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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:55 PM Original message |
Friedman: 'Drill, drill, drill..!!' equivalent to 'IBM Selectric, IBM Selectric, IBM Selectric..!!' |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buggy whip! Buggy whip! Buggy whip! Icebox! Icebox! Icebox! . . . nt |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hey! |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. As a 120 wpm typist, NO ONE has been able to duplicate the sensory satisfaction |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Sounds like a business opportunity. n/t |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yeah ... except the number of typists/keyboard enthusiasts dwindles |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Have you tried the IBM Model M? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I was far from a skilled typist |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Dvorak |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Me too (typed completely useless reports on an IBM Selectric for several years) |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Heh, after re-reading my own post here, makes me think of how many |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes, which makes the analogy even more appropriate. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I still use a manual Hermes 3000 for letters - here it is |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. A letter written on a machine like that |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I correspond with older folks and it's a great way to be neat. It's from '67. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't even bother watching Friedman, expecting the worst |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Friedman's been trying to make a name for himself on the green front ... |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. This Is The Idiot That Said The "World Is Flat" - No Knowledge Of Peak Oil |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Or it would be akin to, in 1900, yelling "horse & buggy, horse & buggy!" |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Quill and ink! Quill and ink! Quill and ink!" |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's what protesters need to do... go to McCain & Palin rallies ... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Most people can't identify with "quill and ink", so that's bogus ~ won't work eom |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Not quite on concept,... but funny. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. that was a GREAT, but noisy, typewriter. Still good today for letters and forms. nt |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. Update: Friedman was paid by Hewlett-Packard to make this comment |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Chuckle. The first thing that came to mind was seeing Harold Ford on MSNBC this morning. |
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obamacon (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Drill, Drill, Drill - I'm Exxon and I paid for this message |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Check the Think Progress link above, for more of Friedman's commentary ... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. . |
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