Years ago, I asked for a typewriter for Christmas. (Yeah, YEARS ago...) It was a specific kind of typewriter that I'd used at an office I'd been volunteering at that had memory that you could edit for a certain number of lines. My family wanted to buy me a relatively expensive gift and asked me what I wanted. So that's what I asked for.
As it turns out, this was discussed amongst family members and the conclusion was drawn that in fact I didn't want a typewriter with memory, I wanted a computer, which was TOO expensive for a Christmas gift....
.......so they bought me a small television....
When I opened it on Christmas day, I was....very disappointed....because I didn't want a television...
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