This evening I was typing out a letter to one of my many Type-Pals. One of the things that this particular type~pal and I share in common besides typewriters is our love of music. We have quite a bit of crossover when it comes to much of the music that we like to listen to […]
Have those of you who own multiple typewriters ever paused to think about why you bought the particular examples that you did? I’m not refering to those typewriters that were gifted, inherited, or found for free sitting out on the curbside, but to those examples that you spent your own money on. I found myself
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The first car that I bought was a 1972 Triumph Spitfire. That was back in 1978 as I had a thing for British sports cars when I was in high school. Though the brown over tan color scheme wouldn’t have been my first choice, such cars were practically impossible to come by in the rural
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When it comes to anything with a keyboard, be it a typewriter or a computer, “touch typing” is basically all that I’ve ever known. (To be clear, I do not consider the “keyboard-like” interface appearing on a smartphone to be an actual keyboard or even a fake keyboard for that matter.) Though I likely did
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SUGGESTED READING TIME: One to two hours, depending on how many naps you take and how many cups of coffee you might need to get through it all. You’ve been warned! It has been well over a year since I bought my first typewriter. It’s also been more than a year since I began to
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Earlier today, I was able to watch a young child experience a typewriter for the very first time in his life. To be honest, this was quite a treat for me as I had never seen such a thing play out before my eyes in the past. Of course it didn’t hurt that this young
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Upon losing my job earlier this year and deciding to take the early retirement route, I noted that I would be trying to seriously cut back on my typewriter purchases, Thus far l’ve been doing a good job of this, But then a short while back, I saw a listing for a machine that I
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I had visions of creating one or more contributions for One Typed Page this past weekend, but that didn’t happen. My wife and I were staying out at our cabin near Oregon’s Mt Hood, where I happen to keep a typewriter on hand should I end up feeling inspired while there. This past weekend was
Ignorance is bliss, at least that’s what people say. I can relate. When I bought my first typewriter (a 1966 Olympia SM9) , everything functioned as it should. Not only that but it smelled wonderful as well. It was as if the tvoewriter gods were smiling down upon me. In fact, it smelled so good
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Earlier this week I was contacted by Type Space owner Tony Valoppi. He informed me that Portland’s alternative weekly newspaper, Willamette Week, was going to be including his shop in their annual “Best Of Portland” edition. I was asked if I would be interested in participating in some way, perhaps doing a bit of typing
