The captain was out of practice and said that he was stressed by having to perform the delicate manual task.

In spite of considerable effort, no one successfully automated the production of core, which remained a manual task into the 1970s.

However, the media buying process remained a manual task that required phone calls, email and faxes.

Those in their 70s and 80s often work on ranches, performing manual tasks and riding horses.

Young people who might previously have worked in manual tasks now apply their intelligence to designing video games or apps.