07-28-21, 05:34 PM | |
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we still have our Brother correctable electric typewriter at home - it was Brother's answer to the IBM selectric. i refuse to get rid of it even though we haven't used it in over 10 years.
if you've gotten by without one this long, chances are you're ok without one. i bought a cute manual typewriter for the kids to play with, and it was tough finding ribbon replacements! the lone vendor of supplies was located in town and i made a special trip to pick it up. i suppose you could buy them online, but it's humbug if they're the wrong size. we had to throw it away because it got rusty. i should have taken care of it better. it was $8 at goodwill. there's a website somewhere dedicated to die-hard typewriter fans who enjoy collecting them and discussing vintage typewriters!
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07-28-21, 06:00 PM | |
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I think of Tom Hanks when the topic of typewriters comes up. There are many typewriter enthusiasts out there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3NpK6INIok I learned to type on my mom's manual typewriter back in the day. I asked for a computer when I went off to college in 1990 and was given a Brother electric typewriter instead. I got rid of it when I got a computer after college. I don't know if you would "need" a typewriter, but some of the vintage typewriters are very cool and I could see how someone would want one. I like the pink smith-corona typewriter in the clip.
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07-28-21, 06:43 PM | ||
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5zjxsCcOs the school band did this song, and brought a typewriter on stage for a student to type on it! was so cool!
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07-28-21, 06:59 PM | |
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I have a portable non electric typewriter that I am hanging on to for who knows why. I also have an ancient Royal non electric typewriter that my father used to do his income taxes for many years. It is also the one I learned to type on. These warhorses were really tough to use--if the pressure wasn't equal some letters would be really dark and others could barely be seen--so I had to learn to equalize the pressure when I hit every key to make it look right. I couldn't bear to give it away and so it sits next to my DH's grandmother's manual treadle sewing machine. I have many memories of my father using that typewriter. It was unusual in those days for a man to even know how to type and I was proud of him that he knew how as none of my friends' dads had a clue.
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07-29-21, 04:04 AM | |
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I got rid of mine and I wish I still had it. It's quicker when I want to type on small pieces of paper or cards than a computer would be.
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