tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post1478595512020143349..comments2024-03-25T13:20:22.146-04:00Comments on Retrotechnologist: WHICH PORTABLERoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-2868925983061721132010-01-04T14:43:21.916-05:002010-01-04T14:43:21.916-05:00Hello.
I just found your blog. I prefer an Olymp...Hello.<br /><br />I just found your blog. I prefer an Olympia SM-3 DeLuxe. I've tried quite a few portables over the past couple of years and I always come back to the SM-3. I don't travel with it often, so I might pick up an Olivetti Lettera 22 or the Underwood you mentioned because I'm sure they are lighter. However, for my daily writing at home, the SM-3 is my all-time favorite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-42827573661401654322009-07-31T19:08:01.517-04:002009-07-31T19:08:01.517-04:00I used to type my papers for high school on a type...I used to type my papers for high school on a typewriter just like the one you have on your blog header. I'm not sure if it was the same model.<br /><br />I still like the old manual typewriters. I never did care for the electric typewriter.<br /><br />Underwood made a pretty good M1 Carbine by the way. I have a couple of them. Both are still good shooting guns. <br /><br />I wish I still had an old, manual Underwood typewriter. Those were the good old days heh?<br /><br />JoeAssrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093506505019819353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-16998404199667900642009-07-31T17:16:14.854-04:002009-07-31T17:16:14.854-04:00Don't know if it's true or not but the sto...Don't know if it's true or not but the story was floating around for years about the astronomical cost of developing the first pen that would write upside down (for the astronauts) Story says, when the Russian space agency was informed of the development they replied with "we have writing instrument that writes upside down in space, and it's cheap, it's called pencil".Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-5270096570087138752009-07-29T13:37:07.224-04:002009-07-29T13:37:07.224-04:00I used a Remington portable Quiet Riter through hi...I used a Remington portable Quiet Riter through high school and my first year in college. It weighed a ton and came with a heavy brown carrier. Years later when I was in the AF, the office typewriter was another manual Remington older than I was, or so it appeared.<br /><br />I don't remember, now, what ever happened to the Quiet Riter. I replaced it during college with an electric SCM portable because some Profs didn't like the uneven type of a manual machine.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.com