type typing away

Oh, sigh...
















The Corona Streamline of 1930s in Maroon.
Isn't it beautiful??? So glossy....
Except...$395, and who really uses a typewriter these days? We actually already have one at home somewhere. It is not nearly as attractive as this one, however...

I'd like to say that if I had this, I would really get cracking on the next Great American Novel. Typing reams every day. But let's be realistic here. I think what would end up happening is that I would just sit and stare at it a lot. Maybe drool a little bit. And that's it.

Yet another reason to like the 1930s, though. Despite the prevailing national economic troubles and pending international war...