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Hitting the Keys

To type on a keyboard today Is a little like doing ballet For each touch makes no sound Even if fingers pound So in silence is how you will stay. But when hitting a typewriter’s keys You can clack with considerable ease. Every word makes a snap Like when dancing some tap So you make as much noise as you please.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/3/2020 5:10:00 AM

I love the clickety clack of a real typewriter but pushing the keys was incredibly much more difficult to do as you had to really hit them hard. Remember how we had to practice light touch on the word processor or we would get 11 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTs?

Janice Canerdy

Date: 10/20/2020 2:22:00 PM

It took me quite a while to get used to noiseless typing. I learned to type on a manual. Good limericks, Ilene. Janice

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/20/2020 1:15:00 PM

This is another example of your mastery of history and the language. Well done, Ilene! Aloha! Rico

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/19/2020 7:21:00 PM

Using a typewriter with its sound but it was hard to erase errors. Love the poem!

Angela Crabtree

Date: 10/19/2020 4:42:00 PM

This is great, ilene! Brought back many memories. Technology sure has changed a lot. :) ~Angie

John Watt

Date: 10/19/2020 3:25:00 PM

I grew up with a Remington manual typewriter and developed some pretty strong fingers! You're right about the sound... I remember when an office would have 10 or 20 of those going all at once. I loved the sound of the bell when you hit a carriage return! Another great write...

Jan Allison

Date: 10/19/2020 1:37:00 PM

Your poem brought back some happy memories as I learned to type on my mum's old imperial typewriter:-) hugs Jan xx