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Re: My mother was a medical secretary/telephone operator, and I thought

she was the cleverest person in the world, the way she could type so fast/poke that switchboard. She never got beyond eighth grade but had a sixth sense for spelling the most difficult medical terms. I laughed to read your clay-pigeon idea - the force and energy were there! - Bob

posted by 2902 on April 17, 2011 at 2:01 AM | link to this | reply

Before manual t/w came along, people would have thought you were talking about `horse and cart!` At least

you had foresight, if not a steady hand Bob. I used a `Little Brother` for years. They`d make great clay pigeon

launchers.

posted by CUPLETS on April 16, 2011 at 6:43 PM | link to this | reply

Trust me. folks, this is not deep! Didn't ANYONE here start with

a manual typewriter?

posted by 2902 on April 14, 2011 at 6:20 PM | link to this | reply

Jeez! Did everybody here START with a computer, and not with a

manual typewriter that needed to be shifted by a secretary who might at the same time be drinking a cup of coffee???

posted by 2902 on April 14, 2011 at 5:40 PM | link to this | reply

Re: I am not sure...do you have peripheral vision problems.

No, I used a manual typewriter then, not a computer keyboard!

posted by 2902 on April 14, 2011 at 5:36 PM | link to this | reply

Re: duffer - No you're not - remember the old manual typewriters

(i.e. Underwoods) and how hitting the return arm would throw (" sling") the carriage/platen thing to the

right? I do. I used to be a secretary, and later a teacher.

posted by 2902 on April 14, 2011 at 5:35 PM | link to this | reply

I am not sure...do you have peripheral vision problems.

posted by Kabu on April 14, 2011 at 12:35 PM | link to this | reply

I see a wheelchair and a work bench and time enough to finish your coffee I think in this nicely wrapped piece of yours?