I took a bit of a drive further west of Charleville, and tried to set down and do a few typecasts, and perhaps write a couple of letters. The bonnet of my car can make an interesting desk. All photos can be clicked to enlarge them. Seriously, they ain’t kiddin’. The Exxy gets…
Good evening guys, gals and inbetweeners. Sorry to take a posting pause in the middle of putting up my typecasts for my trip. It wasn’t intentional, and is largely as a result of a sudden lack of time – due to returning to work. Simple as it may sound, I unfortunately need to spend a…
The following typecasts were written ad-hoc in my hotel room or on the roadside. Sure, they’re full of errors and dodgy use of the english language, but they are what they are. ‘Its and it’s’… it’s all the same right? Just after sunset on the road out of the town of Morven. Still…
Just as a side note: Although I couldn’t find one in a thrift shop, antique store or second-hand dealer, typewriters ended up being absolutely everywhere in Charleville. I’ve actually had my hands on a special one that Robert Messenger has mentioned in his blog in the past, while I came across others in some of…
I’m off….. Of to Charleville. So, I’ve picked a typer to go. It was a tough decision between all my machines, but the Quiet-riter wins out. Sure, it’s barely portable – but I’m not going trekking over any dunes and mountains, and through fiercely dense Rain Forests. No, it is sitting in the footwell just…
Okay…. I had a bit of time last night and today, so I have decided to put this part into use, get a few photos, and tell you all about what it is and why I think it is special, before I went away to Charleville. We have the technology. We can rebuild him. About…
My shirt was filthy. It was my ‘working on my car’ shirt after all. There were dots of sweat all over it, and prints of my hands where I had wiped my palms on my hips. “You’ll be looking for Scott” I said to the man walking down the driveway in a friendly and welcoming…
It is unfortunate, but I have to postpone going to see Rob Messenger’s magnificent exhibition in Canberra. I mentioned last week that I was taking leave at a point that it wasn’t the most financially optimal time for me to do so, and at the end of last week a couple of things made it…
Seem like strong words? It seemed such a simple thing – putting the bearings back into a typewriter carriage. I saw Retro-tech Geneva’s Valentine shooting bearings, and I felt pretty confident that this was a problem that I could manage. And when I say manage, I mean… mange with a bit of effort. I wasn’t…
(read the following typecast in your best Bogart voice) (okay, go back to reading this with a voice that sounds more like Clive James now) I used to live in an apartment complex in the suburb of New Farm that had quite a culture to it. One of our co-tennants insisted that it felt like…
The Filthy Platen 