Fyrefox
Token fox furry
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
Typewriters; remember them? They used to be office staples, and were used by many to pound out required papers for school. There were recognized brands, like Royal, Smith-Corona, and Underwood. Typing skills were considered so vital for success that I actually took a mandated course in typing at public school, training on a big, heavy manual machine. I had a portable at home, and when I went away to college, I was sent off with a portable electric typewriter, the high tech of its day! Who can forget the trademark sounds of a real typewriter? The tap and feel of the keys, and the solid "thunk" of the carriage as you returned it at the end of a line! Typewriters were a standard, and they were everywhere.
Then computers happened, and they spelled the death of the typewriter. The trusty machine was replaced with a word processing program, and a plastic keyboard that just wasn't the same in look or feel. Typewriters were relegated to attic storage, and now can be found in antique stores as quaint objects. I mourn their passing, and miss them...
Did you use a typewriter, and what memories do you have of them?
Then computers happened, and they spelled the death of the typewriter. The trusty machine was replaced with a word processing program, and a plastic keyboard that just wasn't the same in look or feel. Typewriters were relegated to attic storage, and now can be found in antique stores as quaint objects. I mourn their passing, and miss them...
Did you use a typewriter, and what memories do you have of them?