I still have an old Smith-Corona and an Underwood typewriter.
A number of years ago, an associate of mine brought his daughter along when he dropped by, and she was SO impressed that 'you get to see the letter right away' instead of having to wait for the laser printer...
And yes - there are very few creative graphic designers with any sense anymore - that's why clients still have a use for us 'old-school' types.
I'd say though, that for real typing I'd prefer one where the line you're typing on is not hidden under the roller. Like this, you have to be real dang confident in your typing.
But the sheer super-mechanical *machine* feel that the thing exudes makes the apartment feel like REAL WORK is being done here. Total illusion, but I'll take it.
Hey-hey, Remington, buddy, that's some nice hair you got there. Stylin'! Word, bro.
You related to Datamancer?
"and she was SO impressed that 'you get to see the letter right away' instead of having to wait for the laser printer" She was right: that's some damn cool modern technology you got there! :-)
"the sheer super-mechanical *machine* feel that the thing exudes makes the apartment feel like REAL WORK is being done here." Yeah, that's, like, real cool. You can't buy such PR effect. You need a real bad-ass machine, the genuine stuff. Even if it's hired just to stand there looking all serious-workey. :-)
You know, I find the second picture the interesting one. Do you think this gal could have had any idea that this picture would appear on something called the Internet for ALL to see? :-)
In 1989 my cousin (rail) and I (road) were both made redundant from our transport industry jobs. He signed on for training to become a typewriter repairman, and I signed on for training to become a computer graphics designer. After 20 years of telling that story with a self congratulatory smirk, I am beginning to wonder if perhaps he made the better choice in the long run. Everybody knows somebody who has has a nephew who is "good with computers" or can "design web sites and stuff": it's true, web sites and stuff are everywhere, and most of them look as though somebody's nephew designed them. Hands up all those who have a nephew who can repair typewriters. Thought so. QED.
Forypern: paper is just a substrate that will accept the medium from a writing instrument, such as ink from a pen, or graphite from a pencil. Most people think such an instrument is essential, although a finger dipped in the writer's blood has been used on at least one occasion.
Therefore, paper can be written on by anybody who can write, which might well extend through aunts and uncles to nephews. For all I know your whole family may be able to write, including your great grand niece once removed generationally on your mother's side. On second thoughts she may be too young.
You might even buy an iPad, although not just yet. You might also have bought paper in other sizes, but this is less fun in the United States, where paper sizes remain stubbornly archaic. You don't mention for what purpose you bought legal pads, but be advised that if you use it for communication with another, you run a great risk of being thought a cheapskate.
Back in the day, there was a hierarchy among female office machine operators: if a girl was a shorthand typist, she said so! Being dedicated to a particular member of staff or small section, rather than working out of a general pool, carried additional kudos. Adding machine operators felt slightly superior because they worked with numbers: "It's like mathematics", a former girlfriend explained. Offering a new deal on multiple purchases, a national chain of sandwich shops suggests "Do the math", and to be fair, "Do the arithmetic" does not have the same ring.
Post WW2, as some of the established demarcations and class boundaries became blurred, the word 'secretary' fell victim, and became applied to a large tranche of female office workers. The prevalence of office gossip clearly demonstrated that the original meaning of the word had been lost with its wider application. Bless the military, they still have clerks; although at some point a boring old fart of a church lexicographer probably argued that 'scribe' would have been a better choice.
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Real. Boss.
Yes indeed.
I love the beautiful text. Why does nobody do things like that these days? It's all so under-designed.
I still have an old Smith-Corona and an Underwood typewriter.
A number of years ago, an associate of mine brought his daughter along when he dropped by, and she was SO impressed that 'you get to see the letter right away' instead of having to wait for the laser printer...
And yes - there are very few creative graphic designers with any sense anymore - that's why clients still have a use for us 'old-school' types.
This one seems to work perfectly.
I'd say though, that for real typing I'd prefer one where the line you're typing on is not hidden under the roller. Like this, you have to be real dang confident in your typing.
But the sheer super-mechanical *machine* feel that the thing exudes makes the apartment feel like REAL WORK is being done here. Total illusion, but I'll take it.
Hey-hey, Remington, buddy, that's some nice hair you got there. Stylin'! Word, bro.
You related to Datamancer?
"and she was SO impressed that 'you get to see the letter right away' instead of having to wait for the laser printer"
She was right: that's some damn cool modern technology you got there! :-)
"the sheer super-mechanical *machine* feel that the thing exudes makes the apartment feel like REAL WORK is being done here."
Yeah, that's, like, real cool. You can't buy such PR effect. You need a real bad-ass machine, the genuine stuff. Even if it's hired just to stand there looking all serious-workey. :-)
You know, I find the second picture the interesting one. Do you think this gal could have had any idea that this picture would appear on something called the Internet for ALL to see? :-)
Yeah, if she didn't see that coming, she's just stupid. :-)
Why would she see that coming? As if anybody would use the internet to look at photos of naked broads in the first place. HAH! Fat chance.
In 1989 my cousin (rail) and I (road) were both made redundant from our transport industry jobs. He signed on for training to become a typewriter repairman, and I signed on for training to become a computer graphics designer. After 20 years of telling that story with a self congratulatory smirk, I am beginning to wonder if perhaps he made the better choice in the long run. Everybody knows somebody who has has a nephew who is "good with computers" or can "design web sites and stuff": it's true, web sites and stuff are everywhere, and most of them look as though somebody's nephew designed them. Hands up all those who have a nephew who can repair typewriters. Thought so. QED.
So does he get work?
Typewriters are mechanical machines and don't need drivers or software.
Therefore they can be repaired by anyone with an ability with mechanical devices. Even an aunt or an uncle - not even reaching as far as the nephew.
Or you buy an iPAD, but I just bought a stack of those - 8½ x 11 inch legal pads.
Forypern said...
"...but I just bought a stack of those - 8½ x 11 inch legal pads."
ROFLMAO!! FUNNY!! :-D
(as was your CUTE "Remington Standard Typewriter No. 7 (with green punk hairdo)." comment, Eo! :-)
"...8½ x 11 inch legal pads."
Forypern: paper is just a substrate that will accept the medium from a writing instrument, such as ink from a pen, or graphite from a pencil. Most people think such an instrument is essential, although a finger dipped in the writer's blood has been used on at least one occasion.
Therefore, paper can be written on by anybody who can write, which might well extend through aunts and uncles to nephews. For all I know your whole family may be able to write, including your great grand niece once removed generationally on your mother's side. On second thoughts she may be too young.
You might even buy an iPad, although not just yet. You might also have bought paper in other sizes, but this is less fun in the United States, where paper sizes remain stubbornly archaic. You don't mention for what purpose you bought legal pads, but be advised that if you use it for communication with another, you run a great risk of being thought a cheapskate.
So what was your point?
More typist tottie:
http://homepage.mac.com/sljohnson/images/oliver/justaline.JPG
Back in the day, there was a hierarchy among female office machine operators: if a girl was a shorthand typist, she said so! Being dedicated to a particular member of staff or small section, rather than working out of a general pool, carried additional kudos. Adding machine operators felt slightly superior because they worked with numbers: "It's like mathematics", a former girlfriend explained. Offering a new deal on multiple purchases, a national chain of sandwich shops suggests "Do the math", and to be fair, "Do the arithmetic" does not have the same ring.
Post WW2, as some of the established demarcations and class boundaries became blurred, the word 'secretary' fell victim, and became applied to a large tranche of female office workers. The prevalence of office gossip clearly demonstrated that the original meaning of the word had been lost with its wider application. Bless the military, they still have clerks; although at some point a boring old fart of a church lexicographer probably argued that 'scribe' would have been a better choice.
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