David_McQueen Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I really miss my old typewriter. The ribbon, the white out/tippex, the carriage return, no files being accidentally corrupted or accidentally deleted The feelings of majesty when an assignment, essay or short story was finished. Quote Firstborn Ministries: Spoken and written word, without apology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 []http://members.aol.com/typebar/collectible/busyday.jpg[/] "A Man's Busy Day." Circa 1910 Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators LynnDel Posted September 27, 2005 Moderators Share Posted September 27, 2005 I still have my old typewriter. I don't know why. LD Quote LD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 David, I don't know how much older you are than I, but I gotta say, I haven't missed it. I learned "typing" in grade 9, 1983-4, and really hated it. I could never get the hang of setting all the tabs and margins, and footnotes were a nightmare for me. When I got to college and learned to use a real wordprocessor, I was in 7th heaven. No more typing and retyping and literal cutting and pasting. When we went to China in 1994, our English department generously (ahem) loaned us a small manual typewriter that had so many keys that stuck that we got used to automatically flinging our hand up if we typed certain letters, because otherwise they'd all pile up on top of each other. Oh, how I detested that piece of junk! I dreaded making tests and quizzes. When my folks came to visit, they brought us a laptop, and that made life so much easier. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Remember typewriter rooms in libraries? Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 .....and the "joy" of cutting stencils to use on the old hand-turned duplicator! Mistakes in typing were not "whited out", but covered with that goey red stuff (my stencils looked as though they had measles!) Now, with laptop plus "spell-check", sadly there are no excuses for those mistakes! But, no, I would not wish for the old days to be back. God bless, Beryl Quote "Grace is God doing for us, in us and through us that which He requires of us but which is impossible for us to do in or for ourselves."Â But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor. 12:9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 OOOooo I remember the sickly sweet smell of mimeograph fluid. And the sometimes still damp test sheets. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Quote: Amelia said: [] http://members.aol.com/typebar/collectible/busyday.jpg [/] "A Man's Busy Day." Circa 1910 This begs a qustion....what is the part that is "A Man's Busy Day." ...his lap top or the top of his lap? Ok, I am going to sweep out this dusty corner...again..... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.  George Bernard Shaw  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_McQueen Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 Does anyone remember telex machines, or sending memo's before emails came? Quote Firstborn Ministries: Spoken and written word, without apology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted September 28, 2005 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2005 I didn't know there were so many retired people in this forum. Thats why I have so many arguments. Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfstep Denise Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I worked as a secretary and dispatcher for a typewriter sales and service business in Southern California in the mid 1980's. What a blast!! I even got an autographed picture of Tom Selleck out of the experience. The technicians taught me a little about the mechanics of a typewriter and instructed me on how to troubleshoot for them. One secretary called to complain that her typewriter wouldn't print so I wrote up the service call. I was waiting for the technician to call for his messages when she called back. Someone had borrowed the font ball from her typewriter and hadn't returned it yet! I could feel her embarrassment through the phone! And then we both laughed about it. One of my challenges at work was talking to a celebrity about their typewriter and not say anything about being a fan! By the way, how often do you clean your typewriter or computer keyboard? Denise Quote "If you're all God has, is God in trouble? -- Dr. Frederick K.C. Price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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