- Shangas
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Re: Ugliest typewriter
I agree with Amelia. The typewriters after the 60s really don't do anything for me. They all look like cheap, plastic electromechanical/electronic monsters. Give me a mechanical machine any day.
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- Stevetype33
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Re: Ugliest typewriter
Amelia wrote:
But I do find the clear cabinet Swintec (for inmates) kinda neat (WAY too expensive though).
What do you mean by inmates?
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Thread Starter- Shangas
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Yes I didn't understand that either. In Australia, I think they're called "prisoners".
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- Uwe
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Re: Ugliest typewriter
But I do find the clear cabinet Swintec (for inmates) kinda neat (WAY too expensive though).
What do you mean by inmates?
It's quite possible she literally meant inmates, as in prison inmates. After all, it would be difficult to hide/conceal contraband or weapons within a clear typewriter case...
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- Amelia
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Sorry guys, here in the U.S. they are referred to as inmates or prisoners. Our prisons are sometimes referred to as "correctional facilities."
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Amelia: Okay, right. I thought it might have been a typo, or some reference that had gone over my head.
I had no idea that these see-through models existed. That has got to be the most interesting thing I've heard this year.
Uwe: You're right about the wood-effect Royal - it's yuck squared. But if you look at these uggos long enough they do start to exert a hypnotic fascination...
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Thread Starter- Kasper
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Re: Ugliest typewriter
Don't know what happened, I'm sure I posted this yesterday but something must have gone wrong... anyway, here's the charmingly ugly Olivetti Dora designed by legend Ettore Sottsass, who also designed the Valentine. This is just a picture pulled from the internet but I managed to get one of these on Deptford Market for about £5...
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Hi, I just posted this in the Flickr images discussion as well but I love this picture. Typewriter found at the bottom of Deptford Creek. I love how the keys haven't corroded and look like teeth. Good luck identifying the model...
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- thetypewriterman
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Re: Ugliest typewriter
It's a Brother portable !
- Kasper
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It's a Brother portable !
How can you tell?! Well done sir, a career in forensics awaits you...
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