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Comments on Puzzle #19595: 1940's - Click click
By Tom O'Connell (sensei69)

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#1: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 22, 2012 [SPOILER]

Computer keyboards just can't match that sound:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/803796/the_typewriter_song/
#2: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 22, 2012 [SPOILER]
hilarious, especially the carriage return sound
#3: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Aug 22, 2012 [SPOILER]
Is it a Remington Tom?,nice one pal.:)
#4: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 22, 2012
Nice. You can now get a program that will imitate the sound of an old typewriter. Forgot where I saw it.
#5: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Aug 22, 2012 [SPOILER]
When I first started teaching we would type onto a ditto master then go run it off on the ditto machine (electric not hand cranked. I'm not that old!). Those were the papers the students would sniff when you handed them out.
#6: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 22, 2012
lmbo Bran ...yeppers, was a skit on saturday night live
#7: Tom King (sgusa) on Aug 22, 2012 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints
#8: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 23, 2012
thx Tom
#9: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Aug 23, 2012 [SPOILER]
Brian when i was a service technician for A.B.Dick Co.(a printing equipment mfg.),i use to repair ditto machines,manual hand crank and electric.:)
#10: Nancy (nbarsi) on Aug 26, 2012 [SPOILER]
One of my sons still uses his for short stories and poetry.
Fun solve and title Sensei
#11: Jota (jota) on Aug 28, 2012
Does A.B stands for Al's Big?
Sorry couldn't resist!
#12: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Aug 28, 2012
LMAO
#13: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 29, 2012
ditto Adam
#14: Lollipop (lollipop) on Sep 2, 2012
Jota, how frisky of you! Hilarious.
#15: Jota (jota) on Sep 3, 2012
:-o
#16: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Sep 30, 2013
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by jan.
#17: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Oct 1, 2013
thx Jan
#18: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 28, 2014 [SPOILER]
Kristen's link no longer works. Here's another typewriter concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LJ1i7222c
#19: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Apr 29, 2014
thx Joe
#20: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Apr 29, 2014
Yes, thanks! I hate it when links stop working. :(
#21: jewel crown (Jewel) on Nov 17, 2016
Excellent!
#22: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Nov 18, 2016
ty Jewel
#23: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Apr 15, 2020
Quite fun. Great reminder of youth.

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