"What'll it be, pal?"- In the Mood For a Drink.

The above is a small 50ml (like in hotel mini-bars) bottle of Jack. It was sitting on my old bookshelf back at my mother's house since around 1991. Time to empty this sucker.

Thanks for reading, all!

EDIT (three hours later) : Ah what the hell, here's the link to the recipe;

http://www.esquire.com/features/drinking/most-popular-mixed-drink-0609

Might as well make it easier for y'all.

***typecast on a circa 1955 Remington Quiet-Riter***

Typewriter Day 2012- I Didn't Get Up To Much, Besides Work.

*Special thanks to that swell dame I married who took the pictures. I had to crop out my shiny, hairless scalp, which accounts for the tight shots of my hands working the keys.

Happy Typewriter Day, folks, and thanks for reading!

What's This Guy So Happy About? - A Magazine Ad With a Typewriter In It.

The ad as it appears on page 61 of US GQ magazine, May 2012.

Yeah, I too can do the typewriter-and-wristwatch schtick. Just not as well as a team of photographers and stylists.

The Typewriter Collection No. 11- Olympia Splendid 99, circa 1965 (?) EDIT- 17/6/12: Could be a 1960. (Thanks, Rob B!)

EDIT: Actually, I don't have an Olympia SM4. I have a SM2 and a SM3. What was I thinking?

The paint-work is still intact on the ribbon vibrator coverplate. The platen is in wonderful condition. I can't help but wonder if this was used much over the years. You can see the scars on the coverplate where the typebars have struck it, suggesting that this machine has had some usage, but overall, it's in pretty good shape.

I haven't figured out the colour of this thing yet. Very dark blue in some lighting, very dark grey in others.

The platen knobs are intact without any hairline cracks or chips. Man, I still can't figure out the colour of this thing!
Of course, my crappy photos aren't helping.

Another typewriter with a low Groma Kolibriesque profile. Very flat, very light. This machine has satisfied my urge for something like a Hermes Baby Rocket or Empire Aristocrat.
Looking at this typewriter now, it almost seems like Olympia took the SM2 design and starved it down to 'heroin-chic supermodel' proportions. Much like the way that a Porsche 911 has always looked to me like a Volkwagen Beetle that went on an extreme weight-loss program.

The typeslugs are pretty clean, but could probably do with a light brush-off. Lower-case 'e', I'm looking at you.

The margin adjustments are very similar to those on my Groma Kolibri. It's a pretty efficient system.

THE TYPEWRITER INSURGENCY- Time to Have Some Fun With It?

EDIT

Don't have a typewriter? Or just plain lazy? Act now and you'll receive this De Luxe version of the TYPEWRITER INSURGENCY card, already typed up on a vintage Olympia and hand perforated for easy tear-off. Yours free to print off as many copies as you like. (Yeah, I know the third one shows 'typewriter' as two separate words, but the cops were knockin' on my door and I had to type fast.)

Thanks for reading and I hope you all see the harmless fun in this...unless it all gets out of hand. In which case, I don't know you, pal.

Still, it's not like we're flash-mobbing or planking. Those were just plain annoying.

First Year in the Typosphere

I love the little tag attached to the handle. The typewriter itself is in pretty good condition. I think it's a 1947 model.

The Hermes case itself was worth the ten bucks that I spent. Dig that travel sticker.

Gotta see if I can paint that logo badge.

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I didn't wanna deal with a key-chopper, but I really wanted to get my first QDL looking as good as it could. Rest assured, none of these will ever wind up as jewellery.

Saved from being made into some kind of Steampunk necklace.

I'll be writing up a review on this beauty sometime soon. I've already started it on my laptop, but I think it'll be better suited to being typecast instead. Like I don't have enough to do already.

Mum 1930-2012