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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1984)
Tuesday, April 3, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5 3V lachine repairman talks about work, philosophies Warped by Scott McCullar l'h... n : rmt p-aRl.iw.' T |70W 7ALL KNOW WH7 THE/ CALL IT DIP DAA/C/A/G- Kemian issador to ilie delegatiioi! says siie is kl cl and will I* nv awkwaniiis all Umerkij nit the tripi) igs will be hel •my of .Scietitti says theSovieiv the arratiffliiitg II probably uties; t that Unterlxi .now the deiai oes not worn •art of her e\;| Its from ikhL edule. She sav to which slit ward. •By KARLA K. MARTIN Reporter n his bright pink shirt he iched over the skeletal re ins of the typewriter. They has knotted as his nimble Sickles which poked and lilsted and wriggled the ped screwdriver into the jehine, like an old woman’s het hook. obert Boyle peered closely the stripped typewriter, i thick glasses set snugly on 1 of his heavy cheeks as he iched his neck in search of a den screw. fhis routine has been the te for the last 36 years. The changes Boyle has made in [machine repair trade have technique, because ill ations of new adding ma ttes, copiers and typewriters ar| frequent. l r Jldon’t say I’m good,” Boyle up het im p as | ie pnii^i a coil-flexed "’B ^ 1|1( Jam[ down closer to the ma ts a jW’Jneand never looked up. “It’s cant belwely somel hj n g y (H1 g el lo kno- ji how to do.” 5ut his two co-workers dis- ee. They smile and call him tf mAMfftfessional. Jl I/vlllwoyle was born in 1924 and ■w up in Houston where he y\h iV hpdtd fefferson Davis High liool. During this time he be- 1 r ■ to play the trombone and lied a polka hand. id a represnwe became interested in ma- ipposed to vistjchi ; repair after he returned ■(I. ||in the World War II Special , Ivices in 1948. where he said because[k|y Ct | j n i| ie army’s traveling tot let anyone! sejviceband. ty see thedtial'i j U! ,t played music,” Boyle een unableloofaj,! “| | e ft ti ie fightin’ for icr themelalje®ieone else. Besides, you can’t :he factory orilju without good music.” tamperinginciiIn 1942, he married Maui ine Iron and together they raised two children — Sheryl and keep your freedom.” himself married at 19. Robert Boyle Boyle be nigh He finished the typewriter and wrapped its cord as smoothly as an old calf-roping cowboy. As he slowly reached for the next machine, his long- sleeved shirt revealed an old watch with a foggy, yellowing face. “If you ask me,” Boyle said, “people are too much in a hurry; too ambitious. Life is too short to just push, push, push. Ambition is good to have, but it will kill you.” He set down the new ma- "q^ chine, nearly knocking over £ three forgotten MBM cups stained with dried coffee. He wiped his dusty hands onto his grey tweed slacks and started working on the typewriter. “I might not have much book knowledge,” Boyle said, “but I’ve learned all about things from observin’. There’s a solu tion to be found for everything. All you have to do is ask the person with the problem, and not one of these so-called fancy experts who have a whole lot of book knowledge, but not one bit of common sense.” When their kids were grown, Mle and his wife moved to Magnolia — their present ad- Irtss. For the last two years fie I worked for fiis daughter and son-in-law at Mistovich Bi|iness Machines in Bryan. Ann Reeves,Mfoyie sa j ( | | ie doesn't mind biomedical the 55 miles to work ev- i Denison wkoilij inoming because anything ijeUer.titan having to drive in rtis House III,pLtpn. oleum engiiaMBack in my day, things were Houstonwlnngithrent,” Boyle said. “It was Id, but a man could make a Lois Rap: jivin'. My wife never worked; I a senior iW|jev(.T wanted her to. That’s the from Coljejt J it should be now. All these :dMarch25 | 0 mcn who work and don’t |Ve to are just takin’ some Jr fella’s place who is lookin’ lupport his own family.” Boyle turned the typewriter on its side and began probing it iwith his tweezers. ■There’s just too much com- Bition out there,” he said. He ihook his head and one little curl jiggled out of his thick, sil ver-grey hair. “I’m glad I’m not Bjloung person nowadays. I’d r,iiper be my age and not have to go through all these hard vnona Spree" x corn- school, priced I's ideal Plus, its mairv sasy to to ride or. f all price. i45 Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to i :30 p.m. oyle, who plans to retire ivihin the next two years, said kloften worries about how the lounger generation will be able to afford to live. ■The jobs are just not there,” I said. “Kids can’t even gel Irried, but that’s okay. Kids Bvadays marry too young. Mi should be over 25 before ton settle down. 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