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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:13 AM Original message |
World's last typewriter plant stops production. Heidi and CMW in mourning. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. The good news is that it's not true! |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I stand corrected. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. I prefer IBMs. |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I used to repair typewriters. Loved the Selectric I's & II's, but the III's just got way to busy. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. What a cool job!!! |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I started in 1980, so by then the Selectrics were pretty much the standard. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. We used those, at Huntington Banks, until 1996. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. "Executive" variable spacing a pain! LOVED Selectric. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I thought they were popular again with younger folks |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I need one that writes stone tablets. |
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