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The typewriter is dead as the last factory closes its doors (Updated)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Misc. Tech,
Update: Contrary to the original reports, it seems there are still typewriters being made in China, Japan, and Indonesia. So rather than being the death of the typewriter, this is just another nail in the coffin.
You might want to be sitting down for this. It's time to say your goodbyes, because the world's last remaining typewriter factory, Godrej & Boyce in Mumbai, India, is closing its doors.
Although typewriters have long been obsolete in the West, they remained popular in India for a long time. However, Godrej & Boyce stopped production in 2009, and now its inventory has dwindled to just 500 machines, most of which are Arabic-language models, and no more will be made. It's a different tune than the company was singing back in the '90s, when it produced 50,000 typewriters a year, a third of India's total output of 150,000 units, India's Business Standard reports.
"From the early 2000s onward, computers started dominating," Godrej & Boyce's general manager of operations Milind Dukle told the Business Standard. "All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us. [Until] 2009, we used to produce 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year."
When Godrej & Boyce opened in the 1950s, the Business Standard says the typewriter was a "symbol of independent and industrialized India." More than half a century later, one of the company's plants in Shirwal that closed in 2009 was morphed into a refrigerator factory.
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The Amazing Race: Season 12: “I Just Hope He Doesn’t Croak on Us”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The,
After their rest period in Mumbai, India, the four remaining teams began on one of their longest journeys yet. For the 9th leg of The Amazing Race, the competitors were flying approximately 4,000 miles away to Osaka, Japan.
TK and Rachel – the first to reach the last pit stop – decided to get help at a nearby hotel before heading to the airport. Through a travel desk, they got what they believed to be the earliest flight out. The hippies were scheduled to leave at 6:55 PM flight out of India. Christina and Ronald also made reservations beforehand, but did their work through a different agency. The route they secured had them taking off at 8:30 PM. Although Nicolas/Donald and Nate/Jennifer both chose to get tickets at the airport, they wound up on the same flight as the father/daughter duo.
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The Amazing Race: Season 12: “Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The,
After the mandatory rest period in Florence, Italy, the five remaining teams began their eighth leg of the race. They were now set to fly 4000 miles away to Mumbai, India. Nicolas and Donald – the first team to reach the last pit stop – started their trek at 10:12 PM. Before heading to the airport, they researched flights through the internet. After securing Air France seats with a 10:30 PM arrival time, they went to find a few hours of shut-eye. Ronald and Christina were the only other duo smart enough to call ahead for tickets.
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