I have three manual typewriters around here, although they all need ribbons. The Selectric II was the high point of the electric typewriter, though.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Dec 10, 2006 6:52:39 pm PST #5431 of 10007
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DavidS - Dec 10, 2006 6:58:25 pm PST #5432 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I sneer at your bourgoise Selectrics
Sneer all you like, as Ginger notes...
The Selectric II was the high point of the electric typewriter, though.
I agree with her 100%.
Connie Neil - Dec 10, 2006 7:10:40 pm PST #5433 of 10007
brillig
The Selectric II was the high point of the electric typewriter, though.
I rather liked the Brothers with the little screen that previewed what you were typing.
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2006 7:17:48 pm PST #5434 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A young adult, sometime in the near future, as she examines a typewriter for the first time:
"You mean every time you pressed a key, it printed the character? How did you cut and paste?"
erikaj - Dec 10, 2006 7:20:18 pm PST #5435 of 10007
Always Anti-fascist!
Sometimes I miss the productive click, you know? I was a kid. I wrote crap. But on a typewriter, it sounded important.
Laga - Dec 10, 2006 7:35:22 pm PST #5436 of 10007
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah my Mom bought me a Brother but I hated it. She thought it was cool because it had four different ink colors. It wrote with little pens! I loved the satisfying clack of her Selectric keys.
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2006 7:36:03 pm PST #5437 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, this is only vaguely random--can anyone hook me up with pictures of guys rocking formal dress (suit, tux) and stubble or really short beards?
Lee - Dec 10, 2006 7:37:18 pm PST #5438 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Any particular guys?
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2006 7:38:08 pm PST #5439 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Okay, this is only vaguely random--can anyone hook me up with pictures of guys rocking formal dress (suit, tux) and stubble or really short beards?
Is it OK if they're riding a unicycle?
Consuela - Dec 10, 2006 7:39:23 pm PST #5440 of 10007
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thank you again for the lovely birthday wishes!
I find typewriters continue to be useful because getting envelopes to print out properly through a laser printer is a project destined to failure. Or at least tears and lots of wasted paper. Much easier to just type the damned thing.