Tuesday, June 05, 2012

The dark ages.....

Just in case you wanted to know what I used here is the breakdown:
I had a faux piece of paper that had this typewriter on it
I then had some scrapbook scraps (the circles)
the cardboard, I had on my worktable I had paint splatters on it
and the hi sign came from a pair of Hurley jeans my daughter had
and I cut it down to fit
then I aged the paper with some Tim Holtz distress ink

Do you know I learned how to type in high school.  When I was in high school back in the dark ages, if you could type you could be assured of a job.  Another item that has gone the way of the not made any more.  But let me tell you learning how to type was one of the best things I ever did.  I can't imagine typing with two fingers.

7 comments:

  1. Me, too...I learned to type in high school. And I had a lovely little Smith-Corona typewriter that I wish I still had!

    Your ICADs just keep getting better and better.

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  2. yup - I learned in high school and I'm so glad I did. In college, I used to type people's papers for $1 per page to earn some spending money. this was the mid 80s - right before the explosion of personal computers. No one in the dorms had computers - we all had typewriters, or had to go to the computer lab.

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  3. This is a great piece!

    As much as I love texting and my iphone, I still love a full keyboard. Learning how to type was probably the most practical and transferable skill I learned in high school - I was able to get a very good job because of it which set me on a good career track. All because I knew how to type! You're right, don't think that can happen anymore, sadly.

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  4. Great piece. Love it! I was thinking about my old typewriter just the other day. I didn't really learn to type at school but taught myself. As a teenager I wrote two manuscripts for novels on my typewriter and various other bits and pieces of writing. I miss the sound and the satifying thud of the key hitting the ribbon. The look of the inky letters is also very lush! Thank you for the reminder Lee.

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  5. Hi Lee, I have always said that my high school typing class was the best/most useful class I ever took! I had to type SO many papers in college because of all of my English and history classes; I don't know what I would have done if I couldn't type as fast as I did! I love your artwork here.

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  6. I am in agreement with everyone: typing has been a most useful skill and has served me well over the years. I can't say I loved the class when I was 12...the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...a gazillion times!

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  7. LOL! I did that too since I am of the dark ages too!
    I did a class called secreterial and office skills and we learnt to type, shorthand and how to use the banda ink hand copier... no photocopiers back then!

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