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Ditto and I'd love to have one again. My little Smith Corona finally bit the dust. Big advantage of manual: You could roll the carriage back up to a sentence that had an error and set it exactly right to line up with the sentence and make a correction. Hard to do with an electric.
Ditto and I'd love to have one again. My little Smith Corona finally bit the dust. Big advantage of manual: You could roll the carriage back up to a sentence that had an error and set it exactly right to line up with the sentence and make a correction. Hard to do with an electric.
I remember that. I didn't until you reminded me! I certainly don't miss carbon paper. I passed the typing test on an electric. Thirty-five words or more per minute blindfolded. Three or fewer errors.
I still strike my keyboard letters very hard. My son asked if I was trying to beat it to death.
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I remember that. I didn't until you reminded me! I certainly don't miss carbon paper. I passed the typing test on an electric. Thirty-five words or more per minute blindfolded. Three or fewer errors.
I still strike my keyboard letters very hard. My son asked if I was trying to beat it to death.
I do also. And I still hit the first key on the top row for a 2, not a 1. The 1 was a lower case l. You can't type as fast on an electric. Probably even moreso on an electronic typewriter. I have never tried one of those. No, I don't miss the carbon paper. I did until I got a printer.
I do also. And I still hit the first key on the top row for a 2, not a 1. The 1 was a lower case l. You can't type as fast on an electric. Probably even moreso on an electronic typewriter. I have never tried one of those. No, I don't miss the carbon paper. I did until I got a printer.
You're causing calcified chunks to break off of my brain while I remember these things. I should probably have a headache. I found that I typed faster on an electric, but had more errors.
You're causing calcified chunks to break off of my brain while I remember these things. I should probably have a headache. I found that I typed faster on an electric, but had more errors.
Maybe because you went faster? Champions (rare) on manual typed over 100. I never did that. However, after years of typing at home, I did get into the 90s. Electric? I never reached the point of even counting. I don't know. Maybe I am resistant to power machines? With the computer - I'll bet you did this also - I typed so fast that it took the machine time to catch up with me. I finally slowed down for the poor beast.
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I found that I typed faster on an electric, but had more errors.