Photography

Day 193 – When typing took effort and concentration…

by The Philosophical Fish

July 11, 2016 – Remember when text was something on a page?

When it was an object, not an action, it was a noun, not a verb?

Remember when typing required you to take a class because format was important?

Remember when typing was an important skill?

Remember when typing took effort, because those damned keys were hard to bang down well?

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cindypalas July 12, 2016 - 4:23 am

Nice! It takes a lot of us back…memories!

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Pat's_photos July 12, 2016 - 8:49 am

Wonderful – so many memories! My mum could touch type – fast! – almost to the end of her life. In addition to your list, I remember her explaining how to calculate the number of spaces needed to centre a title on a page.
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sure2talk July 12, 2016 - 10:50 am

I learned to type on one of those when I was quite young, it was my dad’s. When I went to work and had an electric one it seemed so easy.
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Sue90ca 108 Degrees For Wednesday "Oh Joy" July 12, 2016 - 2:42 pm

oh yes, I also learned on one of these. I am very fast and efficient typist because of these types of typewriters. Do you remember when they came all "modern" with a whiteout ribbon included lol
Sue

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opal c July 12, 2016 - 3:02 pm

I so remember the typewriter years. I vaguely remember changing the ribbon? and later that sweet little electric model with the ball that bounced up and hit the paper with the right letter? Awesome. But because of those years, I’m a very fast keyboard typist!

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Free 2 Be July 13, 2016 - 5:28 am

Thank you everyone 🙂

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/33929747@N07] Either I never learned to calculate the spaces….or I’ve deleted that memory from my personal hard-drive 😉

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/finlap] I remember when my Mom got an electric typewriter, I loved how easy the keys were to press, it was so very cool!

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/sue90ca] I LOVED that white ribbon!!!! 🙂

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/8187412@N05] Changing the ribbon, yes, I remember cursing that thing….. 😉

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christinekozakphotography July 13, 2016 - 11:54 pm

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Missy2004 July 14, 2016 - 4:55 pm

I remember them well

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mik-shep November 13, 2016 - 11:57 pm

No instant spell checker there!!!
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