I slipped my glasses on this evening, and then clicked my way into Facebook. It’s just one of those things I do a few times a day to feed my addiction to my current casual social contact tool. There was a short two line message from a friend on there. A friend of mine, that…
Now – speaking of filthy platens, I acquired this Royal FP a little while ago dirt cheap on eBay. Unloved amongst the other more collectable friends on the seller’s eBay page, it sold to me unchallenged at its minimum price. Fine by me, I thought… Fine by me. The seller naturally had no guarantees that…
I spent the evening with getting close and personal to my Remington Quiet-riter, some paper scored from the recycling bin at work, and some pre-stamped envelopes. I’d bought this typewriter just before I moved house, and I hadn’t had any time so far to spend some quality time with it. When I first got it,…
Typed on a Smith-Corona Sterling, 1948.
The Filthy Platen 