Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 27, 2016

Never bother Mom when she is writing a letter to the editor.

This time the Octopus has mistakenly caught a fin of Mother whale – the terror turns on him

…and, how many readers know that that thing is on the table in front of mom?

One of those hunt and peck gadgets.

It’s a type writer.

@leftwingpatriot

already given the answer

“Mom is writing a letter to the editor..”

On the plus side, for once Calvin is the hideous creature and the adults are the innocent victims.

A cookie, please!

That’s what I did too, graduate, then summer school to improve my typing before college. 35 wpm: best I could ever do. Still have my mother’s typewriter – with the red and black ribbon that I’m told they don’t make any more. Too bad.

I completed my high school typing class as a junior with a speed of 72 wpm on a manual typewriter. My parents bought me an electric typewrite for graduation. This allowed me to help pay my way through college typing papers for other students who couldn’t type or were too lazy to type…$1 per page. I still consider typing to be one of my most useful skills throughout my career.

Anyone here on the ball?

I can imagine Calvin the Octopus squeezing the life out of Moe!

xxx

Nothing needs to be said about an octopus going after a fish.

I learned to touch type on a manual typewriter back when typing was taught as a class in high school. I still use the skill when using the computer keyboard. Many of my students in the past were amazed that I could type without looking at the keyboard and not make mistakes (too often)… Thank you, Miss. Lanctot!

The back problems, repetitive motion problems happened, they would blame it on bad posture. They have worked hard to design office chairs that were comfortable so the work could be done with no pain. The people that had the extreme problems either quit, were fired or got put some place else, hopefully away from the problem. I worked for a big corporation that could hardly keep its computers up and running, much less replacing them to work properly. If you had a bad back, you got a note from your doctor, either the project bought you one(if they could bill the client), or they moved you and you had to go through the whole thing again. Those that got their chairs, used them as a cart to carry their boxed personal items when moved, even temporarily. If you left the floor after you got transferred, there were 5 or 6 people just waiting to snatch your chair.