Nows and Forevers

Anyone remember what this is? It literally fell out of the typewriter when I opened up the machine this afternoon.

It’s a square of correction tape, a life saver in the Typewriter Era. I haven’t seen one of these since the ‘80s. I used these a lot back in the day. It was an art, trying to use as much of it as possible. Worked pretty well, these squares. Kinda wish I had a pack of new ones. This one is too yucky to use.

I have been trying to repair my baby blue 1977 Super Coronet 12, which gave up the ghost last week in the midst of a page. I checked YouTube, even bought a substitute belt, and took it apart. Couldn’t get the typewriter to work, and so think I am gonna have to send it to typewriter heaven. Electrics are a lot harder than manual typewriters, at least for me.