"Shorthand 180 words a minute.
Shorthand is sooooo cool"
Yes, it really bloody is!
I saw a minute-taker writing in short hand just the other week! So, still in use.
I remember loads of teletext page numbers. |
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"What outdated skills do you have? I'm a trained touch typist up to RSA 3 with distinction. Fat lot of good that is these days."
Me too. On a typewriter. 100 wpm shorthand too. Never used it. Lol. 3 words a min on a smartphone using one fat thumb!
God, I sound so old! I'm not even 40!!!
It was something to do before marriage, kids and a degree. In that order! Lol |
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rsa typing too,speedwriting,(dont think anyone used that,ever, anywhere!)
monarch telephone switchboard...and latin...and i wonder why i have such a shit job! |
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I would consider good typing skills to be a major asset in this the keyboard age?
I know that the hours I spent with Accutype learning to type have been very useful to say the least. Accutype was small enough to keep on a floppy!
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"Shorthand 180 words a minute.
Shorthand is sooooo cool
Yes, it really bloody is!
I saw a minute-taker writing in short hand just the other week! So, still in use.
I remember loads of teletext page numbers."
Used to minute meetings that went on for three days, and they had to be verbatim. My attention span couldn't cope...oooh, shiney things...were was I?  |
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"What outdated skills do you have? I'm a trained touch typist up to RSA 3 with distinction. Fat lot of good that is these days."
I am a professional typist, too. Of course it helps. Oh, shorthand! Russian shorthand at that. |
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"I can send a cheque and a fax
I could do programming in pascal proper old school programming language "
As a young teenager, I programmed in machine code on the PET. God, I wouldn't know where to start now. Peek? Poke? |
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"Shorthand 180 words a minute."
yes I have that also, but the shorthand I learnt I think it was pitmand not sure but they then changed it to pitman 2000 anyway it was a new type being taught so even if they did still use shorthand anyone who had learnt a couple of years after wouldn't have u derstood mine anyway
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"What outdated skills do you have? I'm a trained touch typist up to RSA 3 with distinction. Fat lot of good that is these days."
How can keyboard skills be out of date in the computer age?
I have RSA quals and that's why people say ......... fuckity fuck when they see the speed I type without looking. |
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"I can send a cheque and a fax
I could do programming in pascal proper old school programming language
As a young teenager, I programmed in machine code on the PET. God, I wouldn't know where to start now. Peek? Poke?"
Lol I can't get objective c to work I just don't get it
Vba, vb6, pascal and c++, php no problem even spectrum basic
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"What outdated skills do you have? I'm a trained touch typist up to RSA 3 with distinction. Fat lot of good that is these days.
How can keyboard skills be out of date in the computer age?
I have RSA quals and that's why people say ......... fuckity fuck when they see the speed I type without looking. "
when I see a 15 year old that can type with two fingers as quick as me then I would say its outdated. It did used to!fascinate my friends daughters when they came round and I was on the big computer looking at them as I typed. But most people I see tapping away don't look at the keyboard anyway
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"Shorthand 180 words a minute.yes I have that also, but the shorthand I learnt I think it was pitmand not sure but they then changed it to pitman 2000 anyway it was a new type being taught so even if they did still use shorthand anyone who had learnt a couple of years after wouldn't have u derstood mine anyway
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I learnt Pitmans 2000. I think it's hard to read other people's shorthand. Sometimes I struggled with my own. I remember one financial director pronouncing finance as fenance and as you know the position of the constants are defined by the first vowel sound.
I would write it in third position instead of first. Not too bad with one word but she did that all the time with certain words. |
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I also have Rsa 3 typing at distinction and have Rsa 140wpm shorthand. I can still remember the shorthand but wouldn't like to rely on 100% accuracy when reading it back. |
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"I also have Rsa 3 typing at distinction and have Rsa 140wpm shorthand. I can still remember the shorthand but wouldn't like to rely on 100% accuracy when reading it back. "
30 years since I used mine I would have a clue.
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"I can send a cheque and a fax
I could do programming in pascal proper old school programming language
As a young teenager, I programmed in machine code on the PET. God, I wouldn't know where to start now. Peek? Poke?
Lol I can't get objective c to work I just don't get it
Vba, vb6, pascal and c++, php no problem even spectrum basic
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Java, c#, shell script, python, blah blah. I can program in them too. I can even teach em! Lol. I can code web pages with a database backend using SQL and ASP. All useless to me now and out of date. |
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I can still 'sweat' lead pipe to copper - not a thing I get asked to do very often now because there are all kinds of lead to copper fittings available - but I can still do it the old fashioned way if I felt the urge  |
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