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Originally Posted by KindleDude
Me too! And I had an old (it was old even then) Royal back in the day--it must have weighed 30 pounds!
I could only do 40-50 WPM, though, about the same as now on a computer.
Edit: I found a picture of my old typewriter!!!
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Wonderful picture - thanks for posting it ....
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Originally Posted by Curly
Great photo. It was incredibly frustrating when the red and black ink ribbons got tangled up -- or was that just me?
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No, they were especially designed that way!
Good job someone designed tipex .....
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
This is the one I have (in the attic) and apparently its worth $500???!!! They'd have to give me a million to part with it. It's a Remington Deluxe Model 5. My uncle gave it to me as a gift when I was really young and first showed an interest in writing. And just to clarify, I'm 34 years old, not 80 or anything. We learned on manual electric typewriters, the Remington was more fun though, and made me feel more like a Private Eye!
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Another marvel - must admit the only typewriter we had at home was an electronic one, but there were plenty of these mechanicals at work.
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Originally Posted by kacir
I can touch type, but only when I am answering on the forum and I am so absorbed in a text I want to type that I forget that I am actually touch typing. Then I realize that I have been touch typing for the last few minutes and I have to look at the keyboard again ;-)
Let me try again.
I can touch type, but mostly only when I am not aware that I am actually touch typing.
I know. Doesn't make sense ...
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Similar to me.
I think it is an effect from not being taught to type;
we went direct from pen/paper to having to learn because of the job (sit down and get on with it!) by oneself, and then the continual practice builds up a gradual expertise; but I still have to look at the keyboard every now and then - and I wouldn't even know what the arrangement of the keys were if I was given a test. The only line I know is QWERTY - everything else is a guess !...
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Originally Posted by pshrynk
And where's the option for Italy?
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You need to see a doctor if you can't see that option in my carefully crafted list .... it's the one next to PORTUGAL.