Where to buy a Selectric?

[Tony Duell]

> >Also, there are times when I have to fill out a form or something else
> >and its really just *much* more efficient to power on a typewriter and
> >bang it out in a few seconds...
> 
> And then try to find an eraser to rub-out what you fscked up, grumble, 
> never find the eraser, reload new paper, keep banging, realize you made 
> another mistake... Ungh. Not to mention when you need to edit said document 
> 2 years later, instead of retyping the whole thing in again.

It probably won't supprise anyone here to learn that I still use a manual 
typewriter sometimes. Yes, I'd love a Selectric (both to restore and to 
use), but I've not found one yet.

And yes, I sue a word processor (TeX/LaTeX) too, when I think that's the 
more appropriate tool. If I want to write a long document, or something I 
want to e-mail out, or something I am going to want many copies of, or 
something I will want to edit later, then I use the word processor. If I 
just want to fill in a form, I use the typewriter. It's a lot easier than 
measuring the position on the page where I want to print something, and 
then convincing the computer to put it there.

> Typewriters are like cats - I have nothing against them as long as I don't 
> have to have one. ;-)

I have both. FWIW, I've yet to find a computer system as much fun as the 
local cat population. And (to tie in another thread), they keep the mice 
out of my computers.

-tony