I did too. Learning to use an electric typewriter was difficult because I was so used to punching down the keys lol. It was a learning curve for sure. Mistakes were a horror because short of the little white transfer paper you had to strike perfectly over the typo, the paper had to be scrapped. As a secretary in my youth it was the bane of my existence.
When I was in the Air Force in Plattsburgh NY, as the newbie, I would have to pick up all of the classified messages from the comm center on the way to work. Then we would have to type up an AF form - which we had to use carbon paper to make in either duplicate or triplicate (can’t remember) on a manual typewriter. Each form had about 20 fields which needed to be filled in. Each field had to match the information on the classified message exactly and there could be absolutely no corrections or erasures on the form. In the winter it was the worst. I worked in an old cinder block building with a metal roof and no insulation. The heater could only get the temp up to about 45-50 on some days. I learned to cut the tips of the index fingers out of a pair of gloves so I could type. Luckily I didn’t have to do that for long - passed it on to the next newbie.
I still can’t touch type even after a career in computer programming - but when I use an actual keyboard I seldom make a misteak.
