tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post834887696258292949..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Those were the days...Loucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-61491548566200571072011-06-09T13:41:08.526-04:002011-06-09T13:41:08.526-04:00Oh, I took shorthand and used it for most of my ca...Oh, I took shorthand and used it for most of my career. There actually is a knack to being able to dictate and the younger men couldn't do it lol. I too still use it - I use to make my christmas list up so the kids couldn't read what I was writing. Of course like a language, you have to keep using it. Although I remember quite a bit, the speed is definitely gone lol.catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89827706574515842612011-06-09T03:57:19.740-04:002011-06-09T03:57:19.740-04:00I learned to type on an old manual at school. I st...I learned to type on an old manual at school. I studied shorthand, typing & business principles. Does anyone even use shorthand any more? My Mother has an old manual that she still uses from time to time. I wonder were she gets the ink ribbon from.Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-365907034016705722011-06-09T00:20:56.616-04:002011-06-09T00:20:56.616-04:00Just wanted to say thanks everyone. It was fun sh...Just wanted to say thanks everyone. It was fun sharing those typewriter memories with you all. Those machines had their charm, but I'd never go back (grin). I imagine one day my kids will be waxing nostalgic on writing on laptops instead of the latest technological innovation.<br /><br />next up - manual calculators! (just kidding)<br /><br />Night everyone -Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-15060067819157460132011-06-09T00:17:36.856-04:002011-06-09T00:17:36.856-04:00Jeanne M -
LOL - I was one of the first women hir...Jeanne M -<br /><br />LOL - I was one of the first women hired by Touche Ross (Now known as Deloitte Touche) by in the late 70s and was definitely the first staff accountant to be pregnant. I think the partner was terrified that my water would break on his new carpet (grin). They had to figure out what they would do for maturnity benefits because of me. Times - they are a'changing.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89814166487257926002011-06-09T00:07:18.987-04:002011-06-09T00:07:18.987-04:00I think it is Leroy Anderson's "The Typew...I think it <b>is</b> Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter" which I remember parodied years later in an Animaniacs sketch.Shereehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205244523389110839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-22315264552112656072011-06-08T23:53:47.896-04:002011-06-08T23:53:47.896-04:00I typed many a report on a typewriter and in colle...I typed many a report on a typewriter and in college. In fact, I didn't get my first computer until 1995. And yes, that typewriter is in my basement. I just can't give it up! I think it's a Brother.LilMissMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847160970054624743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-13751000084478545642011-06-08T23:48:53.050-04:002011-06-08T23:48:53.050-04:00Oh, Donna, what a wonderful blog! I grew up with ...Oh, Donna, what a wonderful blog! I grew up with one of those in the house. Alas, I think it's been thrown away now, and sometimes I still miss it.<br /><br />Ours didn't work well though--it needed repair and a tuneup, and already, there wasn't anybody around that area who could do the work. <br /><br />I DID learn to type on a manual typewriter, and can remember Mrs. Webb, the typing teacher, standing with her staff at the front of the room and calling out, "J!, K!, L!, Semi! THROW!!!!" as we pounded along with her cadence.<br /><br />Wow, what a memory. She was a good teacher. <br /><br />That said, I am glad for word processing.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-50089073201994207932011-06-08T22:18:19.059-04:002011-06-08T22:18:19.059-04:00Jeanne~I've never seen Desk Set, but it's ...Jeanne~I've never seen Desk Set, but it's definitely on my to be watched list. Thanks!<br /><br />Donna~My little sister used to live in Lakewood, so there were a lot of trips to pick her up for the weekend. Safe travels on your way up.<br /><br />DiDi Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952698961588256891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-24234269605262342902011-06-08T21:22:26.721-04:002011-06-08T21:22:26.721-04:00Laney -
My first son was 9 lbs. 9 oz. 4 weeks ear...Laney - <br />My first son was 9 lbs. 9 oz. 4 weeks early! I got laid off from my secretarial job for the Vice President of a manufacturing company when I was 6 month pregnant in the early 1970's because it was "unseemly" to have a pregnant woman in the office. <br /><br />My revenge was my replacement latest 3 weeks and quit and they had to hire 3 secretaries to do my job! They still had manual typewriters (explanation was cost savings was of utmost importance) and I had to cover for 2 other secretaries who constantly called in sick! I worked their for 2 years and never took a sick day.<br /><br />Ah, revenge is sweet! What goes around comes around!Jeanne Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05111451097520221555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-51604304640260892922011-06-08T21:00:34.222-04:002011-06-08T21:00:34.222-04:00Louisa wrote: I like to think what I learned sitti...Louisa wrote: <i>I like to think what I learned sitting in my bedroom under the eaves in England helped me to keep some of those early secretarial jobs and will help me to get published one day!<br /><br /></i>What a beautiful image--and a lovely story.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-86233038024583048292011-06-08T20:42:41.909-04:002011-06-08T20:42:41.909-04:00He's yours again, Fedora! Have fun with him!
...He's yours again, Fedora! Have fun with him!<br /><br />When we were leaving to move to England I told my Nana I wanted to be a writer. She gave me her Smith-Corona manual typewriter and told me she knew I would be a great writer. Don't know about that, but she will never know what that old Smith-Corona and her faith in me meant and still means to me today. <br /><br />I used that old Smith-Corona throughout high school and college. I have worked in offices where I had to type and I like to think what I learned sitting in my bedroom under the eaves in England helped me to keep some of those early secretarial jobs and will help me to get published one day!Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-15566415579777972452011-06-08T20:22:57.877-04:002011-06-08T20:22:57.877-04:00Hey - Did anyone else take shorthand in high schoo...Hey - Did anyone else take shorthand in high school? I took something called notehand, which is basically the brief forms and some of the phonetic sounds. I use it now when I'm in an Accounting seminar and I'm working on a story, but I don't want the people next to me know what I'm writing.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-41242785857666057442011-06-08T20:20:36.933-04:002011-06-08T20:20:36.933-04:00catslady -
I know what you mean. When I graduate...catslady -<br /><br />I know what you mean. When I graduated, the girls were counseled to go into educational, secretarial work, or nursing. I think maybe social work was in there as well. Women weren't encouraged to become accountants, that's for sure. Now more women graduate with accounting degrees than men.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-79741845807004336022011-06-08T19:37:25.419-04:002011-06-08T19:37:25.419-04:00Trish, I think my jr. high typing class had manual...Trish, I think my jr. high typing class had manual typewriters, too. I was thrilled when I got an electric one for my birthday, before I went off to college.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-76678408065347050622011-06-08T19:36:37.714-04:002011-06-08T19:36:37.714-04:00Fedora, congrats on the bird!
Donna, what a trip ...Fedora, congrats on the bird!<br /><br />Donna, what a trip down nostalgia lane! Yes, we had a manual typewriter. Yes, I have an electric one in the closet.<br /><br />I have to say, my typewriter never lost a file or locked up on me. Writing is far easier on a computer, of course--except when it isn't!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-55163444480841896902011-06-08T17:58:29.104-04:002011-06-08T17:58:29.104-04:00Oh I remember it well. That means I'm old as d...Oh I remember it well. That means I'm old as dirt lol. I was a secretary (aka administrative asst.) for over 15 years. Not something I really wanted to do but was told that was what I was going to do, so I did! The one thing about technology, is that I don't think you can go back again. Each new advance is strange and takes a bit to get use to but there is no way I would want to go back to those old manuel typewriters lol.catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-57879952388117796962011-06-08T17:52:19.667-04:002011-06-08T17:52:19.667-04:00Oh, no, Jeanne, I was a sophisticated woman of the...Oh, no, Jeanne, I was a sophisticated woman of the world of seventeen when I finished DHAS! ;-)Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-79640354614279722802011-06-08T17:24:45.489-04:002011-06-08T17:24:45.489-04:00Good Grief Laney4 - You are a font of information!...Good Grief Laney4 - You are a font of information!<br /><br />Yup - that's the sentence and the music sounds right.<br /><br />I remember that Candid Camera episode. That flipping the carriage was an art, and that episode was soooo funny. Can't do that on a laptop.<br /><br />If I ever need a book typed, I'll know to find you. You were one dedicated typist!Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-19756401347707263692011-06-08T17:18:56.102-04:002011-06-08T17:18:56.102-04:00Beth -
I love your picture book suggestions. Did...Beth -<br /><br />I love your picture book suggestions. Did I tell you I bought the Bad David one for my 25 year old son? I think he could relate. The farm animals using a typewriter sounds great. i'm going to have to watch for that one.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-38669323514266467082011-06-08T17:17:12.135-04:002011-06-08T17:17:12.135-04:00Helen - You loved fixing mistakes?
Sorry to say b...Helen - You loved fixing mistakes?<br /><br />Sorry to say but you're a sick woman...seriously (grin).Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-85817873041773596122011-06-08T17:15:29.319-04:002011-06-08T17:15:29.319-04:00LOL on your first book, Anna. At least I waited t...LOL on your first book, Anna. At least I waited till I could type on a computer (one of those early apples) to attempt my first manuscript. It was a nonfiction piece on how to set up an accounting workpaper. Yes - I figured I was an expert. LOL. But then the very computer I was using, assisted in doing away with my ever-present green columnar pads. The nerve! And Excel came with its own manual. Bummer.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-11890377027241775562011-06-08T17:11:59.754-04:002011-06-08T17:11:59.754-04:00Okay here's a bit of nostalgia .... carbon pap...Okay here's a bit of nostalgia .... carbon paper.<br /><br />Do you remember it? It was the only way to make copies. And if you made a mistake, you had to correct it on all the copies!<br /><br />I'm not sure you can even buy the stuff anymore.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-83526483647100231482011-06-08T17:10:12.965-04:002011-06-08T17:10:12.965-04:00Anna C said: DHAS was actually a bodice ripper (an...Anna C said: <i>DHAS was actually a bodice ripper (and I use the word advisedly!) set in France in the 100 Years War.</i><br /><br />Snork! Seriously, you wrote an all out bodice ripper when you were sixteen? You go, girl!<br /><br />And yes, shadow seems to be the purview of the paranormal and Dark (along with dangerous and deadly) seems to be reserved for romantic suspense alone...heehee.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-70416259868804880262011-06-08T17:08:33.375-04:002011-06-08T17:08:33.375-04:00Jeanne M - Procter & Gamble knew how to treat ...Jeanne M - Procter & Gamble knew how to treat their employees. And in all the years since, and in all the companies I've worked for, I've never seen a more loyal workforce. I knew people that would buy the dented can of Crisco or dented box of Tide - just so a regular customer won't have to buy it. Very loyal.<br /><br />I worked on the shipping & receiving dock (another story) which was right next to the kitchens that made the pastries for the employee's pastry carts. Trucks would arrive an trays of fresh pastry would be wheeled on board. I assume they were used to sell pastries to the employees...but I discovered a couple of fresh pastries every morning on my desk - yum. If I hadn't married and moved away from Cincinnati - I'd probably weigh another 50 lbs!Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34993456371260014252011-06-08T17:05:39.342-04:002011-06-08T17:05:39.342-04:00Jeanne, it's funny how certain titles have bec...Jeanne, it's funny how certain titles have become the property of genres now, isn't it? It's like if you see 'shadow' you know it has to be a paranormal! DHAS was actually a bodice ripper (and I use the word advisedly!) set in France in the 100 Years War.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.com