Believe it or not, the machines we learnt on in that secretarial college in downtown Johannesburg looked like this.
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Also, we had a piece of green cloth covering the keyboard so we couldn't cheat by looking at the letters.
After twelve weeks I'd worked up to a decent speed and yes, I did spend a couple of years working as a secretary on and off. But I had no idea how thankful I'd be for typing skills when I became a writer!
My only regret is that I let my shorthand skills lapse. They would have come in handy when I attended workshops and lecture.
Anyhow, this is kind of by-the-way because what I want to do in this post is notify you of an upcoming hiatus. I'll be taking a technology break for at least the month of December, and plan to resume blogging around the middle of January. Hope to see you then!
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