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Fools%u2019 Journey546he never emailed back, so after a week of no reply, I contacted another place, and they emailed back quickly%u2014but didn%u2019t have the parts I was after. On my third try, I received a very quick reply, was able to get just what I needed, and when the parts arrived they worked perfectly. There were three decals on the old Underwood that were in decent shape%u2014until I tried to clean them with rubbing alcohol, which removed most of the detail. There was also a printed scale that ran across the front where you set the right and left margin that looked fairly good when I started, but flaked off when I hit it with a blast of air from my compressor. Fortunately, I was able to find replacements on eBay from a guy in Peru%u2014not the Indiana city, but the South American country of all places. After using ultra-fine sandpaper to remove the remnants of the old decals and the scale, I decided to do something that would be considered a sacrilege by an historical restorer. I went with a twotone paint job. Like Henry Ford%u2019s early automobiles, early typewriters were all black. But like the aficionado who painted his restored Model A in two colors, Lynn and I decided that three panels, along with the repaired front part of the frame, needed to be painted in a dark red color. When it was dry, I added the new decals and sticker, and my Underwood No. 5 was transformed into a showpiece. Now, with the shift (and everything else) working smoothly, I could actually use it. And I did it all without my dad teaching me a thing.%u2022%u2022%u2022%u2022%u2022While we could imagine our own lives working out, we didn%u2019t have much faith in what was going on around the country%u2014or in the rest of the world. During the summer of 2024, Lynn again brought up the dream she%u2019d had back in the 1970s, which contained the words, %u201cDo not fear when Earth%u2019s peace has ended. You and John are with God.%u201d We%u2019d last talked about that dream just a couple of years earlier, and to us the situation was continuing to worsen. We were now in run-up to the 2024 election, and President Biden had performed horribly in his first debate with former President Trump, and Trump was leading in many polls. If he were to be