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In reply to the discussion: Ok, age check, who remembers? [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)So I could type my own term papers, and made a little money typing other peoples' term papers.
A Standard has type bars instead of a ball like a Selectric.
I remember my roommates were horrified because bringing in an IBM typewriter meant I was serious about studying and I had absolutely no interest in sororities. This was at an expensive small private college.
I took one semester of typing in high school just to learn the keyboard. After that I used my mom's IBM Executive (variable spacing in 32nds of an inch) to type on, because I was too fast for a manual. I could jam a Selectric too--you go too fast and it prints a hyphen instead of a letter.
Piano lessons are VERY useful.
I was child labor at my house--after I learned to type at 17 I typed my dad's wills and assorted pleadings and legal documents. He was a lawyer and Mom was his first legal secretary. I was his second.