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[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

You mean keyboarding skills. Give me an old fashioned, manual, typewriter, the kind that Miss Dench, my ninth grade typing teacher, taught us on, and I'll show you whose skills have eroded.

My typing teacher's name was Miss Wantz. As in, "I wantz to learn to type!" A looker as I recall.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by grunewar

My typing teacher's name was Miss Wantz. As in, "I wantz to learn to type!" A looker as I recall.

To this day people question me about why I pound with such force on my keyboard at work. Back in the day, it was the only way to get those gigantic manual Royal typewriters to work properly.

Miss Dench had us typing to music, vinyl records on a turntable, to maintain proper timing, and rhythm.

She was also a looker. Must be a prerequisite to become a typing teacher.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

She was also a looker. Must be a prerequisite to become a typing teacher.

Not everywhere. My typing teacher was about 70 years old, and I doubt she was much of a looker 40 years earlier. Typing II was my last final exam in high school. My hands were shaking in anticipation. I made a mistake typing my name on the cover sheet. I hit the typewriter with my fist, even though the typewriter was not at fault.