calculator? adding machine? type writer?
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They had computers in late 70s, early 80s. I had one.
They probably meant typewriter if the time was actually 1978. Who knows. It doesn't matter.
Desk work is desk work and 18 miles at night is still 18 miles at night.
The key part of the quote is 18 miles at night. That is commitment.
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Anyone know where you can buy the retro Drayton/Coolsaet singlet?
Without the spaghetti straps?
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Er... wrote:
Curious image, pounding on a computer in the late 70 or early 80s?
fred wrote:
“It kind of weighed on my mind when I was pounding on a computer to get something ready for management that ‘Crap, I’ve got to do another 18 miles tonight,’†he said."
10 plus 18 times 7 = 196 miles a week
He worked for the Government. They had computers back then and keyboards weren't a feather touch.
I know a guy now who did similar work and he still attacks his iPad keyboard like it's an old Underwood typewriter.
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