When is the last time you used a typewriter? (If you know what they are, of course.)

The last time I used one was in the mid eighties.  It was electric.

1961... (manual)

About a week ago. I didn't really use one, though; I only listened to Leroy Anderson's fun "The Typewriter."
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This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 28, 2018 8:46 PM MDT

My best guess is 1985.  I can't remember if it was pica or elite I liked better.

I learned to type on a manual typewriter.  (My dad sent me to learn how to type at the local business school during the summer when I was 12.---One of the best suggestions he ever gave me.)

I typed my assignments in English in the second half of junior year in high school---It took me about an hour to finish.  (It was rewriting paragraphs and putting the sentences in proper order---topic sentence, conclusion---that sort of thing.)  Others in my class were taking 4-5 hours by hand.

I graduated from the business school at the minimum 30 words per minute.  I finished my junior year at 90 words per minute.  I've maintained about 60 words per minute since then.

I still have the typewriter from my youth.  Last time I used it was to fill out some 3-part forms about 10 years ago.



  

I last used an electric typrewriter about ten years ago. Everything is word processors these days.

Manual typewriter? 1986, before Dad bought our first computer. Mum's old Underwood, weighed a ton and the keys kept getting stuck.

  Probably a decade ago.   You?
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