I was just asked "What's that?" by a very young co-worker.

[Bertha Venation]

She was pointing at my typewriter. :wtf:

[Stop_the_War]

1. LMAO!

[Be Brave]

2. LOL! Thanks for the chuckle!

"What's that?" Ha, ha!

[Speck Tater]

3. Try explaining "Clockwise" to a kid who's only seen digital clocks

[Richardo]

4. Tell him/her that it's the *latest* in word processor technology...

...bypasses the network printer and applies your document DIRECTLY to paper! :wow:

[Bertha Venation]

9. LOL

:bounce:

[Maine-ah]

5. ouch. Now I feel old.

:spank:

[villager]

6. not your record player?

n/t

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. EEEEEEK

Though no worse than my father being asked by one of his students, "Professor, when was World War II?" This in the early sixties.

[Historic NY]

8. You should have said its a manual word processer....

:bounce:

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Jesus, I'm only 19 and I've used typewriters many times

Damn kids today.

[realisticphish]

17. ditto on both parts nt

[HereSince1628]

11. Electric or manual?

[Bertha Venation]

13. Electric! :sputter: . . .

Why, we haven't had manual typewriters around here since 1995!

[Aiptasia]

12. show her the ditto machine next...

[lpbk2713]

14. She would really be confused if

she had to use a rotary dial phone.

[Bertha Venation]

15. There's a whole generation who doesn't know why we refer to "dialing" a

phone number. :bounce:

[Spirochete]

16. or have never even

changed the TV channel by turning a dial. Or changed the channel while closer than 5 feet from the TV, for that matter.

[Left Is Write]

18. ACK!

I still love my typewriter, but I can't use it.

Does anyone know where I can get a ribbon for a Smith-Corona electric typewriter circa 1984?

Wish I still had my grandmother's 1920s manual S-C.

[LeftyMom]

20. try googling the model number

or checking with the big office supply stores. They still carry typewriter supplies. :)

If you let me know the model number for the typewriter or the ribbon it takes I can probably find someplace that sells it, I'm a master shopper. :)

[Left Is Write]

21. Thanks! I'll dig it out of the closet and check.

[Deja Q]

19. It's a strange joke. Kids still know what a rock is.

Though few would know its advantages outside of violent ones.

Rocks are cool. They can be used to crack nuts open. Clothes can be beaten off of it. Moss grows on them and moss is delicious. Many rocks built on top of each other, glued into place with some sufficient natural substance can make a hut.

Lovely things, rocks.