India's Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. was the last company in the world to make the once ubiquitous devices, until it stopped production in 2009. Now, it only has 500 left in stock, according to India's Business Standard.
― jergins, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
that makes me quite want one even though typewriters never brought me anything but trouble and swearing and smudged blobs of wite-out.
― estela, Friday, 29 April 2011 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
just yesterday was lolfully reminiscing about you "calling a kitchen implement 'fucko'." i can only imagine (with glee) the stream of invective you would produce while operating one of the world's last 500 typewriters. <3
― lxy, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
nothing is as disgraceful as me trying to operate a sewing machine.
― estela, Saturday, 30 April 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
new #1 on my list of 'things estela must do when she next visits seattle'
― lxy, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
the quick brown fucko
― estela, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
jumped over the lazy zing
― lxy, Thursday, 5 May 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link