The Remington Portable. I'm not sure why anyone ever thought this was portable- it weighs a ton, and the case (not in the photo) is made of wood. This one was also lovingly restored by Drummoyne man. (Who probably didn't actually live in Drummoyne).
The keys fold out, for to bash the paper with.
The other typewriter, larger.
The Deathk Fan. (Delicious pun)
Being that this is Australia, and thus it gets very hot in the summer time, I thought I'd best buy myself a fan for the room. Floor standing fans are universally ugly, so I decided on a desk fan. Then, as I do, I was wandering around an antique store when I saw a very dusty, very heavy looking desk fan way up on the top of a cupboard. Ignoring the practical details, such as might have put anyone else off- the price tag ($190- I got it down to 150), the lack of any cage for the fan blades- and the fact that it was made some time around 1910, at which point the making of desk fans was anything but a perfected art, I brought it home with me. Then, trusting in the rewired plug, I put it into the wall to see what would happen.
It made a slightly worrying buzzing sound, but the street hadn't lost all power, so things were going well. It got faster, and a little faster, and was producing a nice breeze. Then it got faster. And faster again. Looking at the side, I realised that there was no longer any way to control the speed. At this point, I hid behind a wall, believing the blades about to fly off and cut me in half at any moment. A minute later, I realised a more practical (and less cowardly) approach would be to unplug it. Unfortunately, the clamps holding the head up within the frame had come loose, and the blades dropped down and began chipping away paint with a noise something like that of a circular saw. It did turn off, eventually, but I felt rather foolish... I have learnt my lesson- NEVER plug an antique into anything without a real assurance that an electrician has approved it. Because, apart from anything else, you might damage it.
4 comments:
I love your typewriters. I also have a 'portable' vintage typewriter...needless to say it has never traveled with me. By the way, I absolutely love your blog! It's one of my favorites!
for some reason this band reminded me of leonard cohen and I thought of you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OH_(Ohio)
right here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ef3am8x7ud5
I like it- I can see what you mean. The cover art is a lot like the cover for New Skin For The Old Ceremony, as well.
Oh wow, that's kind of uncanny. It looked to me like what I assume Diego Riviera would paint like (but i'm not at all familiar with any of his work).
Here's a punt then, you might like the Silver Jews. Similar sort of deal, maybe a bit more Lou Reedy:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wci2hn3jxyz/Lookout%20Mountain%20Lookout%20Sea.rar
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