Grandson Grant has a birthday next Sunday. Happy Birthday Grant. 20! I was married at 20. He is smarter than me!
My Dad never quite finished college but he had 85% of the required credits at Lakeland College. He was a little bit anal like me. His emphasis was in accounting. Remember, this was in the late 1940’s. He did pass the State tests and was a Certified Public Accountant. When I was in High School, he insisted I take “typing”. Perhaps he selfishly wanted me to learn typing so that I could help him “type” the information into tax forms he did for clients. I typed a lot of tax forms.
In the end, taking a typing course was terrific. The teacher was J.C.Williams who had been a legenary coach of track teams (lots of stories). Another benefit was a guy named Becker and I were the only boys in a class of over 20 girls. Oh yeah, I learned to type. “Passing” was typing 60 words a minute “error free”.
I transitioned easily to “keyboarding” for the computer age. It was easy. To me it will always be “typing”.
Speaking of computer age, the new Apple Watch has a faulty “tapping” mechanism that alerts you to messages. Really! The new watch also has trouble if it is mounted over a tattoo. Apparently there is a light transmission issue causing problems measuring body vitals. I put my order on hold for the watch.
Mother’s Day is approaching.
Love,
Dad