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Once in a while, old technology enjoys a comeback, thanks to new, younger audiences. Take the vinyl LP record, for example. Well, next look out for the return of the manual typewriter. Hard to believe in this electric-powered, digital world of ours. However, there's a young Goodlettsville man who's playing a big part in the typewriter's revival.
'I don't want these things to die, man': Handyman sets out to save manual typewriters
He's only 42, but handyman Kirk Jackson has always been an old-school guy who loves old stuff.
He collects old oil lamps and old coins. He fixes and preserves old furniture and old machines. He uses roller and hand brushes instead of spray guns to paint houses. He keeps his broken-down 1980 Jeep parked next to his work shed because he likes to look at it.
So it was natural four years ago that he was drawn to an old, dirty case in the Dead People's Things antique store in Goodlettsville during a shopping trip.
Handyman Kirk Jackson keeps most of his 220 manual typewriters in this work shed about 100 yards behind his Goodlettsville home.
Jackson hoped it was an old record player, but when he opened the case, a filthy 1954 Remington manual typewriter was inside. The keys still worked though.