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The last typewriter[^] has been made in Britain.
Ok, they were a pain to correct, and a nuisance when it came to cut and paste, but they saved a lot of work, and they still affect us today - our keyboard layout goes right back to the early days of them.
So, shed a tear (probably of pain) if you ever used one, and if you didn't - now you can't!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I learnt to use a typewriter when I was but a wee lad. My father only stopped using his maybe five years ago when the mistakes started to outnumber the correct text. 
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And next to any typewriter would have been a bottle of Tipp-ex or correcting tape. I had two in my time and I fondly remember an IBM golfball typewriter which once and for all eliminated jammed keys and you could change the ball to one with a different typeface.
Trying to compile a typed page was an absolute bitch, however.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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OriginalGriff wrote: and if you didn't - now you can't
Your logic seems a bit flawed! Just because they are no longer manufactured doesn't mean you can't get them or even use them. Even if you couldn't get one in the UK you could get one from somewhere else on this planet. There are still plenty around, you know?
I'll chalk that up to being either under-caffeinated or maybe some sheep passing by the window of your study/workplace kind of distracted you. 
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Use a second hand typewriter? Do you know where those fingers have been?
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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You've got a valid point there. For all one knows they could have "touched" sheep and we all know how hard it is to get rid of wool grease, now don't we? You could try to rub it off with alcohol before you use it though. Just so you know, I was thinking of the typewriter.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I learned to type on a typewriter.
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