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I learned to type on typewriters in the late 70s. I was thrown in a typing class in high-school and I thought to myself "this is a useless class, I'm NEVER going to ever need this". Turns out it was one of the best things I learned in high-school.

Anyway, I never used double spaces after periods. My typing teacher would always give me grief for it, but for whatever reason, I just never did it. As you can see, I still don't.



I was thrown in a typing class in high-school and I thought to myself "this is a useless class, I'm NEVER going to ever need this".

Interesting, given that I specifically sought out typing class in high school in the late '70s because I was confident that there was going to be a lot of keyboard usage in my future, might as well learn to use it.

And I don't want to hear whinging about subtle mechanical keyboard differences. When you learn at an under-funded rural school with manual typewriters, you also learn to appreciate anything that isn't making your fingers do mechanical printing. :-)


I still type too hard on keyboards because I learned to type on a poorly maintained mechanical typewriter.


> As you can see, I still don't.

I don't think we can. Or can we?


The period at the end of this sentence is followed by six spaces. I bet we won't be able to see them.


I see them and they’re glorious.


I was going to say I don't see it but then I opened inspect tool and sure enough it is all there.

    <span class="commtext c00">The period at the end of this sentence is followed by six spaces.      I bet we won't be able to see them.</span>


I used only the finest artisanal spaces.




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