"lose oneself" !  ... I guess loosing oneself like a loose cannon it about the same thing though. 

A very handsome machine indeed!!  Prints very good too from what I've seen.  It even sounds like my 1916 Royal.  Like you, I'm not afraid to use it as a daily typer.  That old World War I relic has lots of miles left!!!  And I'm a-going to use that sucker till it runs out of ink!!

Repartee wrote:

...you would be amused at the comment at 47 ..."you can't go too fast, it is a typewriter." 

I was amused by almost every comment that was made, especially the claim that "the ribbon is almost as old as the typewriter itself." The internet is a wonderful place where those who know very little about a particular subject are actually encouraged to demonstrate that fact as often as possible, to as many people as possible. The seller who created that video should have just admitted that he knows very little about typewriters and as such is selling the machine as is. 

Repartee wrote:

...who types the bejeebus out of a 1929 model

There is something odd about the beginning of that video that makes me believe it has been sped up a little; watch his motions when he loads the page and tell me if you think it looks natural to you. Regardless of his typing speed - my wife types much faster - the typist, who proclaims he is "Dr. Typewriter", seems to be equally misinformed as the person in the first video. "I don't do this too often [type quickly], it is not that healthy for the machines..." 

However we all agree or disagree, it's his typewriter to do with as he wishes.  If he wants to use it cautiously, it's his right.  If he wants to "type the bejeebus out of a 1929 model," it's his right.  I've seen, and typed with, 100+ year old machines that didn't miss a beat at a high rate of speed.  I've also typed on typewriters not even a quarter that age that couldn't keep up with me mechanically by half.  85 wpm is about my best right now, if I am warmed up good and know what it is I'm typing.  I'm not even saying I'm the most accurate typist that has walked this good green Earth of ours.  And as a citizen upon this good green Earth of ours, I have seen people who own typewriters possess a myriad of intelligence levels--ranging from absolute brilliance to absolute idiocy.  I would like to think I'm somewhere in the middle--but that's just me.  And, again I say, if someone who knows "very little about a particular subject," and are "actually encouraged to demonstrate that fact as often as possible, to as many people as possible,"  It's their perfect right.  It's both entertaining and encouraging to those who know more than these low-information people.

There was nothing disapproving about "types the bejeebus out of"... I just meant he was hitting a rate of knots. Looking at my own technique on video (actually instructive) I see a lot more hand and wrist motion on my part. No doubt this is wasted motion from the standpoint of developing ultimate attainable speed but physically satisfying since I am slamming those turkeys or puppies depending on which species you prefer to abuse. (I prefer to abuse coworkers but that phrase does not work as well). If there is something to be broken by pounding the keys of a centenarian I will presumably break it first. Notice however the spring loaded key covers - easier on my fingers and on the machine.

I've put my project on hold. I can do without self-reproach because I've met that challenge before but the first thing that stopped me was thinking not that I was using up the typewriter but that I was using up the irreplaceable heavily inked purple ribbon. It could type an infinite number of charming greeting cards, a very large number of charming letters or maybe one pointless 100,000 word manuscreed which could have been typed with any ribbon at all. I may continue with a more prosaic ribbon, but first there is that Underwood Touch Master Five waiting to be unpacked, and the Mahabharata Part II to be written - the further adventures of Drona and his 1137 wives after the climactic battle and his journeys through 1386 villages in search of goat's milk for the baby. They knew how to get the word count up in those days, I tell you!

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