tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post950402014783581409..comments2023-04-02T20:33:56.760+05:30Comments on Stepping Sideways...: In Praise of the StenographerRadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221730078425491257noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-63950487377710598512008-11-02T23:26:00.000+05:302008-11-02T23:26:00.000+05:30I too started asdfgf :lkjhj and after two months s...I too started asdfgf :lkjhj and after two months stopped the classess due to regular graduate classess. Still i use all eight fingers with reduced efficiency.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578331403856188976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-3991252152772012872008-10-29T14:35:00.000+05:302008-10-29T14:35:00.000+05:30@Santosh: Ah! The cling of the return lever! Had q...@Santosh: Ah! The cling of the return lever! Had quite a ring of finality, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>@Meena: Thank you!<BR/><BR/>@Austra: Going by your picture, it's difficult for me to guess your age! :-)Radahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221730078425491257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-15252933676170620692008-10-28T07:19:00.000+05:302008-10-28T07:19:00.000+05:30One doesn't see typing institutes anymore, even in...One doesn't see typing institutes anymore, even in the smaller towns. <BR/>They used to be all over the place when i was a kid (which i'd like to believe wasn't THAT long ago)Australopithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644009333086190964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-24881579192683443392008-10-27T20:45:00.000+05:302008-10-27T20:45:00.000+05:30Brought back memories of my typewriting class!As V...Brought back memories of my typewriting class!As Vatsa pointed out, it was a useful skill to acquire;only problem was, I spent many years typing out official papers for my father first,later for my husband!I agree with Santosh about the cling of the return lever, I loved it!Meenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533336112530518752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-68321043424349954512008-10-26T23:30:00.000+05:302008-10-26T23:30:00.000+05:30Remington, Halda, Olympia, Godrej Prima and more. ...Remington, Halda, Olympia, Godrej Prima and more. I love that cling note of the return lever :)Good one RadaSanthoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504828148365427333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-27456973891921020842008-10-26T16:57:00.000+05:302008-10-26T16:57:00.000+05:30@Ravi: I do recall the ubiquitous yellow cloth bag...@Ravi: I do recall the ubiquitous yellow cloth bag very vividly!<BR/><BR/>@Vijay: Anglo-Indian stenographers. You are correct even though I would like to think of them as the second wave, the first one being of course, the South Indian brahmins! :-)<BR/><BR/>@Manohar: Come to think of it, I am also typing my blog posts with two fingers, even though I have become quite adept at it now!<BR/><BR/>@Vatsa: Thank you for visiting and for your comment!Radahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221730078425491257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-5330209487340336052008-10-26T06:59:00.000+05:302008-10-26T06:59:00.000+05:30Typewriter classes and Short hand were a must, (so...Typewriter classes and Short hand were a must, (something before the Computer classes in the mid 90's) in my grand parents house. All of my father's siblings new typewriting and short hand, except him which was of a big concern to my Grand parents. Wonder what college kids or school kids learn from classes outside school these days, maybe there are a lot of other opportunities and classes like these are really not a necessity any more. VatsaVatsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419045276401159397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-62198319108565811042008-10-24T13:04:00.000+05:302008-10-24T13:04:00.000+05:30Thanks for reminding me of that bygone era of type...Thanks for reminding me of that bygone era of type-writing. In the past your CV was considered to be incomplete if you do not have good typing skills...both lower & higher. It was literally mandatory to go to a typing institute once you pass high school.<BR/><BR/>Sadly the art of typing with the right fingers for the right alphabets seems to be vanishing fast. With the ambush of PC's everyone seems to have mastered the art by typing using one or two fingers (like I do while posting this comment!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836349919744331494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-81669614814767638142008-10-24T08:32:00.000+05:302008-10-24T08:32:00.000+05:30I remember a lot of stenos who were Anglo-Indian a...I remember a lot of stenos who were Anglo-Indian as well.. most were named Fiona...<BR/><BR/>As a kid I used to watch dad dictate his letters and was fascinated that his words were turned into squiggles (short hand) and then a typed letter...<BR/><BR/>They were quite fast as well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744855153026873665.post-83620492758102859512008-10-24T04:08:00.000+05:302008-10-24T04:08:00.000+05:30Lol, a good topic and here is what I remember when...Lol, a good topic and here is what I remember when I think of the tamil Iyer stenographers from Palghat- the bag they carried - which inevitably was a yellow and stained bag of L.G.Perinkayam :-), which if memory serves me correctly is a Madras based firm.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539986907812263006noreply@blogger.com