ah yes. Last year when I had a lot of writing to do and flaky internet connection, I pulled out an old ubuntu laptop and just typed into text files that I saved to dropbox folders so it synced when I did have a connection - I cut the software right down to vim and dropbox (you may have another preferred editor/cloud storage solution!) - it's a refreshing exercise in old-skool word-processing.
And oh yes, the joy of jamming the typebars and then unjamming them - simple pleasures...