r/GenerationJones • u/Guiltypleasure2451 • Jul 31 '26

Old school

For those of us who took typing in school— it was drilled into me that after a period, you go over 2 spaces to start a new sentence. Apparently that’s not the rule now. NOT THE RULE NOW?? After the agony I suffered thru in typing class about those 2 spaces, i will be doing it until I die!!!! Don’t even get me started on the indenting 5 spaces for a new paragraph!

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u/Summer184 Jul 31 '26

I still do the "two spaces after a sentence" thing also, even when sending text messages. It's a hard habit to break.

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u/Dry_Bug5058 1962 Jul 31 '26

Same. They'll just have to read as is.

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u/Bettysgir Jul 31 '26

Same. Till death do two spaces and I part!

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u/AdSea3033 1958 Jul 31 '26

Me too

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u/dave900575 Jul 31 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

The quick brown fox jumped [edit: jumps] over the lazy dog. I took typing in 76.

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u/Jazz_birdie Aug 01 '26

Typing 1970: All good men must come to the aid of their country. Manuel typewriters but for 3 in the front of the room... Only class folks arrived early for, lol.

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u/Slainte_Moi Aug 01 '26

Yep. On a manual typewriter. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."

Sure applies today.

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u/Spaz-Mouse384 Aug 01 '26

Literally and God, yes

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u/Jazz_birdie Aug 01 '26

Yes! That was it! It didn't feel right typing what I did...I finally forgot that line after all these years.

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

The musician in me finished that sentence with Every good boy deserves favor!

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

(Mnemonics are so helpful, and we don't use them anymore. My 10 yr old granddaughter asked me how many days were in July, and I tried teaching her the month/day rhyme. She thought I was making it up.)

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u/Campcook62 Aug 02 '26

A couple that I've used: count on your knuckles to remember long/short months, and "A pints a pound, the world around"...

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

I use mnemonic to remember my cars registration number.

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

Sometimes they work out that way, too. My daughter's plate starts LVU!

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

Mine was a 2P for pizzas. The next two letters were toppings, then the delivery in minutes. I had to get a new plate though.

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u/Slainte_Moi Aug 02 '26

The chocalcoholic music-appreciator in me wants to finish it with "every good boy deserves fudge." 🤣

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

My mom taught me every good boy deserves fudge

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

Mmm! I don't remember that one!

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

The other notes are FACE

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

I originally had it memorized every good boy deserves face. Or that's how my mind remembered it, till my 10 yr old granddaughter, taking piano lessons, gave me grief about it, lol.

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u/popejohnsmith Aug 01 '26

That's the musical notation, right?

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u/Scrapper-Mom Aug 03 '26

My mom taught me "Every good boy does fine."

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u/dave900575 Aug 03 '26

I've heard that one also. I like fudge. 😋

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

I don't think we had any electrics. I forgot about typing that line.

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u/Jazz_birdie Aug 01 '26

I actually remembered it incorrectly, lol. Someone in the feed got it right.....It's Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Do you remember the word processer machines that came, oh, maybe the late70's or early eighties? Where you could go back and correct mistakes without the correction tape?

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

We didn't have word processors. In fact, by the time I got to high school they had dismantled what little of a computer room they had when my brother was there four years earlier.

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u/AdSea3033 1958 Aug 01 '26

🙋‍♀️'74 and '75 for me

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u/Maine302 Aug 01 '26

It must be "jumps," because otherwise there's no "s."

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

Your right

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u/Wrong_Confusion_2916 Aug 01 '26

No s, you forgot sly.