TypewriterGuy wrote:

 That typewriter was somewhere, while you were a kid, teenager, adult, so on. That typewriter was sitting (probably) in a bsement, or an attic.

I think about it all the time. When ever I can, I try to find out more about the typewriters I get. There are just a few I know the full history of, and two of them I sold. One of my favorite stories is about my Royal KMG. I did some research, and I'm pretty sure it was used in the 60's by a secretary in my high school (I actually found it in a prop closet back in November). If I don't know the history, then I make it up. Like my Royal 10, I think it was used by a reporter up in Connecticut who liked to drink hard alcohol and swear a lot. But sold it when he was drafted for WWII to a small bank for quick cash. They used it up until the 50's when they got a shiny new Royal FP and then stuffed it in a closet until 2005 when a picker found it. He then tried to sell that thing for 10 years (he charged $55, and in the condition it was in, it wasn't worth anyone's time) at a flea market until I came along and decided it must be saved for $40.

Hey, we could totally make a thread for typewriter backstories. I think that would be fun.