Comments on: Typewriter Love

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:16:35 +0000

Oooh, love the teal typewriter…and great collage! I have a red typewriter I picked up a year ago at a Woodland thrift store for $3. (Haven’t used it tho–needs a better ribbon.) I, my dear, began my WORK LIFE using typewriters. Back when “typing class” (in high school) was just that. So it took me awhile to find them endearing…since for a good long while, I simply associated them with the most horrific kind of “9 to 5″ memories. Ha!

By: Hookdntx

Hookdntx — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:00:23 +0000

I have a type writer ket bracelet withy my first initial just like your ring. I got it because my parents were cruel and didn’t spell my name the normal way and thus was never ever able to buy anything that had my name on it for school like a coffeee mug or pencils.

By: Beth in SF

Beth in SF — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:40:15 +0000

I just last night read “Nutcracker.com” by David Sedaris, where he talks about how he hates computers, loves typewriters, etc. I like them too, there’s something so serenely old-skool about them, it’s comforting somehow.

By: Debbi

Debbi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:29:01 +0000

My parents had one I loved too.

I wonder where it is. Super cute! And the clickity click of a typewriter is WAY better than the CHUNKITY CHUNK of a keyboard for the computer.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:25:35 +0000

My mother had that blue one when I was growing up, it was good fun. Back when you could use carbon paper to make a copy of what you were typing. That wasn’t messy…

I have two now, an Olivetti that was my grandmother’s that came in a sweet little carrying bag, and another that’s in a hard case. It’s locked in to the case so it doesn’t jostle, and you could probably kill somebody with it. They may not have had computers back in the day, but they were pretty ingenious with the things they did have.