I am typing my holiday thank you notes on my vintage 1970s Olivetti Valentine. Some folks are going to think they've gotten a ransom note in the mail.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.? OMG that is .... AWESOME !!! 
uhm, what about the ribbons? Is there a specialty supplier you get them from? That is off the chart cool.
Qualia
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Jan 4, 2019
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THANK YOU, I do love to gaze upon it and come up with excuses to use it! It simply brings a smile to my face! As for supplies, there are actually quite a few sources! I have ordered from a company in California. The Valentine, being a rather recent vintage, is not too difficult to find consumables for.
I was inspired to buy it when I went to an exhibition of Memphis design items that had been owned by David Bowie. His personal Olivetti Valentine is in the collection. I had loved that arts movement back in the 80s. Bowie's own Valentine sold at auction for £47,500!!
When I was traveling, I bought 70's model typewriters in a case at thrift shops for $5, the donated then back before I left town. (space was very limited).
CallMeDave
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Jan 4, 2019
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Why??
@DeStijl to type with
@DeStijl I mean with which to type, of course.
@CallMeDave But you bought them and then gave them back...???
@DeStijl yeah when I was leaving town.
I remember when my Mom got her own IBM Selectric at home. It would almost make you jump the first time you just barely touched a key and it SNAPPED a crisp letter on the paper! Now I think of when Joan Holloway removed the cover from an IBM Selectric and reassured Peggy Olson, "Don't be intimidated by technology."
DeStijl
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Jan 3, 2019
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I have three old typewriters. 
Lillyfield41
Level 7
Jan 3, 2019
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So tell us what you have! And post pics! Mid-Century Design Porn.
@DeStijl. This is Smith Corona Coronamatic 2200. Its the same model Vonnegut used. I have yet to fire it up.
My sister got an electric typewriter when she was in high school. It was fancy livin' ! I typed a 45 page phsyics paper in my junior year and was in heaven. (I don't know what model that was.)
@Lillyfield41 Oh suh-WEET. I always loved that logo. I wonder if it was a Paul Rand?
@DeStijl this is my remington. Needs a good cleaning and some oil. It was on a work bench in the stuff remaining in my house when i bought it.
@DeStijl my underwood is still at my mom's house. (I learned on the underwood - my grandmother's machine in the basement, 1985)
@Lillyfield41 DANG you're hardcore!
@DeStijl the punk rock typist. Ha!
Was discussing page formatting with a group of 5th graders and mentioned in the old days, fonts, size, colors, were not easy as we used typewriters. Nobody had any idea what typewriter was so that night on way home I stopped by a rummage sale and picked up a very nice typewriter for 5 bucks. Brought it to their classroom the next day. The kids were amazed.
NoMagicCookie
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Jan 3, 2019
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OH NICE!!!! Now bring in a rotary phone. I have a pink Princess phone I would loan you.
@josh_karpf "I feel so fancy."
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