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1. RJ White says:

   February 4, 2010 at 12:09 pm

   He’d have an IBM Selectric in a modern office in S.F. in the 1970s? Tch. Right.

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2. Oven says:

   February 4, 2010 at 2:17 pm

   That’s actually the IBM Selectric’s grandfather. It couldn’t type or print anything out really–the buttons were just used to send morse code telegrams. By pigeon.

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3. Bugstomper says:

   February 5, 2010 at 1:16 am

   The 70′s is the right time for a Selectric. The Wikipedia entry for Selectric pinpoints it pretty well. “[...]by the late 1970s the Selectric typewriter’s dominance was under assault from[...]” Early 70′s they were still king.

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4. Kevin Church says:

   February 5, 2010 at 1:27 am

   Bugstomper, I believe the esteemed Mr. White and “Oven” were making a reference to the previous week’s comments concerning our portrayal of Terrebonne as a place that has a motel and a restaurant.

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5. J.Vandermeer says:

   February 6, 2010 at 10:15 am

   Heck yes, he’s got a Selectric!
   To this day, my mother still “turns off” the computer by yanking on the power cord, and prefers to use her typewriter. She was BORN in the 70′s, and worked as a secretary for a law firm as a young woman in the 80′s.

   So, yeah– I would have gawked if our hero’s boss had a computer, but the selectric is pretty much perfect.

   ANYWAY,
   I’ve been reading this comment pretty religiously since the dawn of it, and I figured it was about time for me to comment. Ciao.

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