I learned to type on a typewriter. My teacher said that is what she grew up using and she had used a typewriter a good portion of her life and until they forced her she wasn't using a computer. So eventually they did force her, but a good many of her students learned to type using a typewriter.
Georgina I'm not a pessimist just an optimist for the worst----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:32 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: term papers typed on typewriters
Typing a erm paper--or trying to--on a typewrite is h e double toothpicks--or was in the days before there was white-out or electric typewriters or the tape you can tape over, mainly because the pages had to be perfect. If you made a mistake, you had to do the page over. If you were a perfect typist, which I was not, it probably wasn't bad, except of course it was a much slower process, so if you weren't organized and doing things on time....I well remember one January when I was a junior in college. We were on a semester system, and I had at least two research papers due. I had planned to do them over Christmas vacation, but you know how such plans can go awry. Fortunately, my roommate was a dear, and a much better typist than I, and I did have the papers written--I think. As I recall, she typed one while I either typed the other or finished writing it and then I typed it later. We're talking a little over 50 years ago, so I don't remember the exact details--just that I was panicked, we were both up all night--what else was new--and she was a dear friend to do that for me. I keep thinking there were 3 papers do, though not all on the exact day, and thankfully they got done. We got our first computer when my daughters were in junior high, and I was so happy for them. However, even a computer won't help if one is not smart enough to back up frequently and accidentally deletes the paper; you'd think that once that happened a person would learn, especially an extremely bright person, but no--i happened to one daughter at least twice, if not three times. Cindy --- Julia <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Ok, so I'm a computer brat, and sometimes I wonder what it's like to type a whole term paper on a typewriter. I remember when I discovered one in one of my classrooms, I thought it was so neat. I immediately began writing a story on it. Julia----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Hester" <kathyruth@xxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:26 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new site volunteer challenge > Well, I can't remember when you could get a postcard for a penny or a > stamp > for three, but I do remember typewriters, carbon paper, white out, those > erasers that didn't half do the job before that, and I do remember when > stamps went to a nickel. I was in the fifth grade, and a mighty noise > issued from our house on account of the increase. I was born in 1953, and > I > consider that I got the best of both worlds--the old and the new! > > Kathy >> "The LORD bless you and keep you; >> the LORD make His face shine upon you >> and be gracious to you; >> the LORD turn His face toward you >> and give you peace." >> Numbers 6:24-26 >> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:03 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new site volunteer challenge > > > Do you remember when you could buy three prestamped envelopes from the > post > office for a dime?> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Marshall"<marshall.geoma4@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:33 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new site volunteer challenge > > >> Bud: >> You are 11 years older than me but I can remember penny post cards and 3 >> cent stamps, and we are not old. >> George R. Marshall >> marshall.geoma4@xxxxxxxxx>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:32 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new site volunteer challenge >> >> >>> Most of you guys are still kids. I can remember way back when a penny >>> postcard cost a penny. I was born in 1923 but I still feel young. >>> >>> Bud >>> >>> At 04:14 PM 1/12/2009, you wrote: >>>>Oh, yes. Feel young, Ann. There are a number of us who >>>>remember the ditto machines, if you mean the >>>>mimeograph machines that left purple ink on one's >>>>fingers--and carbon paper and manual typewriters--and >>>>having to retype whole pages of papers if mistakes >>>>were made, like getting the carbon paper in backwards. >>>> >>>>Cindy (and pals George and Bob) >>>> >>>>--- My Nickels Worth <lavendar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Ann, >>>> > >>>> > You're not old! 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