Lili - On Olivetti Lettera 32

Thoughts about the demoness Lili - or Lilith. I think she was with me as I jotted this down. It wasn't a good day. Everything was erratic and bit out of place. Including most of the 9 (Worst)Writer fingers. But the thoughts...
Usually the Lettera 32 works without flaw. This day the ribbon reverse mechanism jammed, as well as the tabulator. Nevertheless, this is a favorite device to get these damn thoughts out of my head.
-tgs-

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• lettera
• 32
• typing
• writing
• fiction
• olivetti

[worstwriter]

Was wondering if anyone would catch on to that. And you're right about the left one - except I still have it, I just never use it when I type.

[theflyingglove]

I often use my typewriter to put down thoughts, or letters to people I know which I don't intend to send to them, to get a better clear idea of what I think or think about people. The lack of easy editing leaves you with what you naturally write, not what you've doctored to be your desired or less spontaneous thoughts as well

Enjoying the videos, I love typewriters :)

[PoconutPirate]

I love the clickity clack of typewriters!

[DemitriRas]

I love the old machines; one time however I bought an 5A, A5 whatever Corona electric; I click a key; it takes a week for the wheel arm to hit the paper. To hell with that! I'll stick with my Olympia thanks!

[jjovereats]

Why do you only have nine fingers? Was your left thumb chopped off somehow?

[johnrk556]

You do quite well on that little Lettera! These little machines aren't tolerant of bad rhythm because of their small type segment. I have a couple of little Olivetti and Hermes portables and I tend to jam them-thanks!

[Phantom95music]

im sorry but whoever doesnt like the thrill of spelling something right on these (especially with no effort involved) and the noise they make has not lived XD

[plungerdrum]

There is but one thing I hate about your videos worstwriter... They go out of sync :( But, otherwise great!!

[muskndusk]

I like the way you're doing a "hunt and peck" technique needed for manual typewriters. Maybe that's why some of the youtube demos of them fail and jam the keys: because they're using a flatter, laptop typing technique.

[TheMike894ftw]

:D Me, too. I like just to punch(Not literally)

out my thoughts onto my Underwood #5.

Or one of my other 7. It just feels so much more easy to get 'em out of my head.

[TheMike894ftw]

No, it types numbers, too.

[TheMike894ftw]

Well, you CAN touch a fountain pen to it. Or you can unhook it and insert the new one the opposite way you took the first one out.