Ever seen a typewriter

[taabru45]

Listening to the radio this morning, and the DJ, an older guy, asked the young woman who does the traffic report if she had ever seen a type writer. She said no...he told her to go into his office where there were 2...after she came out she asked him if there was paper everywhere.... :lol: :lol: apparently she did know what carbon paper was.....If i didn't find this amusing....I might be feeling old....I prefer amusing....and the younger people are still informing themselves about the mysteries of life....kind of like what I'll feel like when I eventually get a 'smart' phone... :roll: Steffan

 

[GAD]

I once told my niece, who was eating corn on the cob improperly, that instead of rotating after every bite, she should eat it like a typewriter.

She said, "What's a typewriter?"

It was at that moment that I knew I was old.

...and yes, if you're not eating corn on the cob like a typewriter, you're doing it wrong.

 

[taabru45]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Agreed...Steffan

 

[learnintoplay62]

A couple of years ago, my 16 yr. old nephew didn't know where or how to get icecubes from my old fashioned freezer. He only new of the fridges where the cubes and ice come out of the front door panel :shock:
Yes , that made me feel old

 

[fronobulax]

When I was a child I apparently talked incessantly, to the point that my pediatrician confessed to my mother that he thought he had made a mistake and "vaccinated me with a phonograph needle". Needless to say that story/joke no longer gets told without a lot of explanation.

 

[Ross]

...and yes, if you're not eating corn on the cob like a typewriter, you're doing it wrong.

I disagree. Spiralling is the only way to do it, especially if you have facial hair

(although some might enjoy revisiting salt & butter in their moustache)

 

[cjd-player]

When listening to an old song from the 70's on Youtube, I told my daughter that I used to have that on a 45.

She asked, "What's a 45?" :shock:

 

[Brad Little]

She asked, "What's a 45?" :shock:

We had a visit from a couple of central office personnel, both of whom I knew from a committee I was on, we were talking about music, and one had no idea what we meant by LP or 45. I shudder when I think that I was 10 or 12 years old before we had a record player that would play anything other than 78s, so I grew up listening to my mother's Big Band records. Still like swing a lot.
Brad

 

[Frosty]

Rotary phone.

 

[fronobulax]

Rotary phone.

Still have one in service. Didn't cost me anything and it works when the power goes out so there is no reason to retire it.

 

[Brad Little]

Rotary phone.

When I was at Acadia University in the late 60s, a friend came over one night all excited to use our phone. Her parents in Newfoundland had just gotten a regular phone to replace the magneto system they had before, so she could call them direct!
Brad

 

[taabru45]

Rotary phone.

When I was at Acadia University in the late 60s, a friend came over one night all excited to use our phone. Her parents in Newfoundland had just gotten a regular phone to replace the magneto system they had before, so she could call them direct!
Brad

:lol: :lol: Our phone number was....two short and one long.... :wink: seriously guys....and you needed to go through and operator.... :roll: Steffan

 

[walrus]

Speaking of phones - how about the concept of a phone booth, you know, for *privacy* when you make a call. Now, I hear every phone conversation every person makes, whether I want to or not, which is very annoying.

And yes, I'm old.

walrus

 

[fronobulax]

phone booth

New Zealand phone sex operators are standing by. Call Now!

 

[tele4tone]

...and yes, if you're not eating corn on the cob like a typewriter, you're doing it wrong.

I disagree. Spiralling is the only way to do it, especially if you have facial hair

(although some might enjoy revisiting salt & butter in their moustache)

I like the flavor savor method. Just in case I forget what I had for supper at a later time. :lol:



Jeff

 

[cjd-player]

Speaking of phones - how about the concept of a phone booth, you know, for *privacy* when you make a call. Now, I hear every phone conversation every person makes, whether I want to or not, which is very annoying.

And yes, I'm old.

walrus

No phone booths, and now Superman is obsolete. :shock: :shock:

Who'd a thunk it?

 

[taabru45]

phone booth

New Zealand phone sex operators are standing by. Call Now!

Is that New Zealand? Where is Coastie hiding? :lol: Steffan

 

[adorshki]

phone booth

New Zealand phone sex operators are standing by. Call Now!

Is that New Zealand? Where is Coastie hiding? :lol: Steffan

He's in the booth seeking shelter from those rabid fans.
And my wife and daughter are two of 'em!
Thank the lord he's got principles!

 

[Frosty]

When we moved to northern New England in the mid '90s, our town center consisted of a large common, a four-way intersection with no stop signs, a library, a small grocery store with a rotary phone outside on which you could make local calls for $.10. We moved from the greater NYC area and it was like going back in time! If you look at the place now you wouldn't recognize it - the phone is gone and there are two stop signs.

 

[JerryR]

phone booth

New Zealand phone sex operators are standing by. Call Now!

Is that New Zealand? Where is Coastie hiding? :lol: Steffan

It looks like the old style UK telephone booth - later replaced with clear glass booths which are now almost obsolete due to cell phones - those that are still about smell mainly of pee - due to their secondary popular use :roll:

Reverting to the original thread (unlike me I know) I still have (but don't use) a pre war ancient mechanical typewriter that belonged to my mother - probably has antique value :mrgreen: