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Rod Posted Dec 27, 2012
I'll answer that when I find my keyboard. It used to be right he...
Ah, gottit
Now, where's that exclamation mark?
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 27, 2012
Didja know that typewriters originally didn't feature an exclamation point? To make one you typed an apostrophe, then backspaced, then typed a period.
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Peanut Posted Dec 27, 2012
my screen has gone balnk
is my keybooard still working
are we allowed to say ARSE here
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Peanut Posted Dec 27, 2012
the last thing i read was something about typing a period out, and explaination marks,
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 27, 2012
the old electric typewriters didn't have the number 1 either - you had to type a lowercase L
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 27, 2012
Going the other way, I really wish my keyboard had an interobang.
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Smudger879n Posted Dec 28, 2012
Aye! many years ago, when I got my very first computer, and Amstrad 1820, and typing the very first letter, to see it appear on the screen, in green print, and that was high teck back then, I felt so proud
Smudger.
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