tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post1509066995296723177..comments2024-03-28T04:52:31.566-07:00Comments on Toner Mishap: Typewriter Repairman and an OrangutanThe Misanthropehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-24466216539004622302009-02-18T20:55:00.000-08:002009-02-18T20:55:00.000-08:00I used to sit at a bench in college and write pape...I used to sit at a bench in college and write papers on manual typewriter that I would then walk into class with. I still contend that the writing was better before computers and Word came on to the scene. You had to think harder and take what you first wrote more seriously. I still have my manual and tap on it every once in a while. I find the sound relaxing.On The Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242127474582462843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-44428444751262105272009-02-18T11:29:00.000-08:002009-02-18T11:29:00.000-08:00It's ok, I'm not that old, (am I?) and I learned t...It's ok, I'm not that old, (am I?) and I learned to type on a manual typewriter! I can still remember the magic of seeing the words appear, and hearing the click-click of the keys hitting paper! <BR/><BR/>Any form of written language, typed or otherwise, is High Magic.. But you can't really beat the sound of metal hammering on paper. <BR/>It's not quite as much fun to listen to the plastic clicking of a worn out plastic coffee covered keyboard.Chandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629463765622067086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-22223234216729757412009-02-18T07:39:00.000-08:002009-02-18T07:39:00.000-08:00This video is probably incomprehensible to many yo...This video is probably incomprehensible to many youngsters today -- "who is that guy?" "what's that sound?" "what is the guy doing with his hands?" -- but it was one of my favorite things when I was a lad:<BR/><BR/>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=705528348016761696B2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17127446856576472299noreply@blogger.com