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^ My wife and I are browsing the DVD movies section in our local ^
^ library. She pulls off the shelf a movie called California Type ^
^ Writer. We look at each other with excitement. She says, we have ^
^ to watch this tonight! I agree saying yes we do. We walk home ^
^ and gather our leftovers we've (at least me) eating for the last ^
^ three days, re-heat them, make our way to the couch, and my wife ^
^ starts the DVD player for our entertainment. We are so excited ^
^ to see old typewriters. Tom Hanks is in the movie. ^
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^ Leftovers = chicken pot pie. ^
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^ More than a few years ago my wife and I would walk by an antique ^
^ store with a really neat old typewriter in the window. My wife ^
^ and myself love old typewriters, I can't explain why but we do. ^
^ I think if I tried for myself my mother had one she got it for a ^
^ job. Long ago that is what women did, and if they could type 30 ^
^ words per minute accurately they would have a decent job. Thirty ^
^ words per minute was fast when using an old typewriter. As a ^
^ child I used to love to see mom's typewriter, and watch it smack ^
^ the roller with each press of the keys. She kept that typewriter ^
^ for a long time until it was given to my brother. So I think ^
^ that is where I got my fascination with typewriters, as well as ^
^ the beauty of them. They are a display of fine workmanship. ^
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^ Not knowing if that old typewriter in the window really ^
^ functioned my wife started looking online for one to purchase. ^
^ Eventually she found a nice one. Its a Smith Corona Galaxie II. ^
^ Beautiful typewriter, and in great condition. She won the ^
^ online auction for a small price she became the owner ^
^ of a nice typewriter. The Corona Galaxie is a fully mechanical ^
^ non-electrical writer. ^
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^ ! The great thing about her typewriter, is as long as ! ^
^ ! there is paper, and ink, she or anyone else can use ! ^
^ ! it. The learning curve is very very low. Compare her ! ^
^ ! typewriter with my old C64 computer; to actually ! ^
^ ! integrate a C64 output to the world, is very difficult ! ^
^ ! by comparison with a typewriter, especially when I ! ^
^ ! don't have a printer for the C64. ! ^
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^ My wife uses her typewriter to: ^
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^ Types letters to friends; a friend of her's also has an old ^
^ typewriter, and they like to exchange letters in the mail ^
^ written on their typewriters. ^
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^ She also types short stories like her grandma. Grandma used to ^
^ write about what is going on in around her family. ^
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^ The typewriter: ^
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^ Looks awesome and sounds amazing when she is typing. The click ^
^ clack ding sounds are in a strange way soothing to here. ^
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^ The typewriter is unique by its output on the page. It's ^
^ fingerprint so-to-speak, is identified in they way it lays the ^
^ ink on the paper. A typewriter of its age is not going produce ^
^ the same output as another typewriter of the exact same make and ^
^ model. For instance the upper part of the g is filled in with ink, ^
^ the o is the same way, and many other subtleties that make her ^
^ typewriter output identifiable. ^
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