Jack Ellison Poet Narrative

Water Cooler Chatter

How many remember the typewriter
With it's clickety clack sound
For those that do you can never forget
That sound so familiar
To every office before computers
A sound so remenicent
So nostalgic to those who remember
Those long lost days from another era
Unless you lived through them
They are sounds gone by
Never to be heard again in todays
High tech world of instant commincation
The chatter beside the water cooler
Something is sadly missing

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Darlene De Beaulieu July 10, 2022 at 11:37 AM Hello Happy Jack, yes it is the type writer that is missing. The clickety click of the typewriter. Love, Darlene xxxx-oooo, Darlene De Beaulieu July 10, 2022 at 3:23 PM Hello Happy, probably not. Love, Darlene xxxx-oooo. Jack Ellison July 10, 2022 at 12:08 PM Those were good old days! Probably not much different to today... just different! Love, Happy Jack XOX

L Milton Hankins July 10, 2022 at 9:51 AM Oh, yes, this really took me back to the days of the secretarial pool. Jack Ellison July 10, 2022 at 12:12 PM Ah yes the secretarial pool! We had our pick eh! What time to be alive oooweeee!

Tom Cunningham July 10, 2022 at 8:07 AM I remember it well, another era Jack. Hope you're enjoying the weekend. Tom Jack Ellison July 10, 2022 at 8:14 AM Another era is right... remember it well! All settled in back home? Hope so... good weekend Tom!

Sand Blown July 10, 2022 at 7:26 AM ...cofhrrmph....me still has me oldt...well used...'universe-city' dayz typewriter.... andt....(i miss using it)......stans sand Jack Ellison July 10, 2022 at 7:47 AM Cool!!! Garage sale... mucho moolah! Let me know how much you get!!!

Jeff Kyser July 10, 2022 at 6:53 AM And the distinctive pause in the clatter as the carriage returned to the sound of a bell. Man, I guess we are getting old! Jack Ellison July 11, 2022 at 4:16 AM You got me there Jeff! Small silver balls! I became a graphic designer and missed the office pool! Jeff Kyser July 10, 2022 at 11:16 AM Lol, okay, I’m a spring chicken at 60, but my first job, I remember when they were excited to get the IBM selectrix with the type ahead buffering and those small silver balls that had the typeset on them. Jack Ellison July 10, 2022 at 7:09 AM Getting old??? Have no idea what you mean! 87 on Aug 11 holy crap!!! Cheers Jeff!