboard? I have both an M and an F that I picked up at goodwill for nothing 15 years ago and for the first time yesterday I googled about them and found 'enthusiast' (here an euphemism for retarded) websites where idiots bounce off the walls telling each other about the orgasms per second they have when using them.
And 'using' is an overstatement with 90% of those morons. Most are busy opening them, cleaning the last atom of dirt off them, 'restoring' what doesn't need any restoration, 'upgrading', thinking of names for them, 'modding', taking photos, showing them off, in general jerking off about the clicky sensations and the superb accuracy of their typing and other general uber-dorkiness. What I never found there was anything useful to do with them, ie. actually program a computer.
Go type 'messenger lectures' in youtube and see what smart people look like, then kill yourself disassembling your One True Keyboard (TM) for the nth time and swallowing all the buckling springs.
And then mail one of your remaining model Fs to me.
As with some/many/most eclectic hobbies, an outsider will wonder when psychiatric help is called for.
Somewhat off-topic, but I will re-post these 2 ditties yet again:
Quote from: Anonymous Coward, circa 2011:
I feel ashamed when I see a grown up man say things like "…. a sharp drop at the actuation point at around 2/3 - 3/4 way down the ...."
Don't you have anything better to do with your life than yammering away on the minute details of a keyboard? I have both an M and an F that I picked up at goodwill for nothing 15 years ago and for the first time yesterday I googled about them and found 'enthusiast' (here an euphemism for retarded) websites where idiots bounce off the walls telling each other about the orgasms per second they have when using them.
And 'using' is an overstatement with 90% of those morons. Most are busy opening them, cleaning the last atom of dirt off them, 'restoring' what doesn't need any restoration, 'upgrading', thinking of names for them, 'modding', taking photos, showing them off, in general jerking off about the clicky sensations and the superb accuracy of their typing and other general uber-dorkiness. What I never found there was anything useful to do with them, ie. actually program a computer.
Go type 'messenger lectures' in youtube and see what smart people look like, then kill yourself disassembling your One True Keyboard (TM) for the nth time and swallowing all the buckling springs.
And then mail one of your remaining model Fs to me.
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- LLRnR
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This is a nice thread! I might be onto something here, poetry-wise, but to know for sure I need the help of native English speakers: is the term "NIB" pronounced /en-eye-bee/ or as in /nib/?
- seebart
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yes this is easily the most creative thread on DT, apart from Top Gun Coolmadness Whoopi Goldberg As Guinan's Eyebrows!
- LLRnR
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Since rhymes seem to sprout out of the end of my fingers today, I didn't want to miss the opportunity, but! There is a "but": nobody told me yet if "NIB" can be pronounced /nib/, so I assumed it is the case. If, however, it should be pronounced /en-eye-bee/, then my rhymes are wrong.
All precautions have been taken, so... here goes!
The Ballad of the Old SSK
Since I have stumbled
Upon these great boards,
Dimensions unraveled,
I'm hooked beyond words.
With the help of a fairy
I saved a space saver,
And oh! how it serves me
In return of this favor.
It was tired and beaten,
Sadly rusting away,
Until I retrieved it
On a bright, sunny day.
It's my cherished companion
That clacks away loudly
And I'm happy to say
That it looks at me proudly.
But it's one of a kind,
Sits on the desk all alone,
Has no beloved brother
Within the walls of my home.
Must be feeling so lonely,
My poor SSK,
No next of kin, one and only,
Not having a NIB SSK!
I thus ventured to find one
So they could be whole,
Together forever,
Old SSK and its NIB bro.
I've searched and I've searched,
But nothing so far.
Where is my old SSK's
Lucky star?
Some wise folks have told me
That I missed the last train –
A chance in a million
For a NIB SSK.
Time trickles away,
The agony rises...
What more can I say?
My old SSK's on the verge of a crisis.
"I am still hoping
You find one someday,
For life has no meaning
Without a NIB SSK."
The last stanza is, erm, just the old SSK speaking
All precautions have been taken, so... here goes!
The Ballad of the Old SSK
Since I have stumbled
Upon these great boards,
Dimensions unraveled,
I'm hooked beyond words.
With the help of a fairy
I saved a space saver,
And oh! how it serves me
In return of this favor.
It was tired and beaten,
Sadly rusting away,
Until I retrieved it
On a bright, sunny day.
It's my cherished companion
That clacks away loudly
And I'm happy to say
That it looks at me proudly.
But it's one of a kind,
Sits on the desk all alone,
Has no beloved brother
Within the walls of my home.
Must be feeling so lonely,
My poor SSK,
No next of kin, one and only,
Not having a NIB SSK!
I thus ventured to find one
So they could be whole,
Together forever,
Old SSK and its NIB bro.
I've searched and I've searched,
But nothing so far.
Where is my old SSK's
Lucky star?
Some wise folks have told me
That I missed the last train –
A chance in a million
For a NIB SSK.
Time trickles away,
The agony rises...
What more can I say?
My old SSK's on the verge of a crisis.
"I am still hoping
You find one someday,
For life has no meaning
Without a NIB SSK."
The last stanza is, erm, just the old SSK speaking
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- seebart
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Very nice LLRnR, your Ballad of the Old SSK! It's pronounced "en-eye-bee" not "nib" by the way.
- LLRnR
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- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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Thanksseebart wrote: ↑Very nice LLRnR, your Ballad of the Old SSK! It's pronounced "en-eye-bee" not "nib" by the way.
Ah, damn, I was afraid I'd chosen the wrong pronunciation. With /en-eye-bee/ there are 3 syllables whereas in /nib/ there's only one, so the prosody is wrong. I'll see if I can fix it later today, if not, I'll try to make up something else
- seebart
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in poetry you can be creative, no need to "fix" anything!
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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Yeah, I guess you're right, I'll leave it as it is
I can't help but wonder, since this nice "keyboard collector's poem" thread was started by none other than Cindy, what kind of keyboard she's using.
I can't help but wonder, since this nice "keyboard collector's poem" thread was started by none other than Cindy, what kind of keyboard she's using.
- seebart
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from woman to woman I'm sure she'll tell you.
- scottc
- ☃
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- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
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...WTFseebart wrote: ↑from woman to woman I'm sure she'll tell you.
Anyway, Cindy has said before that she uses a Razer with MX blues!
- seebart
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what's up scottc? How is that funny? I meant that seriously. OK it's a little funny, but not THAT much?!?
But I guess we already know what Cindy is typing on then.
But I guess we already know what Cindy is typing on then.
- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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I think it's just the wording that maybe came out funny, that's what must have amused scottc. Yeah, I'm a gal and I dig IBMs
I was curious as to what Cindy is typing on because I haven't seen it mentioned before (and it's not mentioned in her profile, either), so thanks for clearing that up.
I was curious as to what Cindy is typing on because I haven't seen it mentioned before (and it's not mentioned in her profile, either), so thanks for clearing that up.
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
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LLRnR has it right. I just found it a really strange thing to say!seebart wrote: ↑what's up scottc? How is that funny? I meant that seriously. OK it's a little funny, but not THAT much?!?
But I guess we already know what Cindy is typing on then.
- seebart
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Now that I find funny! If you become a DT member LLRnR, that should be your "rank" / signature!LLRnR wrote: ↑Yeah, I'm a gal and I dig IBMs
Well I'm just a strange old man scott!
- fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
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- LLRnR
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: New F62 | 8BitDo | IBM Model M SSK
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Trackball
- Favorite switch: Buckling Springs
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Haha, yeah, I certainly want to do that but was planning on getting my PhD grant or a job first (I'm a hungry student at the moment...). However, it might happen sooner than that, as Mu just announced member that #0099 has already joined... thinking right now whether it's number 100 or 101 that I'd prefer.
Not bad, but that would change the meaning. The NIB SSK is a reference to the fact that I got here on DT a bit too late, once the NIB SSK treasure had been reclaimed.fohat wrote: ↑Just replace "N-I-B" with "free"
By the way, that Anonymous Coward quote of yours is deliriously funny!
- idollar
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We need someone to record the kbd blues !Muirium wrote: ↑Poetry? Nah. But I have got a twelve bar blues.
My eyes are green with envy,
But my wallet's paid his dues.
Been sitting here for half the year,
Still ain't got good news.
Oh you know for sure.
I got them Cherry MX blues.
(Harmonica.)
Ain't no fancy Topres,
Ain't nothin' I can use.
I got them blues.