We're not sure if anyone else feels this way, but we've always had this romantic notion of how great it would be to own a vintage typewriter. Maybe it stems from our childhood days of dreaming about becoming a writer, tap tap tapping away on an old Underwood in a dimly lit room.
But once we actually decide to buy one and start searching on eBay, we begin to wonder...what's the point? Finding a typewriter pre-1980s that would still work seems like a tough feat and what we'd really want to do with it is write letters, so owning one that doesn't function would be useless.
Does anyone out there own and still use a typewriter? Are they just slowly becoming (or maybe they already are) extinct? Seems like such a shame to stop using them. Maybe we just can't let go of our own romantic notions...
[Photo provided by NicoZ]
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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2 comments:
Is this Carrie Underwood's typewritter?
i actually owned a typewriter in high school. it was a gift from a very old boyfriend. he had found it at a school sale. it was bright blue and i covered it with butterfly cutouts. however, it totally annoyed my dad when i would be typing at midnight. those things are loud.
eventually, i had to throw it out 'cause the tape needed to be replaced and it wasn't worth the cost. but i miss my blue typerwriter! :(
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