Yes, Cindy, but in my later working years the dictaphones used cassette tapes rather than the old dictabelts. I retired in 1993 and still had a cassette dictaphone. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 11:20 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay home and validate books George, I think we're finding more people close to our age, if not quite there. Sue, you worked with a Dictaphone? My father had one of those in his office and dictated to his secretary. G.Cindy --- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > <smile> Oh, I know the feeling! Once at work one > of my bosses gave me a > dictabelt with 3 letters on it, and my ribbon didn't > have ink. They were > perfect, except illegible!!! > > Sue S. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:15 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay > home and validate books > > > Exactly. I once turned in a four page essay that was > illegible because there > was no ribbon in my typewriter. > > Yuck. The pages felt fine (with all the dots > (periods) in the right places. > Just no ink. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:43 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay > home and validate books > > > > > > Hi Bob, > > > > I remember it, and also remember how much more > difficult it was to correct > > errors on a manual typewriter. If you really > goofed, you had to start > > over. > > <smiling> > > > > Sue S. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:11 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay > home and validate books > > > > > > If anyone besides me can remember this, you'll > identify with it. > > > > There's nothing more painful than typing on a > clunky manual typewriter on > > a > > cold winter's day. > > > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:29 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to stay > home and validate books > > > > > >>I do the same and have decided that computer > keyboards are simply not like > >>electric typewriters in that they have a tendency > to sneak in extra > >>letters > >>that our finger grazes over without realizing it. > Jill > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:41 AM > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: good weather to > stay home and validate > >> books > >> > >> > >>>I spell fine. 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