But I have three manuals as well - my college Olivetti and my Mom and Dad's old machines (Underwoods both)
From the London Daily Mail: (this link is from last year but just finding it now - even more relevant)
Typewriter sales boom in Germany as thousands go back to basics in bid to avoid U.S. spies in wake of NSA allegations
Typewriter sales are booming in Germany as government departments, businesses and people go back-to-the-future to thwart spying by American spooks.
Old tech is trumping the new in the wake of the NSA spying scandals which saw Chancellor Merkel's phone hacked on numerous occasions by Washington and culminated in the expulsion of the CIA spy chief from Berlin earlier this month.
The head of the parliamentary inquiry into spying by the US National Security Service in Germany said his committee is considering using typewriters. But many have already made the switch.
Or you can get an old machine, install Linux and just stay off the internet.
I have been buying the Selectrics at auctions - a lot of times the office equipment from a dead business will go for $50 or less. The furniture (desks, conference tables, etc...) is still valuable but the 'old' typewriters are considered one step above junk. A lot of times I have to fill out forms or multi-part documents - a typewriter is the only way to go.
