I have three manual typewriters around here, although they all need ribbons. The Selectric II was the high point of the electric typewriter, though.
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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
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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
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
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.