since 1976 Bob Greene has been repairing typewriters
for people here in the valley and beyond he shares a story with producer Tony
done
and photographer mark Landsman and explains why for him in his client
the typewriter is both a passion in at all for self-expression
like no other and one that will never go out of style
them
you have disgraced but
typewriter requires you to thing to all
process in other words you got to compile everything in your head
and get it together what we want to do and how you gonna do before you can't
done drivers poured I didn't intend
appreciate that tactile experience that that
fisica aspect lol it's coming from your body which is natural
on Turkey on a typewriter and
in the product you gonna be a character of maple the
several processes and adaptation that
only arriving of it appreciate Union address business
and multiple amid
my part in this whole thing is that I get that job I i'm open engineer
I was the pic a guy in the house I'll
seven key I'm I love to do it so
I appreciate the fact that I make it possible for these people
to do it and I think Joe on their faces
I came from Georgia a migrated from the sow
Alex Galante dejected because I couldn't I'm a job and I saw but the people my
the standing on front of a building is the training center
the game after 2 business that you could be a course in our Go for which I didn't
know what it was
our typewriter got Arctic typewriters did no work with did note that way to
work although I had you
1 and then I went to this coup
they had to give you a stagnant I loved it
I lab did
I was cool I'm a GD in that came out here legal
min and in that
go in that time I may help support supplement my income back preparing
typewriters and
dunno 0 was media unit I probably
everybody meanwhile values open up the store
I was and because I'm pessimistic this time all a custom in know is that when
the
push to keep be one of many can I
my job is to understand what goes on between
year and a a from this key
to the Taipei the whole lotta Park in between
little progress more minutes see just right UK
being of our little bit so I'm
that made over Leicester out I've love it so
although are either don't appreciate that aspect to it like I do
that my call so I appreciate the ride is in the heart is calling
we complement each other playing ball and
and many other drivers famous and not so famous
use my services and still do the castle what about the connection then they can
with what did build
and the concentration that it requires and the like that experience
no cable correct the this let it flow disputed
playing a piano so snapped another wish
people have a tendency to write better way
it's like talking this online you gotta tell him like idiot come on listen
this is the way the that's what they do on a typewriter
this self-expression unencumbered by
anything ended by this is the way out be a I ami'm
here the the some people have preferences in terms of
shape styles colors and as you can see fifty a beautiful
you can together computing go wow it doesn't call that a mocha net both
feeling
I know I gotta still almost when I I like the body language and facial
expression
up valuable for Keith cuz I by big gonna carry it out
you know all right thank you so much thank you so much as
this is awesome creation
it's something that people are going well while
may wanna see more that
that I do what what is Dom it can always be a group of people that
want to create so
I'm 69 now and I don't think I'd be doing anything you know
you people come in a scene when I do with a willow
I'm see you there my grandma won't believe my mind at the moment
you go back and your fam make a make a new folder
have memories you kid to you can't quantify that you can't put a price on
that
doing this we're to me have to pay income
burning inspiration that arrival our poet
are others had well mean and the variety didn't have initially meant to write
are I don't think they will because they couldn't be there
so it has me into we didn't mean to make a living but I'll do feel like I'm
making a contribution
to somebody yes find themselves in doing what they want to do