That type gets everywhere...
I worked with one. This was an Accounts department, pre computer days. We all had those big adding machines with a paper "till roll" print out. Ours were electric. One guy had held on to the old manual type with a big handle on the side, which had to be wound both ways (forward then back or vice versa, can't quite remember). Mind you, he could get up to a fair old speed on that thing! If he's not dead by now, he's probably still using it to balance his cheque book 'cos when he retired he took it with him.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 24 Jan 2008, 20:55, Reply)