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Typewriters experience a comeback
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| Dec. 19, 2011
Posted on 12/20/2011 6:00:06 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Darn!! A little less on top and her nipples would be showing.
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:38:19 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
To: JoeProBono
hahahahahahaahahaha, very good.
To: abb
The rhythm of a printing unit tapping out “Fox” became so ingrained that myself and many co-workers could often tell by the sound if a machine was garbling.
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:46:15 AM PST
by
Roccus
(Obama & Holder LLC - purveyor of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords. (202) 456-1414)
To: Roccus; abb
I’m gettin’ old.
“printing unit” should be “typing unit”....SHEESH!!!
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:48:43 AM PST
by
Roccus
(Obama & Holder LLC - purveyor of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords. (202) 456-1414)
To: abb
In my last newsroom assignment, I was the only person in the building who could re-set a new box of paper and get the sheet running straight between the rollers.
Pity AP never delivered one that wasn't dripping with oil...
To: KarlInOhio
I have a lamp exactly like those in the pic sitting on my desk. Can’t recall when/where I got it.
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:52:11 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: M. Thatcher
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:53:04 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Pity AP never delivered one that wasn't dripping with oil... Although I never worked on AP machines, all that oil is what kept 'em running 24/7/52.
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:54:38 AM PST
by
Roccus
(Obama & Holder LLC - purveyor of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords. (202) 456-1414)
To: Eric in the Ozarks; Roccus
I’ll be back in a minute. I have to finish up my story of last night’s meeting of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury (known as a county commission in other states). That’s one of the beats that I cover.
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:54:54 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: miss marmelstein
A guy told me he once went to a bankruptcy auction for some failed high tech startup.
He said he's standing in line to pick up his winning bid package, mostly low tech office stuff, and chatting with the other winning bidders.
They came from hundreds of miles away to bid on the high tech stuff, graphic workstations, etc.
They're bragging about the SparcStations, and other prized stuff of the day, and he has to admit the most exciting thing he's getting is a Selectric. They all laughed.
To: JoeProBono
“Girl hams do it with Vibroplexes.”
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:59:32 AM PST
by
Erasmus
(Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. Or, get out your 50mm/1.2.)
To: A_perfect_lady
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:00:39 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: JoeProBono
![](http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2011/09/110926monkey.jpg)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date".
To: Roccus
Just as I was leaving the profession in 1980, we got a small white (and very quiet) desktop printer from AP. It used the same large box of paper.
We discovered that the generous globs of oil in the old machines helped carry off the paper chaff. The new machine clogged repeatedly with fluff from the AP paper.
To: JoeProBono
The last typewriter manufacturer in the world closed its doors this year. If a ribbon manufacturer still exists it won’t for much longer. So if you want to be part of this “comeback” you had better start stocking up on replacement parts and supplies while you still can.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:06:07 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
That’s one of the reasons that TTY Corp. went with chadless tape perforators for decades. The Model 35 had fully perforated tape because it had a chad chute which the 28 did not. Once the chad chute clogged however, it would create one holy mess!
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:11:58 AM PST
by
Roccus
(Obama & Holder LLC - purveyor of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords. (202) 456-1414)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:12:53 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: JoeProBono
To: miss marmelstein
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:18:18 AM PST
by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
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