Tuesday, April 3, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5
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lachine repairman talks
about work, philosophies
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by Scott McCullar
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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
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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
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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. My advice to
young men is to stay single and
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