What souped up Selectric? All we had were manual typewriters When I was in the Army. They got worn out because you had to pound hell out of the keys to make the bottom carbon copy legible. One cool thing was the ones we used in Korea in the 70s were left over from WW2. They made stuff to last . that was back in the days recycled Budweiser cans were made from REAL metal.
AKHenderson Premium Member over 15 years ago
Plugger Carbon Footprint.
Fortran Premium Member over 15 years ago
Is that a pneumatic typewriter or something? Not even the most souped up Selectric could type through 17 sheets of paper.
ldyhwkd over 15 years ago
No - they just left out the part about typing it 5 times, (4 if you were lucky).
arceedee over 15 years ago
…and you wore white gloves and high heels to work… (hey the gals are back to the high heels again, though)
McGehee over 15 years ago
I’m not sure a Plugger wouldn’t reuse one of those carbon sheets at least once, if it was a personal document.
mrprongs over 15 years ago
You’re a Plugger if you remember Carbon Copies. And not the E-Mail kind.
Cannoneer over 15 years ago
What souped up Selectric? All we had were manual typewriters When I was in the Army. They got worn out because you had to pound hell out of the keys to make the bottom carbon copy legible. One cool thing was the ones we used in Korea in the 70s were left over from WW2. They made stuff to last . that was back in the days recycled Budweiser cans were made from REAL metal.