Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 because I smashed my left middle finger. I never realized how much I use that finger to type. Then again I mainly only use four fingers to type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 that explains everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Then again I mainly only use four fingers to type You sound like an old lady using a typewriter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 You sound like an old lady using a typewriter But I type 90wpm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I remember my grandma teaching me to type (on an old typewriter). You hovered your hands above the keys and chicken pecked everything with your pointer or middle fingers. Any mistakes and you had to use white out or it became a draft which you would retype. Then you go to school and they have typewriters but you can't use them because they want you to learn these satan home key nonsense. In short I wasn't able to type fast till I was 17... Another of my outdated skills was old timey cursive taught to me by my great grandmother who taught in a one room school house. If you got it wrong she would flick you hard with a metal thimble on her middle finger. Because if you weren't good at cursive then you could never get through High School because every paper you do will be in Cursive. Ever be like 7 and tell a teacher that isn't how you make a Q, then bust out some shakespeare like calligraphy, and then a couple years later everything must be typed or you fail. Outside of my name I have not used cursive for anything since elementary school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 But I type 90wpm... My bullshit meter is going off the GOD DAMN charts on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 I remember my grandma teaching me to type (on an old typewriter). You hovered your hands above the keys and chicken pecked everything with your pointer or middle fingers. Any mistakes and you had to use white out or it became a draft which you would retype. Then you go to school and they have typewriters but you can't use them because they want you to learn these satan home key nonsense. In short I wasn't able to type fast till I was 17... Another of my outdated skills was old timey cursive taught to me by my great grandmother who taught in a one room school house. If you got it wrong she would flick you hard with a metal thimble on her middle finger. Because if you weren't good at cursive then you could never get through High School because every paper you do will be in Cursive. Ever be like 7 and tell a teacher that isn't how you make a Q, then bust out some shakespeare like calligraphy, and then a couple years later everything must be typed or you fail. Outside of my name I have not used cursive for anything since elementary school! I learned how to type on a typewriter in second grade. in 1997... -_' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 My bullshit meter is going off the GOD DAMN charts on that one I have hit 90, but average is probably in the 70s range. Really depends on the words and overall mindset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 My bullshit meter is going off the GOD DAMN charts on that one Been on the boards for 11 years, all the TC and YIM chats... plus I did customer service for over a year... In middle school, I failed the "home row" thingy because I never used it but I typed 80wpm... just my index and middle fingers with some use of the thumbs. I can NOT look away though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 I have hit 90, but average is probably in the 70s range. Really depends on the words and overall mindset. It does depend on the mindset... and how much of a hurry I am in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I learned how to type on a typewriter in second grade. in 1997... -_' We may be the same age 1989. However my school had a bunch of macs in 97 and we couldn't use the typewirters. Pretty much up to 4th grade all I remember is kidz pix, number munchers, oregon trail, that dumb puzzle maze game with the mouse, the race car math game, and learning how to double click and that we should never use netscape at home because the internet bandwidth is shit and anyone person using a computer slows down everything. Out of all that I only remember once of them actually teaching us how to type, it was always go over the basics and practice typing when you got home...I think they thought my family was rich or just expected everyone in the mid 90s to have a pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 We may be the same age 1989. However my school had a bunch of macs in 97 and we couldn't use the typewirters. Pretty much up to 4th grade all I remember is kidz pix, number munchers, oregon trail, that dumb puzzle maze game with the mouse, the race car math game, and learning how to double click and that we should never use netscape at home because the internet bandwidth is shit and anyone person using a computer slows down everything. Out of all that I only remember once of them actually teaching us how to type, it was always go over the basics and practice typing when you got home...I think they thought my family was rich or just expected everyone in the mid 90s to have a pc. 1990... I lived in the middle of nowhere, so if I ever got on a computer it was for minesweeper and that game with the mice and cats and cheese where you had to delete the right amount of blocks to get the mouse to the cheese without being caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 It does depend on the mindset... and how much of a hurry I am in. Those times when you are busting out novel levels of text, and non pc people are looking at you just filling up paragraphs of text. Then those days when you type a bunch of stuff delete half of it then stare at the screen type a sentence, delete it. Then say fuck it and delete a larger portion and start again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1990... I lived in the middle of nowhere, so if I ever got on a computer it was for minesweeper and that game with the mice and cats and cheese where you had to delete the right amount of blocks to get the mouse to the cheese without being caught. I'm guessing you have a summer birthday, they do that thing where they try to match age brackets for whatever reason rather than year. If not then you were probably a grade above me. Sounds like the mouse maze thing I was thinking of. We didn't get a computer in the house till 2000. Weird to think that it was only 17 years ago, but at the same time 17 years is a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 I'm guessing you have a summer birthday, they do that thing where they try to match age brackets for whatever reason rather than year. If not then you were probably a grade above me. Sounds like the mouse maze thing I was thinking of. We didn't get a computer in the house till 2000. Weird to think that it was only 17 years ago, but at the same time 17 years is a long time. Nope January... I just got into school a year late because of my family moving so much. And yeah I didn't have a computer until 1999 or 2000... and it wasn't anything worth bragging about even then. Windows ME. -_' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Nope January... I just got into school a year late because of my family moving so much. And yeah I didn't have a computer until 1999 or 2000... and it wasn't anything worth bragging about even then. Windows ME. -_' Ah mine is at the end of march. My old mac was one that the school was going to throw out. They were just going to destroy them as part of a contract to get new ones. It was like a 94 mac and had that super nintendo type plastic that turns yellow over time. .My brother ended up messing it up with porn eventually lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 i can type one handed O0 :420: :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Been on the boards for 11 years, all the TC and YIM chats... plus I did customer service for over a year... In middle school, I failed the "home row" thingy because I never used it but I typed 80wpm... just my index and middle fingers with some use of the thumbs. I can NOT look away though. gonna put this in the file with "got bit by a copperhead and didn't seek medical attention and turned out fine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Try typing with 3 fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I graduated HS in 97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I graduated HS in 97 Baka senpai graduating a decade before me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Try typing with 3 fingers. I would have gone with some voice to text option at that point, probably just as much of a pain in the ass when you are dealing with moonspeak anime boards. Like when talking about the classic show Evan jelly on with Ask-a, Ray, Missed Auto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Ah mine is at the end of march. My old mac was one that the school was going to throw out. They were just going to destroy them as part of a contract to get new ones. It was like a 94 mac and had that super nintendo type plastic that turns yellow over time. .My brother ended up messing it up with porn eventually lol. Your brother. Suuuuuure. ::]:: :fap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 i can type one handed O0 :420: :beer: I can too when I'm shoveling food into my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 gonna put this in the file with "got bit by a copperhead and didn't seek medical attention and turned out fine." What because all that happened was my knee swelled up astronomically and then it went away? only one fang made contact Also en exerpt from a study on these... "The authors did a retrospective study of all snakebites that presented to their level III trauma center (East Texas MEdical Center, Crockett, TX) with snakebites from 1995 to 2010. The identified 88 patients bitten by the Southern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix). Unfortunately, they give no information on how the snakes were identified. The most common symptoms were pain and swelling; 85% of these patients had mild, grade I envenomations, with no systemic manifestations. Ten patients had an elevated PT, but there were no instances of clinical bleeding. No patient received antivenom or required fasciotomy, and there were no deaths." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Try typing with 3 fingers. I basically have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 My dog types for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Your brother. Suuuuuure. ::]:: :fap: He killed everyone of the pc's we had, which is partly why I got good at computers because I learned how to fix them. Even now I go over to his place, and his browser has like 5 damn search bars installed and everything is slow. At this point I just backup stuff and do system restores. Aside from me, my family are technologically challenged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I would have gone with some voice to text option at that point, probably just as much of a pain in the ass when you are dealing with moonspeak anime boards. Like when talking about the classic show Evan jelly on with Ask-a, Ray, Missed Auto. Yeah idk why I just never really liked the voice input type programs, I can type just fine though since I've never known any different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 My dog types for me Cats type better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Nice try CAC or should I say CAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 It would be so much easier to be a cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonSinger Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 He killed everyone of the pc's we had, which is partly why I got good at computers because I learned how to fix them. Even now I go over to his place, and his browser has like 5 damn search bars installed and everything is slow. At this point I just backup stuff and do system restores. Aside from me, my family are technologically challenged. This post and the one about deleting a ton of words are stressing me out just thinking about them. God, and I forgot how my parents bricked their last computer. I was supposed to look at it, but I might have mentally blocked it from my to-do list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPM Jr. Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Nope January... I just got into school a year late because of my family moving so much. And yeah I didn't have a computer until 1999 or 2000... and it wasn't anything worth bragging about even then. Windows ME. -_' I remember Windows ME. It was on the cheap HP laptop my grandfather got me for Christmas in 2000. (He got all his high school and college-aged grandchildren at the time laptops.) That operating system was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 My dog types for me Nice tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 He killed everyone of the pc's we had, which is partly why I got good at computers because I learned how to fix them. Even now I go over to his place, and his browser has like 5 damn search bars installed and everything is slow. At this point I just backup stuff and do system restores. Aside from me, my family are technologically challenged. I've found computers in dumpsters with the same issues... The PC I have now was also like that. I cleaned it out and installed Windows 7 on a separate partition and it's freakin' sweet now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 I remember Windows ME. It was on the cheap HP laptop my grandfather got me for Christmas in 2000. (He got all his high school and college-aged grandchildren at the time laptops.) That operating system was shit. I was 10 and knew the OS was shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupin_bebop Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Then, maybe.......next time......don't drop a fridge on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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