Ghost of a flea

Going all gaga over retro, eh? Well, eight hundred bucks is a good starting value.

If you embrace diversity and celebrate other, non-Christian cultures (like, say, the Saxons in 800 A.D), you could just keep a thrall to take your dictated wisdom and have them bash it into a cramped lap top keyboard. Your only expense is food.

Perhaps you could keep a few in the basement. Most third world cultures celebrate this tradition; you are being a racist for not doing it too.

So, save your money on the old typewriter; get a slave to take dictation. Feed them turnips and basmati rice.

Yes to retro but double plus yes to noir style in this case. But your thrall idea has merit. I could have one deliver a reflective and confessional, first-person voice-over for me as I look thoughtfully about my person.

Part of the fun of having a thrall is choosing the livery you dress them in. Something to reflect your own grandeur and tastes.