Anyone still use a typewriter?

[DWSmith]

Just wondering.

I learned to type on a manual typewriter in school but I've never owned one. I was fairly fast and truly enjoyed typing. Yesterday I saw an interesting piece on the television about Tom Hanks and his typewriters.

I've been typing for nearly 46 years but have used keyboards about 42 of those years.

The rare times when I write a note/letter to someone I tend to use a fountain pen but my penmanship quality changes from day-to-day due to an issue. It's still legible but getting progressively worse. A typewriter might help. I could type it into the computer and print it off but ???

Anybody still using a typewriter?

[Mitzi]

No, but I would like one.

[Bren In Pots]

I've still got my manual typewriter its not been used for years though, its much easier to use the PC and click print.

[DWSmith]

Plus the PC probably has a spell checker.

Since working in IT my spelling has gotten a bit worse due to the 8 character limitation on mainframe computers I used to work on. Depending upon context many words had to be shortened to a twisted 8 character semi-equivalent.

[burnie]

No typewriter, my Dads old one was given away sadly, I have found an old Parker pen and intend to buy some ink and write a letter, can't remember the last time I wrote a letter by hand.

[bramble]

No typewriter, my Dads old one was given away sadly, I have found an old Parker pen and intend to buy some ink and write a letter, can't remember the last time I wrote a letter by hand.

Well Burnie, if youre stuck for someone to write to, you can write to me.

[Bren In Pots]

No typewriter, my Dads old one was given away sadly, I have found an old Parker pen and intend to buy some ink and write a letter, can't remember the last time I wrote a letter by hand.

Burnie I write on cards and shopping lists but that's about it.

[Bren In Pots]

Plus the PC probably has a spell checker.

When I think about manually typing out spreadsheets and how easy they are to do on a PC.

[DWSmith]

Well Burnie, if youre stuck for someone to write to, you can write to me.

And me too!

When I think about manually typing out spreadsheets and how easy they are to do on a PC.

Oh, please stop! You're scaring me...

[Birdie Wife]

No, but I did like to write in medieval script with a fountain pen in my youth. And before you ask, I was born in the 70s

[rary]

I have never been a very tidy writer, but when I was working all reports was printed in capital letters so that there were no mistakes trying to make out the reports and after having done that for several years my hand writing is even worse, so any letters etc. are carried out on the computer and printed off

[rary]

No, but I did like to write in medieval script with a fountain pen in my youth. And before you ask, I was born in the 70s

what century

[veggiechicken]

I've been clearing out some old papers today and found some Open University assignments I'd handwritten in the 80s (that's 1980s, rary ).
Hardly recognised the writing, its such a long time since I've written much more than a card. As for sitting an exam, and writing for 3 hours, I really don't think my hand would work for that long!
Please don't ask me to write you all a letter - although I do have some proper dippy nib pens and bottles of ink.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I cannot spell for toffee so the PC is a godsend to me.

On the other hand SWMBO has never used a typewriter or a PC keyboard, she writes to her friends using something called a .............pen and funnily enough they write back the same way, pen & unlined paper. They were all at Buxton girls grammar school together so that may have something to do with it.

[Florence Fennel]

I have an Imperial 66 in the loft along with an electric screen Typer - but don't use them now of course. I can still do Pitman shorthand too though not at 130 wpm as I used to!