Got any white out?

-- David Butts (dciinc@aol.com), September 07, 1999

Answers

Got Correction Ribbon?

-- Billy-Boy (Rakkasn@Yahoo.com), September 07, 1999.

Are you seriously suggesting that existing typewriters and word processors will not work........methinks you're a bit too far overboard if that is what you are suggesting!

-- Craig (craig@ccinet.ab.ca), September 07, 1999.

I have a cool Underwood typewriter from the '30s or thereabouts. And I have tons of carbon paper. I bought it because I thought it looked good, but hey, it could be useful...!

:-)

-- mar (derigueur2@aol.com), September 07, 1999.

Craig,

The answer to your question-is on the front of The Washington Times today. Apparently in the school districts in Va.only one is prepared (Arlington county). They have a picture of an administrator holding an old typewriter as her contingency plan. So you tell me!!???

Regards

-- Dave Butts (dciinc@aol.com), September 07, 1999.

I have pens and paper. Should work.

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWayne@aol.com), September 07, 1999.

No electricity means no working electric typewriters or word processors; no coal or oil means no electricity means no working electric typewriters or word processors; no trains running means no coal or oil means no electricity means no working electric typewriteres or word processors; no telecommunications means no trains.......

-- cody (cody@y2ksurvive.com), September 07, 1999.

No electricity means no working electric typewriters or word processors; no coal or oil means no electricity means no working electric typewriters or word processors; no trains running means no coal or oil means no electricity means no working electric typewriters or word processors; no telecommunications means no trains.......

-- cody (cody@y2ksurvive.com), September 07, 1999.

actually- I just picked up an old manual typewriter for free left over at a yard sale yesterday- also a carpet sweeper, canning jars, foot locker, and stove pipe- all free......

-- farmer (hillsidefarm@drbs.net), September 07, 1999.

I picked up an old Royal manual (1950's vintage) and a local thrift shop for $35. Found "universal" ribbons (black) at a local typewriter shop (they don't sell typewriters any more, but said they sell about 2 - 3 dozen manual typewriter ribbons annually. I bought six. Took the Royal home, cleaned the strike heads with WD-40 and lubricated (spastically oversprayed) with WD-40 all its underside guts, and voila': a fully Y2K compliant machine-- just like the one I used (and abused) forty years ago.

-- Dewer Dye (qwerty@!!!!.com), September 08, 1999.

I'm wondering how folks are going to put in bids? With a manual typewriter? If your PeeCee is down, who gives a sh!t about Ebay?

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), September 08, 1999.

Ebay will go bust when the Internet experiences its first megacrash.

Then we'll have the Great Garage Sale Renaissance!

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), September 08, 1999.

Buy a lot of stock in Eberhard-Faber. They make pencils. No S**T.

-- @ (@@@.@), September 08, 1999.