This is kind of a hybrid post/typecast.
I'm actually in East Pennsboro Township, but by Google Maps I am in Mechanicsburg (which I know is wrong. I grew up in the area and Google Maps are wrong 99% of the time. I would only trust Google maps if I were giving them to an enemy) Or I am in Enola according to Yahoo! maps which are usually 90% correct. Now the other map services are about on par with Google. The address here is probably Enola since I can toss a stone on Wirtzville and Enola is just over the hill. Earlier in my life this area was farms and East Pennsboro Twp.
So far this typewriter:
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I did not record and look up the serial number. Presently the typewriter is back out in the car.
I've not gone typewriter hunting yet today as the snow is now freezing rain. Once it changes back to snow or to rain I may head out again.
I planned on using a Skyriter for my posts, but Mrs. is sleeping and the lobby is quite small and there are a few people out there so I resort to the digital realm. I like snow and if it were only snow coming down from the clouds I would commandeer one of the tables in the closed pool area and type.
Back to the Carina 2. I find this a nice typing little typewriter. It is made by Nakajima from all I can find. The platen is quite nice as it is soft and quiet. It reminds me of my recently used SM9 or my Skyriters. The typewriter is fully featured with a tabulator, paper guide, pop-up paper prop, famous Japanese automatic, but I have yet to find anything but uselsess, automatic spacer, 1, 2, or 3 line spacing and variable, a nice touch and nicely built machine for being a later plastic machine. It seems to be more substantial than my Brother. I will need to compare them when I get home.
This typewriter does not have the cheap tinny sound of the Olympia B12 that I used to have. The B12 was also a nice typer, but neither the B12 or the Carina 2 come close to the touch or quality of any of the early typewriters in my collection.
Typecast from my Carina 2. Post from my Dell XPS running elementaryOS
I'm actually in East Pennsboro Township, but by Google Maps I am in Mechanicsburg (which I know is wrong. I grew up in the area and Google Maps are wrong 99% of the time. I would only trust Google maps if I were giving them to an enemy) Or I am in Enola according to Yahoo! maps which are usually 90% correct. Now the other map services are about on par with Google. The address here is probably Enola since I can toss a stone on Wirtzville and Enola is just over the hill. Earlier in my life this area was farms and East Pennsboro Twp.
So far this typewriter:
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| Crappy lighting and no tripod. Sorry for being out of focus. |
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| From the Carina 2. Needs a bit of aligning. |
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| Surprisingly clean. |
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| Nice typer for a Nakajima. Quiet, soft platen too. |
I've not gone typewriter hunting yet today as the snow is now freezing rain. Once it changes back to snow or to rain I may head out again.
I planned on using a Skyriter for my posts, but Mrs. is sleeping and the lobby is quite small and there are a few people out there so I resort to the digital realm. I like snow and if it were only snow coming down from the clouds I would commandeer one of the tables in the closed pool area and type.
Back to the Carina 2. I find this a nice typing little typewriter. It is made by Nakajima from all I can find. The platen is quite nice as it is soft and quiet. It reminds me of my recently used SM9 or my Skyriters. The typewriter is fully featured with a tabulator, paper guide, pop-up paper prop, famous Japanese automatic, but I have yet to find anything but uselsess, automatic spacer, 1, 2, or 3 line spacing and variable, a nice touch and nicely built machine for being a later plastic machine. It seems to be more substantial than my Brother. I will need to compare them when I get home.
This typewriter does not have the cheap tinny sound of the Olympia B12 that I used to have. The B12 was also a nice typer, but neither the B12 or the Carina 2 come close to the touch or quality of any of the early typewriters in my collection.
Typecast from my Carina 2. Post from my Dell XPS running elementaryOS
