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Barb K. Just as I that believe all computers are related, I also am sure that undoubtedly all "Typo Fairies," just like all 'Tooth Fairies,' are related to each other. <LOL> (I'm also positive there IS an Eater Bunny, but draw the line at even THINKING 'bout is there a REAL Santa Klaus or not....) <ducking, to get outta the way of the anticipated incoming flak? Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Earnie & Barbara Knight <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:57 AM Subject: Re: Non-PD--- Typo Goddess Strikes Again >Barb: > >Sure we'll still love you - even with typos! Funny thing, I've found this a >'typo goddess' who resides in this household and accompanies me to work >everyday. Maybe she is related to yours. > > >I've found she likes to: > >Make my space bar malfunction - sometimes 2 spaces at a time, sometimes >none - or could this be because I dropped the keyboard on the floor last >week? > >Choose another word other than the one I intended - and alas the >spell-checker not knowing my intent fails to find these. >Please, can someone invent an 'intuitive' spell checker??? > >Makes my index finger double-click the mouse sometimes when I really >intended to single-click. > >Has made me hit the DELETE key when I didn't want to - and caused me to lose >wonderful thoughts I'd typed and can't reconstruct. > >Hits the SEND key before I really should send a message. > >Has made me mis-direct email with embarassing results: >I once sent an icq message intended for my daughter to >my son - when I was complaining about something his wife did. > >Makes the keyboard foreign to my fingers at times, and finds all kinds of >weird combinations to masquerade as 'words.' > >Makes my fingers tired after typing and retyping, so I say to heck with >grammar, capital letters, etc., etc. > >Has made me wonder if I should just hand-write, but then at certain times of >the day I can't read my own notes. What stranger came while I was unaware >and dared to write on MY yellow legal pad!!! > >So I struggle along with this keyboard. At least I can tell what the letters >are even if they sometimes are transposed - or worse. Since my dx, this >'typo goddess' seems to reside with me at all times anymore. . . and has >caused amusement for co-workers, friends, and family. <sigh> > >If you need some levity (or frustration) in your life, I will happily pass >her on to you. Anyone interested? :) > >Barb K (one of the other Barb's) > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Barb_MSN >Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:55 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Non-PD--- Typo Goddess Strikes Again > > >Dear List--family.... > >I seem to make LOTS more typos and grammar-screw-ups when I type >online after midnite (as I've been doing since my move last Nov.) > >In rereading the 3 or 4 messages I posted tonite (12:45 a.m.) I >can see mistakes I never would've let slip by me in years past. >This pisses me off - at myself 'cause I used to be a perfectionist >(not in everything, mind ya, but definitely when I did public >posting)