Re: [Elecraft] Weird or wierd - OT

[Don Wilhelm]

Ted,

Until I got my EE Degree, I was a technician in IBM's Typewriter 
division, and I worked on customer's premises for Selectrics as well as 
typebar machines (and dictating equipment).
I can tell you that there was never a "blur" character on the typeball, 
nor a "blur key" on the keyboard for any of the machines.  There WAS a 
lot of talk about it in certain circles, and a desire on the part of 
many operators for such a blur key.


73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/22/2018 4:50 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:


When the IBM Selectric was the top of the line in the 60s and 70s, a rumor went around 
that there was available on the aftermarket a character ball with a "blur key." 
 It would imprint on the page what looked like an accidental illegible smudge.  To avoid 
making an embarrassing mistake with the i and the e, one could just hit the blur key 
twice.  I don't know if the rumor was true or baloney (bologna?), but it was a classy 
idea.

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Re: [Elecraft] Weird or wierd - OT

[Tony Estep]

Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 10:15:57 -0700
> From: Fred Jensen 
>


> ...a Royal Lao Air Force officer asked
> me if I would assist his daughter with English...


I've tried to teach English to students from 19 different countries,
although not Laos. No matter what the student's native language, it's an
uphill battle. But the strong incentive to learn English is the driving
force that eventually gets over many of the obstacles -- although
"eventually" can be a long time and "many" can be a pretty small number.

73,
Tony KT0NY
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