My fingers just weren’t hitting the right keys today. Never mind, if I wanted my typing to be perfect, I’d have used a word-processor. Anyway, I have decided to file my typing and travelling adventures under the new header seen above – titled ‘Filthy Wheels’, along side Filthy Labs for my repair experiments. Hope you…
Sadly, the materials I set aside to undertake Michael Clemens typing challenge were accidentally disposed of in a freak cleaning accident. So, instead I decided to strap my typewriter to the motorbike, and head out on to the ‘wide open road‘ – a cafe in Brunswick. And let’s face it. If there was every a…
The Ute. Utes are a very common vehicle in Australia. They were invented here to service the needs of our farmers. However they have become synonymous with any male (and often females) wishing to paint themselves as a “hard-working Aussie’. As such they have become popular with tradesmen and lazy dickheads.…
The massive Queen Victoria Market, on the edge of the Melbourne CBD. For those in places that don’t celebrate Boxing day, it is the day after Christmas day and in several countries is a public holiday. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, than Highpoint. Jane’s sister checks out…
It may surprise most of the typosphere, but I haven’t actually featured many of my collection on my blog. I’ve probably only covered about a third of the machines I own – if that. Some of them have appeared in the background of topics, but I haven’t talked about them or their interesting history or…
Mid last year I did a blog entry on the typewriter/s on the Doctor Blake set, and a blog about the show itself (as well as a few other Australian crime shows) which can be found at – My Marvellous Indulgence in Dr Blake. Yeah, I liked it so much that I even monogrammed my…
My nephew constructed a tower for his tiger to live on.. Just before he body slammed it. The AEG The Remington 7: It’s just a little dirty, it’s still good – It’s still good. Bar-lock, baby, Yeah! Say hello to my little friend….…
Hot off the press news from Platen HQ. New to the Junkyard…. Type-in, and type-in workshop news. A QWERTY Blick 8. Speaking of 8….. One more thing… Mmmmm diamonds. Made in 1922.
The Filthy Platen 