tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post2762207127592935199..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Training Wheels Come OffJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-31252330121309203322010-03-04T02:50:52.799-05:002010-03-04T02:50:52.799-05:00I confess that I look at the numbers when at the c...I confess that I look at the numbers when at the computer keyboard, though--and at the various punctuation marks above them.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-58763600040877009532010-03-03T14:06:30.041-05:002010-03-03T14:06:30.041-05:00Thanks for all the typing stories. It makes me fee...Thanks for all the typing stories. It makes me feel so much better to know that I'm not the only one who looks at the numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-47785249548954377892010-03-03T11:13:15.077-05:002010-03-03T11:13:15.077-05:00In 1969 I bought myself a wonderful portable smith...In 1969 I bought myself a wonderful portable smith corona and loved every little keystroke of it. In the mid 1970s, my then-husband bought me an electric version of the same, and I loved it even more. I put the manual aside for my daughter (then newborn) knowing that she'd appreciate having her own typewriter by the time she was 11 or 12.<br /><br />The pair of them are STILL in my basementSusan Dhttp://www.bloodywords2010.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-79865713261707520392010-03-02T20:11:46.133-05:002010-03-02T20:11:46.133-05:00The summer when I was 15, my father sent me to typ...The summer when I was 15, my father sent me to typing school. So for a month, I took two buses and a train to business school and learned to type.<br /><br />Although I didn't like it then, I later appreciated acquiring the skill and did earn a living typing for awhile.<br /><br />However, although I learned to type numbers somewhat well, I still have to look at the numbers keys if I want kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-81580315035545717302010-03-02T15:46:25.458-05:002010-03-02T15:46:25.458-05:00I kept old typewriters for a long time too: my mot...I kept old typewriters for a long time too: my mother's battered classic Royal, the six-pound Olivetti Lettera I took to Africa (Peace Corps, Sixties), the first couple of electric typewriters. We finally ran out of space, and I reluctantly let them go.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-67674988441846541482010-03-02T15:44:09.258-05:002010-03-02T15:44:09.258-05:00I learned in seventh grade. Some of my classmates ...I learned in seventh grade. Some of my classmates from more than half a century ago remember the teacher's name. (They've told me, but I've forgotten again.) I remember the rhythmic chant, "F R F space, eyes on-the chart space," and the fear I shared with other girls that if we learned to type, we were dooming ourselves to lifelong careers as secretaries.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46769545431617207552010-03-02T15:12:48.049-05:002010-03-02T15:12:48.049-05:00Learning to type used to be a major accomplishment...Learning to type used to be a major accomplishment that often didn't happen until high school. Now three-year-olds are sitting at computers, typing away. We still have a couple of typewriters, an electric and an electronic, which was a big deal 30 years ago (it has a memory--something like 200 words). Like Sheila, I'm unsure whether I could even get ribbons for them now. <br /><br />The Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-52210181583295740772010-03-02T13:10:48.819-05:002010-03-02T13:10:48.819-05:00I always looked at the numbers when I tried to typ...I always looked at the numbers when I tried to type them (still do). I took a short 6-week class in 8th grade, and Typing I and Typing II in high school. We had the IBM Selectric machines; wonderful pieces of equipment. But I do not miss carbon copy paper for typing multiple copies. That stuff was awful! And forget trying to do corrections; even with the correction key and tape in the newer signlady217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40471360898933768142010-03-02T12:39:21.621-05:002010-03-02T12:39:21.621-05:00And the Russian comment has been deleted.
It'...And the Russian comment has been deleted.<br /><br />It's going to be a sad day in a few years, where no one has old typewriter stories any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-88487593300224730792010-03-02T11:36:05.840-05:002010-03-02T11:36:05.840-05:00Couldn't resist taking it to Babel.
It'...Couldn't resist taking it to Babel. <br /><br />It's Russian Spam, involving such enticing thoughts as "Dip into the exotic peace, where your electronic money become reality!"Susan Dhttp://www.bloodywords2010.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46023264845664093872010-03-02T11:32:41.621-05:002010-03-02T11:32:41.621-05:00Yeah, you couldn't look at the keys, because t...Yeah, you couldn't look at the keys, because the only reason for us girls to learn to type was to copy SOMEONE ELSE'S words. God forbid we should actually send the message directly from brain to fingertips.<br /><br />(Hmm, I wonder what Anonymous is saying. Is it Russian Spam, or are they excited at the question about the Kitchen debate? Maybe it was their kitchen.)Susan Dhttp://www.bloodywords2010.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-69892715386749470932010-03-02T08:52:03.614-05:002010-03-02T08:52:03.614-05:00I learned to type one hot summer in New Jersey, wh...I learned to type one hot summer in New Jersey, when I had nothing else to do but go to summer school and pound on an antique manual typewriter. Not fun, but it worked. (My best typing speed, back when I was doing temp work, was 114wpm.)<br /><br />I still have both my mother's and my father's Smith Corona electric typewriters, although I don't know if it's possible to get Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com