No, he had to quit that. It dissolved the paper. But he had some pretty strange keys on that that typewriter -- you hardly dared use the shift lock, and the space bar could land you anywhere.
At a high-end electronics shop today, I overheard an earnest young salesman explaining all about computers to a new customer: "You can use three different operating systems on a computer -- Apple, HP, and Google."
So for those of you who haven't heard, the engine on my poor old Toyota finally gave up the ghost last week. This is the car I got to replace it -- a new Subaru XV Crosstrek. And of course I had to get it in orange. :)
I thought J.R.R. simply scratched runes into stones while chanting alliteratively in middle English. Damn, another myth busted.
ReplyDeleteIf its any consolation, I've heard that he used to ink his typewriter ribbon with Orc's blood.
ReplyDeleteNo, he had to quit that. It dissolved the paper. But he had some pretty strange keys on that that typewriter -- you hardly dared use the shift lock, and the space bar could land you anywhere.
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