[Jamestown1630]

I learned to type on IBM Selectrics, in school; but all I had at home was a little 1950s-era Remington manual.

I much preferred the way the little Remington worked; the electric typewriters were too slick and touchy.

Last year I purchased a mechanical computer keyboard to bring back some of that experience. The chunky mechanicals make fast typing a lot more accurate.

[SamAdams76]

I took two years of typing in high school. The first year, we were on the manual typewriters. The second year, we had the IBM Selectrics. I did like the electric typewriters a lot better.

Not many boys took typing in school. In the second year, I was the only boy left. Got ragged on a little for being in that class as it was clearly meant for girls who wanted to be secretaries but that's the one skill I learned in high school that I still use today.

[ridesthemiles]

I still have a portable Royal Manual I got in 1969 or so.

Typed many a W-2 & 1099 on that machine.