From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Unlike Stephen King and the late Peter David,   
   >>since childhood I have always preferred and   
   >>insisted upon erasable typing paper,which as   
   >>far as I can tell is no longer manufactured.   
   >   
   >>I actually signed up to buy through Ebay (I   
   >>decline to use their stylized anomalous capitalization)   
   >>in order to get some,and after delivery hiccups   
   >>caused by their database thinking they knew better   
   >>than I do what my ZIP+4 is based on the address   
   >>variant I tried to use,I have now taken possession   
   >>of over a thousand sheets after having just about   
   >>run out.   
   >   
   >>The sheets themselves may be fifty years old,   
   >>though the packages I got are mostly never-opened;   
   >>they say they are from the Eaton Paper division of   
   >>Textron,and Textron bought Eaton's then-parent Gorham   
   >>in 1967 and renamed the division Sheaffer Eaton when   
   >>they bought the Sheaffer pen company in 1976.   
   >   
   >>(Some other packages available online are attributed   
   >>to Sheaffer Eaton,and the Eaton paper factory in   
   >>Pittsfield was shut just before Textron sold Sheaffer   
   >>Eaton to Gefinor in 1987,which has since sold it in   
   >>pieces).   
   >   
   >>Now I can use my typewriter and know I can erase   
   >>mistakes again!!   
   >   
   > Isn't there a solvent involved? Wouldn't it have evaporated?   
      
   The paper has a smooth coating.   
   I will soon know if it has lost its effectiveness.   
      
   > I just use white out.   
      
   I've always thought that was bothersome.   
      
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