Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 7, 1998, p. 5

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su weekender saturdaymarch 71 99 p5 typewriter just fine thanks says bruces mom dear editor in saturdays edition my son bruce laments the everincreasing reliance on electronics for almost everything in todays world which in his words catapult a fossil like myself kicking and screaming into the 21st century but for all his protests not even the writer in him has prevented him from being seduced by the latest in com puters well he can buckle under as much as he chooses but here it one even older fossil who refuses to be ruled by high technology no matter how much my fellow scribblers embrace it ive already turned down his offer of that old beatup computer you see i think i can claim in all modesty that over the years whatever its vintage at the time my trusty typewriter has been responsible for a lot of darn good written and published material whether or not my son decides to stay with the istarti icon crowd is up to him but his bookloving old moth er can tell him that as a more than merely good writer he is in the com pany of immortals who balked at the intrusion on their muse by newmeth ods of inscribing their words it was ever thus with yarnspinners shakespeare would have suffered from a severe case of writers block on hearing the term word processor important recorded messages for you the stumbling stone march 7 march 13 294 ehhm aflmsovfefproricm 0 cmt dhva uartchkn try our prices beautifully finished basefvieys versabuild inc 9056400446 advice on bankruptcy and alternatives free consultation to discuss your options with a trustee in confidence call anytime evg wknd appts starkman kraft inc trustee in bankruptcy personal corporate services markham 8897529 7030 woodbine ave msieeies add some fun single or couples learn to dance together in groups or private your choice of dances from salsa to tango to waltz 8403yongest 9057638100 to reserve your spot at our suoio even after the industrial revo lution dedicated writers scorned such innovations as the type writer as a means of furthering their creative output as far as they were concerned it was strictly for business matters ina 1917 play xm barriewho wrote an abundance of much heavier import than peter pan by the way has one of his charac ters enter with a typewriting machine by way of explaining her pres ence to her former husband she says i was sent here in the ordi nary way of business to which he replies withcringly is this what you have fallen to a typ ist nuffsaid although im not as loath to adopt new devices as were barrie and his contempo raries the typewriter is as far as i want to go in the way of writing aids thank you ive been clicking away on one of them since my introduction to their usage in a high school com mercial course wiien 1 was thir teen if bruce thought hisj980s small underwood was a clunker he should have tried a late 1930s model humungus and unwieldy doesnt begin to describe them the dual seriocomic part of all this is that after grandly aspiring to private secretary to some high- falutin vip upon graduation when that time came ww2 was in progress and i had to settle for a stint in electronics of a sort making radio tubes for ships and aircraft hows that for irony however once i made my escape from that electronic threat i resumed my affair with the typewriter only trading in a stan dard for an electric for conve nience sake and have never looked back even though i hopefully still have many years ahead of me in the field of creative endeavour when it comes to writing aids this is it period i dont want my life turned upsidedown like my sons by task bars and other nonsensical functions im as much for progress as anybody but not if it results in our already too mechanical world becoming one vast pushbutton instrument margaret stapley stouffville were not just blowing smoke at pontiac performance conies naturally and now it also comes with special low finance and lease rates 1998 pontiac sunfire coupe 120 hp 5 speed air conditioning 4 wheel abs dual air bags rear spoiler cd player bucket seats stk w5 smart lease 1 998 pontiac grand am sedan 150 hp 31 l v6 automatic air conditioning cassette int wipers rear spoiler 4 wheel abs dual air bags bucket seats stk w3 smart 1 lease 39 value financing all sales prices plus freight lie admin taxes extra 1 36 month smart lease with 2028 down sunlire s2878 down grand am freight lie admin taxes extra security deposit reqd annual km limit 20000 08 per km excess km 39 48 month linance gmac grand am only no limit 59 60 month gmac linanceoac sales hours mon thurs 900 900 fri 900 530 sal 900 600 service hours mon- thurs 730 730 fri 730 530 sal 800 1 00 unionville motors pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 unionville at kennedy rd 4771666

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