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Intractable

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11. About 42 years ago, I acquired my first printer.

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:05 AM

14 hrs ago

I learned to use it with precision mostly for college term papers.

I'm on my 12th and 13th printers, inkjet and laser respectively.

I can fill out any form, print between the lines of index cards, and also lay down images.

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Poll: Do you have a typewriter? [View all] DURHAM D 15 hrs ago OP

Not anymore, but there are plenty of days I wish I did have one! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #1

I have one. It's in the attic. Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #2

I did but it is long gone. But I agree, sometimes it is the best and simplest way to fill out a form. Marie Marie 15 hrs ago #3

Not anymore---- I guess I haven't still owned one in about 30 years.... Jack Valentino 15 hrs ago #4

I have an electric typewriter on a shelf in my basement. Like others have noted, I keep it to fill out those paper forms generalbetrayus 15 hrs ago #5

Long gone. NewHendoLib 15 hrs ago #6

Contribute one dollar to pay for a DU 'Star Membership', Jack Valentino 15 hrs ago #7

I have a Star Membership. DURHAM D 15 hrs ago #8

Why not both? Polybius 4 hrs ago #41

I got tired of lugging it with me every time I moved. LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #9

Not since the 90's when I got my first Tree Lady 14 hrs ago #10

About 42 years ago, I acquired my first printer. Intractable 14 hrs ago #11

there is one in the house. I think it was my Mother's, possibly my Grandmother's Kali 14 hrs ago #12

I gave up my typewriter about 25 years ago LogDog75 14 hrs ago #13

Somewhere, probably. Right now I have no idea where. nt eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #14

I have one BlueSpot 14 hrs ago #15

I have 2, area51 14 hrs ago #16

Yes. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #17

Used to love using them for rough drafts back when DU first started thebigidea 13 hrs ago #18

Yes - but only because it was my father's Ms. Toad 13 hrs ago #19

nope, not for 15 years now krawhitham 13 hrs ago #20

Yes. I rarely use it. nt Ilsa 13 hrs ago #21

This message was self-deleted by its author CTyankee 13 hrs ago #22

My last one was called a Selectric (I think). Does anybody remember that model? CTyankee 13 hrs ago #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Raine 11 hrs ago #25

Yes l remember those. nt Raine 9 hrs ago #31

Yes - made by IBM. DURHAM D 5 hrs ago #37

Yes, but it needs a ribbon. AnotherDreamWeaver 12 hrs ago #24

Long gone, but I learned on an old manual one.. Permanut 11 hrs ago #26

Yes l have couple of typewriters. One is special it's electric and Raine 11 hrs ago #27

How cool samplegirl 11 hrs ago #28

My cousin gave me her husband's old typewriter markodochartaigh 11 hrs ago #29

What's a typewriter?? InAbLuEsTaTe 10 hrs ago #30

We no longer have a typewriter... EarthFirst 8 hrs ago #32

I'm not Ron Swanson SocialDemocrat61 7 hrs ago #33

I still use an electric typewriter for some things Shrek 7 hrs ago #34

The last typewriter I had was a word processor. When the modern computer Emile 7 hrs ago #35

I replaced my last typewriter with a computer in the 1980s. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #36

NO. Happy Hoosier 5 hrs ago #38

I own 8 or 9 manual typewriters. Orrex 4 hrs ago #39

Lol, no Polybius 4 hrs ago #40

I do! An Underwood typewriter that belonged to my mother. She learned to type on it. QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #42

Do you know how they came up with the keyboard design DURHAM D 4 hrs ago #43