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bluidkiti · 08-31-2014, 08:27 AM

Manual Typewriter

The boys had been up in the attic together helping with some
cleaning. The kids uncovered an old manual typewriter and
asked her, "Hey, Mom, what's this?"

"Oh, that's an old typewriter," she answered, thinking that
would satisfy their curiosity.

"Well, what does it do?" they queried.

"I'll show you," their mother said. She went downstairs and
returned with a blank piece of paper. She rolled the paper
into the typewriter and began striking the keys, leaving
black letters of print on the page.

"WOW!" the boys exclaimed, "That's really cool -- but how
does it work like that? Where do you plug it in?"

"There is no plug," she answered. "It doesn't need a plug."

"Then where do you put the batteries?" they persisted.

"It doesn't need batteries either," she continued.

"Wow! This is so cool!" the brothers exclaimed. "Someone
should have invented this a long time ago!" :smiley:

MajestyJo · 09-03-2014, 04:10 AM

Love it, the first one I used was black, could see inside, had posts and the keys had steel rings around them. It was short lived and I was a file clerk at 17 in 1959. Even the electronic typewriter is so outdated now. I was an office manager (Girl Friday) and a secretary in 1988. I used a computer which was in a room the size of my bedroom in the 70s and used the telex and the telecopier which were before the fax. Gosh I am old. roflmao!

08-31-2014, 08:27 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 73,903	Manual Typewriter Manual Typewriter The boys had been up in the attic together helping with some cleaning. The kids uncovered an old manual typewriter and asked her, "Hey, Mom, what's this?" "Oh, that's an old typewriter," she answered, thinking that would satisfy their curiosity. "Well, what does it do?" they queried. "I'll show you," their mother said. She went downstairs and returned with a blank piece of paper. She rolled the paper into the typewriter and began striking the keys, leaving black letters of print on the page. "WOW!" the boys exclaimed, "That's really cool -- but how does it work like that? Where do you plug it in?" "There is no plug," she answered. "It doesn't need a plug." "Then where do you put the batteries?" they persisted. "It doesn't need batteries either," she continued. "Wow! This is so cool!" the brothers exclaimed. "Someone should have invented this a long time ago!" :smiley: __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

09-03-2014, 04:10 AM	#2
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	Love it, the first one I used was black, could see inside, had posts and the keys had steel rings around them. It was short lived and I was a file clerk at 17 in 1959. Even the electronic typewriter is so outdated now. I was an office manager (Girl Friday) and a secretary in 1988. I used a computer which was in a room the size of my bedroom in the 70s and used the telex and the telecopier which were before the fax. Gosh I am old. roflmao! __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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