#1001 Distractions 18 August 2019
#1002 Thoughts of this day 25 August 2019
#1003 I take a survey 27 August 2019
#1004 One word at a time 2 Sept 2019
#1005 Looking toward new roads to travel 9 Sept 2019
#1006 Events of the day 30 Sept 2019
#1007 Darn this typewriter 26 Oct 2019
#1008 Back to the source… 7 Nov 2019
#1009 Keep learning… 17 Nov 2019
#1010 Thanksgiving 2019 26 Nov 2019
#1011 Typing… a form of art with words 6 Dec 2019
#1012 118 years ago… this was a new typewriter 8 Dec 2019
#1013 1903 Underwood #4 thoughts 11 Dec 2019
#1014 In 100 years… 19 Dec 2019
#1015 Reactions 30 Dec 2019
#1016 2020 view 24 Jan 2020
#1017 Butterfly… Housefly… thoughts 8 Feb 2020
#1018 Bicycle thoughts while riding 8 March 2020
#1019 Taking Care 20 March 2020
#1020 Kind act saves the day 31 March 2020
#1021 Everyday is a good day 12 April 2020
#1022 Just my imagination 22 April 2020
#1023 Type instead of look 28 April 2020
#1024 Bargain views…. 3 May 2020
#1025 Memorial Day 2020 24 May 2020
#1026 Gratitude 25 May 2020
#1027 1963-2020 4 June 2020
#1028 As things re-open 14 June 2020
#1029 Cooling the outrage 29 June 2020
#1030 Assumptions… 2 July 2020
#1031 Being social 5 July 2020
#1032 Iowa state of mind 21 July 2020
#1033 Mindsets… 31 July 2020
#1034 Mind sparks 18 Aug 2020
#1035 2020 reflections 4 Sept 2020
#1036 Words 27 Sept 2020
#1037 2020 Ballot 2 Nov 2020
#1038 2020 ends 20 Dec 2020
#1039 2021 in sight 30 Dec 2020
#1040 Our Country 17 Jan 2021
#1041 Snow days… 18 Feb 2021
#1042 Spring 2021 13 March 2021
#1043 Return to normal 2 April 2021
#1044 The road back 2 May 2021
#1045 500 miles & the fun begins 30 June 2021
#1046 2021 Bicycle Ride Across Iowa 3 August 2021
#1047 2nd thoughts... 12 August 2021
#1048 New views… 9 Oct 2021
#1049 Just thinking … 7 Nov 2021
#1050 80 years ago… 14 Dec 2021
#1051 For Mr. Sidney… 11 Jan 2022
#1052 Looking for good 30 March 22
#1053 On the keyboard 3 May 22
#1054 Mother’s day 2022 8 May 22
#1055 Bike View 30 June 22
#1056 Old Habits 27 Oct 22
#1057 A fine mess 28 Oct 22
#1058 Thoughts for 2023 29 Jan 23
#1059 Just say Hey (why not) 30 March 23
#1060 Say what? 16 May 23
#1061 Taking time 27 June 23
#1062 Bike ride across Iowa (the 50th) 1 Aug 23
#1063 Part 2: Bike ride across Iowa 2023 2 Aug 23
#1064 2023 Ends 31 Dec 23
#1065 The day the sun hid… 17 April 2024
#1066 Walking 28 April 2024
#1067 Great Ideal’s last and last 6 May 2024
#1068 1901 Underwood looks great 8 May 2024
#1069 Word art 26 July 2024
#1070 Boomer words 9 Aug 2024
#1071 Lost Views 13 July 2025
#1072 Chicken walking… 14 July 2025
#1073 Eye Candy day… 16 July 2025
#1074 Same flower… different visitor 28 July 2025
please, when you go to heaven, could you leave me the R C Allen, the Burroughs and the Reliance? Just those three and then I will die happy! Fantastic machines and I just turned a bright shade of green,lol
McTaggart:
I plan on being around a very long time… 50 plus years at least… still typing on each of the machines you mentioned.
Gee
Thanks for sharing your collection, an impressive example of the variety of machines that were made. This is particularly impressed on me by the fact that out of my forty or so, there are only two true overlaps with your group – the Corona 3 and the Royal No. 10., and semi-overlaps with the 1951 Sears Tower (I have its sister, the S-C Silent Super) and the 1971 Hermes 3000 (mine is the somewhat earlier, roundy-bodied one).
I’m also impressed by the number of standards you have, having just this week collected my second, and feeling a bit foolish about it given my space limitations. But I suspect for simply putting words on paper they are probably the most efficient.
Tony:
Except for the size and the weight and the cost of shipping… I would have many more standards. I started my typewriter life with my father’s Underwood Standard… which I called Portable since I could lift it and took it to several classes with me as well… (Helps when your dorm room was right above some of the class rooms) Just one flight of stairs down… Made a impression.
I can understand well your attachment to your Underwood Standard. Such solid machines. I’ve acquired one just a week ago, and it quickly became my go-to favorite. It just works well and feels good. Not the quietest, of the gang, it sounds like a Gatling gun once we get rolling. I can imagine yours made an impression in class, and not just for its size!
Tony:
I would say that being a Underwood fan is like being a Chicago Cub fan (die hard). You stick with them regardless.
Nice collection: good ratio of standards to portables, and youve got a lot of the brands covered.
Reading the comments: I understand about Underwoods: love the styling, especially pre-50s but they can have their hiccups. Still, I love my Underwoods
Michael:
Underwood’s are my standard against I judge all typewriters. As such I mostly will always have at least one for as long as I continue to own typewriters. Woodstock’s are fun. Royals have a touch I like. And some of the German models just look great.