Michigan Typochondriacs in August

This way to fun with Typewriters.

A big giant Thank You to Kazoo Books for letting us have a meeting place.

Demonstrating the workings of a Skyriter.

Hayden getting ready to use Andy's superb SM3

Everyone's invited. We gather again in September.

A Typecast For The Sake of Typecasting

Sent from my 1940 Underwood Master

If I've not been too boring I may decide to do more typecasts only. I could add onto the end an image of the typewriter used as I have images of most of them on the blog already.

My contribution to keeping the Typosphere alive.

Type-In VI In June, and a Visitor From Hell

The Signature 513 was made in 1964

Type-In Sponsor

Paul, our host, and his son.

Paul's Aztec. This is one fantastic typewriter.

German on the left and Spanish on the ringht.

Hallway filled with typewriters.

A few hours into the the event, Mrs. M and I decided to have a coffee.

In honor of Joe Van Cleave (who often posts of lattes and his enjoyment of them) I decided to have a latte.  We both had a apricot pastry.  Those where so delicious I could have eaten a dozen, but I chose not to.  I did have a second one for desert though (and another latte)

On our return Mrs. M found a book she liked.

Being in Michigan we even had a visitor from Hell.

Signature 513 (JP-3) on the left facing off with the SM-9 on the right.  Somehow the JP-3 drew the most test typists.  I don't blame them. I think the Olympias are inferior to a lot of the others even this JP-3.  I should have taken the SM-8. It may have given the JP-3 a better competition as it is a really good typer, especially for an Olympia.

For all the Steampunk people ... A bit of Steampunk from one of the shops in the hall.

Overall the Type-In was a nice success. Paul did a great job of getting things organized, keeping up with the visitors, demonstrating typewriters, answering questions and being a tour guide to show Mrs. M & I the coffee shop.

The type-In location is in the old Northern Michigan Asylum first built in 1885 and added to in years since. I don't recall when in was closed and later converted to condominiums and shops.