tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2075340026778621968..comments2024-03-26T10:02:32.848-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: It's European Typewriter Day!Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-20670233286771726182010-04-30T20:32:46.737-04:002010-04-30T20:32:46.737-04:00I have a beautiful little portable typewriter that...I have a beautiful little portable typewriter that was owned by my grandfather. He so wanted to learn to type, but he never could master it. <br /><br />The really strange part is that, even as an old man, he wrote in perfectly beautiful script, the sort of stuff that the Declaration of Independence is written in, but he wanted to learn to type! I can type like the blitz, but my long-hand is pretty poor.Dr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47187307111202878552010-04-30T16:49:49.528-04:002010-04-30T16:49:49.528-04:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_shiphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_shipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-37746598595427555822010-04-30T14:06:26.076-04:002010-04-30T14:06:26.076-04:00Via a blog I suspect no longer exists ("Marmo...Via a blog I suspect no longer exists ("Marmot's Hole" by a US guy ;ivimg in Korea) I found out something that really got to me. The Monitor was not the first all-iron warship. Seems that about 1588 (yes, <i>Sixteenth</i> Century) a Korean Admiral had six built: they were placed in an area an invading Japanese fleet had to pass, and were largely responsible for defeating the invaders. There is a replica of one of them at a park. <br /> <br />Of course, it was so far ahead of its time it was not done again...John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-18666012205295993162010-04-30T12:00:52.124-04:002010-04-30T12:00:52.124-04:00I've always been amused at the fact that Tom E...I've always been amused at the fact that Tom Edison invented the mimeograph machine, waxed paper, and the tattoo needle all at the exact same time. And none of those things are used in the way the original inventions were used.oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62844928037160333552010-04-30T07:58:23.099-04:002010-04-30T07:58:23.099-04:00My wife has been known to mention the fact that sh...My wife has been known to mention the fact that she married tech support.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.com