Downtown Buenos Aires
There are hundreds of typewriters in this store front.
For as many years as I have lived in this city and the same store has always been here, two blocks up from the main square Plaza de Mayo in the heart of the business district.
The only thing that changes is a new hand written price on that same old ribbon-writter due to the ever collapsing Argentine mango, some call it plata, others guita, still others will tell you that 1,000 mangos is una luca. Either way the Argentine peso is done.
These same models have not moved. Every morning they open the doors and put "Today's Special" out front with its sun faded price tag, despite the ever changing peso.
Check this baby out!
Perfect for that inevitable typewriter emergency, this one was owned by a little old lady from Pasantina!
She was careful not to put scratches anywhere near the color selector. This one is a steal at $2400.00 or roughly u$s 90.00
Don't worry, by the time I publish this blog the dollar price will be much less. If it didn't weigh thirty five pounds, I could ship it to you!
Today I went in to by a pocket currency counter for, yeah you guessed it, $2500.00 pesos. Battery operated, fits in your pocket, great for counting cash when you sell that hundred dollar bill. The only one he had was in the window and was too difficult to get at. Plenty of hefty typewriters to put in the old back pack, but those pesky money counters. Not much demand for them so they only keep on in stock. And it is in the display window.
As I walked in, I had to squeeze by the paper shredder, on sale today and today only for thirty five lucas (we say 35 grand). Now you know some Argie Spanish. You can see the owner sitting back there working on his hand pump adding machine to figure out which typewriters need to be restocked. He has had the place since his dad left it to him in the mid-eighties.
I may go back and get that bill counter tomorrow...
Oh, wait. there it is for una luca less!
The internet almost makes this store superfluous!
Some things never go out of style (in Argentina)
Máquinas de escribir muy útiles en su tiempo, recuerdo que en una como esas aprendí a teclear con rapidez y atino al pisarlas, Nos mandaban muchos ejecicios para tomar destreza. Todavía conservo mi credencial, de mecanografía y redacción. La tecnología ha avanzado a pasos agigantados, quedando estas máquinas, estos objetos obsoletos en la actualidad son relíquias. Excelente Post.
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the store seems like of ancient times, it has got plenty of typewriters in it from old age to modern age, this is some kind of typewriter museum to me...
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It's those stores where the time stopped, but the prices are not very interesting that place, I hope the devaluation does not follow
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Este post me hace recordar cuando mi madre redactaba sus trabajos de la universidad, en una maquina antigua y muy ruidosa, que tiempos aquiellos! Gracias por compartir.
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Hi dear i hope you are well, the typewriters are a main instrument, with the advent of computers these were a little forgotten, but always a good memory. Especially in secretaries. My mom taught me how to write quickly thanks to them. Sometimes here we say Lucas being the coin the bolivar. Every day we learn something new.
This is my typewriter
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Thanks for pulling it out and adding to the post!
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hahaha Excellent post we forgot about them. When I look at these machines I remember the sound that would not let me sleep as a child, my mother on her bedside table doing work late. and every time a paragraph went by it sounded like a clip, and to think that it was the alarm clock,
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They were a toy when I was a kid and that was a very long time ago. I remember ours went in the trash as soon as we had a printer.
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I tried to throw the machine in the trash, but my mother did not want to update, I was punished for trying ajajja, a childhood with many anepdotas hehe
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Excelente, Buenos Aires famoso por vender cosas viejas!!! yo conservo muchas antiguedades, como mencioné en un antiguo post, aun tengo cajas de diskettes intactos. pero te dejo esta foto.
¿Cuanto puede valer este?
Conseguime comprador y lo llevo.
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¡Un joystick! ¿No es ese de los de la Atari? Increíble.
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Un humilde regalo para este excelente post, añado a la lista mi maquina de escribir con @ordosjc , Saludos
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Cool. I wish I had a machine with a keyboard that automatically prints everything I type. That's the latest technology and you own it!
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Jajaja excelente lo mejor esta por venir,
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It's been a long time since I've seen a typewriter in person. I remember that when I started in Steemit a person published something about them and without a doubt I digressed in my memories, the truth is that I was always struck by the old regarding technology (once I said it with the musical boxes that you shared, those of vinyl). The typewriters call me a lot of attention because I study Computer Engineering and almost marked the beginning of Word (laugh).
A pleasure to see you again here, sponge.
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I need this shop in my country. I have some that kind of elements. Old is gold.
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That's a beauty..
I had one few years ago that stopped working unfortunately.
This store is amazing
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Como recordar la maquina de escribir que tenia resolvia todos los problemas cuando ala hora de imprimir la impresora fallaba hice muchos trabajos en la maquina buen amigo gracias por compartir y recordarnos saludos
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This is one hell of a store mate. Plenty and plenty of typewriters. These typewriters look amazing and the perfect fit .
The store looks old though very old, but quite a store it is.
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lovely write @sponge-bob
thank you for sharing
resteem
I send to you 1 message for youre wallet please replay me mr @sponge-bob
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Hi @sponge-bob
Jajajaj que bueno eso, me recuerda a la máquina de escribir que tenía en casa de mi tía. Bastante que me salvo en último momento cuando la impresora no tenia tinta o simplemente alguna falla en ella. Las máquinas de escribir son lo mejor. Todos deberíamos tener una en casa.
Siempre hay que buscar bien, puede que consigas unas por otras lucas menos
Saludos \o/
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Veo las maquinas en ferias-americanas y todo, sin funcionar, pero esa tienda te muestra que funciona listo para poner en el escritorio como si fuese algun uso para ellas.
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed
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That's got to be interesting to live somewhere where prices are changing daily due to inflation. You probably have to factor that into your price. "Can I offload this currency before it loses too much value?" Hey, at least you could get a typewriter to write about your adventure. ;)
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İt is wonderful. You are awesome @sponge-bob
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Hello Dear SpongeBob))) Thanks for the interesting story!))) My grandmother when I was a young worked as a secretary-machinist!)) This is such a proffesy when a person prints on such a typewriter!))) When I was little she often took me with a job and allowed to print))) I would like to have now such a house!)))
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never seen that from a long time now and that is still on sale pretty cool
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It seems to be an old shop with antique things, my friend
Really great article
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The store is full of typewriters, I think the store is as old as computers.
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The district where it sits is much much older than computers. It dates back to the late 1800's
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Its very old then
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not only this store ,internet make
much more superfluous
i still remember the first time i typed on one of the typewriter my fingers were too heavy later that day
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Wow! Very Amazing. Already Antiques :)
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Wuao, que tiempos tan memorables, cuando se hacía todo en una maquina de escribir, aquí en casa de mi abuela tienen una y la guarda como un tesoro invaluable, gracias por hacernos viajar en el tiempo!
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and think, that at that time these machines were the latest technology in transcription hahaha, the same will happen with the physical currency, the evolution of the cryptocurrency is unstoppable.
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I had a yellow machine where I did the work of the high school ha ha ha that retro everything, here they are using a lot the money counting machines due to the devaluation of the currency, they are fashionable.
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Hello my friend...
I hope you always in a good healt and successfull..
Nice topic about typewritter, the past tools of administration generation
The typewriter machine has become antiques. for now in my place the typewriter machine it was used to writing checks and legal Government seal and mail. Real stores are now replaced with virtual.
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Hola @sponge-bob
Wow, es la primera vez que veo una tienda así, es increíble quisiera conocer algún día.
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we dont get to see such type of typewriter store here now
may be due to its limited usage now
that is a big old school
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So I was guessing where all the typewriters are now
Found them😂😂😜😜
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This is amazing.Dear thanks a lots. @sponge-bob
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Please buy me one, Sir. Antiques always give their own pride. Thank you
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I still have my old typewritter, too. It brings back memories of good old days, when my fingers were pressing those letters on typewritter. Sound was incredible!
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this is very informative post, i gather a different knowledge by your post, thanks for sharing your infirmative post
@upvote and @resteem is done
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wooo mi padre cuando yo era pequeño las reparaba que tiempos caraqueños, al parecer siempre terminamos haciendo algo parecido a lo que nuestros padres trabajaron de una o otra manera en mi caso reparo computadoras que son la evolución en tecnología de una maquina de escribir pero prefiero lo análogo jejeje son utiles ya que aun sin energía siguen realizando su trabajo lastima vivo en venezuela algo lejos
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me gusta su banner puedo compartirlo si no es molestia para usted amigo
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They just need to find the right customer.
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oh, that would really be a great fortune. i will follow up and support your posts
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wao son unas reliquias
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