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In reply to the discussion: I've been watching people typing here and there. [View all]Stellar
(5,644 posts)50. My typing skills have always been poor...very, very poor.
I remember trying to practice on my portable Royal typewriter at home. Still no good.
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Also, voice Rec is allowing people to do content without typing in some cases. nt
Blue_true
Feb 2017
#75
I see many posts, such as on Twitter, completely lacking punctuation. Those are challenging to read!
manicraven
Feb 2017
#17
Funny, because I think not punctuating is rude. It's like one has to do extra work in order to
manicraven
Feb 2017
#96
You beat me too it. I was going to make a similar argument about cursive writing.
Blue_true
Feb 2017
#79
Morse code will be useful again once aliens realize we are being led by Trump.
Blue_true
Feb 2017
#81
And then there were the old guards who would refuse to even compose an eamil in the office
question everything
Feb 2017
#12
It is still excellent. I play the piano so I suspect that helped with my speed
still_one
Feb 2017
#23
There aren't many professions where typing quickly AND accurately are critical.
Act_of_Reparation
Feb 2017
#98
Millenials know how to type? I thought it was all touch-screen mobile devices for the under-30 crowd
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2017
#25
Only a keyboard for me, can't stand tiny mobile keyboards. When I travel, I have a Google
RKP5637
Feb 2017
#31
this is interesting -- i had a converstaion about something similar with my students recently
fishwax
Feb 2017
#48
When I was 12 years old I acquired a second hand manual typewriter.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2017
#51
Hey MM, you can get a job with the Trump Davidians decoding all their messages
Elwood P Dowd
Feb 2017
#64
I took typing but never really learned it. I think we should have a few people trained in
rzemanfl
Feb 2017
#80
But only the really old among us still want to reach up with the left hand at the end of a line
Maeve
Feb 2017
#86
I think the most problematic issue here is omitting the simple step of reading what we write
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2017
#94
I learned to type (on manual typewriter) in the 8th grade and earned money in college
k8conant
Feb 2017
#100