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Typewriter Keyboard Conversion

graymalkn writes "My wife has repetitive stress problems and prefers typing on old-fashioned mechanical typewriters. For Christmas, I converted a mechanical typewriter to work as a computer keyboard. My favorite feature: slap the carriage return for Enter."

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  1. Re:The human side of it by tnak · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized that the time spent doing this, since it was a surprise gift was, by definition, time away from her. That's when it hit me: he really can't stand her. He just needed something complicated enough to explain away all the time he spends in the basement watching football and drinking beer.