I just had to type another day on this 117 year old. I delude myself because it seems to type better… just from the use.
2nd day with 1901 Underwood 5
Month: April 2018
1901 Underwood #5
I now can good back to a Underwood that still lists Wagner Typewriter as the manufacturer. 1901 is about as old as I want to go.
Thoughts on snowflakes…
We live in such information bubble’s that I had to look up why calling someone a “snowflake” was a “putdown”. Based on my research it’s like calling a person who see’s a cup half-full, pig headed for not admitting its half-empty.
I like my old Underwoods…
Today I picked my 112 year old Underwood #5 to type with. Looks better at a distance than close up. Got lots of use in its day… and still performs. Part of me enjoys them “as is” condition. Growing older with character…
At 115 this Underwood works fine…
I keep walking past this 1903 Underwood #4… today I took it off the shelf and was amazed at how well it works. Then after typing a page… I did a little work on it and now want to type another page. For some reason the memory of how it didn’t work at all when I first got it stays with me… even when it types better at 115 than many other machines I use more often.
6 years of GEE!
I have been online 6 years now… I had thought that it this point I would have many great insights; but instead I just have the type. I have words on paper that fill many notebooks. I have pressed and touch the keys of many wonderful machines. I find that 6 years later my fingers still look forward to the words to come, the thoughts to convey and the sounds to be heard as I type away. That’s all I really have to say… its just about the type!!
