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Typing was the only class in high school that I didn't have to take the final exam for - no matter how badly I would have done, I still would have received an A. Probably the wisest decision I ever made, as far as choosing an elective course.
My HS graduation gift from my parents was a typewriter - a great gift, considering how many college term papers were awaiting me.
I, too, learned on a manual typewriter, and old habits die hard. I once had a boss joke that she was going to buy me a set of oven mitts so she could hear phone conversations in her office while I was working on my computer in the other room. I must admit that compared to younger workers, I do bang the keys a bit.
I'm all for nostalgia, but I don't miss erasing type or using white-out even a little bit. I miss my slide rule more than my typewriter.
It finally got left behind during a move ten years ago. I never even considered trying to sell it at the garage sale - it went straight into the trash, along with my 386 computer and dot-matrix printer.
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