KatLondon wrote:

Love it! Retro, that 'carved in stone' thing was what put me off typing.

We were all being prepared for what 'they' thought our future roles should be then. However, my English teacher suggested I should go into journalism and submit a few short stories. My form mistress took us for shorthand and the girls, gym too. Shorthand and typing opened quite a few doors for me, so no regrets there. Aspirations were different then and the girls seemed to want to stay at school as long as Daddy would pay the fees before becoming secretaries for a few years. 
 

Hi, I'm 26,  & from southern British Columbia. I was given my first typewriter, a blue Olivetti Underwood 378, when I was 9; this model had passed down two users in the family for about 20 years/ea before me. It was never named, but I miss it now that I gave it back to my aunt. I bought a duplicate, (dubbed it 'Baby Blue'), & have decided to remodel the case, shell and cover for a nephew's birthday. I can find a different duplicate, because this one lacks the 'magic' of the original to me.

I am a jack-of-some-trades and a jack-of-several-languages. I want to redo an Empire Aristocrat I have with zelcro rubber covers, so I can jet between all of my fonts and conlangs. Inspiration: the Enigma Machine (the famous WWII code machine), & the Sincerity Machine (Comic Sans font, Jesse England). I have never worked the same job twice. I have dreams of seeing South America to witness the written languages of the Mayans, Incans, etc, and the current verbal language of Latin America. I saw a 'How it's Done" ("How it's Made"?) episode on rubber tree harvesting, and I really want to see that happening, so I can invent things & make paintings of people peeling the line down the trees to seep the sap.

I am a new user to this site. I don't know why I never joined a typewriter forum before. I'm glad that I did, because BOY are the people I know kind of sick of me telling them stuff I know.

Empire Aristocrat in question also lacks a magic vibe, but I think customizing it would help. Piece in question is named "Eemar", & its keys are so sharp they eat the ribbon -- which is why Eemar never gets used, & needs rubber shoes for his keyheads.

My maternal side all seem to like the Empire Aristocrat and Underwood 378 models. My Grandma had the Original Olivetti I speak of, gave it to my aunt, who gave it to me; I gave it back, and haven't felt like typing since.

I have a lovely Typestar 220-II that requires ink. I love the font; I love the diacritics -- it's so hard to find a good diacritic typewriter in my local thrift shops. I would love a copy of this model myself, but I gave it to my roommate, who was also bewitched by the piece. I'm waiting on a man in America to find his box of CR-100 ribbon cassettes & give me an estimate on what he wants for 1, or the whole box, depending on how many he actually has.

I myself am female; I wanted to be a writer when I was a teenager, and that hasn't quite landed me the cushy house in the countryside yet. I am approaching 27 in November. I am a stationery hoarder. I am an amateur traditional bookbinder who has never used a spiral binder kit before; for 26 years, I have handsewn books. My first bound book was inspired by the "Book of Days" artwork from the Middle Ages; this was done with metalic gel pens.

I'm so glad to be on a typewriter forum. This is like heaven, just about.

Hello from Newcastle, United Kingdom!

I recently became fasinated with IBM Selectric typewriters. I bought a Selectric II and a Correcting III localy for a good price and I am really pleased with them.

My main focus is the Correcting Selectric III; It works fine apart from a damaged 'r' on the 96 charactor typing element and the left margin stop does not seem to stop the carrage, it goes straight past it.

Hopefully with help from this fourm I could restore the Selectric III to its former glory!

Selectric User '96 

Hi, I just thought I'd introduce myself as I'm new round here. My name's Taheerah, I live in the UK and have just recently become the very proud owner of an Underwood #3 Standard typewriter! It's a pretty old one and not operational at this time but I plan to cut my teeth on restoring as much of it as possible myself, eek! Looking forward to learning from all you guys and getting involved in the topics here once I know a bit more myself.

Hello friends, excuse me for my absence. School got my whole time. I got really interesting machines lately such as Japy and Industria Meccanica Chiavenna (ICM). I'll try to write reviews for all of them. Trying to by an Arabic Olympia these days, if i get it there will be a long critic on the forum about it.