This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clyde Hollinger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 6:16 AM Subject: Typewriter Friends,=20 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.=20 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!=20 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?=20 Regards,=20 Clyde Hollinger=20 A week or two after the fact on this, but yes, I have a = typewriter and love it. It's a Royal Safari that I got when I went off = to college in 1967 and it still looks contemporary and works great! = It's much faster for typing up reminder cards and invoices -- doesn't = have to boot up; works when the electricity's off; no waiting for = program to load into memory; no figuring out the ins and outs and weird = quirks of word processing programs; the "printer" is built in; it's not = fussy about what kind of paper you use; and yes, I can still get ribbons = much much cheaper than ink cartridges for computer printers; I don't = have to re-configure the printer to type the address on the envelope or = post card.=20 I do my reminder cards exactly like you -- they're pre-printed: = "Dear Ms. ______, I last tuned your piano _______. Your piano will = maintain pitch better if...blah blah. Please call . . . to set up an = appointment ....", etc. I fill in the blanks with pen, then turn it = over and type the address. I buy sheets of 21=A2 stamps. May be = old-fashioned, but it suits me and by the time I figured out how to get = the computer to do it, I could probably have a hundred or more done. = Same with letters and invoices -- whip the paper in there and start = typing -- I'm done before I could even get things booted up, loaded, and = formatted on the computer. And it's already printed when I finish the = letter, including a carbon copy. Yes, you can still buy carbon paper. = Some old stuff still works fine. Having a small yard, I'm thinking of = doing away with the polluting, noisy power mower and getting the old = motorless push kind. --David Nereson, RPT, Denver =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d6/b4/39/d2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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