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Ilsa

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21. Yes. I rarely use it. nt

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:16 AM

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Poll: Do you have a typewriter? [View all] DURHAM D 18 hrs ago OP

Not anymore, but there are plenty of days I wish I did have one! SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #1

I have one. It's in the attic. Ocelot II 18 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 18 hrs ago #3

Not anymore---- I guess I haven't still owned one in about 30 years.... Jack Valentino 18 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 18 hrs ago #5

Long gone. NewHendoLib 18 hrs ago #6

Contribute one dollar to pay for a DU 'Star Membership', Jack Valentino 18 hrs ago #7

I have a Star Membership. DURHAM D 17 hrs ago #8

Why not both? Polybius 7 hrs ago #41

I got tired of lugging it with me every time I moved. LudwigPastorius 17 hrs ago #9

Not since the 90's when I got my first Tree Lady 17 hrs ago #10

About 42 years ago, I acquired my first printer. Intractable 17 hrs ago #11

there is one in the house. I think it was my Mother's, possibly my Grandmother's Kali 17 hrs ago #12

I gave up my typewriter about 25 years ago LogDog75 17 hrs ago #13

Somewhere, probably. Right now I have no idea where. nt eppur_se_muova 17 hrs ago #14

I have one BlueSpot 17 hrs ago #15

I have 2, area51 16 hrs ago #16

Yes. H2O Man 16 hrs ago #17

Used to love using them for rough drafts back when DU first started thebigidea 16 hrs ago #18

Yes - but only because it was my father's Ms. Toad 16 hrs ago #19

nope, not for 15 years now krawhitham 16 hrs ago #20

Yes. I rarely use it. nt Ilsa 16 hrs ago #21

This message was self-deleted by its author CTyankee 16 hrs ago #22

My last one was called a Selectric (I think). Does anybody remember that model? CTyankee 16 hrs ago #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Raine 14 hrs ago #25

Yes l remember those. nt Raine 12 hrs ago #31

Yes - made by IBM. DURHAM D 8 hrs ago #37

Yes, but it needs a ribbon. AnotherDreamWeaver 15 hrs ago #24

Long gone, but I learned on an old manual one.. Permanut 14 hrs ago #26

Yes l have couple of typewriters. One is special it's electric and Raine 14 hrs ago #27

How cool samplegirl 14 hrs ago #28

My cousin gave me her husband's old typewriter markodochartaigh 13 hrs ago #29

What's a typewriter?? InAbLuEsTaTe 13 hrs ago #30

We no longer have a typewriter... EarthFirst 11 hrs ago #32

I'm not Ron Swanson SocialDemocrat61 10 hrs ago #33

I still use an electric typewriter for some things Shrek 10 hrs ago #34

The last typewriter I had was a word processor. When the modern computer Emile 10 hrs ago #35

I replaced my last typewriter with a computer in the 1980s. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #36

NO. Happy Hoosier 8 hrs ago #38

I own 8 or 9 manual typewriters. Orrex 7 hrs ago #39

Lol, no Polybius 7 hrs ago #40

I do! An Underwood typewriter that belonged to my mother. She learned to type on it. QueerDuck 7 hrs ago #42

Do you know how they came up with the keyboard design DURHAM D 7 hrs ago #43

Absolutely! It is intentionally designed to slow down typists... QueerDuck 2 hrs ago #44

Yes, I have a 1948 Royal Quiet Deluxe portable typewriter. MineralMan 2 hrs ago #45

Yes a couple,,, somewhere. Prairie_Seagull 2 hrs ago #46

Amen - love the clack nt DURHAM D 1 hr ago #47