As I’ve grown older, I’ve looked back at where I was at age 20. Where my father was at the same age. That I was blessed to have him as my father is the best and only tribute needed.
Father’s Day 2018
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Making excuses to have fun… June 3, 2018
Typewriters get response…
There are times I feel using a 100 year old typewriter to type a letter to someone will get you more attention than sending an email…
450 and still going…
Had I stayed with my computer I would have stopped sending letters 4 months ago. Slower, lots of mistakes… but it seems more honest to type the words and to strive to get a point across. I do not have to consider the words rushing around the world… I only hope it does not go directly into the trash… instead of the spam folder.
2nd day with 1901 Underwood 5
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.
1901 Underwood #5
I now can good back to a Underwood that still lists Wagner Typewriter as the manufacturer. Â 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!!
