It's May

Hello everyone!

       It feels rather odd that it's already May... Like no, it was just April first yesterday. I can't say I mind it though, I love May, 98 cent flipflops, the beach, and flowers. One thing I noticed was that a lot of people are posting goals for May. They have for other months as well but May seems to be "the month" for a lot of people. Personally I think that's great, goals keep us going; however I'm not going to lie to any of you or myself about monthly goals. Like I said if you can do it that's great, but setting and keeping monthly goals for me is a skill I haven't quite mastered. It's just like chocolate, kudos to you if you can cut it out of your diet because when I tried that it lasted roughly 2 weeks.
      Don't get me wrong I have goals and plans and dreams. As a matter of fact I am considered a "perfectionist" to my friends, my standards are set high and if I really want something done, I'll make it happen. My personality contradicts itself often though because I'm a visionary who's had my collage picked out since I was 12 but I'm also that free spirit who looks at life through rose colored shades; letting the flow of the universe kinda take care of everything. Anyway my carefree side doesn't really make monthly goals if that makes any sense.

      On another note I'd like to show everyone my new addition to my collection of "old Junk." 

      During the move my typewriter managed to get damaged. Not severely, the knob on the right side snapped into a few pieces (it could be fixed with glue) and some of the leather was ripped off the bottom. I won't sugar coat it, I cried. I think it was a mix between knowing how long the piece lasted without having that damage and the pure fact that it was my favorite thing in my collection of antiques. Knowing how upset I was my dad said he'd make it up to me. Two weeks ago we were rummaging around an antique store when we discovered this bad boy. It was manufactured by the Oliver Typewriter Company in 1926, 449,000 of this particular model were produced. The paper is still inside. There are no years on the paper but it's dated Jan. 22. The paper seems to be more like a journal entry describing things he/she did throughout the day. However the page is only half finished which is a shame. 

Wishing everyone the best with their May Goals

Hugs from Hayley xx

My Typewriter

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Eliphalet Remington
off Wikipedia 

         The Remington Rand company was founded by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, NY, USA (1816). After his oldest son joined the company in 1839 the company became "E. Remington & Sons." 

The company is known for it's guns and typewriters... 
Here are all the models from the RR company.

• Standard Manual (Blind Writers)
• Model No.1
• Model Standard No. 2
• Model Standard No. 3
• Model Standard No. 4
• Model Standard No. 5
• Model Standard No. 6
• Model Standard No. 7
• Model Standard No. 8
• Model Standard No. 9
• Standard Manual (Frontstroke)
• Model Standard No. 10,11,12,20,30,31,92 (prefix "Z")
• Standard Rebuilts: No. 12, 20 and 30 (prefix "ZR")
• Model Standard No. 16 (prefix "Z")
• Standard Rebuilts: No. 16 (prefix "ZR")
• Model Standard No. 17 and KMC (prefix "J","JC")
• Super Riter Standard (prefix "J")
• Super Riter Standard (English serial numbers) (prefix "EJ","EJT")
• Remington Master Riter (Dutch serial numbers)
• Remington Standard Typewriter (Dutch serial numbers)
• Remington Super-riter (Dutch serial numbers)
• Super Riter Standard (French serial numbers) (prefix "JF","JFT")
• No. 18 (prefix "SJ")
• No. 21 and No. 23
• Standard Model 24 (prefix "M")
• Model 24D (prefix "NG")
• No. 30, 31
• Model 50 and 60 Standard. Includes Smith-Premier #30,40,50,60 and Monarch 1,2,3 (prefix "W")
• Standard Rebuilts: No. 50 (prefix "WR")
• No. 62, 92
• International (prefix "GJ")
• Model 100M
• Standard Noiseless
• Noiseless Standard, No. 1
• Noiseless Standard, No. 2
• Noiseless Standard, No. 3 (prefix "3")
• Noiseless Standard, No. 4 (prefix "4")
• Noiseless Standard, No. 5 (prefix "5")
• Noiseless Standard No. 6 (prefix "6","X")
• Renewed Noiseless No. 6 (prefix "XR")
• Noiseless Rebuilts: No. 6 (prefix "XR")
• Standard Noiseless No. 10 (prefix "X")
• Scottish Noiseless No. 10 (prefix "X")
• Noiseless No. 10 Canadian Manufacture (prefix "C","CX")
• Rebuilt Noiseless No. 10 (prefix "XR")
• Renewed Noiseless No. 10 (prefix "MM")
• Noiseless Model 10 (prefix "EX")
• Model 11 "Speed Stroke" (prefix "T")
• Rebuilt No. 11 "Speed Stroke" (prefix "TR")
• Desk Models
• No. 7 (prefix "H")
• No. 8 (prefix "E")
• Model 7X (prefix "N","NG")
• Model 100M
• Electrics
• Remington Electric (prefix "X")
• Remington Electric DeLuxe (prefix "E")
• Remington Electri-conomy (prefix "E")
• Model 250 (prefix "SE")
• Model 300 (prefix "E","SE")
• Model 25 (prefix "E")
• Model L-25 (prefix "E")
• Model 26 (prefix "E")
• Model L-26 (prefix "E")
• Model 711 and 713 Compact
• Model 100E
• SR 101 (Single-Element)
• Portables
• Junior (3-bank)
• Portable #1, #2 and #3 (prefix "N","V")
• Rem-Blick, Baby Rem, S.P. Blick (prefix "K")
• #2 Compact Model (prefix "C")
• #2 Deluxe Model (prefix "C")
• Home Model (prefix "ES")
• Home Model Portable 3B (prefix "C")
• Portable #4 (prefix "V")
• Bantam Model 4 (prefix "C")
• Pioneer Model 4A (prefix "CA")
• Cadet Model 4B (prefix "CB")
• Portable #5T (prefix "V")
• Portable #5 (prefix "V")
• Portable Model 5 (without side guides and paragraph key) (prefix "V")
• Deluxe Model 5 "1941 Line" (prefix "B")
• Model 5 Streamline (prefix "V","VV")
• Model 5 Streamline with Touch Regulator (prefix "B")
• Model 5T-SS (prefix "V","BT")
• No. 5 "Par" Model (prefix "V","EV")
• "1941" #5 Standard (prefix "V")
• No. 5 De Luxe (prefix "EB","EBT")
• Canadian Model (prefix "C")
• "Streamlined" Model 5 (prefix "B","CB")
• Streamliner (prefix "B")
• Butler Brothers Model (prefix "BB")
• Remie Scouts and Pioneers (Single-Case) (prefix "S")
• Remie Scouts and Pioneers (Double-Case) (prefix "S")
• Monarch Pioneer (prefix "C")
• Porto Rites (Sears Roebuck) (prefix "SR")
• Remington Junior (4-Bank) (prefix "S","SD")
• Junior (Travel)-Riter (prefix "S","SD")
• Remington Portable (Dutch serial numbers)
• "S" and "T" Models (prefix "VV")
• Envoy (prefix "SD","S")
• Remette Standard (prefix "CR")
• Remette DeLuxe (prefix "C","CQ")
• Smith Premier Junior (prefix "VJ")
• Smith Premier Senior (prefix "VS")
• 1949 Remington Portable (prefix "B","BT")
• "All New" Remington Portable (prefix "A","AT")
• Remington Portable without Tabulator (prefix "AN")
• Quiet-Riter (prefix "QT","QR")
• Office-Riter (prefix "ER")
• Letter-Riter (prefix "AN","LR")
• Travel-Riter (prefix "TR")
• Quiet-Riter, Letter Riter, Office Writer (prefix "QR","ELR","EER","EQR")
• Non-Tab. Portable (prefix "AN","EAN")
• Letter-Riter (prefix "ELR")
• Office Riter (prefix "EER")
• Junior-Riter
• Remington Eleven (prefix "HRE")
• Fleetwing (prefix "ERF","MZ")
• Travel-Riter (prefix "GRH","GR","ETR","ERT","BR","GR","MY","TY","AY")
• Mark 11 (prefix "AY")
• Monarch (prefix "STM","TRM","GR","MY","TY","AY")
• Monarch 1
• Ten Forty (prefix "AY","CY")
• Holiday and Envoy I (prefix "M","MX","TX")
• Envoy II (prefix "TX","CX")
• Envoy III
• Performer
• Noiseless Portables
• Noiseless Portable (prefix "N")
• Noiseless #7 (Desk Model) (prefix "H","JHT")
• Noiseless Portable No. 7 (French serial numbers) (prefix "H","FHT")
• Noiseless Portable #8 (prefix "E")
• Noiseless Portable #9 (prefix "F")
• Remington-Rand Model 1 Portable (Noisy Noiseless) No Tabulator (prefix "P")
• Remington-Rand Model 1 Portable (Noisy Noiseless) With Tabulator (prefix "P","PD")
• Remington-Rand Model 1 Portable (Noisy Noiseless) With Tabulator And Touch Regulator (prefix "PD")
• Premier Model Portable (prefix "P")
• Noiseless Portable DeLuxe (prefix "ND")
• Noiseless Junior Portable (prefix "B")
• Monarch Model 101 (prefix "A")
• DeLuxe Noiseless Portable "1941 Line" (prefix "N")
• Quiet Model 1 (prefix "P")

Clicking on anyone of these link swill take you directly too "Type writer database;"a website that lists the dates of every type writer from every country and every brand.

       To my teenage peers my typewriter is worth the word "cool." To the market its worth roughly $150. But to me my typewriter is priceless. 

       Being an antiquarian I find something unique about any vintage or antique thing out there. Typewriters have always been fascinating to me. They never crash, never need software updates, do not become obsolete every four years, and require no backing up. Because manual typewriters require no electricity, they’re environmentally friendly. You can work in full sunlight, and not have to worry about the glare on your screen. You can spill your drink on the keyboard and nothing terrible will happen to your typewriter. Typewriters have unlimited battery life, and never overheat. If something goes wrong with your typewriter, a screwdriver and some WD-40 are usually all you need for the repair. Typewriters give your fingers a good workout, so it kind of feels like exercise. Your eyes never hurt from staring too long at your typewriter. They will never be hacked (and My Remington Rand model 10 noiseless typewriter more then likely won't be stolen... it's pretty heavy.) Typewriters encourage your writing by providing a celebratory ding at the end of each line written (Okay fine so I don't have a ribbon in there to type with... yet :) 

       My absolute favorite thing about typewriters is they allow you to be human. You can make spelling errors and mistakes without auto correct to remind you of the strict grammar rules that come with the English language. Don't get me wrong spelling and proper punctuation is important but it's the story or letter or lyrics or thoughts that matter most, not the way you spell certain words. 

        I love to write but when I'm typing things on my computer it likes to find ways to remind me where I'm going wrong, and to me there isn't a wrong way to write (not to mention the little squiggles under all my mistakes are quite distracting). 

      

 

       For all you who are interested in owning a typewriter like mine a place to start might be http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/typewriters. They have a large selection of typewriters and other collectibles, check them out!

Much love,

Hugs from Hayley

Gifts from the Grandparents

 

      As many of you may know I've taken a liking to  "old stuff" over the last few months. The amount of books and antiques I collect and own makes me an Antiquarian. Anyway I've had a list of things that I thought would be cool to find. Three things on that list was an old camera, a old telephone, and a typewriter. An old camera because I love photography, an old phone because I love playing with the buttons (its not all serious people), and a type writer because I'm obsessed with them. The noise they make, the way they look, and (because I'm a writer) what they helped people do. 

       My Grandparents came up three weeks ago and actually bout these things for me!!! They got them as gifts for my good grades first bringing out the camera; followed by the telephone. I was already hyped about the Brownie camera, from '46, and the old telephone from the '30s (they're really heavy by the way); so when they surprised me with a Remington Rand, 1934, noiseless, typewriter that I've been obsessing over 4 months now I almost lost my mind. 

     Thanks again Nana and Poppop, ily

~Hugs from Hayley