I miss the noise the keys make when striking the paper. I’ve written exactly one novel – on a Brother electronic typewriter, 20+ years ago. I think if you’re going to do NaNoWriMo – it should be on a real machine… get those words down and go go go.
I miss the noise the keys make when striking the paper. I’ve written exactly one novel – on a Brother electronic typewriter, 20+ years ago. I think if you’re going to do NaNoWriMo – it should be on a real machine… get those words down and go go go.
NICE! Ten bucks! I’m envious! I paid a little over a dollar a pound for mine, plus that pesky shipping charge (which included, I suspect, a hoisting crane rental and a few dozen rolls of packing tape). 🙂
Today the Underwood TM-5 is scheduled to be delivered. Then I’ll have some REAL fun! I’m holding off on a Selectric I for now. Those things really seem to hold their value (read: they’re expensive). 🙂
Well, if you’re looking for a blue-keyed one like the Bomber, you’re in for either a long hunt or a steep price tag. It was pure luck that I nabbed the Bomber off local Craigslist (also $10), but they are fairly rare usually.
Ooh, a Touchmaster 5? That should be a nice one for writing with. (:
The TM-5 is “Out For Delivery.” The nicest three words I know. And, it’s the very model I used in ninth grade typing class back in the ’70s. A whole room full of those things all clunkety-clunking at once! (They don’t really clackety-clack like the Selectric. They definitely clunkety-clunk!)
I miss the noise the keys make when striking the paper. I’ve written exactly one novel – on a Brother electronic typewriter, 20+ years ago. I think if you’re going to do NaNoWriMo – it should be on a real machine… get those words down and go go go.
Well, I guess you can say that a fifty-pound typewriter qualifies as a “real machine” then. 🙂
I miss the noise the keys make when striking the paper. I’ve written exactly one novel – on a Brother electronic typewriter, 20+ years ago. I think if you’re going to do NaNoWriMo – it should be on a real machine… get those words down and go go go.
Well, I guess you can say that a fifty-pound typewriter qualifies as a “real machine” then. 🙂
Welcome to the Typosphere! I suspected we might see you soon, after that exchange in the Brigade forum. (:
Oh hey, I just picked up a Correcting Selectric II today for $10 😀
Loads of ribbons too:
http://munk.org/typecast/
NICE! Ten bucks! I’m envious! I paid a little over a dollar a pound for mine, plus that pesky shipping charge (which included, I suspect, a hoisting crane rental and a few dozen rolls of packing tape). 🙂
Today the Underwood TM-5 is scheduled to be delivered. Then I’ll have some REAL fun! I’m holding off on a Selectric I for now. Those things really seem to hold their value (read: they’re expensive). 🙂
Well, if you’re looking for a blue-keyed one like the Bomber, you’re in for either a long hunt or a steep price tag. It was pure luck that I nabbed the Bomber off local Craigslist (also $10), but they are fairly rare usually.
Ooh, a Touchmaster 5? That should be a nice one for writing with. (:
The TM-5 is “Out For Delivery.” The nicest three words I know. And, it’s the very model I used in ninth grade typing class back in the ’70s. A whole room full of those things all clunkety-clunking at once! (They don’t really clackety-clack like the Selectric. They definitely clunkety-clunk!)
May your typebars fly! (:
Thanks, munk! See the picture of the new “baby” in the Brigade thread on NaNo… 🙂