Betty Debbie and I both noticed that the books we reviewed this week had secretaries as heroines. While not uncommon in Neelsdom, this occupation sticks fairly closely to cartoon skills: Shorthand typist File clerking Coffee/Tea bringer Schedule (you BET I'm saying it SHED-yule in my head) juggling Heading blonde, brassy Mevrouws and Missus-es off at the passWhich got me thinking. Do secretaries/executive or administrative assistants still need to know shorthand and have any shorthand knowledge or did that all go out with the desktop computer?