Feb 11 2008
the old typewriter
I went to “Atonement” yesterday afternoon, and the staccato typewriter clicking punctuating the film made me come home and dig out my dad’s old Smith Corona. He was a sports writer for the Orlando Sentinel around the time of WW II -and while writing for that paper, he met my mom. I’ve hung onto this old machine for many years, and haven’t tried to type anything for at least 30 years on it. After I placed it on the kitchen table, the kids just had to have a chance typing - and it actually worked! The ribbon held enough ink to be legible!
Here are some action shots:
That typewriter is COOL.
As I remember back then, we ALL used typewriters like that!
Except in the typing class at Babcock, where they had “blinded” the keys so that we had to learn where all the letters were.
So’right… I still hunt and peck with a four-finger dance…
…of course now we have spell-check also.