IBM Selectric, absolutely best typewriter I ever used! Chief bought me a NEW Facit Electric POS which I soldiered on with, but when the #2 secretary (years before this "PA" stuff), I demanded her years old piece. Ahhh, typing bliss
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Things you don't see anymore.
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Joe Tex:Skinny legs, sorry but don't make it for me...
Wasn't that a Frank Zappa song?
Miss Lube Rack. That competition seems to have disappeared along with the corner gas station lube rack.
Bill Ferris
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Or any hitchhikers, no matter the gender, period !
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The typewriter is a FACIT (from Sweden) for those interested. My father took these pictures in his automobile repair shop (mostly VW) in the late 60s/early 70s. There was also a mechanical calculator in this office, but I don't have a picture of it. People used to punch numbers, spin a crank handle, punch more numbers, and spin a crank handle again. That was intriguing for me as a child in those days.
Ah! @YV1 was rightIBM Selectric, absolutely best typewriter I ever used! Chief bought me a NEW Facit Electric POS which I soldiered on with, but when the #2 secretary (years before this "PA" stuff), I demanded her years old piece. Ahhh, typing bliss
The Facit that I labored with was manufactured in Spain...
It was Sweden, I don't see any references to Spain in the link below:
Facit - Wikipedia
For good reason. Those days will prolly never return.
This is what served as a firewall in the 70s.
Been a long time since I've noticed fogged up car windows at outdoor movies or taking in submarine races!
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Telecolor 3007
I love old stuff
Drive in cinema speakers?
That lock was good for fools. Smart pople could press the fork buttons and dial the number.
This is what served as a firewall in the 70s.
That lock was good for fools. Smart pople could press the fork buttons and dial the number.
Pulses. Make break, make break. One could get good at it.Drive in cinema speakers?
That lock was good for fools. Smart pople could press the fork buttons and dial the number.
Yes, drive-in theater speakers for the car's windows.Drive in cinema speakers?
That lock was good for fools. Smart pople could press the fork buttons and dial the number.
What is a fork button?
Thanks!
Think on it... it's a dial phone. What does the dial do...