There is a suitcase I found squeezed in amongst the storage shelves downstairs.
It was time to open it and take a look at it.
I don't really know what caused me to hang on to it, except for the fact that is is quite compact.
Inside is a gift I got from my parents while I was in high school.
If my grands ever wonder just how and where I got my typing skills,
when obviously I'm older than computers . . .
here's proof that there was life before that time. . .
and hey . . . the ink seems to outlasts the cartridges we keep having to refill today . . .
unless . . . it hasn't been that long, has it?
Insert: funny story . . . when we got our computer about 15 years ago . . . I sat down to type my name . . . and my fingers automatic movements went to my maiden name. I laughed with tears forming in my eyes . . . to think that fingers connect with a memory like that.
Back to the typewriter:
I noticed the automatic repeat spacer and smiled at how fancy this was . . .
it needed a red button.
On the right side you can choose the color of your ink with a little lever . . .
And the ribbon adjusts itself
so that the keys will hit it in the right place.
The return lever is probably one of the things that could be confusing
for anyone looking for an enter key.
But all in all . . . not bad.
I had all I needed for the time.
Today . . . I'm happy with my net book for reasons I could never have imagined!
11 comments:
Love this walk down memory lane! Too funny...that you typed your maiden name.
My parents gave me a green Olympia typewriter for Christmas when I was in high school. I thought it was most modern-looking...compared to the old Underwood models. Hmmm. I wonder what happened to it.
So many great typewriter memories are stuck in my head. How fun to find your gift again and bring back some memories. Katie wanted an old typewriter a few years ago and I went on a thrift store quest to find one for her. That was fun, too.
It might be fun to hold on for the kids to play on. Of course if they're like my grandkids, their keyboard skills have already far surpassed a typewriter! I excelled at typing when I was young, which was good preparation for the keyboard which is even faster. I owned an IBM Selectric in my young adulthood. I remember it like yesterday...
Can't believe you still had that typewriter...but what a neat memory! And especially since it was a gift from your parents.
I had a similar one only it was a Royal. Wish I still had it!!
Oh what fun to remember the old typewriters! I learned on the very old non-electric machines in high school and can still hear the clicking and clunking as we typed as fast as we could before the timer went off. How things have changed!! Now we type with our thumbs ...
Wow...was it an electric typewriter? That is so fun!
I would have quite loved one of those. For whatever reason, typewriters must have been a luxury since we never had one while I was in highschool except for the old Underwood that was made of cast iron and weighed a ton and my brother proudly displays as an antique.
Yes...those were the days. I failed typing in grade 8 and then somehow got my groove and got an A when I tried again in Typing 11.
Hang on to that thing! WishI had the manual one I had in college back in the mid 1970s. It was super light weight and I rode to my classes with it, sometimes typing notes as I could type faster than I could write. An early form of a tablet eh?
Typing class in high school flashed before me when I read your post. How fun that you still have that gift and can share that memory with your grandkids.
That was a fun trip down Memory Lane. I learned to type on an electric, but not until I was long past school.
Late bloomer!
So many memories came flooding back to me as I looked at these pictures. I clearly remember my typing classes and the frustration of making mistakes. Thanks for the walk back into my past.
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