Re: Insert 4, select a symbol to print

  • From: "Angel" <angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:40:57 -0500

While we are going down memory lane I had a typewriter without a 1.  We had
to use the l as a substitute.  I think for an exclamation mark we used the .
and struck over and typed the apostrophe.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:35 AM
Subject: RE: Insert 4, select a symbol to print


> The cent sign hasn't been on typewriters as long as I was using them. And
> as a proofreader, I'm only telling you waht is most common in print. In
> print, one very, very rarely comes across the cent sign. That's just the
> way it is. <GRIN>
>
> Bruce
>
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> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Cy wrote:
>
> > Now, bruce, back to you and the cent sign.
> > Since I started to reply I have had the police at my house twice, found
> > some moron walking down the street behind our house while yelling,
> > whisteling and break dancing, put the wash into the dryer and caught a
> > quick snack.
> > Anyway, if you are talking about something costing 25 cents or some
> > figure less than a dollar (if those things still exist) I would rather
> > use the cent sign rather than, for instance $.25 as the decimal could
> > easily be missed.
> > I still want the cent sign back on the keyboard!!!! I'll make you
> > another wager, how many folks remember when the 1/2 and 1/4 were
> > actually symbols on the typewriter?
> > Cy, the Ancient Okie...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Bruce Toews
> > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:35 PM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Insert 4, select a symbol to print
> >
> >
> > The cent sign is very rarely used in print. People are more likely to
> > write $0.38 as opposed to 38 and the cent sign.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
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