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When in the office, my co-workers make fun of the way I type. They often joke about the way I "clickety clack".
posted by
Joe_Love
on January 13, 2007 at 7:58 AM
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whacky
I think I do...I pound away at the keys and I know better~
posted by
Offy
on January 8, 2007 at 8:58 AM
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I type OK, but when i get ahead of myself I end up
with something that looks like pig latin.
posted by
bel_1965
on January 7, 2007 at 3:35 PM
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Yeah, I do clickety-clack when I type,
but I think that's because I've practised not to look at the keys when I type. Also I go fast when I have some inspiration and don't want to lose the thought. 'Course you wouldn't have found clickety-clack when you had the time to look - that's how it usually works. 
Maybe the person was writing an urgent email at the time or something.
posted by
word.smith
on January 7, 2007 at 2:07 PM
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with so much on-line, I rarely go to the library anymore...
although I do love to hang out at Barnes & Noble, my favorite store in the whole wide world!
posted by
telemachus
on January 7, 2007 at 12:57 PM
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sometimes I do, but not usually.
Maybe the person was transcribing something to send an email or something. At my library, they have privacy screens on them, so you can't see what anyone is doing on the net unless you stand over their shoulder, which would get you k.o.'d! lol. But those people were sure making good use of their internet time, eh??
posted by
Julia.
on January 7, 2007 at 11:13 AM
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Oh, I'm a slow typer.
And, I do it with one hand, so I can write or talk on the phone. I wish I could type faster, but on the bright side, my lack of typing skills saved me from having to work for lawyers. Take care
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on January 7, 2007 at 7:16 AM
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Whenever I type fast I make double the mistakes and end up taking twice as
...long. You need training to do it properly. Me and an ex went to typing classes twenty years ago, but only turned up twice. Too boring.
posted by
Antonionioni
on January 7, 2007 at 6:07 AM
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Yes I do......
My children alsways ask how I can type so quick - I always say because I am use to it...
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 7, 2007 at 5:00 AM
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No. All slow here.
posted by
A-and-B
on January 7, 2007 at 2:51 AM
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Yep.
My husband will laugh when he walks in the room and hears me typing because he says I type really fast. I haven't taken a speed test in a long time, but when I was in 7th grade I was already accurately typing 70 words a minute.
:)
posted by
RachelAnna
on January 6, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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Whacky
My sons and grandsons think I'm fast but they've never heard my sis go.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 6, 2007 at 9:19 PM
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Whacky, they must be those 90 words a minute whizzes...me?
..
...I think at full throttle I'm about 20 words a minute at best..
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posted by
Rumor
on January 6, 2007 at 9:18 PM
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I t depends how close to a deadline that I am
posted by
Azur
on January 6, 2007 at 8:56 PM
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whacky, a frequent comment I get is "my but you type fast!"
So perhaps I'm one of the clickety clack typists!! It was a life or death skill I learned from my few years of doing classified ads. One has to be quick to survive!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on January 6, 2007 at 8:00 PM
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my own personal reaction to the clickety at the library was one of resigned
acceptance, coupled with a sigh. i really, really loved the "silence" of libraries and feel something special has slipped away from us. personally, i can't get into a book with all that noise and in fact, don't go anymore.
posted by
fourcats
on January 6, 2007 at 7:20 PM
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i do clickety when i've got something burning up inside me trying to get
out - much like the dog diet pill story,
that came off my fingertips quickly. i can't do keys "professionally" because i suffer from tendonitis and the stretch of fingers across the board leaves me screaming in pain. i use all my fingers but they have their own routine. i have an excellent vision of the monitor in my head so my concentration is on the keyboard itself. i can "see" where i've made a mistake without even looking up and can back up, delete or include as necessary. i always edit all writing with a real read-through, see where i can clean sloppily constructed sentences, then hit "save and post" or whatever.
posted by
fourcats
on January 6, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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LOL, since the Library is my second home, I hear the clickety clack
ALL of the time. LOL What I can't stand is the clickety clack persson who sits next to me in the computer lab. I always have to move next to the person playing solitaire. LOL
posted by
shelly_b
on January 6, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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