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As a typewriter collector and huge nerd this is great. If you want to learn more about the recent revolution in typewriter ownership, etc. check out Richard Pol
by Overtonwindow 10y ago
As a typewriter collector and huge nerd this is great. If you want to learn more about the recent revolution in typewriter ownership, etc. check out Richard Polt's book: The Typewriter Revolution. Really nicely done. I keep a 1958 Hermes Rocket in my office and it bemuses the younger staff, and visitors, most of whom have never seen one up close.
- randomgyatwork 10y agoI recently wrote something on a typewriter, got half way though the page and spelt a word incorrectly, tried to fix it and somehow destroyed the whole page...
- pc86 10y agoMy international politics professor had a story about how he had a copy of his master's thesis in his carry-on on a train in what was then Soviet Russia. He left the bag on the train and ended up having to retype the whole thing in a weekend.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoIf you're interested in typewriters and spa I craft, read up on The Gunman Project at NSA.