[bksvol-discuss] OT: Old-time typing papers
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:18:13 -0800 (PST)
Oh, my. What happened? Did the teacher or professor
laugh?
I gather that in those days you had to type on a
regular typewriter and there was no Braille typewriter
or you didn't have someone to type for you?
G.Cindy
--- Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Exactly. I once turned in a four page essay that was
> illegible because there
> was no ribbon in my typewriter.
>
> Yuck. The pages felt fine (with all the dots
> (periods) in the right places.
> Just no ink.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:43 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay
> home and validate books
>
>
> >
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > I remember it, and also remember how much more
> difficult it was to correct
> > errors on a manual typewriter. If you really
> goofed, you had to start
> > over.
> > <smiling>
> >
> > Sue S.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:11 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay
> home and validate books
> >
> >
> > If anyone besides me can remember this, you'll
> identify with it.
> >
> > There's nothing more painful than typing on a
> clunky manual typewriter on
> > a
> > cold winter's day.
> >
> > Bob
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:29 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay
> home and validate books
> >
> >
> >>I do the same and have decided that computer
> keyboards are simply not like
> >>electric typewriters in that they have a tendency
> to sneak in extra
> >>letters
> >>that our finger grazes over without realizing it.
> Jill
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:41 AM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to
> stay home and validate
> >> books
> >>
> >>
> >>>I spell fine. I type fast. So I make typos unless
> I check things over.
> >>>
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