Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..

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chic said:
Remember these? Photo booths?? Because we couldn't take pictures with our phones?? I had fun with my friends in these. :giggle:

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We still have them in every supermarket... altho' ultra modernised...

here's one of me and my brother when we were teens..taken in a booth. In those days we had a choice of Colour or the cheaper option of Black and white...:D
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hollydolly said:
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The typewriter nearest the camera was the one I learned on. A Manual Underwood.. and the keys were so heavy to press down I always thought I was going to break my pinkie finger
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I learned on an electric at junior high, but my mom had the old style an her fingers flew like lightning. With me, the timing had to be perfect or two hammers would mate together and stick.
 
I wore a t-shirt to a Bar with this iconic piece of musical equipment on the front. There was a table of Gen Z's asking me about it. One thought it was a Pokeman character...another thought it was a pellet you used to shoot out of toy guns...still another thought it was a Religious Symbol lol!

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Lawrence00 said:
I learned on an electric at junior high, but my mom had the old style an her fingers flew like lightning. With me, the timing had to be perfect or two hammers would mate together and stick.
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The "QWERTY" keyboard that we still use was designed to slow down typing on the old manual machines. The most-used letters were spaced out to make it harder to type fast because the hammers would stick.

Back in, I think, the 70's, a new keyboard was invented that bunched the most commonly-used letters in the middle of the keyboard on electric typewriters, like the ones with "type balls". With no hammers to stick, typing could go a lot faster. Needless to say, the new keyboard did NOT catch on.

Remember how the "electronic" typewriters would "buffer"? You'd be typing quickly, finish, lift your fingers and the typewriter would type on for a while.
 
hollydolly said:
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Now we have a member here who still does this to this day... @Trila :love:
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We only had a DJ for the sock hop after the skating session. During the skating, there was an organist who played really hokey music for skating.

There was a big sign that displayed the upcoming number: Ladies' Choice, All Skate, Couples Only, Gents Only, Ladies Only, etc. The great favorite that ended the night's skating was the Grand March with all kinds of intricate maneuvers.
 
jujube said:
The "QWERTY" keyboard that we still use was designed to slow down typing on the old manual machines. The most-used letters were spaced out to make it harder to type fast because the hammers would stick.

Back in, I think, the 70's, a new keyboard was invented that bunched the most commonly-used letters in the middle of the keyboard on electric typewriters, like the ones with "type balls". With no hammers to stick, typing could go a lot faster. Needless to say, the new keyboard did NOT catch on.

Remember how the "electronic" typewriters would "buffer"? You'd be typing quickly, finish, lift your fingers and the typewriter would type on for a while.
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Yes I'd forgotten that Jujube.... :D
 


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