Ha, kids today, no staying power, want instant satisfaction. There was a great deal of dexterity needed in setting type by hand, it's not as straightforward as it appears, learning your way around the jobbing case took a bit of doing too. Try visiting a jobbing shop, if you can find one, and get to understand the whole process.

@@richardd3663 I operated a Linotype in the late 1970s, setting hot lead slugs. My coworker, Harry, would set up the Heidelberg windmill presses, get them both running, and then stand in front of the cases setting type. Harry was deaf, so the noise of the shop never bothered him. When we’d “throw in,” (dump galleys of type onto the granite countertop to be replaced into the cases) Harry had no trouble distinguishing sorts. The p, d, b, and q all looked the same to me, but they didn’t slow Harry in the least.