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date: Tue 02 Jan 2024 05:27:59 PM                                       //
subj: typewriter type writer wife smith corona galaxie II               //
auth: bbsing                                                            //
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^  My wife and I are browsing the DVD movies section in our local       ^
^  library. She pulls off the shelf a movie called California Type      ^
^  Writer. We look at each other with excitement. She says, we have     ^
^  to watch this tonight! I agree saying yes we do. We walk home        ^
^  and gather our leftovers we've (at least me) eating for the last     ^
^  three days, re-heat them, make our way to the couch, and my wife     ^
^  starts the DVD player for our entertainment. We are so excited       ^
^  to see old typewriters. Tom Hanks is in the movie.                   ^
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^  Leftovers = chicken pot pie.                                         ^
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^ More than a few years ago my wife and I would walk by an antique      ^
^ store with a really neat old typewriter in the window. My wife        ^
^ and myself love old typewriters, I can't explain why but we do.       ^
^ I think if I tried for myself my mother had one she got it for a      ^
^ job. Long ago that is what women did, and if they could type 30       ^
^ words per minute accurately they would have a decent job. Thirty      ^
^ words per minute was fast when using an old typewriter. As a          ^
^ child I used to love to see mom's typewriter, and watch it smack      ^
^ the roller with each press of the keys. She kept that typewriter      ^
^ for a long time until it was given to my brother. So I think          ^
^ that is where I got my fascination with typewriters, as well as       ^
^ the beauty of them. They are a display of fine workmanship.           ^
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^ Not knowing if that old typewriter in the window really               ^
^ functioned my wife started looking online for one to purchase.        ^
^ Eventually she found a nice one. Its a Smith Corona Galaxie II.       ^
^ Beautiful typewriter, and in great condition. She won the             ^
^ online auction for a small price she became the owner                 ^
^ of a nice typewriter. The Corona Galaxie is a fully mechanical        ^
^ non-electrical writer.                                                ^
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^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^
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^ !  Side note:                                                       ! ^
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^ !          The great thing about her typewriter, is as long as      ! ^
^ !          there is paper, and ink, she or anyone else can use      ! ^
^ !          it. The learning curve is very very low. Compare her     ! ^
^ !          typewriter with my old C64 computer; to actually         ! ^
^ !          integrate a C64 output to the world, is very difficult   ! ^
^ !          by comparison with a typewriter, especially when I       ! ^
^ !          don't have a printer for the C64.                        ! ^
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^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^
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^ My wife uses her typewriter to:                                       ^
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^ Types letters to friends; a friend of her's also has an old           ^
^ typewriter, and they like to exchange letters in the mail             ^
^ written on their typewriters.                                         ^
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^ She also types short stories like her grandma. Grandma used to        ^
^ write about what is going on in around her family.                    ^
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^ The typewriter:                                                       ^
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^ Looks awesome and sounds amazing when she is typing. The click        ^
^ clack ding sounds are in a strange way soothing to here.              ^
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^ The typewriter is unique by its output on the page. It's              ^
^ fingerprint so-to-speak, is identified in they way it lays the        ^
^ ink on the paper. A typewriter of its age is not going produce        ^
^ the same output as another typewriter of the exact same make and      ^
^ model. For instance the upper part of the g is filled in with ink,    ^
^ the o is the same way, and many other subtleties that make her        ^
^ typewriter output identifiable.                                       ^
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