A "trivia and reference" note on the episode entry for Let It Bleed on the SuperWiki:
H.P. Lovecraft is seen typing his manuscript on a typewriter. these were mechanical devises in use up until the late 20th century, which were used to print text onto paper before computers
My god, I'm old.
Guys...I still own a typewriter....and I'd use it too, if ribbons were easier to come by. (Ribbons are what hold the ink in a typewriter...like a very fine stamp pad. Stamps are still used by bank tellers...bank tellers are people you used to go to in order to deposit or withdraw money from your bank account....I could do this all day...)
H.P. Lovecraft is seen typing his manuscript on a typewriter. these were mechanical devises in use up until the late 20th century, which were used to print text onto paper before computers
My god, I'm old.
Guys...I still own a typewriter....and I'd use it too, if ribbons were easier to come by. (Ribbons are what hold the ink in a typewriter...like a very fine stamp pad. Stamps are still used by bank tellers...bank tellers are people you used to go to in order to deposit or withdraw money from your bank account....I could do this all day...)
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(It was a brilliant joke, by the way ;)
But yes, as I just said in a comment below - I love the ding. ;)
Computers:
*ding* - something is wrong with your computer.
Typewriters:
*ding* - Look at you go! Such an accomplished writer, you are!
:P
I once stayed for a week or so with my Aunt who works as a typist out of her home. I kept having dreams that it was raining. :P
We both laughed like loons after that. :D
And yeah, sometimes some of the references the boys use on the show really makes me laugh, because I'm the same age as them, but they are WAY more versed in the history of pop-culture than I am apparently. :P
Ok, I'll stop now.
My typewriter had a whiteout FEATURE! It was brilliant.