…I remember in school learning how to type…on a typewriter, and we were not supossed to look down and we had to look at the board I think and type what was there or was it on a photo dohickey thing that shined on the board, I don't know, but I do know that any boo-boo could not be fixed with a tap of the back space or the delete key. We had to use a little eraser with a brush on the end to get rid of our mistake even though, it took half the paper with it and the person getting it would know you boo-booed. Then there was that white piece of paper that you would lay over your mistake and then re-type it and it would cover it up, so you could re-type and that looked better, then there was white out, and then the typewriters that actually had their own eraser sticky backspace tape stuff to remove your mistakes. I had a typewriter like that when we got married, cause I used to be a secretary, and it was a neat machine that had a window that showed what you were typing and would not actually type until you hit the enter or next line key. Boy are we spoiled today with computers? I mean do they even have typing classes in school any more? Cause it is considered still typing right?
Well one of the stamp sets in the Stampin' Up! catalog is called Puns from the Past and it is such a cute set. I have my 10/10/20 Special Occasion class coming up so I was checking out Splitcoaststampers to get some inspiration, or heck some cards to copy. I saw this one and thought oh wow, I am definitely doing that one for class. It is way cute, and pretty simple.
So this is my version of it.
Stamp Set: Puns from the Past
Paper: Basic Black, Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Ink: Jetblack Stazon, Going Gray, Cameo Coral
Misc: Glue Dots, metallic eyelet, crop-o-dile
Cute eh?
I do miss the clickety clack sound of the typewriter keys though…don't you?
So today Jeff said "hey your flower is up!" and I was like oh wow, I just looked at it the other day, and it was just the green leaf things, and now look.
Pretty eh? I took a few pictures, but the wind was blowing and the pics kept getting blurry so this was the best one of the bunch.
It is perfect isn't it? Nature is something. This was just a little cheap old flower I bought years ago and planted once it died in the house, and it gets bigger every year, in fact last year about 2 yards away, and on the other side of the side walk another one was growing and I didnt even plant it, (so it had to come from this one somehow) no flowers came on it (just like this one took years to actually get flowers), so I dug it up and planted it about half a yard from this one, and it started coming up this year, but Jeff sprayed weeds and he thinks he may have sprayed it, so I am hoping if he did that it will survive.
Well have a super Monday and thanks for stopping in!
Hugs, Di
That's too funny. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what that little doo-hicky was until you posted about the typewriter!! And typing classes as we used to call it are now called "keyboarding". I guess a change is as good as a rest!
Love ya,
Jax
Love that set…its on my list to get…. great card!!!
Oh.. and remember typing in duplicate. You know the carbon paper in between. God forbid you make a mistake cuz then you had to roll the paper up and get out the white/out or eraser tape and try to fix the duplicate copy. Then you had to roll the paper back down and "try" to get it back on the same line. Then if the white out hadn't dried enough you would get a blob on your duplicate page. You know what is really sad… this is like the conversation "remember when we didn't have Remote Controls". We are getting older!
Di,
It is called keyboarding in school now. I remmeber those days and when I went to work for the highway dept the manual typewriter is all we had. Isn't it funny how hard you had to hit the keys on those and then the electric typewriter came out and it was just a touch and now the computers. Yeah!!!! I love your wonderful creations and all your stories. Hugs, Johnnie
I remember learning to type like that…ah, the memories! LOL!
Wow, you've got flowers up already! We're getting more snow and freezing rain out this way – no flowers here for awhile!
I must be older than the rest of you because I learned on the old Royal manual — the push hard, and evenly, on the keys style, and ran the whole gamut up to today's computers. And yes, make a mistake and what a problem to erase, white out, Scotch Tape, or whatever the current way. And lord, when the boss wanted 10 copies you had to type it several times with messy carbon papers because who ever heard of a Xerox machine??? Or heaven forbid 10 "originals." And, what about those Executive Typewriters with all the different space values for each letter — such fun. Anyone remember the first stand-alone word processors? And the computer printers of a few years ago that typed back and forth and down the page. And what about using snail mail for responses because no one knew about fax machines yet. And, and,…… Look what you started today with memory lane. It is so easy now, mainly because I don't work any more — retired from it all and crafting my heart out. Love the "so sorry" card. Like your daffodil too — it's snowing here.
Smiles,
Sandy
I LOVE typewriters!!! lol Love the sound of it 🙂
This post made me laugh. I remember being in high school typing. My teacher was hillarious. Her name was Ms.Pope. And she wore the biggest glasses known to man. They took up 3/4 of her face. The part I remember from class besides Ms.Pope was listening to the records to type. Now type a…a…a..a. Oh the days!
Hi Di,
If you really miss the clickity clack key sounds most computers have a software switch to turn it on so it sounds like an IBM selectric. The only thing it doesn't do is make a ring sound when you hit enter!
Thanks for sharing the card and the flowers. At 51 I felt positively ancient explaining to my Upline and customers what that little brush thing was! Oh well I learned to type on my dad's old computer almost before I could write with a pen (one finger of course – lol!). Kind of like my nieces and nephews learned their alphabets on my old, old computer back in 1984!
The only problem with "keyboarding" these days is that not all keyboards have the same layout. Everytime I get a new keyboard or computer I have to learn all over again where they put those "extra" keys typewriters rarely if ever had. Still have my very old "portable" typewriter my brother brought me back from England in the 1960's (and it was old then). Still love it except for when I have to type money since it only has the symbal for pounds not dollars!
Hugs and blessings and thanks for the trip down memory lane! – Jean