tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906642113469252066.post8927304350486369445..comments2024-02-20T04:46:46.619+00:00Comments on Typewriter Heaven: Tages Anzeiger: Question 1Rob Bowkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906642113469252066.post-36213221613389383112012-03-27T22:31:53.521+01:002012-03-27T22:31:53.521+01:00I was born in the same year you've bought your...I was born in the same year you've bought your first typewriter. I gues I am as old as you collection :)Fernando Antuneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303644262338846935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906642113469252066.post-3104014851259307442012-03-27T11:12:08.501+01:002012-03-27T11:12:08.501+01:00It is becoming a census of the Typosphere - scary....It is becoming a census of the Typosphere - scary. I don't know about availability. I used to live in a city, Bradford, so the odds of house clearance items turning up at a fleamarket were pretty high - probably still are. But that was before eBay was invented. It is just a fleamarket, after all. I think all those machines are still out there in the wild - in fact there was a <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230757947193?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649" rel="nofollow">Blick Universal </a>on UK eBay last week. At £56+shipping, and considering the condition it was in, I didn't consider it, even for old time's sake.Rob Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906642113469252066.post-656360040429782122012-03-27T11:03:34.752+01:002012-03-27T11:03:34.752+01:00Glad to see you taking up the questions, Rob! What...Glad to see you taking up the questions, Rob! What an interesting beginning to your typewriter collecting activities - I imagine the '80s as a halcyon time when every typewriter one can imagine, even the much older ones that are rare today, could be found inexpensively at flea markets and thrift stores. The story of your Blick Universal seems to bear this out!Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906642113469252066.post-52016276198311050002012-03-27T03:54:00.164+01:002012-03-27T03:54:00.164+01:00Interesting beginning. There comes a time when it...Interesting beginning. There comes a time when it sort of takes off doesn't there?notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906642113469252066.post-16664544490827830732012-03-26T18:50:43.414+01:002012-03-26T18:50:43.414+01:00These questions finally went viral.These questions finally went viral.maschinengeschriebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955578932937697125noreply@blogger.com