I had a classmate in 1969 who told me that his father's career was repairing old typewriters. He was Egyptian, had developed this skill post-WW2, and there we w

I had a classmate in 1969 who told me that his father's career was repairing old typewriters. He was Egyptian, had developed this skill post-WW2, and there we were in the late 1960s. We lived in a middle class/upper middle class area -- the "poor" part of Beverly Hills -- so I guess he did well.