I own one. I use it everyday. Its a more satisfying type than plastic keys. There's a snap in every letter, you can literally hear the inspiration coming from an artist on an old fashioned typewriter.
.......I am aware that type writer are still made, Noticed them for sale in an office supply store! ..... Kept around for those with paper a fetish!! hahaha
They need them in institutions, Like JAILS.. you cant have a computers /internet in jail ,, By Law Inmate needs access to the courts...
my manager has one...he uses it for things like envelopes and special forms that can't be printed out on computers...but other than that, I find typewriters to be rather useless, too
I work at a law firm-we have them all over here for forms. There's a 60 year old guy who comes in once a month to repair them-he charges $150 an hour.
Typewriters are amazing. I have this bad boy sitting on my desk at home. An Underwood from the 1940s. When I found it there were dead mice inside the front panel in a nest so the lady brought the price down from $25 to $5. I also have one from around 1910 that is portable. It's stuck to a small plank of wood and sits in a metal carrying case. I use them both to write. They make me feel important.
heh, i spent a lotta time in my youth hammering away at an olivetti portable typewriter in my early twenties i sat typing examinations on something similar to the monster lunarverse posted they were clunky bastards that were a total pain in the arse when they were being awkward ......... but i suppose they got the job gone i don't miss them :mickey:
I used an old Remington portable in the 60's and 70s. Graduated to an electric in the 80s. Thought I'd never get used to a computer keyboard but it didn't take long. I sure don't miss using Whiteout or erasers that would double as sandpaper.
I love using a typewriter! There is something way more satisfying about typing on a typewriter than on a computer. And I hate to look at computer screens for hours on end, so I love my typewriter for that reason as well.
My mom bought me this sweet ass smith corona back in 1997 ish. It's been used properly like twice. lol. It's the kind with the word processor on it.
Big heavy typewriters make excellent weapons. It would take all day to bludgeon someone with a computer keyboard. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Don't even get me started on the cheap desk phones they make these days.
