Typewriters

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(11-09-2021, 09:57 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Today's youts will never know the joy of using correction tape to cover a mistake.
Fun typwriter related fact: "Liquid Paper," the liquid correction paint that people used to correct typographical errors, was invented by Betty Nesmith Graham, who was an Executive Secretary at Texas Bank and Trust. She started her own company, which was then purchased by Gillette in 1979, for $47.5 million.($174.73 million in 2021 dollars) Her only son inherited half of her estate at the time of her death. That's a lot of money to "Monkee" around with......

The very first day of my very first job as an attorney I was going through my new desk to see what needed to be cleaned out.  I found a bottle of "white out" but I could not tell if it was dried up or not.  I could not tell by shaking it because the stuff was so thick.  I took off the cap and was smelling to see if it was fresh when I looked up and saw one of the partners at my door waiting to introduce himself.  Back then people huffed White Out like huffing glue or paint.  So I was a bit concerned about my first impression on my boss.