that satisfying clickety clack noise

I am certain many of you have already done this job for the year.

I myself, have never been able to complete the taxes before March no matter how much I want to. 

 

Moving from desire to achievement is always hampered by the steps that have to happen for the process to come to fruition.  Steps like taking all the papers out of the giant folder marked "taxes" that someone has crammed all manner of things into for the last 13 months.  Then sorting all those papers, and running around searching for that one receipt that is somehow not in any of the 7 places I can see it in... in my mind. 

 

Does anyone else miss the old days when you used an "adding machine" instead of a solar calculator?  The kind that had a spool of paper on it and made that satisfying clickety clack noise while it was doing it's thing?   Chris says for me to hold on he thinks we still may have one in the basement and he knows just which box it's in.  Yeah right. 

 

P.S.  On a totally unrelated topic, speaking of the old days, happy birthday brother

Comments

[Jane]

Incase I hadn't mentioned it, you make me smile, friend Carol!

[Caroline]

Sometimes I let the computer make those tic tic noises just as a reminder of the old clickety clack.

[Amy at love made my home]

Just like the noise of an old manual typewriter in my mind when I am typing on the computer! Hope that you find your adding machine! xx

[Joan]

My friend still uses her old clickity clacker. She would much rather use a manual typewriter than type on a computer. Egad!

Me, I love my Apple MacBookPro laptop, the smooth soft click of the keys as I type with it sitting on my lap.

Taxes...we use a service. Gone are the days of having to sort through all that stuff and get knots in the stomach from anxiety of possibly having to pay the IRS instead of getting a refund.

Pix of brudder is adorable.

[Maureen]

Both my dh and I are very good about keeping records and then a professional does the rest. We always have to pay but at least we get the 7cents interest on that saved money during the year! lol

I too prefer the quiet soft (and gentle) click of my Mac keyboard. Or the silence of the calculator app.

Quite a shirt on the male Moss. Hope he still has it!