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.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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.
Connie Neil - Dec 10, 2006 7:10:40 pm PST #5433 of 10007
brillig
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.
Lee - Dec 10, 2006 7:42:14 pm PST #5441 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita, how about this
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2006 7:46:09 pm PST #5442 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tommy, yes, but in that case they can't be British.
Lee, that's perfect! The specific guy isn't the issue, so much as my conviction that the combo can be pulled off. I don't think I'm going to convince the guy in question to combine the two, but I still need to illustrate my point.
Did you just have that lying around?