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1942 Underwood Model S

Fostering Typewriters

7 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriting General / Guth / June 27, 2022

I don’t need another typewriter. In fact, I’ve finally reached the point where I don’t really want another typewriter. As things stand right now, I have more than one good machine that just isn’t being used nearly often enough. I don’t like to have these machines sitting around unused. Yet I couldn’t say no to […]

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Typewriter and Toot-A-Loop radio.

It’s a 70’s Thing

4 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriting General / Guth / April 24, 2022

I tend to dig much of the industrial design that came out of the 1970’s. This is the primary reason that my Panasonic “Toot-A~Loop” AM radio is still with me after all of these years (50 years by my estimation). It seems that even as e child I recognized the brilliance behind Panasonic ‘s model

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Analog Exploits

11 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriters Social, Typewriting General / Guth / March 29, 2022

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

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Typewriter cases in a row.

Why Did You Buy The Typewriters You Did?

16 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriting General / Guth / January 17, 2022

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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To write or to type?

Typing To Avoid Writing

14 Comments / Typewriters Social, Typewriting General / Guth / December 16, 2021

I don’ t know if others ever have this problem, but I have been more than a little enthusiastic when it comes to typing as of late. This typically results in nearly immediate responses to any letters that I receive. In addition, the letters that I write in return often end up being nearly the

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1972 Triumph Spitfire

A Sentimental Journey

8 Comments / Typewriters General / Guth / November 7, 2021

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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typewriter, guitar strings, car keys

Long Lasting Lessons Learned

12 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriting General / Guth / November 6, 2021

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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One Year In The Rearview Mirror

12 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriters Social, Typewriting General / Guth / October 13, 2021

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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Through A Child’s Eyes

9 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriters Social / Guth / October 10, 2021

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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Taking another Tornado for a test spin

4 Comments / Typewriters General, Typewriters Technical, Uncategorized / Guth / October 5, 2021

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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