Charlie,
Did you watch Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, too?
I met Fred Rogers once ... great gentleman.
OH ... that's the answer, isn't it?
73
Don
N8DE
Quoting Charles Harpole <k4vud@hotmail.com>:
>
> "Correct as usual," King Friday.
>
> Now, can you i.d. the above quote??????????????????
>
> Charles Harpole k4vud@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:33:20 -0400
>> From: sub1@rogerhalstead.com
>> To: amps@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Not free QWERTY
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/18/2010 11:51 AM, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
>> > ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>> >
>> > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:37:04 -0700, "Jim Thomson"<jim.thom@telus.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Can anyone tell why the QWERTY plan is in use?
>> > REPLY:
>> >
>> > Legend has it that QWERTY was designed to slow down typists in the
>> > early days of typewriters. The old typewriters were prone to jam if
>> > the typist went too fast and QWERTY required more finger movement than
>> > other layouts, thus slowing them down.
>> >
>> > That may or may not be true, but I have heard it all my life.
>> >
>> All I can find, and even what we were taught in college (wayyyy back
>> when...) confirms it, but that doesn't necessarily make it true. <:-))
>> OTOH at 70 WPM it was quite easy to jam up a mechanical typewriter,
>> often even at 60. A good typist (keyboarder now days) had to pace
>> themselves or they were forever having to reach up and release the levers.
>>
>> I think I'm letting my age show in knowing this.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
>>
>> > 73, Bill W6WRT
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