Random thought for the day

[Spyderc9]

and...does anybody remember portable typewriters ????

No electricity required.

 

[Peter Aawen]

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and...does anybody remember portable typewriters ????

I've learnt to use a keyboard and I can even punch out 80 wpm occasionally; but I remember all of the items in that first quote; I do remember portable typewriters; and I even remember Biro's and Fountain Pens; Dip pens and inkwells on the desk; and those fat lead pencils (or graphite pencils) that were easy for kids to hold! :shocked:

However, my kids tell me the things that REALLY tell everyone I'm OLD is that waaay back when I first went to School, not only did I get to buy lunch and a drink from the CWA Ladies (Country Women's Association) raising money for the local Volunteer EFS (Emergency Fire Service) for tuppence (a two-penny piece from the Imperial Pounds, Shillings, and Pence currency that preceded decimal currency in Aust prior to 14 Feb 1966 - I can still sing the 'jingle' that helped sell that idea if you care to listen! ) but I learned to write on a SLATE with a Slate Pencil! The Kids often trot out this article from the 'Australasian Historical Archaeological' papers about the 'Colonial Use of Slate in Victorian Schools' as proof that I'm a Living Fossil! :yikes:
https://asha.org.au/pdf/australasian_historical_archaeology/23_04_Davies.pdf

But that was in Victoria, a depraved State where they were much more urbane and cosmopolitan than over here in South Australia, and I'm proud to say that I grew up in Country South Australia, where we did things the RIGHT Way until well into the 1950's! :thumbup:

 

[racoon]

I live in the US, and my father used to tell tales of having to walk two miles to school, uphill both ways, through the snow.

The snow is a possibility, since he grew up in Southern Iowa, but there aren't any hills in the town where he grew up, and it's a really small town that is probably less than two miles from end to end.

But the stories sounded good.

 

[RapidSpyder]

 

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[pegasus1300]

and... does anybody remember portable typewriters ????

I actually still have 2. A Remington, and a Royal. Great machines.

 

[RapidSpyder]

 

[RapidSpyder]

I have friends that would totally do that…

 

[racoon]

I have friends that would totally do that…

There are apps you can use to schedule the time and date a text will be sent.
Schedule your post departure message, and then every morning open the app and reschedule for the next day.

 

[Raven]

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I have friends that would totally do that…

For my funeral the instructions are as follows.
1- dress me in a pair of jeans and a Tee shirt/ sweat shirt.( no one would know me in a suit)
2- Place a large sign in front of the casket saying " NO CRYING BY ORDER OF THE DEAD GUY"
3- All females are to wear their hottest "Little Black Dress" If I don't sit up a flirt with them, we will know that I am really DEAD.

 

[ARtraveler]

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I have friends that would totally do that…

"likewise." !!!!

 

[RapidSpyder]

Tourist season is upon us. Signs from Keystone, SD on the way to Mt. Rushmore.

 

[RapidSpyder]

Not far from the truth. Hwy 385 running through the Black Hills is a three year project.

https://www.us-385.com/

 

[Lew L]

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Not far from the truth. Hwy 385 running through the Black Hills is a three year project.

https://www.us-385.com/

The hwy 80/395 interchange through the heart of Reno was labeled as a 10-year project (yes, they said TEN years) It's been at least 3 years so far with no end in sight.
Just so glad I don't have to drive it each day. It's always a big traffic jam, with regular accidents.

 

[RapidSpyder]

 

[racoon]

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"pop"?!


:groan:

 

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[Gldwnger]

 

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