Typewriter

[Farrell]

Hi Clyde. I almost don't want to try and answer your question (I'm afraid I'll come off sarcastic - I don't mean to be), with you having paid me such a nice compliment on your follow-up to my recent post! I'm almost speechless regarding your question. I don't think I have touched a typewriter since about 1980 (and I used to type a good 60 wpm!). I assume that you have a computer!?!? (Daaaaa....) Believe me, I'm not for a second suggesting that there is anything in the world wrong with using a typewriter - but if you have a computer, what is the need? I guess I could understand a manual typewriter if you have frequent power outages, but otherwise, I guess I don't see it. I use the computer a lot in my business, but I only have the need to put out maybe one letter a week (that I could use a typewriter for).

For $500 you could buy a nice second computer now-a-days (with printer included)! I guess I'm with your wife on this one. Good luck!

BTW, I admire one's ability to NOT change just because other do - it CAN be a positive quality.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:16 AM
Subject: Typewriter


> Friends,
> 
> Do all of you have a typewriter?  Do we all need one?  I've had one all
> my adult life, and I use it a lot in my business, but I am sort of
> old-fashioned and not very "with it."  My wife says I should change.
> 
> My beloved 20-year-old Smith Corona portable finally reached the point
> of no return about a year ago.  I replaced it with a cheap portable,
> which turned out to be so rotten I'd be embarrassed to give it away.  I
> am now using a quality machine that I got cheap, but it's eight years
> old and every now and then the electronics in it go into conniptions and
> drive me totally bats.  (You suspected as much -- I know, I know!  <G>)
> Of course it behaves admirably when I take it to the repair shop!
> 
> So I'm thinking of buying a new one, which will probably run $500 and
> which brings me back to my original question.  Does even my little
> office need a typewriter to be adequately appointed?  I say yes; have
> you found the answer to be no?
> 
> Regards,
> Clyde Hollinger
>