I was considering the purchase of a very stylish 60's manual typewriter: aqua plastic and silver metal, it was low slung, worked perfectly, looked informal but sounded solid and serious. It was good example of early 1960's design.

I have a beautiful Machine Age typewriter at the shop. I've had it up for sale for a long time. I took THIS experience and decided it was pointless to try and bring ANOTHER one to the attention of people. Everyone is still in a honeymoon phase with digital keyboard communication. Sadly, by the time this initial love affair ends and other communication machines are rediscovered for their visual and tactile beauty, the aqua machine I declined will be crushed and long gone.

I HATE having to make these decisions, but I am not a warehouse nor a museum.

My god, the things we take for granted... until they're gone. Then, we whine about it, get all nostalgic, and hire the Chinese to make "retro" fakes with which we can diddle a couple of weeks until it breaks... then we shrug our shoulders, and walk away.

"Gee, WE had one of those! I loved it! I wonder what happened to it? I guess we tossed it out. Too bad! It was so nice and reliable and fun to use..... It...

Oh well, that's just how things go!"