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Post by slfriend79 on Jul 12, 2012 19:26:27 GMT
;D
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 12, 2012 19:38:20 GMT
That was fantastic!! ;D ;D
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Post by jacqui on Jul 12, 2012 19:47:12 GMT
That was brillaint! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by slfriend79 on Jul 12, 2012 19:59:39 GMT
I've watched it 3 times now and I still can't stop giggling. ;D
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Post by jacqui on Jul 12, 2012 20:12:21 GMT
Excellent find ;D
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Post by Vivienne on Jul 12, 2012 20:33:05 GMT
Brilliant is right!
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Post by dit on Jul 12, 2012 21:19:04 GMT
I remember that piece of music; they used to play it a lot on the radio when I was but a child, including the typing sounds and the 'ping' at the end of the line when you returned the carriage. It was also used in typing classes at school, and if you were good, after much practice you could just about keep up with it! I learned at home to type on an old machine like that and I empathised with James' frustration - if you type too quickly all the keys jam up together at the top and you have to get a finger round them to free them.
Looking at the setting of the video, I wonder if this was filmed at the concert he took part in last Sunday when he narrated 'Carnival of the Animals'?
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Post by adrianmay on Jul 12, 2012 21:21:36 GMT
Hate to sound creepy but I think that's St Peter's church in Hammersmith. Don't ask.  I love that he even knows how to use a manual typewriter. Go on James! Hit that carriage return lever! Tame those typebars! I'll re-spool your ribbon for you. Oh sorry, I'll calm down now. Oh dear, I think I miss James on TV. EDIT: Dit- I shouldn't know how to use one but my parents had an old one in the attic. They were all electric when I took typing. |
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Post by Mayfayre on Jul 12, 2012 21:33:28 GMT
I think my Mum still has a typewriter like that in the back of the cupboard somewhere! I remember the keys jamming up all the time as well  |
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Post by dit on Jul 12, 2012 21:54:08 GMT
I have a feeling that old one I learned on is still in my house somewhere. It was my dad's and really ancient. You've got me thinking now, but I don't think I'll be going as far as the loft to find out!
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Post by amie8 on Jul 12, 2012 22:29:03 GMT
Well, that's one mystery solved. There's been mention of this on the dreaded Twitter and I didn't know what they were talking about.
I learned to type on a manual typewriter - a little more modern than that one. I can still recall the pain when you accidentally got your finger stuck between the keys. I used to be much more accurate in those days - no backspace erase then. Only those piddling little Tippex papers.
As for the tune, they still play it on the radio regularly. It's the theme tune to Radio 4's News Quiz
Tonight's useless trivia: the QWERTY keyboard was devised to make it harder to type. On early manuals, as you could see from James' performance, the arms tended to jam if the user typed too fast, so the keys were laid out awkwardly to force the typist to go slowly. Try typing an A on a manual typewriter!
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Post by jmsquared on Jul 12, 2012 23:14:20 GMT
Loved that! I'm assuming this is for Manlab musical instruments? Cant' wait!
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Post by trustme on Jul 13, 2012 3:32:11 GMT
What an amazing video -- can't wait to see the full, finished item! James really puts the stamp of his personality into everything he does, which I think is part of the appeal.
Does anyone remember the "good old days" where you had to count characters/lines in order to space a typed letter properly on one sheet of paper? BOY am I glad those days are over, although at the time it was a fairly useful skill to have.
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Post by jacqui on Jul 13, 2012 6:49:57 GMT
I keep returning to this it does make me smile ;D My mum was a really fast touch typist, she tried to teach me but my little finger wasn't strong enough to hit A as you rightly point out Amie8 Now i am truly thankful for MS word, spell check and auto correct!!!!! Now to watch just one more time before i depart for work ;D |
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Post by melly on Jul 13, 2012 7:09:57 GMT
Very funny |
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Post by eolise on Jul 13, 2012 7:53:26 GMT
LOOOOOL. I just watched it without sound - no sound atm on my pc - and then it's already funny!  |
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Post by amie8 on Jul 13, 2012 12:11:37 GMT
What an amazing video -- can't wait to see the full, finished item! James really puts the stamp of his personality into everything he does, which I think is part of the appeal. Does anyone remember the "good old days" where you had to count characters/lines in order to space a typed letter properly on one sheet of paper? BOY am I glad those days are over, although at the time it was a fairly useful skill to have. My first ever job was in a large firm of accountants. We had long-carriage typewriters so we could create schedules on A3 paper - hundreds of columns, inset boxes - all with typed borders - used to take hours, but the end result was a minor work of art. I couldn't do it now for love nor money. Well, maybe money... |
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Post by crumbs on Jul 13, 2012 12:59:44 GMT
Yes, it definitely has the May stamp on it. Very jaunty!
I didn't use a typewriter much at all - I remember using them at school and the jamming frustration but I seem to recall that a mistake had to be corrected with overtyping a line through it. Luckily when I really had to start typing letters, graphs etc, the computer came into being. They were massive!
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Post by dit on Dec 15, 2012 23:46:27 GMT
David Coram, who was with James on the typewriter piece, has created this website. If you click where it says, you get the breakdown of what will be on the mentioned CD, which includes James narrating The Carnival Of The Animals. organandfriends.co.uk/ |
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