The boomer babes. sm

Posted By: DixieDew on 2005-08-10
In Reply to:

I miss my IBM selectric. When I trained if you made a mistake or the doc said go back up and insert this or that, you simply had to start over. No "white-out", and I know only you other boomers will know, if your IBM correction tape could not delete it enough you started over. I think we were the most fortunate to train in that era. We had no internet to jump on, and my goodness, how difficult but fun was it for all of you when we actually had a "word processor" known now as a much-updated computer. I had to work on that IBM Memory thing one time, and I hated that, if you accidentally put in a return, a return you would get printed out! Anyone else remember those days? When you had to actually look in about 8 or 9 books while training, and then, and only then, could you ask for help? I still miss my IBM selectric III. After training I had an IBM wheelwriter and that thing was awesome - we truly were bonded, just like I was with my little yellow Volkswagon. I know I am ranting, and the technology today is amazing, I never thought I would see it in my lifetime, I just sort of miss the "good old days".

Complete Discussion Below:

marks the location of current message within thread

The boomer babes. sm - DixieDew
- First computer - hh
  - First word processor. sm - DixieDew
- old dog...new tricks...lm - flybye
  - Dictaphone strips? - gh
  - And sm - DixieDew
- IBM Selectric - gh
  - I loved my Selectric!!! still miss those days... - fg
    - Hated it. The office politics, the dressing up, the back-stabbing. I do in 4 hours what I did in 8 - MQMT
      - Office politics. SM - DixieDew
    - magical time :o) - gh
- this is before my time, but (sm) - I'm 36...
- Before typewriters... - kyradmt
  - Yeah, I took shorthand for this reason. - mtathome
    - I took shorthand too. But it sure comes in helpful for my expanders. I view words in shorthand for - long, long time ago.
- I remember - mtathome
- I remember doing secretarial work on those old typewriters. I can't imagine MT w/o technology. - MQMT
- I think I might even go back further... - I remember!!
  - Do you remember>>bet I'm - OlderThanU
    - remember mimeographs? no xerox - ugh who wants to go back?
      - Mimeographs sm - DixieDew
  - A real old old timer - I remember
    - Starting the day with a bang - Dano
      - This has been fun.sm. - DixieDew
        Carriage return - Dano
        This is what gives. sm - DixieDew
        OFMTs - Dano
        One more thing about the old days - Dano
      - Bonus from OJT - foreign dictators. (sm) - Nother oldie
      - Good thing this is my day off - Dano

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu

Other related messages found in our database

very cute, outta the mouths of babes...nm

Glad an Old Baby Boomer could
aa

Can Someone Help This Electronically Challenged Boomer?

I was looking on the job board a few weeks ago and decided to check out one of the jobs and they had a list of what you needed to work for them. Talk about being out in left field! I have worked for TL/MQ since the 80's and everything as far as a computer has always been fixed for us so we don't have to do anything but type. I had no clue what they were talking about ...

They said you have to have a sound card - doesn't that come with a computer?

You have to have a game port for a 15-pin foot pedal? I have no clue what a game port is and don't know anything about foot pedals. *deep sigh*

I don't know what a Windows XP Pro Service pack 1 or newer is - I just know I have Windows XP on my computer.

I sent a resume to a company (sounded like a nice and easy job) and they sent me an email with attachments. One had some kind of audio files on it - didn't know how to get them, another had some kind of test where I was supposed to fill in the blanks - again, clueless how to get that test to where I could type on it. Needless to say, I thanked them for looking at my resume and knew I had to find these things out.

Can someone please help me????

53-F-NC appalacian mountains..can't we get a boomer board?
s

If you're a baby boomer, you certainly remember aluminum trees w/ color wheel.I
a