Category: Thoughts

Reliance Premier… is fast but not royal

As a stand alone the Reliance Premier is a solid machine.  If you have one just put some time between it and a classic like a Royal 10.  The Reliance is that second car… the one you go to the store in and the daily commute to work car.  The car gets you where you want to go… the one you don’t always admit you own.  But… it does get the job done… as such it has a place in your home.

Nice to own... 1916 Reliance Premire. Fast and fun.
Nice to own… 1916 Reliance Premire. Fast and fun.

 

Type Oh Bells… the sounds my typewriters make.

I thought of calling this “For whom the bell tolls…” but I believe it’s been over used.   Type Oh bells… comes with its own slogan: “The place for fast food thoughts”

Or … ” The typewriter always rings twice…”

 

The ring tone of a 1951 Underwood makes my day complete.
The ring tone of a 1951 Underwood makes my day complete.

Computer Owner 23 years… Typewriter Owner One.

Almost hard to believe just how long computers have been around.  I worked on one at work in 1977 and bought my first PC for my home in 1990.  Then there was that movie Desk Set with Hepburn and Tracy that was made 55 years ago (1957) about computers being brought into the work place.  I keep wanting to think of computers and the PC as something that just occurred but “not true” books about intelligent computers “Moon is a Harsh Mistress” dates back to 1965… TANSTAAFL!  Their ain’t no such thing as a free lunch…  (I find it amazing that spell check did not see TANSTAAFL as a misspelled word. )

1966 Hermes typewriter...
1966 Hermes typewriter…