I still remember the first time I got to use an electric typewriter. It was great.
Gods… I’m old.
Glacier-BlueOctober 3, 2013 8:34 am
Electric typewriter?? That’s no electric typewriter…that’s a manual! We don’t need no stinkin’ electric typewriters around here.
KenKOctober 3, 2013 12:24 pm
Funny…but ah…the FBI learned to ID individual typewriter key impressions back in the 1930s, no?
MamaLibertyOctober 3, 2013 2:04 pm
Seems to me a lot of folks are just not looking at this from the right perspective… If you have a pool full of alligators and you need to swim there, it would seem a lot better to get RID of the alligators instead of trying to come up with alligator proof swiming trunks.
BetseyOctober 3, 2013 3:00 pm
Thanks for the chuckle, Claire.
As we all know. everything that is done in Washington is toooooo important to be hacked out on a typewriter.
Bear, I too am old! I demonstrated one of these old manual typerwriters to a computer class I taught before I retired. The kids’ response? “This is waaaay toooooo haaard!”
LarryAOctober 4, 2013 12:47 am
I’m remembering the junior high counselor back in 1960 who apologized for the scheduling situation that meant I would have to take typing.
After all, I was male and college-bound, so I would always have a secretary to do whatever typing I needed done.
I still remember the first time I got to use an electric typewriter. It was great.
Gods… I’m old.
Electric typewriter?? That’s no electric typewriter…that’s a manual! We don’t need no stinkin’ electric typewriters around here.
Funny…but ah…the FBI learned to ID individual typewriter key impressions back in the 1930s, no?
Seems to me a lot of folks are just not looking at this from the right perspective… If you have a pool full of alligators and you need to swim there, it would seem a lot better to get RID of the alligators instead of trying to come up with alligator proof swiming trunks.
Thanks for the chuckle, Claire.
As we all know. everything that is done in Washington is toooooo important to be hacked out on a typewriter.
Bear, I too am old! I demonstrated one of these old manual typerwriters to a computer class I taught before I retired. The kids’ response? “This is waaaay toooooo haaard!”
I’m remembering the junior high counselor back in 1960 who apologized for the scheduling situation that meant I would have to take typing.
After all, I was male and college-bound, so I would always have a secretary to do whatever typing I needed done.