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Anyone remember the Corona portable typewriter in the 70's?

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back in my day there was no technology nothing like nowadays the calculator was considered cheating in math class in my day girls got hauled into the principal's office for wearing their skirts too short we also had bullies and troublemakers who started all the rumors but thankfully we had no facebook in my day essays were neatly written in long hand on lined paper ~ no computers in my last year of highschool I got a portable typewriter I felt so grown up I rather liked school it turned out so I moved away to university and lost touch with people I knew it was before email and networking years later I tried to reach out to a few but most girls moved or got married and changed their names feels like a hundred years ago ~ AP: 3rd place 2021 Posted on May 17, 2021

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/18/2021 8:51:00 PM

Sure do remember that typewriter. Our school had a typing program in 7th grade. Should have been a secretary. lol. Was typing 85 wpm in two months --- on an old Smith-Corona upright, to boot. (That was 1962). Still fast after all these years.) ~ 'Quick Draw'

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/19/2021 5:12:00 AM

Great skill to have ~ that was high tech back then. LOL

Daniel Turner

Date: 5/18/2021 6:21:00 PM

Had we only known then what we know now, how different life might have been. I love nostalgic poems. Those were days that are hard to define. Great writing, Line:)

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/18/2021 8:41:00 PM

Thank you so much, Daniel. So true ~

Ann Foster

Date: 5/18/2021 1:25:00 PM

Wow... the reality of every word... so true. Captured in your patient and kind voice is magical. You must be a teacher... if you are not... you should be... Love your write. God bless your day. Ann... at the Irish Ranch... chasing squirels.

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/18/2021 8:40:00 PM

Thanks for your lovely comment, Ann. As a matter of fact I did want to become a teacher but veered into another direction ~ and now I'm quite happily retired.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/18/2021 8:26:00 AM

Happy memories Line, we've moved forward so quickly in a short space of time. They were great years though. Tom

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/18/2021 8:42:00 PM

Absolutely, they were the best, Tom ~

Juliet Ligon

Date: 5/17/2021 9:36:00 PM

Your poem took me back to simpler times. I wasn't around to experience typewriters, but we had a computer when I was in high school and though it was dial up, it seemed so high tech. Thankfully we got to enjoy childhood without social media.

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/18/2021 7:12:00 AM

yes ~ the good old days~

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/17/2021 8:19:00 PM

My first was a brand new gray Remington. I was so proud of it. I wonder what has become of it, as it disappeared when I went into the service. I enjoyed your trip down memory lane, Line.

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/18/2021 7:11:00 AM

Thanks, Milton ~ much appreciated

Mike Bayles

Date: 5/17/2021 8:08:00 PM

How true, Victor, well-written. This poem brings back a lot of memories for me.

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/18/2021 7:11:00 AM

Thanks, Mike.