tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post7299585315130168513..comments2024-03-25T01:39:10.406-06:00Comments on Mysterious Musings: Another Nostalgic Indulgence: Manual TypewritersJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-40386615000462835232006-11-21T22:02:00.000-07:002006-11-21T22:02:00.000-07:00A fellow has to play to his strengths. In this cas...A fellow has to play to his strengths. In this case, my strength was adequate to lift a telephone, but not a '50s-era Royal Office Electric Typewriter made of cast iron, lead, and/or—perhaps—plutonium.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-50662061087249622852006-11-21T15:31:00.000-07:002006-11-21T15:31:00.000-07:00You KNOW I'm partial to butter.
But let's recap...You KNOW I'm partial to butter. <br /><br />But let's recap: you tried to murder your father with a telephone, but not a typewriter. Were you selective about your murder weapons at 18 months?Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-42227675605728184712006-11-21T12:40:00.000-07:002006-11-21T12:40:00.000-07:00I would be delicious, especially with lotsa butter...I would be delicious, especially with lotsa butter.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-81522349660152364542006-11-21T12:08:00.000-07:002006-11-21T12:08:00.000-07:00No kidding. It's all about adaptation. Charles D...No kidding. It's all about adaptation. Charles Darwin was right!<br /><br />And it we didn't adapt, our kind would die out, or be eaten by people who could use computers.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-39454520676756539202006-11-21T12:03:00.000-07:002006-11-21T12:03:00.000-07:00I don't know. I think I'm already drunk on holiday...I don't know. I think I'm already drunk on holiday egg nog. And I haven't even HAD any yet!<br /><br />But, boy, I loved my original typewriter. It was a big '50s-era office electric. Heavy as an anvil, noisy as a Harley. But boy it typed beautifully. I kept it alive for years, lugging it back and forth to the typewriter repair place at need (I hired Sherpas). I used it up through 1982, when it died at last after a 24-hour writing session and the repair place said they just couldn't get parts for it anymore.<br /><br />It's replacement was a very modern IBM Selectric with a one line memory (for centering and error-correction and stuff) that was quiet and light. I never quite felt comfortably using it.<br /><br />It's all computer now, but it's funny because sometimes I think the computer makes writing harder. It makes typing easier, but writing, I think, benefits from the process of putting test right on the page, and then have to rewrite or retype it when you need to make a change. Drafts are really drafts, not vague, incremental and difficult to track modifications in some text file.<br /><br />That said, I can't write much more than my name by hand with cramping up, and I just don't feel I have the time retype and retype and retype. Yeah, I did in the old days, and not so long ago all writers had to do it. But now that I have a computer, no, I couldn't go back either.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-3391878451180120142006-11-21T11:34:00.000-07:002006-11-21T11:34:00.000-07:00What in the world are you talking about, man?What in the world are you talking about, man?Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-24626738623956249762006-11-21T10:48:00.000-07:002006-11-21T10:48:00.000-07:00I can't say it either.I can't say it either.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-77835041577607586002006-11-21T10:47:00.000-07:002006-11-21T10:47:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, I can't see I brained my dad with a...Unfortunately, I can't see I brained my dad with a typewriter.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.com