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"The Person Who Doesn't Own One is the Curiosity"

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 15 Apr

According to a typewriter historian Mark Twain was the first author to publish a book written on a typewriter. It was the 1883 "Life on the Mississippi". He hand wrote it and then later typed on a Remington 2. Twain later...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 28 Oct 24

I learnt to type when I was doing my secretarial couirse. Much water has flown down the bridge since then and I am now a lady of leisure after having given up my job as a middle management executive with a multi national company...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 31 Oct 23

I was very good at typing with a pretty good speed. It was at a time when there were no computers. Compared to computers typing was more difficult as there were no ready made methods to correct errors. We had to use some white...

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Typing speed

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 23 Jun 23

There is a big difference typing on a typewriter and a computer/laptop/mobile keyboard. I find typing on a pc keyboard is easy and I do not need to use pressure on the keys . But I make more mistakes on the pc keyboard than...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 2 Mar 23

I started my career as a secretary and rose to middle management cadre before calling it a day. I had to get some experience in some small companies before working for a multi national where I worked for 22 years. In the good...

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A fun musical piece

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Jan 22

We’ve just finished watching a YouTube clip of a guy playing ‘The Typewriter’. This short composition was written by American composer Leroy Anderson. An actual typewriter is used in the performance and I thought maybe you hadn’t...

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Drawings and Portraits Using a Typewriter

B @pitsipeahie (5758) 23 Oct 20

What type of amazing portrait is this? I do not know if you have already seen someone create a portrait using a typewriter. But for me, it is my first time to see such an artist. I personally think it is...

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How Fast Can You Type?

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 24 Aug 19

Once i learned in about 3rd grade where to put my fingers on the computer keyboard, I taught myself the rest. Now I type pretty accurately at about 120 words per minute on a computer, or typewriter. Unfortunately I am not quite so...

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June 23 - What happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222223) • United States 23 Jun 19

Pink Flamingo Day (the lawn ornament) 1894 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is formed 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer". 1957 - Frances McDormand was...

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The Great Gadsby

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 21 Jun 19

The book entitled "The Great Gadsby" was written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright. It is about a fictional city called Branton Hills in which the new mayor, John Gadsby, revitalizes. This book is over 50,000 words long but doesn't...

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*Takatakatakatak!

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 10 Jun 17

My son bought a mechanical keyboard online. He expected the package to arrive yesterday but it was brought to our house last Wednesday and I was the one who received it. My son was so excited. He immediately opened his package,...

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Who Was Ottmar Mergenthaler?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 13 Jan 17

Today we take so much for granted when it comes to typing out an article on Microsoft Word, or some other feature on the computer and just printing it out. So convenient! It didn’t used to be that easy. Just to produce a...

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

chiwasaki @chiwasaki (4695) • Philippines 7 Nov 16

I just recently downloaded a keyboard app on my mobile as I am having a hard time with my current keyboard. I tried to test it using the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog sentence. I can still remember that my father asked...

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Keyboard Concept...

MIMO_Rulz_111 @MIMO_Rulz_111 (2074) • India 27 Sep 12

So the keyboard for the modern computers are inspired by the typewriters. I know that the concept was QWERTY keyboards remained intact with the computers as most people have become accustomed with typing in a typewriter. So my...

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Do You Type Fast?

carolbee @carolbee (16230) • United States 25 Sep 10

Are you a fast typer or do you use the hunt and peck method? After years of spending time on a typewriter and then a computer, I have learned to be able to never watch my fingers and just type away. Takes time to learn the...

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D E A T H of the - T Y P E W R I T E R.......!

busybee10 @busybee10 (3186) • India 1 Jul 10

[b] It all started in the 1930's when the first Remingtons arrived in India. It was a momentous era. Once a familiar sight in offices,along with files and steel almirahs. The advent of the typewriter meant social change. The...

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Keyboard Letters - Do you memorize these?

airasheila @airasheila (5454) • Philippines 27 May 10

During my college days, we are obliged to memorize the arrangement of the keys either in typewriter or computer keyboard. Our Professor will get annoyed if somebody in the class is not familiar to the keys and their...

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Do you still use manual typewriter?

atleya @atleya (946) • Indonesia 4 Feb 10

Hey friends, we all know everybody has used printer connected to the PC/Laptop now. I just want to share whether you still use manual typewriter at this moment. I myself, I still use manual typewriter to fill in form paperwork in...

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Typewriters --- have you discarded them or do you still use them nowadays?

moneymakingtoday @moneymakingtoday (4061) • Philippines 16 Dec 09

With the advent of computers and with the ease in their use, I wonder if there are people who still find the need to use typewriters. Have you discarded your typewriters and render them "inutile"? Or, do you still keep them and...

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Does anyone use typewriters anymore?

Phyrre @phyrre (2317) • United States 8 Aug 09

I was really wondering this lately because my husband thought I was nearly crazy when I told him I wanted a new typewriter. He didn't know why I would want one when I have a computer. But when I write, I like to do it somewhere...

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