Typewriter Talk / Greetings

**Posted by ecvia1** 24-9-2016 14:52:46

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)

**Posted by Gabby Johnson** 24-9-2016 15:41:15

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

**Posted by TypewriterKing** 24-9-2016 17:02:10

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.

**Posted by ecvia1** 25-9-2016 01:10:10

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!

**Posted by ecvia1** 25-9-2016 01:11:35

Very nice to meet you John from Butte!

Sounds like you know how to find some treasures and at a bargain price! Score!!!

**Posted by beak** 25-9-2016 03:35:36

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.

**Posted by ecvia1** 25-9-2016 08:49:51

Thanks Beak!

Nah, it doesn't work. Maybe one day though! Yep see you around the threads and nice to meet you!

**Posted by Newnubie** 30-11-2016 14:22:15

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.

**Posted by Newnubie** 30-11-2016 14:22:45

And .......here's my second one! Thanks

**Posted by TypewriterKing** 03-12-2016 22:44:55

ecvia1 wrote:
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.