Once Woodstock gets used to the light touch of the electric, and NOT having the throw the carriage back at the end of every line, he’ll be fine. If he’s lucky, he might even have a model with auto back spacing to do auto-corrections. Moving from a manual to an electric can easily double your typing speed.
Learned on an IBM Selectric II (non-correcting), using Elite and Pica to learn spacing on business and personal letters. I still have it ingrained that it’s 13 returns for a letter with no letterhead, and 15 for a business letter on letterhead. ;-)
There was a study that found that the average typist gained two pounds of weight in the year following their switching from a manual typewriter to an electric one.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
gracious
Ahuehuete almost 5 years ago
I can’t remember the last time I saw a typewriter
mccollunsky almost 5 years ago
Electric typewriter, yeah that’s a little bit faster for Woodstock, he wasn’t expecting that.
electricshadow Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I’d hate to see him use a word processor.
littlejohn Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Is it one of the IBM’s Selectric with all the letters in a rotating “golf” ball?
therese_callahan2002 almost 5 years ago
“With my pen and my electric typewriter—” Elvis Costello.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
In the final frame, Woodstock grew! Must’ve been because of the electric typewriter!
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
Give him a couple of weeks, Snoopy, and he’ll be typing like a pro!
mrcooncat almost 5 years ago
Once Woodstock gets used to the light touch of the electric, and NOT having the throw the carriage back at the end of every line, he’ll be fine. If he’s lucky, he might even have a model with auto back spacing to do auto-corrections. Moving from a manual to an electric can easily double your typing speed.
DanFlak almost 5 years ago
Manual typewriters still work when the power goes out.
sheilag almost 5 years ago
Learned on an IBM Selectric II (non-correcting), using Elite and Pica to learn spacing on business and personal letters. I still have it ingrained that it’s 13 returns for a letter with no letterhead, and 15 for a business letter on letterhead. ;-)
Robert Wilson Premium Member almost 5 years ago
There was a study that found that the average typist gained two pounds of weight in the year following their switching from a manual typewriter to an electric one.
KEA almost 5 years ago
Had to be really careful about resting fingers on the keys
gantech almost 5 years ago
What’s a typewriter?
joefearsnothing almost 5 years ago
Don’t stand too close to that thing, you could get hurt bad! ;o]
tripwire45 almost 5 years ago
Wait until they invent PCs.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
I loved my typewriter! Ooooh the good ole days….
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
Andy Rooney.
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Wonder how Woodstock does with word processing?
oakie817 almost 5 years ago
and the kids reading this are googling electric typewriter
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
It’ll get better when they invent the word processor…