Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ric, This desk has the spring-balanced typewriter well, with a removable cover panel.? It somehow ended up with my grandfather. I eventually inherited it and gave it a coat of varnish. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 3/9/2018 8:00 PM, CartersXRd via LUG wrote: > I understand and agree > > my computer desk is a US Army field drafting table used by my > father-in-law when he was an engineering student at the Citadel in the ?50s > > there?s something satisfying about warm, worn, loved wood under the > technology > > ric > > >> On Mar 9, 2018, at 8:48 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> The machine rests on a surplus government typist's desk from the 1930s, >> whose drawers show obvious signs of being made with hand tools. It >> occurred to me that the workers that built it would never have dreamed >> of the technology now adorning the old desk. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >