A longtime journalist recently sent an email to a bunch of colleagues with
notice of a typewriter for sale. The journalist sent along assurance
that the machine works perfectly and is in excellent
condition. His colleagues responded with some detailed queries about
this “device.” Any questions of your own for the seller?
A longtime journalist recently sent an email to a bunch of colleagues with notice of a typewriter for sale. The journalist sent along assurance that the machine works perfectly and is in excellent condition. His colleagues responded with some detailed queries about this “device.”
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I must take issue with your comment that this device “works perfectly”. It appears to lack a monitor, has no ports, is minus a mouse and has no power cable. What sort of scam are you trying to pull?
cya,
Wayne
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What about your green eye-shade, your metal sleeve garters and the half bottle of rye in the bottom drawer? No journalist outfit is complete without ’em.
JD
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Does it come with a nervous, skinny kid who will come running when I scream, “COPY”?
Peter B.
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Any questions of your own for the seller?
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A longtime journalist recently sent an email to a bunch of colleagues with
notice of a typewriter for sale. The journalist sent along assurance
that the machine works perfectly and is in excellent
condition. His colleagues responded with some detailed queries about
this “device.” Any questions of your own for the seller?
A longtime journalist recently sent an email to a bunch of colleagues with notice of a typewriter for sale. The journalist sent along assurance that the machine works perfectly and is in excellent condition. His colleagues responded with some detailed queries about this “device.”
————
I must take issue with your comment that this device “works perfectly”. It appears to lack a monitor, has no ports, is minus a mouse and has no power cable. What sort of scam are you trying to pull?
cya,
Wayne
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What about your green eye-shade, your metal sleeve garters and the half bottle of rye in the bottom drawer? No journalist outfit is complete without ’em.
JD
———–
Does it come with a nervous, skinny kid who will come running when I scream, “COPY”?
Peter B.
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Any questions of your own for the seller?
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October 28, 2009
How much is the listed price?
How much is the listed price? Are the ribbons terribly expensive? How much does it weigh?
And most importantly, will editors be able to tell when I send them a cool retro-style resume or pitch typed on this thing and give me bonus points for nostalgia?
October 29, 2009
I already have a 1953
I already have a 1953 Underwood that I took with me to Journalism school.
Am willing to upgrade to an IBM Selectric if you have one?
As far as I am concerned, the information highway has crashed and burned and not a moment too soon.
Throwbacks of the world, unite!
November 3, 2009
My Father had one almost
My Father had one almost identical to this one. It even had the British pound key on it! The ribbons now would be hard to find, if near impossible. Warning: Not as light as a laptop…but more long-lasting and durable!
November 5, 2009
I have on display under a
I have on display under a glass-topped coffee table in my living room two portable typewriters. One, a 1923 Remington, is two-tone mauve & purple & was my mother’s Christmas present when she was 11. I learned to type on it as a child. The second is a turquoise Hermes Baby, circa mid-’50s, made by a Swiss company called Paillard. These sporty machines, sometimes called the Mini Cooper of typewriters, were the portable of choice for travelling foreign correspondents in that era.