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[bluemoon7]

pto

 

[hope]

I love Pink. Although I don't think I know this song.

I love most of her songs that I've heard. But I haven't really delved into her work.

 

[hope]

 

[hope]

 

[zinniabooklover]

1930's?

Girl, I was using these when I started work in the 1980's.

 

[bluemoon7]

1930's?

Girl, I was using these when I started work in the 1980's.

lolol

I learned typing on one of those as well (on my Dads old typewriter from the 60s)

 

[hope]

1930's?

Girl, I was using these when I started work in the 1980's.

Maybe this model is from 1930
Not going to argue, I have to trust the titles to the YouTube videos

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I don't know how much you can trust these youtube titles))))

 

[zinniabooklover]

Maybe this model is from 1930
Not going to argue, I have to trust the titles to the YouTube videos

No, that's not what I meant. I meant, even in the 1980's we were still using ancient equipment (although, tbf, those machines worked pretty good and never broke down!).

 

[zinniabooklover]

lolol

I learned typing on one of those as well (on my Dads old typewriter from the 60s)

It was a real workout for your hands, lol.

 

[hope]

No, that's not what I meant. I meant, even in the 1980's we were still using ancient equipment (although, tbf, those machines worked pretty good and never broke down!).

Yes, it's surprising

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[Agonum]

I find the interviewer’s way of talking funny. It’s somewhat languorous and slurred, not at all what I would expect from TV in the 1930’s.

 

[Agonum]

1930's?

Girl, I was using these when I started work in the 1980's.

They are charming, aren’t they? But not so, when the typebars gets stuck on one another!

 

[zinniabooklover]

They are charming, aren’t they? But not so, when the typebars gets stuck on one another!

Fair point. I had forgotten that. Tbf, that didn't happen very often, ime. It was usually the stupid ribbon getting itself tangled, if anything was gonna go wrong. And then you have to fix it and you get covered in ink. The professional look at work, lol.

The main problem, of course, was if you made a mistake and had to go back and start all over again. Otoh, that did make you ultra careful and as efficient as you could possibly be so as to avoid that.

Swings and roundabouts!

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[hope]

 

[hope]

Fair point. I had forgotten that. Tbf, that didn't happen very often, ime. It was usually the stupid ribbon getting itself tangled, if anything was gonna go wrong. And then you have to fix it and you get covered in ink. The professional look at work, lol.

The main problem, of course, was if you made a mistake and had to go back and start all over again.

To me, it's a horrible horror!

 

[bluemoon7]

I often think: Michael went to a lot of emotional stress in his life. More than most people, I guess.

But he also had this gift and sensitivity to feel and create music, art with his whole body and mind. The flows of highs and high positive energy he must have felt! To have access to this energy and be completely in the moment and in sync with everything must have been so wonderful.

 

[bluemoon7]

They are charming, aren’t they? But not so, when the typebars gets stuck on one another!

Fair point. I had forgotten that. Tbf, that didn't happen very often, ime. It was usually the stupid ribbon getting itself tangled, if anything was gonna go wrong. And then you have to fix it and you get covered in ink. The professional look at work, lol.

Oh the struggle!

I remember when my Dad finally bought an electronical typewriter. It went off like a machine gun when you used your usual finger hammering technique or stayed on one type for too long. But salvation came in the form of a corrective ribbon!!!

Who remembers this? I still use it today (to correct messy handwriting in letters etc. lol)

 

[bluemoon7]

We have now road construction in front of our house and - starting today - structural renovation in the house. Basically one flat on the ground floor is being torn down and rebuild. (This house is from the 1920s)

Me:

 

[bluemoon7]

pto

it worked

 

[Agonum]

Sinsemellan.

 

[hope]

We have now road construction in front of our house and - starting today - structural renovation in the house. Basically one flat on the ground floor is being torn down and rebuild. (This house is from the 1920s)

Me:

That's terrible
You'll probably have more walks because of this)))))

 

[hope]

Sinsemellan.

What's that?

 

[zinniabooklover]

To me, it's a horrible horror!

hope, I need to borrow this! It's a perfectly concise, perfectly accurate summation of the last 4 weeks of my life.

Horrible horror, indeed!

I often think: Michael went to a lot of emotional stress in his life. More than most people, I guess.

But he also had this gift and sensitivity to feel and create music, art with his whole body and mind. The flows of highs and high positive energy he must have felt! To have access to this energy and be completely in the moment and in sync with everything must have been so wonderful.

Wow! Fabulous description of Michael in that gif. Yes to all of this!

Oh the struggle!

I remember when my Dad finally bought an electronical typewriter. It went off like a machine gun when you used your usual finger hammering technique or stayed on one type for too long. But salvation came in the form of a corrective ribbon!!!

Another thing I'd forgotten, lol.

Electric typewriters seemed so groovy but, of course, they brought their own special set of problems / annoyances. They were more temperamental than the old-fashioned workhorses! At least until we got used to them.

I had my own electric typewriter at home, cute little blue thing. Used it for years, loved it to bits!

Who remembers this? I still use it today (to correct messy handwriting in letters etc. lol)

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oh god, Tippex! The liquid was good but so were the little paper slips. Sometimes the liquid was too thick and blobby, if you weren't careful. Otoh, the paper was so small sometimes it disappeared into the innards of the typewriter.

 

[zinniabooklover]

I also liked Tippex pens!

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[zinniabooklover]

Wiki ...

"Tipp-Ex correction paper was invented by Wolfgang Dabisch"

 

[zinniabooklover]

nacreous

 

[zinniabooklover]