While my original impression was that the two fractional characters when typed together (similar to the smiley face on GP “Sunshine Script” elements) made a logo that looked like the Union 76 oil company logo, the Professor remarked that it looks more like a logo that was commonly used during the USA Bicentennial celebrations of […]
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Typewriter Database News
It’s been awhile since I did a news update for the Typewriter Database, tho things have been humming along very nicely. 750 Manufacturers and Marques, 2460 Typewriter Galleries and 1238 Typeface examples as of right now. Quite a few new Typewriter Hunters have joined and have uploaded some very nice collections. Checking the scores for […]
Update: ProfessorC’s Non-Selectrics
By now you’ve gawked at the trailer full of Selectrics that my pal ProfessorC has obtained, now marvel at some of the other stuff. The non-Selectrics he wants to unload pretty quick, as-is. He’s only interested in Selectrics, and wants to refurbish all of those. Here is a partial list of the manual machines he […]
Thriftin’ Report: Western Auto Typewriter, Toyota Yarn Baller and IBM Balls…
1980 Western Auto logo? I know I say 1970 here, but I’m beginning to think that Brother switched the JP-1 to black keys from white and lost the paper rest and metal carriage shell sometime in the late 70’s. If true, it means we would be able to figure out what decade (roughly) a JP-1 […]
No tear gas cannister or throwing knives, but…
I’ve been on the lookout for a nice attache case with a blotter/writing desk section built in for awhile, they’re somewhat rarer in the thrifts than I expected them to be – but persistence pays: The bottom part has an expandable accordion section, so while a Hermes Rocket/Empire Aristocrat will fit when it’s set at […]
The Best Traveling Typewriters, IMHO…
Laptop Typewriters: What’s the best travel mate? @ I dream lo-tech
You can’t always get what you want.. oh, wait, you actually can…
The only problem with collecting thrift store camera lenses is that you can only keep so many of them in your kit. That’s fine – you really only need a couple of lenses most of the time, but what do you do with the rest? I was lucky enough to score the big gold metal […]
Thriftin’ for more lenses: The Wide-Angle edition
Camerapedia on the Mamiya/Sekor TL series Pentax Forums on the Vivitar 135mm F2.8 Auto Telephoto Club Snap on the Vivitar 28mm 1:2.5 Auto Wide-Angle
Found me a camera repair guy, plus more Thrift Store Photo Gear
Arizona Camera Works 3120 North Arizona Avenue # 104, Chandler, AZ 85225 (not 3150!!!) (480) 926-0282
TWDB Manufacturers list additions and floppy disks and Petrus Aged Red
Ben Franklin – The Sharpening, and Guess The Mystery Machine!
Yet another Ebay tale of heartbreak…
I should have known better. I have a “No Ebay” rule for a reason – because Ebay sellers rarely pay any attention at all to my packing instructions and the shipping companies seem to have a personal grudge against typewriters. I was so excited to find this Signature 511D on Ebay that I just went […]
The chances of anything coming from Mars were a million to one, they said…
My Signature 511D, currently in transit… Boozerbear-War_Of_The_Worlds.2007-07-21.mp3 (many parts NSFW!) Links mentioned in this post: Robert Messenger’s Omnibus post on Brother Davis Brothers’ Page on Brother @ MoLG Davis Brothers’ Best Portables to use page @ MoLG Clickthing’s posts on his Signature 513 Jeff Wayne’s Musical Verison of “The War of the Worlds”
Thousands of typewriters stored at the bottom of the ocean?
This article in the Sioux City Journal about a retiring typewriter repairman has an interesting line in it: The brothers also cleaned and bagged typewriters for the Army and Navy and then transported them to Chicago. The typewriters were sealed up and put in an unusual place. “I asked them, what they do with them […]
The Blue Bomber: Part 2
My goodness, I sure get reactions when I write about electric typewriters! Seems there’s some protest over the idea of repainting the Blue Bomber, enough so that I feel I should justify that idea. I feel it should be noted that The Bomber already has been repainted – the original color was a smooth, lighter […]
Typewriter Database: Royal page completely revamped…
Whew! I’ve finally finished updating and correcting the TW-DB numbers for Royal, and what a mess that was. Pretty much all of the dates were wrong – at least a year off, and sometimes more in some cases. I suspect that most of it probably came from a typo that Mr. Schumann might have made […]
Manual Entry in Town again, and my utter failure at giving away monster machines…
To Health, Happiness, Henna, Cute Cats and Big Meat…
This might look like a normal black trenchcoat in this light, but it’s made of Cashmere and Mink, and it finally fits! :D
Sweet Cars, Godstorms and Size Comparisons
Typewriters I did not buy, one I’m only borrowing, and vintage audio deals!
Yep, I didn’t buy it. This Voss was in at Bill Wahl’s Mesa Typewriter Exchange for a cleaning. *sigh*, I’d be really tempted if it were for sale. Also, this filthy dirty Underwood 4-bank portable with an interesting paint job. Pretty, but also not for sale. Bill did send me home with Ellery, by Hermes […]
A Sterling in Elite, Teak Party Picks and a breakdown of stainless steel willpower…
Report: The Second Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up
‘Ellery’, the 1956 Hermes 2000
Heh, it must be Hermes 2000 day today in the typosphere. I typed this up at work, then brought Ellery home to try him in regular rotation, and I fire up the typosphere.net blogroll and find that Adventures in Typewriterdom did his post today on his H2000. What’re the odds?