“Why don’t you trade that in for a computer?”
“I don’t trust computers. I’ve heard horror stories of people losing their work because of some glitch. No, I’m sticking to this handy typewriter. It has been good to me for all these years. I’m not going to trade it in for a computer.”
“It looks so archaic and tedious. A computer’s better.”
“What if computers didn’t exist?”
“Fortunately, they do. And they’re more reliable.”
“How so?”
“Well, you can archive your work online in case something happens.”
“Nothing will happen.”
Days later, a fire broke out and he lost everything.
100 Words
This post is for the Friday’s Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. You can find this week’s prompt here . To read other stories or to participate, click here.
Notes to Women 
Dear Adele,
There are pros and cons to everything, aren’t there? Nicely done and nice to see you back in the FFFold.
Shalom and good health,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Yes, there are and thank you. It’s good to be back 🙂
Shalom and good health to you too.
Adele
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Now that was a hot story, so to speak. Got a little fired up there
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Randy
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Haha. Am happy that you liked it.
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That data in the clouds can come back to haunt a person someday also. And what if the electricity goes? It surely doesn’t hurt to have a manual. Hoping it didn’t get melted in the fire!
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I have never used the cloud. Not everyone is comfortable around computers and laptops and new technology. And you’re right, what if the electricity goes off. I think the MC is right about having a manual but unfortunately, for him it probably got destroyed in the fire.
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The loss of one’s archive is too awful to contemplate.
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You’re right. Sometimes, these things happen no matter what you do. And it’s a terrible thing for one’s work to go up in smoke like that.
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That’s heartbreaking. I’ve lost everything on my computer once. Now, I use multiple drives and a pair of online options. It will take a major catastrophe for me to lose everything again. If that catastrophe happens, my writing will be the least of my problems.
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It is. This is fiction but who knows how many people have experience such a loss. It sounds like you are doing everything possible to keep from losing your work. Good for you.
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