Comments on: The Quick Brown Fox

By: MsQ

MsQ — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:03:42 +0000

Jill: We learned about the same time, then. I forgit exactly how old you are but I vaguely recall you’re a couple of years younger. Anyway, same generation.

I didn’t get no game. Which was OK. I probably would not have played it. I never played video games. Well..I did play Pong and I tried Pacman but eh..not big on games. I used to play Solitaire but I don’t even count that as it’s not much different than the real thing.

Back to the age thing…65 still freaks me out. That’s too many years for me. 10 years either way…it depends on the guy. The younger way – he better not want children. The older way…he better be holding up well! Well..either way should be holding up well. I have seen wheezing uphill men in their 30s and…not purty.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:12:30 +0000

Ms.Q – I learned in middle school. My mom or dad actually got us some kind of game where there was a space ship in the center of the tv or computer or whatever it was and the words came in from the corners of the screen. You had to shoot them (by typing the word) before it hit your ship.

I dunno on the age difference thing. I think it really does depend on the guy. I’ve dated ten years older and really the guy was almost younger than me in certain ways.

By: MsQ

MsQ — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:34:02 +0000

ack: dang ! Seems like the fates conspired against you with respect to typing. I am not that great with the numeric pad and I’m not going to get any better since I’ve been working on a laptop for so long! My mom has a PC and regular keyboard and I still use the number keys along the top instead of the keypad!

By: ack

ack — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:02:26 +0000

dang, this makes me feel old!

i took typing in middle school. never was very good at it. no clue what my typing speed was, but it was no where near the top in the class.

my first computer didn’t do didly squat to help my typing speed. it was a timex/sinclair ts-1000. (clone of the sinclair zx-81, but it had double the onboard RAM at a whopping 2K!) the keyboard was this little tiny membrane thing that was horribly to use.

my junior year of high school was when we got a computer science class. around then, was when i got my second computer, a used apple ][+. full sized keyboard there, but to this day, my typing style ain’t the old touch typing. it’s mostly the index & middle fingers, with a little of the ring fingers, and the right hand jumping over on to the left’s keys.

one thing i’ve found that has stuck with me from doing some data entry is entering numbers on the numeric keypad. i can do that by touch, pretty much using the proper fingers. while typing, i’m somewhat looking at the keyboard as part of my typing.

By: MsQ

MsQ — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:23:27 +0000

Derek: Yeah, sometimes parents DO know best. Which is why I don’t follow their example

Christine: I find the term “Keyboarding” odd – I’m like UT and call it “touch typing” – meaning typing without having to look at the keys! I have also seen people like your husband who can hunt-and-peck like nobody’s business!

delmer: I forget my original typing speed. Maybe 45 wpm? It wasn’t all that fast. Why did you take typing? Just because of the blizzard?

eric: Hmmm..you must be hunting and pecking which would make sense, the pecking part that is, what with your affinity to chickens. (inside joke folks)

Jill: Hahahha! I wonder if kids use the term “keyboarding” because it sounds more hip than “typing.” When did you learn how to type??

So you have to use force or coercion, huh? That is so tiring!

Regarding Younger Dude – yes, not much on a 25 year age difference! Or 20. Or 15. Or 10. Maybe 10 but….depends!