I had a history teacher in high school who handed out mimeograph sheets at the beginning of every class. Every Single Class. One of his thumbs was stained purple from running that machine every day. He was probably busting the school’s budget.
At least he knows what a typewriter is. Possible someone’s still making typewriters. Friend of mine still has an old word processor, a transitional contraption made obsolete by computers.
I remember mistrusting the IBM Selectric typewriter when it first came out because of the ball, it just didn’t seem right somehow. My better halfs portable typewriter she used in college is still around somewhere and works fine. I had a use for it up until about 7 years ago.
Everything in this comic is so cliche, obvious. Cliches aren’t funny! Anti-cliche is funny! Like if that old lady outsmarted the geek, or if Rita did something that everyone thought was typical dumb boss, and she turned out to be right! That’s funny! You people wouldn’t know funny if it gave you a job! haha!
Typewriters ARE still available, but the problem is that they all (or almost all) use carbon ribbons – SINGLE-PASS ribbons. An old-fashioned cloth, multi-pass ribbon is almost IMPOSSIBLE to find.
My first typewriter, given to me by my Dad when I graduated high school, had interchangeable carbon ribbon cartridges. And if I made a mistake, I would pop the carbon cartridge out and pop in the correction cartridge. It all seemed pretty slick at the time!
I’m surprised Roy even knew about typewriter ribbons. I tried to learn on mom’s old manual. It has the cloth ribbon and I swear the machine was made of cast iron, it was so heavy.My typewriter is packed away here, somewhere. An IBM Selectric, with interchangeable type balls. I remember thinking how cool that was.But the computer keyboard is so much easier. The keys don’t need to be pounded. .And I remember being 8 years old and getting to be part of the group of four that got to make the mimeograph copies. Every week, a different group of four. Oh, that wonderful smell. Could float for the rest of the morning!
Yep – there are still companies that make typewriter ribbons. In most cases it’s not the company that made that style originally – but you can still buy ribbons for a number of typewriters.
Agent54 almost 12 years ago
Gee Roy – look on Amazon or E-bay you can find any old tech stuff there. All techs know that answer.
llong65 almost 12 years ago
but a typewriter ribbon would be dried out by now
vwdualnomand almost 12 years ago
and, mimeograph machines, dot matrix printers,
rshive almost 12 years ago
Not to mention all that slick, shiny copier paper that came in rolls.
pschearer Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I still have a box of carbon paper she can have.
Burnside217 almost 12 years ago
Just hope she doesn’t want chalk for her tablet.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 12 years ago
I had a history teacher in high school who handed out mimeograph sheets at the beginning of every class. Every Single Class. One of his thumbs was stained purple from running that machine every day. He was probably busting the school’s budget.
StoicLion1973 almost 12 years ago
What is that in her hand?
smweicht almost 12 years ago
The old typewriter ribbon.
daphne343 almost 12 years ago
At least he knows what a typewriter is. Possible someone’s still making typewriters. Friend of mine still has an old word processor, a transitional contraption made obsolete by computers.
ursen1 almost 12 years ago
I remember mistrusting the IBM Selectric typewriter when it first came out because of the ball, it just didn’t seem right somehow. My better halfs portable typewriter she used in college is still around somewhere and works fine. I had a use for it up until about 7 years ago.
chireef almost 12 years ago
you can still get white out in any wal mart, they don’t let me use it though… they say its hard to get off the screen
Saucy1121 Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I taught myself to type on an old Remington manual. It had a half red/half black ribbon so you could type in color with the shift of a lever.
bransom almost 12 years ago
Everything in this comic is so cliche, obvious. Cliches aren’t funny! Anti-cliche is funny! Like if that old lady outsmarted the geek, or if Rita did something that everyone thought was typical dumb boss, and she turned out to be right! That’s funny! You people wouldn’t know funny if it gave you a job! haha!
Michelle Morris almost 12 years ago
Just what we need. Another poster who hates everything,but keeps reading the comics anyway.
MadYank almost 12 years ago
Typewriters ARE still available, but the problem is that they all (or almost all) use carbon ribbons – SINGLE-PASS ribbons. An old-fashioned cloth, multi-pass ribbon is almost IMPOSSIBLE to find.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 12 years ago
My first typewriter, given to me by my Dad when I graduated high school, had interchangeable carbon ribbon cartridges. And if I made a mistake, I would pop the carbon cartridge out and pop in the correction cartridge. It all seemed pretty slick at the time!
Hunter7 almost 12 years ago
I’m surprised Roy even knew about typewriter ribbons. I tried to learn on mom’s old manual. It has the cloth ribbon and I swear the machine was made of cast iron, it was so heavy.My typewriter is packed away here, somewhere. An IBM Selectric, with interchangeable type balls. I remember thinking how cool that was.But the computer keyboard is so much easier. The keys don’t need to be pounded. .And I remember being 8 years old and getting to be part of the group of four that got to make the mimeograph copies. Every week, a different group of four. Oh, that wonderful smell. Could float for the rest of the morning!
ladyryln almost 12 years ago
Yep – there are still companies that make typewriter ribbons. In most cases it’s not the company that made that style originally – but you can still buy ribbons for a number of typewriters.