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18. same here

Sat May 28, 2016, 03:20 PM

May 2016

It's magic. The fingers become an extension of the brain.

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Learning to type in 1954. [View all] trof May 2016 OP

Same here. femmocrat May 2016 #3

Ageed. Touch typing has always been useful. kairos12 May 2016 #9

I agree........... mrmpa May 2016 #10

same here grasswire May 2016 #18

I'm ancient enough that I took a touch typing course MH1 May 2016 #2

The F & J keys have the bumps WolverineDG May 2016 #19

Been there, done that. RebelOne May 2016 #4

yes, let's hear it for typing teachers!! nt grasswire May 2016 #17

I learned on one of those manuals onethatcares May 2016 #6

Yup, my dad got a desk job in the Marines in the 50s TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #14

I learned on a manual typewriter with no lowercase keys jmowreader May 2016 #7

Our typewriter keys had labels. hunter May 2016 #11

heh Skittles May 2016 #12

And the fun of carbon copies and making mistakes!!!!! lunatica May 2016 #13

I never lost the skill -- it has only dramatically improved! grasswire May 2016 #16

My sister (1963 H.S. grad) was so bad at Ineeda May 2016 #20

Miz t. used to temp at DEC in Merrimack, NH. trof May 2016 #22