tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post6920686244762057013..comments2023-10-11T09:05:49.413+01:00Comments on BRIAN Ο ΒΡΕΤΑΝΟΣ: The March of ProgressBrian o vretanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-19376408033537546462008-08-20T19:04:00.000+01:002008-08-20T19:04:00.000+01:00Sully:The mouse certainly isn't the most wonderful...Sully:<BR/><BR/>The mouse certainly isn't the most wonderful invention.Brian o vretanoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-86069634464500696712008-08-20T15:43:00.000+01:002008-08-20T15:43:00.000+01:00Not to brag (but I'm gonna), other than browsing t...Not to brag (but I'm gonna), other than browsing the net, I do not need a mouse to operate a computer and I rarely use it. The tabbing in internet browsers is way too annoying to screw around with so I'm forced to use a mouse for clicking links and buttons.<BR/><BR/>My handwriting is horrible also and I find myself getting frustrated when I'm forced to hand write for exended periods of time.<BR/><BR/>Ah the future...Sully Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466047551959793700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-70047438443815167752008-08-19T09:01:00.000+01:002008-08-19T09:01:00.000+01:00Dan:I think that's the general consensus.Jean Knee...Dan:<BR/><BR/>I think that's the general consensus.<BR/><BR/>Jean Knee:<BR/><BR/>Things are becoming antiques frighteningly fast. It's even worse with computers - I've seen some in museums that I used to use.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere Helena and I went a while back had a demo with a telephone that had a dial instead of buttons, and none of the children knew how to dial a number on it. That made me feel old...Brian o vretanoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-73840608170256789392008-08-19T02:19:00.000+01:002008-08-19T02:19:00.000+01:00Just last week we were at the museum and with the ...Just last week we were at the museum and with the antique typewriters they had an IBM selectric which is what I learned to type on. ANTIQUES. am I dating myself here--it was the newest typewriter in the class at the time.Jean Kneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044899838339645790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-89561495265695232292008-08-19T00:15:00.000+01:002008-08-19T00:15:00.000+01:00I don't think you need a class for typing. I never...I don't think you need a class for typing. I never took a class and type super fast. Although I do use my right index finger for exclamation points.<BR/>I do have to look at the keyboard.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054404939935028731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-81366708684550008642008-08-18T22:33:00.000+01:002008-08-18T22:33:00.000+01:00Catscratch:Maybe my colleague is right, and they d...Catscratch:<BR/><BR/>Maybe my colleague is right, and they don't need to bother doing it at school.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps they could teach morse code, though...Brian o vretanoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-79826648215899405322008-08-18T21:49:00.000+01:002008-08-18T21:49:00.000+01:00I took that class in school. The teacher covered ...I took that class in school. The teacher covered our hands with paper so we couldn't cheat.<BR/><BR/>My kids type super fast and that's without classes. Figure, how much time do they spend on the computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-15902043950852286992008-08-18T21:20:00.000+01:002008-08-18T21:20:00.000+01:00Jean Knee:There's a similar story about a 93-year-...Jean Knee:<BR/><BR/>There's a similar story about a 93-year-old beating a 13-year-old. The morse guy sent the message in full, and still got it there faster than the texter who abbreviated all the words into textese...Brian o vretanoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-66128606919335268692008-08-18T16:28:00.000+01:002008-08-18T16:28:00.000+01:00I was on the edge of my seat wondering if Morse co...I was on the edge of my seat wondering if Morse code would win, and it did--yes!Jean Kneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044899838339645790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-73673258455506215772008-08-18T10:21:00.000+01:002008-08-18T10:21:00.000+01:00FADKOG:I forgot about journalists and writers as a...FADKOG:<BR/><BR/>I forgot about journalists and writers as another set of people who always typed... <BR/><BR/>These days, if I write more than a sentence my hand starts to hurt.<BR/><BR/>Bee:<BR/><BR/>And you got away with it too, I bet...<BR/><BR/>Kat:<BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought of the noise. People probably went deaf because of it.Brian o vretanoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982178574498189251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-67095790473876527072008-08-18T07:58:00.000+01:002008-08-18T07:58:00.000+01:00Never took a typing class in school. I don't even ...Never took a typing class in school. I don't even think they offered one either. Now I can type using all ten fingers without looking mainly due to sitting in front of a computer all day long.<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine the noise in these offices with hundreds of people typing away on old typewriters? That must have been awful. Also, thanks for the shout out :) Have a great week.kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924699142778576556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-38257117615022108632008-08-18T03:32:00.000+01:002008-08-18T03:32:00.000+01:00I took typing in school too but I mostly joked aro...I took typing in school too but I mostly joked around in that class. The teacher was a young dude so let us get away with not practicing and gave us A's. <BR/><BR/>The following is a true story.<BR/>When I was looking for an office job after the chicken place, I took a piece of paper wrote the order of the keys on it and then memorized it. I did the same thing when I was working at Brown's.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525264720105877075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155163465692365863.post-1585459760802119872008-08-18T03:25:00.000+01:002008-08-18T03:25:00.000+01:00I took a typing class in high school. Just one. I ...I took a typing class in high school. Just one. I recall doing rather poorly at it. I could never get used to the idea that the typewriter couldn't keep up with my typing speed. That didn't stop me from getting a typewriter as one of my 'big' presents when I graduated high school and embarked on college to be a journalist. The typewriter was proven quickly useless when we became the first college in the nation to be equipped with computers. Now I can barely write with a pencil or pen, and I virtually never use a mouse. <BR/><BR/>I've typed this entire comment while watching the Olympics on television, so there's a chance that the paragraphs above this are riddled with errors, but I hope not!for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.com