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RE: The value of analogue - New Sports cars vs. old - very long

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Subject: RE: The value of analogue - New Sports cars vs. old - very long
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:34:45 -0700
> Well....I dunno. Either is still more, uh, "practical" than rolling some
> bond paper and carbon paper sheets into the platen of an old
> Underwood or  Royal
> manual typewriter, which to me is more nearly the equivalent of that "100
> year old car" of which you speak. Lots of effort and care involved in that
> typing...as with driving that old a car. ;-)

Yeah, but a skilled typist can still rattle out 60 wpm or more on a manual
typewriter.  I sure wouldn't want to try to do 60 in a 1905 Sears !

Randall




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