Earl here are a few items for Nelson to learn : Woodworking .. Welding … Cooking … Lawn Care … Sewing … Gardening … The list goes on and on . Any form of Computer screen is nice but that is not life ;-)
Like reading and writing cursive. Like driving a manual transmission. Like remembering to push the choke knob back in once the engine starts. Like dialing a rotary phone. Like long division. …
Does Earl have a typewriter around the house somewhere so that he could show it to Nelson? And does he have typewriter ribbon so he can show him how to change the ribbon?
Try listening to stand-up comments. Every second work is a swear word or sexual. One reason Red Skelton rtired. I never watch stand up comics. Too vulgar. Robin Williams was great, rarely crude.
By the 70s most typewriters used one piece cartridges that just lifted out and popped in the new one; much like putting in a new ink cartridge in a printer.
like developing and printing pictures with chemicals in a dark room…and btw I’m more adept at tech than any of my children or grandchildren.(I’m different I guess)
My dad always said that “Swearing was a sign of a feeble mind trying to express itself”. How right he was. Intelligent people can come up with intelligent sentences without swearing.
Kids know how to use the current popular new tech things… whereas we old folk know how to operate and use everything that was invented in the 50s till today, and many are aces at the new stuff too…. whereas they can’t even use an old dial telephone, phone… or what it is!
allen@home over 1 year ago
Roscoe found that amusing.
Ratkin Premium Member over 1 year ago
like holding an entire conversation without a single swear word.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
a typewriter, Nelson, is like a computer, but without a screen or a mouse… better yet, without an Internet connection
syzygy47 over 1 year ago
A better choice from the DIY generation might be fixing your brakes because you had to, and things were made simpler with potential repair in mind.
GROG Premium Member over 1 year ago
I’ll bet it wasn’t an IBM Selectric either. It was a real museum piece.
angelolady Premium Member over 1 year ago
I used to know how to change the ribbon….not sure I could still do it!
sirbadger over 1 year ago
Time to get the old comic books out. A typewriter is what Superman used before he was replaced by a computer.
iggyman over 1 year ago
Nelson, sort of like replacing the ink (or toner) cartridge on your computer printer!
gbars70 over 1 year ago
An instrument that allowed you nothing more than a piece of paper and a great imagination.
Macushlalondra over 1 year ago
Sorry Earl but typewriters are obsolete and so are typewriter ribbons, thank God! What a mess those things were.
juicebruce over 1 year ago
Earl here are a few items for Nelson to learn : Woodworking .. Welding … Cooking … Lawn Care … Sewing … Gardening … The list goes on and on . Any form of Computer screen is nice but that is not life ;-)
Robert Nowall Premium Member over 1 year ago
Maybe he could show him how to work a can opener instead.
Fritzsch over 1 year ago
Like reading and writing cursive. Like driving a manual transmission. Like remembering to push the choke knob back in once the engine starts. Like dialing a rotary phone. Like long division. …
dlkrueger33 over 1 year ago
I’ve done that….but if you put a typewriter in front of me right now and asked me to change the ribbon, I’m not sure I’d remember what to do.
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ over 1 year ago
a typewriter is what would have been needed to create the mimeograph stensils to print your grandma’s book
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
It’s that strange percussion instrument played in one of those old Leroy Anderson pieces that Gramma listens to on PBS once in a while.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rVFR7wDZT9A
jagedlo over 1 year ago
and do it without getting the ink on your fingers…
mgl179 over 1 year ago
Like:
How to do math without using a calculator or cell phone
How to pass time when there’s no electricity or cell service or wifi available
How to not panic and buy a years worth of groceries when more than 2 inches of snow are predicted (then throw out most of it 2 weeks later)
How to pay on (and pay off) our student loans
How to get a decent paying job without a mostly useless Bachelors Degree
How to get a mortgage and/or car loan without going bankrupt
How to do light maintenance on said car and home
How to read an “analog” book
How to read an “analog” map
How to do research and get real facts without relying on “google” or wikipedia
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
It’s this thing that has ink ribbons.
Doug K over 1 year ago
Does Earl have a typewriter around the house somewhere so that he could show it to Nelson? And does he have typewriter ribbon so he can show him how to change the ribbon?
Wichita1.0 over 1 year ago
What’s a ribbon??
Billys mom2022 over 1 year ago
Love Roscos expressions
DawnQuinn1 over 1 year ago
Try listening to stand-up comments. Every second work is a swear word or sexual. One reason Red Skelton rtired. I never watch stand up comics. Too vulgar. Robin Williams was great, rarely crude.
ANIMAL over 1 year ago
That dog looks SOOOOoooo comfortable.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member over 1 year ago
Don’t cast your . . . . oh wait , that’s another strip.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Ugh! Too bad kids don’t learn on the stand-boys first so they appreciate the new…
Newenglandah over 1 year ago
We also know how to write letters and converse in complete sentences.
IWannaBeLerxst over 1 year ago
Roscoe REWLS. Best character in the strip.
morningglory73 Premium Member over 1 year ago
How about life experience Earl?
David Honig over 1 year ago
The missing frame is Nelson looking it up on youtube and saying, “oh, that’s how”
indysteve9 over 1 year ago
Like dialing a rotary phone.
Gen.Flashman over 1 year ago
By the 70s most typewriters used one piece cartridges that just lifted out and popped in the new one; much like putting in a new ink cartridge in a printer.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Ah, yes…the challenge of changing the ribbon on an Underwood typewriter. I SO loved my IBM Selectric with the “golf ball” and the ribbon cartridge.
assrdood over 1 year ago
Well, I’m fluent in “cursive”. Even had another name for it – “Longhand”.
KEA over 1 year ago
like developing and printing pictures with chemicals in a dark room…and btw I’m more adept at tech than any of my children or grandchildren.(I’m different I guess)
hk Premium Member over 1 year ago
Old age and wisdom will always overcome youth and stupidity.
Tetonbil over 1 year ago
Geez, I remember how very cool it was when I bought my first electric typewriter.I loved it! We certainly have come along way baby!
IndyW over 1 year ago
How about using a slide rule and a drafting table.
Treedodger over 1 year ago
No can do.
zeexenon over 1 year ago
My example is printers with ribbons … before the ink cartridge scam.
cmerb over 1 year ago
Roscoes " happy " tail in the third panel is too cool : )
RDerekGrier over 1 year ago
And the other thing they want to know is How to turn it on?
circleM over 1 year ago
How about changing a tire on your car or truck?
Medtech4 over 1 year ago
My dad always said that “Swearing was a sign of a feeble mind trying to express itself”. How right he was. Intelligent people can come up with intelligent sentences without swearing.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Kids got a point
Moonkey Premium Member over 1 year ago
Earl is getting closer to words of wisdom. He just needs to scoot ahead a few generations.
T... over 1 year ago
And grandpa, what’s a rotary dial candlestick phone…
PaulGoes over 1 year ago
It’s a direct keyboard to printer device
nyg16 over 1 year ago
or going outside and playing with FRIENDS!
suelou over 1 year ago
Kids know how to use the current popular new tech things… whereas we old folk know how to operate and use everything that was invented in the 50s till today, and many are aces at the new stuff too…. whereas they can’t even use an old dial telephone, phone… or what it is!
ferrjerr over 1 year ago
…Dialing a phone number using a rotary phone….
w16521 over 1 year ago
Roscoe’s laugh is so precious.