<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Clyde Hollinger wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>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.  </blockquote> Im not quite sure what you are refering too Clyde.  Typewriter ??? Is that some friend of yours who writes about different types of somethings or anothers ? Why would we have that kind of thing ? I think I agree in principal with your wife. <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  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!</blockquote> Now you really have me confused. Smith Corona ?? Isnt that some kind of South American Beer ? <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  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?</blockquote> Well, perhaps I am too  young to know what these things you refer to are.  I thought they went out just around the same time as the Gluttonberg Press. In anycase I havent had anyone to write about my types ever. I do have something called a Deskjet... tho I have yet to see it zooming around the room spewing exhaust all over the place :) <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  Regards, Clyde Hollinger</blockquote> Cheers ! RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>  </html>