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Witness Ron “Typewriter” Mingo In Action

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This video has it all folks. The fastest typist in the world circa the late 70’s, 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 jewelry weighing him down. [Digg]

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