This video has it all folks. The fastest typist in the world circa the late ’70s, music, pimp suits and the hardships of a man too damn good at what he does.
“I’ve lost about 25 or 30 jobs because of my speed. They couldn’t keep me busy 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
At the time, Ron was capable of typing 160 wpm — fast enough to become the world record holder on a manual machine. Who knows how fast he could have typed without the tacky jewellery weighing him down. [Digg]
Elly Hart
October 16, 2009 at 11:53 AM
It’s one thing to be able to type fast, and another to be able to type fast AND be accurate.
Report PermalinkOllie
October 16, 2009 at 12:25 PM
You HAD to be accurate on a typewriter… aint no spell check to be found there.
Report PermalinkUnfortunately it’s probably something that’s made us lazy nowadays too.
dzc12
October 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM
I have a new hero…
Report PermalinkBennish
October 16, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Is it racist and/or dedade-ist for me to wish some punk would break into the classroom, and Type Mingo would blow the sucka away while still typing one-handed to the beat of the music?
Is it? Because come on… awesome is awesome.
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