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I learned how to type on a manual typewriter. One had to learn how to depress the keys with some force so that the punch was even for each letter, this was even more important if you had to use carbon for copies. I loved the ding and a known set of characters before the reach for the carriage return lever and SLAM! you pushed the carriage back to the other side.
Crooked pages? That's why you had extensive line guides and a way to open the pinch roller enough to slide the paper to even it out.
I still know 66 lines to a page from top to bottom.
My first electric typewriter I typed even faster than I could on the manual. I almost tripled my speed if not doubled it for long papers. Sprint typing, it was just about triple to 90+ wpm.
I miss typing in that fashion . I made a good amount of cash typing people's papers and reports. When I got a word processor, I was able to do a couple of things, which was do multiple papers at the same time with little organizational skills but keeping them on separate disks.
We have manual typewriters at the office, IBM Selectrics. I hear them from time to time.
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