place that even sold them? And the prices! Sheesh.Ah, remember the days when needing a new keyboard and the hunt for a
Really.
Plus, the classic 3 fingered salute. <G>
Now its just cut and paste.
Life is good.
This is true...although you find some who have to just retype everything...they want to do it the hard way.
I usually keep a replaced keyboard in reserve "just in case" after I can
get a replacement. I must have five or six of them.
As Fibber McGee used to say, "Some day I gotta clean out that closet".
Plus, the classic 3 fingered salute. <G>
I used to get those a lot in parking. I called it the "You're number
one!" wave. :)
Years ago I was helping a woman write a grant. Those are long and
repetitive. One will write the same thing over and over every few pages. I JM>grant were edited and all that taken out they would a fraction of the size.
Anyway, this woman had no idea what "copy and paste" meant so it typing
the same thing over and over and over, like the old days.
the same thing over and over and over, like the old days.Anyway, this woman had no idea what "copy and paste" meant so it typing
Was she blonde?? :P
Or, what do you call a redhead (brunette) between 2 blondes??
An interpreter. <G>
What does a blonde who dyes her hair black have?
Artificial intelligence.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-04-19 06:59 <=-
Nancy wrote to Daryl --
the Bahamas are being hit hard,
I once had the idea of retiring there. The weather and all seemed perfect. Except for the occasional "wind storm".
Perhaps our keyboards are older and therefore built better
Ah, remember the days when needing a new keyboard and the hunt for a
place that even sold them? And the prices! Sheesh.
all the keys are still quite visiible on my keyboard
One time during my deep cleaning I ran a damp rag of spic-and-span
and bleach over the keyboard to clean off the keys that aren't often
used and shortly after half of the letters disappeared. :)
I've become somewhat of a touch typist
I am as well, provided I keep looking at the screen.
Just remember those home keys! :)
She put a piece of paper over the keyboard so that I couldn't see the
keys any more
When I used a typewriter something I wrote often looked like I had
the keyboard covered. :)
I learned to type on a upright manual and never got the hang of
using an electric. I have a bad habit of resting my fingers on the
keys and often it would come out like thisss.
on a computer, in a nice text editor, it's easy enough to fix the
typos on the fly
When I got my Commie in the mid '80s I wrote people that soon they
would get letters from me without typo's.
Ah, the days of snail mail.
I used to be in regular correspondence with about a dozen people and
each letter was individual (adding/subtracting things of interest to
that person). And typing basically the same thing over and over and over... Now its just cut and paste.
shortly after half of the letters disappeared. :)
Ooooooppss! I thought there were instructions warning one to only use
water in that damp rag.... or using one of those "miracle" fabrics for cleaning things.... ;)
keys and often it would come out like thisss.
That once in a while happens with the computer keyboards for me... but
it doesn't seem to be all the time that I rest a finger on a just used key.... only sometimes... :)
The text editor of the computer makes that so much easier... ;) But
one still can individualize it to fit the receiver... :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-12-19 05:22 <=-
shortly after half of the letters disappeared. :)Ooooooppss! I thought there were instructions warning one to only use
water in that damp rag.... or using one of those "miracle" fabrics for cleaning things.... ;)
Instructions? Who needs instructions? :)
keys and often it would come out like thisss.That once in a while happens with the computer keyboards for me... but
it doesn't seem to be all the time that I rest a finger on a just used key.... only sometimes... :)
What I hated in college was having to type a paper of some sort
(report, term paper, etc) where no typos or erasures were allowed.
I would get all the way to the last line (it always seemed), make a
typo and have to start all over again.
Kids today have no idea how easy they have it.
Something I have a bad habit of doing is skipping a word. I'm
typing as I think and seem to think faster than that I type and editing the letter before I send it I'll find I missed a word somewhere along
the way. And there are times the wrong word is used. Both of cases
can sometimes completely change the meaning of whatever I wrote. (As
some around here will make note of. <g>)
The text editor of the computer makes that so much easier... ;) But
one still can individualize it to fit the receiver... :)
My letters are, and were, personalised as well. Some people I
correspond with are interested in this but not in that, so I just skip over that and write about this.
Some people are aware of the names of people I write about so
mention them by them, to others they are merely a unnamed person,
unless its important to mention their name.
But in general about 80 per cent of my mail is copy and paste. :)
typo and have to start all over again.
That's how my sister eased me into the world of computers... I was
typing minutes for an organization, and they had to be typo-free to be submitted to the next levels up
But in general about 80 per cent of my mail is copy and paste. :)
That can save wear and tear on the brain... and fingers.... <G>
I hated that wax paper with a passion. :)
I did love the smell of the ink and often sniffed the paper. Did that in
school as well.
Often times re-reading the second copy and paste letter I will find
errors I didn't see the first time around.
The other day I noticed the first letter I had written I was talking
about sampling all the food at an event so I wouldn't hurt the feelings of JM>someone by not eating what they had bought.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-16-19 07:50 <=-
typo and have to start all over again.That's how my sister eased me into the world of computers... I was
typing minutes for an organization, and they had to be typo-free to be submitted to the next levels up
I am reminded of one time I volunteered, for some reason, to work on
the monthly newsletter for the small church I was attending at the
time, 50+ years ago.
Somehow I was talked into typing up the newsletter which used a wax
(I think) sheet. The key made an impression on the wax which was used
on the ditto machine. Sometimes a typo could be "fixed" but one could always tell a mistake had been made as that cha
I hated that wax paper with a passion. :)
I did love the smell of the ink and often sniffed the paper. Did
that in school as well.
But usually in school when a test was given the questions were
written on the blackboards so paper wasn't wasted.
I was so envious of the handwriting of those nuns. It just flowed.
But in general about 80 per cent of my mail is copy and paste. :)That can save wear and tear on the brain... and fingers.... <G>
Often times re-reading the second copy and paste letter I will find
errors I didn't see the first time around.
The other day I noticed the first letter I had written I was
talking about sampling all the food at an event so I wouldn't hurt the feelings of someone by not eating what they had bought.
I noticed I had originally written "so I would hurt their feelings"
not "so I would not hurt their feelings". :)
always tell a mistake had been made as that chaon the ditto machine. Sometimes a typo could be "fixed" but one could
cha? ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-23-19 05:56 <=-
on the ditto machine. Sometimes a typo could be "fixed" but one could always tell a mistake had been made as that chacha? ;)
Probably "changed the whole meaning of the sentence" since we were discussing missing words.
I was thinking it was chad, since one could fix the mistake
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-25-19 06:07 <=-
I was thinking it was chad, since one could fix the mistake
The same chad that caused all those problems in Florida in 2000?
Poor Chad, always causing problems. :)
Joe (hang him I say!)
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