Picture post

Gratuitous sculling photo from this evening's stroll by the river.

Finally got around to posting the SM4's mug-shot to the "Etc..." gallery. 

Daylight and tinfoil instead of the usual pair of Anglepoises.

Type bar? Cheers!

Spot the typewriter? No, I couldn't see one either. But you just know there's an old Underwood lurking out of shot. 

Half a dozen bar type jokes: 

1. Munk walks into a bar with Kennedy. Barman says, "Why the long face?"
2. Big typewriter fighting his way through a crowded bar. Bumps into a little typewriter. Big typewriter yells, "SHIFT".
3. Homeless typewriter walks into a bar. It was a Bar-Let.
4. Where does an Alien Typospherian drink? In a space bar.
5. A keychopper walks into a bar with a Corona under his arm and orders a screwdriver. Barman says, "Sorry, we don't sever your type in here."
6. A Mexican typo walks into a bar and orders a Corona. Barman says, "Sorry, hombre, we don't sever your type in here."

Over to you...

Post script: Turns out this type bar post was proividential. 
Happy Birthday type bars around the world. Thank you Jennifer.

Emoticons

My 12 year-old son wanted to share these with the typosphere which he's done, appropriately I think, via our Antares Parva.

Hot metal ornaments

A little off-topic. A flickr member, Jennifer Kennard, favourited a photo of my Bruce Green Corona 4. These were lurking in one of her sets:

Reminded me a little of my less impressive efforts on a typewriter.

Contre-jour crackelure

So, now it works can I fetishise the SM4? The crackelure finish really chews up the light and scatters it around in way a gloss enamel finish never could – and chrome trim gives twice the shine.