Yep, my mom had an old black manual typewriter that she used for whatever she was working on at the time; I learned to hunt and peck on it, and felt ever so grown up when typing my classwork on it :) I freuquently got the call to unstick the hammers because I had small fingers, too.
I (sortof) learned touch-type on an IBM Selectric in high school, tho... Mom never thought to actually teach me to type, figuring by the time I got to working age, it would be an outmoded form and not much in use in business. Since she can type 115 WPM, and the most I ever managed on a typewriter was 55, I kinda wish she'd had a different viewpoint, lol. Luckily my computer speed is waaaay higher than my typewriter speed.
But if I have to use a typewriter... I'd rather have an old manual one :)
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I (sortof) learned touch-type on an IBM Selectric in high school, tho... Mom never thought to actually teach me to type, figuring by the time I got to working age, it would be an outmoded form and not much in use in business. Since she can type 115 WPM, and the most I ever managed on a typewriter was 55, I kinda wish she'd had a different viewpoint, lol. Luckily my computer speed is waaaay higher than my typewriter speed.
But if I have to use a typewriter... I'd rather have an old manual one :)