tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155655733060090741.post3472234207129200751..comments2024-03-10T11:37:50.172-07:00Comments on Words are Winged: Two kinds of machinesWords are Wingedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427885896085053444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155655733060090741.post-10970179526607647362015-07-10T22:44:39.838-07:002015-07-10T22:44:39.838-07:00Radios I have managed to avoid needing to fix (at ...Radios I have managed to avoid needing to fix (at least since the 80's, when I still tinkered with console units and had a neighbor with a vast array of spare vacuum tubes in his back shed.) I am not so young these days and have learned to not futz with electricity when I don't need to.<br /><br />Typewriters? My first was a Royal as well, and still have it. A 1948 QDL from a thrift for $4.95 - I knew nothing about typewriters and was looking for old Tiki mugs, but man. You cannot see a machine like that and pass it by. (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155655733060090741.post-56667857340496999942015-07-10T17:58:41.515-07:002015-07-10T17:58:41.515-07:00In a parallel universe, I have 300 1930s radios an...In a parallel universe, I have 300 1930s radios and have trained myself to fix them. In this universe, I am an ignoramus about all things electric, and a 1937 typewriter (a Remington Noiseless 7) became the seed of an obsession.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com