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Do you have an interest in vintage items?
Yeah, vintage items are really cool and awesome! 74%  74%  [ 25 ]
Eh, they are alright, I guess. 18%  18%  [ 6 ]
Nah, they don't interest me at all. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I am not really sure if I have an interest in it. 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
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01 Mar 2018, 11:27 pm

auntblabby wrote:
(clicky)here is one that is similar to the compact portable I useta own

I have a Chevron Deluxe portable typewriter.
I don't know if you can still get the ribbons for them.


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01 Mar 2018, 11:39 pm

Raleigh wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
(clicky)here is one that is similar to the compact portable I useta own

I have a Chevron Deluxe portable typewriter.
I don't know if you can still get the ribbons for them.

(clicky)will this amazon page of typewriter universal ribbons work?



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03 Mar 2018, 3:19 am

My mom has an electric typewriter, we would play on it from time to time. I never understood what made it better than a manual...does it just type a little bit easier? I just remember it made this humming noise the whole time, and she didn't appreciate it very much when we would jam up all of the keys at the same time.


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03 Mar 2018, 3:22 am

my memory of the IBM Selectric [the kind with the ball of type] is that it was far easier to rapidly "touch type" with the thing, a lot harder task with an old-fashioned long-throw manual model.