- tricnomistal
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Re: Best laugh in typewriter ads
Freja wrote:
just saw this painted underwood...$1,400
While that price is obviously silly, I do kind of like that paint job...
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. -- Ernest Hemingway
- tricnomistal
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Grab this one before the rush....
I love the description: "type writer at least 100 years old" 
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. -- Ernest Hemingway
- tojeem
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I love the description: "type writer at least 100 years old"
That's a Remington KMC, which if I'm not mistaken, was only produced in 1939. You've got to admire the effort they put into researching their $600 wreck of a machine.
Fortunately, I saw the same typewriter listed for the same price a year ago. It warms my heart knowing nobody has fallen for their scheme.
- Uwe
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that's a Remington KMC, which if I'm not mistaken, was only produced in 1939.
The KMC was introduced in 1946, and I believe it was in production until 1950 when the Super-Riter replaced it.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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The KMC was introduced in 1946, and I believe it was in production until 1950 when the Super-Riter replaced it.
Oh. Here I was criticising someone's ability to research, and I fail to deliver the goods myself!
Haha, thanks for the information.
- TypewriterGuy
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This one isn't THAT funny, but still... Read through the whole thing..
The best for last.. I fell out of my chair..
Hahaha! Maybe I should paint my KMG GOLD! Try and get $1000 for it!
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
- Repartee
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Hahaha! Maybe I should paint my KMG GOLD! Try and get $1000 for it!
Thank you for reminding me. Someone not far from me is advertising one of these machines of $20 (no, NOT custom painted). I shall see if it is possible to pick it up tomorrow morning, and who knows, I might paint it...
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
- ztyper
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Tell us how the painting goes if you do it!
A high schooler with a lot of typewriters. That's pretty much about it.
- TypewriterGuy
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Yep, I think Im going to do an Olympia maroon. Again, next spring when its warmer.
Sorry for off topic!
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
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Tell us how the painting goes if you do it!
Delicate Craigslist negotiations fell through: got as far as texts and first names and a meeting time when I asked "Is that a walk up" which was apparently off, since no more replies! Not sure if this was subtly insulting or threatening.
On the other hand, seriously thinking about painting a typewriter, I've noticed the number of different finished surfaces the average typewriter has, and the amount of disassembly required to spray paint them all, and decided this may be a project more amusing in concept than execution.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
