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Somebody broke my goddamned typewriter!
Yeah, I know, who even has a typewriter these days, right? ME, that's who. And oddly enough, I use it daily here at the office.
I noticed when I got here this morning that the dust cover that goes over the keyboard wasn't where it should be - it was over the top of the typewriter (like where you'd put the paper into it). I thought that odd but thought maybe I'd forgotten to put it back on when I left Friday. No biggie, I put the cover back and started cleaning off my desk. When I went to type a release to go with an invoice, I noticed the paper wouldn't go in. The little piece of metal that holds the paper to the roller/platen/whatever it's called these days, won't stay in position, so I can't wind the paper through.
*headdesk*
I'm praying my contractor doesn't have a fit at handwritten labor and material releases because it's all they're getting until I figure out where the heck I can get a new one. Office Depot and Staples only have this one, very basic model by Royal and I'm rather partial to my Brother typewriters. (God, I sound like a dinosaur, don't I?)
Anyway... carry on, my wayward friends. I had to get this out because I am ticked. It means someone was at my desk when I wasn't here and that bothers me. Even worse is, someone broke the damn thing and didn't say a word. OKay, I'm done. :D
Edit: Apparently my boss was using my typewriter on Friday after I left. He fouled something up, but after a bunch of fiddling, he managed to fix it.
*headdesk x 2*
Yeah, I know, who even has a typewriter these days, right? ME, that's who. And oddly enough, I use it daily here at the office.
I noticed when I got here this morning that the dust cover that goes over the keyboard wasn't where it should be - it was over the top of the typewriter (like where you'd put the paper into it). I thought that odd but thought maybe I'd forgotten to put it back on when I left Friday. No biggie, I put the cover back and started cleaning off my desk. When I went to type a release to go with an invoice, I noticed the paper wouldn't go in. The little piece of metal that holds the paper to the roller/platen/whatever it's called these days, won't stay in position, so I can't wind the paper through.
*headdesk*
I'm praying my contractor doesn't have a fit at handwritten labor and material releases because it's all they're getting until I figure out where the heck I can get a new one. Office Depot and Staples only have this one, very basic model by Royal and I'm rather partial to my Brother typewriters. (God, I sound like a dinosaur, don't I?)
Anyway... carry on, my wayward friends. I had to get this out because I am ticked. It means someone was at my desk when I wasn't here and that bothers me. Even worse is, someone broke the damn thing and didn't say a word. OKay, I'm done. :D
Edit: Apparently my boss was using my typewriter on Friday after I left. He fouled something up, but after a bunch of fiddling, he managed to fix it.
*headdesk x 2*
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Date: 2017-08-21 05:49 pm (UTC)Glad he got it fix.
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Date: 2017-08-21 06:11 pm (UTC)Can you get it repaired? I know repair places are probably more difficult to find than typewriters themselves. Or you might find something second hand at an used office supply store. It is amazing the weird little things you can find out there.
*hugs*
And of course, no one is owning up to having dropped something on it. *sigh*
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Date: 2017-08-21 08:14 pm (UTC)One of the women in our finance office had a computer on her desk but also had a typewriter sitting on that L shaped return to one side. She refused to give it up, and did most anything she needed to share/mail on that thing until the day she retired! Next day it was gone - I don't think there are any more in the building. :| I was sorry to see it go.
We are getting a new content production system at work, and my kid producer asked me what product/system we used back when I started in the business. I explained that, well, there *was* no web when I started - and our on-air content production machines were called IBM Selectrix typewriters. He looked at me like I had sprouted a second head, lol.
In college we still only had manual ones in the classroom. :)
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