Yeah and with me the clay tablets can take ages -can one microwave them ??- P of lowest tech -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton Sent: 27 April 2012 10:02 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: what if... Hi Chris I am more than willing to believe it takes 6 hours to upgrade software AND without in any sense (I hope!) dismissing or denigrating what you are saying, I want to say that I got really excited when I read > What if I told you it took me six hours to roll a piece of paper into > my typewriter just as a kind of poem, aware of the context but also reading it as if without that context maybe not the intention you had, but I am grateful all the same I am lugging a chunky but not very good laptop around much of the time, wondering when I can afford something light as a supplement; but I try always to have a pen and paper too -- AND a spare pen in case the one I have runs out best L ----- Lawrence Upton Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London SE14 6NW ----