Over 1000.

In isolation...

Next days...

This time not typewritten, since I'm after 12 hr shift, there is late and my kids have hard time to go sleep.

I'm a driver and thanks to that I can look further than most folks around :)

Today I drove through few cities, and one with big number of sick people (~20)

In all those cities you can see that people are behave according to the rules. There is a lot calmer on the streets, there is no groups wandering.

Sometimes I've seen queues with people standing in separation outside the shops. My wife stood today in 4 queues like that... half hour outside pharmacy (cheapest around), 15 mins outside post office, few minutes outside bakery and another almost half hour outside Kaufland supermarket (the security guy counted people entering the shop!) There usually is a limit of people that could enter the shop at one time, the pharmacy that I visited had 3 people allowed inside, big market 50 (maximum allowed by government at one place)

At my gas station there is small counter OUTSIDE the main doors with pay terminal, pen and through small opening in doors seller provides other goods (It's v.small station). I've seen this patent in some other locations.

Lot of service providers are simply closed, especially those small.

You can order some food by takeaway or home delivery - but restaurants and fast-foods are closed for guests.

After the first days of panic, there is full stock on the shelves :)

There is a lot of mess around borders. The queues at Germany-Pol border are up to 40 km, and people wanting to enter the country often wait for around 19 hrs. There is a problem with water/food and fuel there since all roads are closed around that queue. And at the border every go trough control post.
People from nearby towns and truck drivers (they usually have food and water for few days with them) are providing help for all stuck in that jam. Authorities are not yet up for the task...


WOT is mobilized (Polish National Guard - Territorial Forces) to help guarding the borders, to help with logistic at hospitals, also to provide help for veterans.
Probably there will be more work for them soon...

People are doing lot of good to help med staff - restaurants are providing free meals, or people are organizing food for them and/or their families.

At the places that are open all staff are trying to work in safe environment. Mostly it's gloves, sometimes a barriers from glass/plexi at the height of face build around counters, masks etc.

People behave calm, are understanding the need to all this precautions.


There is sometimes uneasy looks when somebody coughs, or looks sick. But there still is a season of flu and other winter sickness here.

The Hit

Maintentance Tip: Ozone Generator

I recently acquired an ozone generator in order to do occasional cleaning of air-conditioning in my car and remove mites/mold from piece of clothes/plush toys/pillows etc.
I also thought about cleaning the typewriters with it :)

It can help kill smells and all bacteria on the device.

The one precaution that I did was to remove rubber parts - I read that ozon can harm the rubber. Maybe in 60-70 year old platen it won’t do any harm - It’s usually rock-hard already, but who know.... ;)






I putted the machine in the vacuum bag, so the ozone (that is also dangerous to the lungs!) won’t harm anybody and also for the better quality of process (the quantity of ozone particles are essential to the process)

 

One have to avoid the sunlight as well, because in some cases ozone and UV light can change the colour of plastic for example :)

Typosphere in the time of COVID-19

Important notice.

Due the COVID-19, shipping outside Poland is now on the halt.
The Etsy shop is closed till the end of quarantine!!! 

The good part is that probably I'll have more time to type, write and post on blog ;)
And prepare some new typewriters to offer... :-p

Purple Ribbon !

Maintenance Tip: Toothbrush

How to clean the hammers in the quickest way?
Use electric toothbrush, soaked in spirit or high-alcohol based cleaner ;)Carefully cover the rest of the typewriter, leaving only the hammers in sight (it can be messy), dip the brush in the detergent (I use the bottle cork for the job) and clean!
With heavier grease or old ink use more aggressive detergent, just put extra care in covering the rest of the machine.