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Greetings
Just wanted to say greetings from a new fellow here.
I've enjoyed looking through these posts and learning.
Y'all seem like nice, friendly folk.
Eric
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Re: Greetings
Greetings back at you, Eric.
I live in Butte and there seems to be no shortage of typewriters around these parts.
I have a Selectric II (the kind I used to use for work) a post-war Underwood Standard with a 18-inch carriage and a 1939 Royal Quiet De Luxe, all acquired at $5 each from local thrift shops and yard sales.
See you around...
John
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Re: Greetings
ecvia1 wrote:
Just wanted to say greetings from a new fellow here.
I've enjoyed looking through these posts and learning.
Y'all seem like nice, friendly folk.
Eric
(Montana)
And then you meet the Forum Weirdo--me. I've collected hundreds of typewriters, have a typewriter shop sign hanging on my bedroom wall, been on television with my collection a couple of times, and have lots of stories to tell about my strange world of typewriterdom. I am also usually adept at suggesting certain repairs, particularly on domestic machines, since they have made up the majority of what I have been repairing in the last thirty-five years. But if there is a machine I haven't seen, I might be able to put out different possibilities, or, if I see a pictorial, I can figure it out. Anyway, I will give it my level best, because I enjoy helping people fix their typewriters. I want to give to others what I wish I had when I started so long ago.
Underwood--Speeds the World's Bidness
- ecvia1
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Well it's a good thing to meet the Forum Weirdo right off the bat so I don't have to go looking for you!
WOW you are a typewriter fanatic! :-) Hundreds!?
I don't really have a type writer per se. It's....well, a typewriter/bookkeeping/accounting machine. Here's a picture.
Very nice to meet you! 
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Thread Starter- ecvia1
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Very nice to meet you John from Butte!
Sounds like you know how to find some treasures and at a bargain price! Score!!!
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Hello and welcome!
That machine is an absolute beast - does it work?
There are a couple of threads (one running right now) on similar machines which should be of interest to you.
See you around the threads.
Sincerely,
beak.
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Thanks Beak!
Nah, it doesn't work. Maybe one day though! Yep see you around the threads and nice to meet you!
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Welcome Eric. I'm new here too. Just trying to get around the pesky two post minimum before being able to add a link to your post.
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And .......here's my second one! Thanks
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Well it's a good thing to meet the Forum Weirdo right off the bat so I don't have to go looking for you!
WOW you are a typewriter fanatic! :-) Hundreds!?
I don't really have a type writer per se. It's....well, a typewriter/bookkeeping/accounting machine. Here's a picture.
Very nice to meet you!
Sometimes I stare @ that thing & think "Titanic." It's steampunk to the max--a combination typewriter-add-e-ator. I always wondered what it would be like to operate one of those machines. Can you imagine what it was like for the poor woman in the 1930s who desperately needed a job, and faced having to run one of those as a source of income? Talk about having to take a crash course.
Underwood--Speeds the World's Bidness
