>It always amazed me that punchgirls (they were always girls)
>could hold a perfectly good conversation with several others
>while doing their work at full speed (which could be well
>into 3 figures of keystrokes per minute).

Yeah, and the machine software logged their speed allowing payments by 
keystroke type of operations.

And yes, they were always girls - the hard as nails sort that meant you 
didn't venture into the punch room without reason ....

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