Recent content by Christina Joy

Good point, Otto, she has a right to know the (probable) info I have. Maybe she's just too trusting. You're right, her son should definitely know of this place! :)

I guess she approached him about a typewriter for her son, and he asked who the son's favorite authors were...I guess he was just trying to sweeten the deal! But yeah, it's a really nice looking machine regardless!

Thanks, folks. I suspected as much, I was very skeptical when I heard about it. All of the things mentioned didn't ring true as anything this "typewriter guy" could have known without absolute proof. I don't think I'll say anything to her, but I was surprised she'd "fall for it" so to speak.

Thanks for your reply, I saw that list and that's what made me go "hmmm..."....well, I guess it won't hurt the kid to believe until he does his own research someday. Good one about the IBM, ha!

Hello fellow Bukowski-ites! I have a somewhat esoteric question regarding a typewriter. A friend of mine just gave her teenaged son what would surely be an amazing birthday gift if authentic: the typewriter that Bukowski wrote "Women" on. She says that she bought it from a friend who refurbishes...