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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Decades ago, the company secretary had to type up the company fire instructions when we moved into our new building. Prominent in the instructions was the phrase

    In case of fire, DO NOT LEAVE THE LIFT

    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    Richard Deeming
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    Reminds me of the slogan that was almost used to advertise a local university:

    Quote:

    Do you enjoy being mentally challenged?

    :doh:


    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      My tablet does that a lot - I think teh soft keyboard SHIFT key "Holds on" a bit too long, and I don;t like it!

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      CPallini
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      "You're too quick!" -- Lady Key.

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      • C CPallini

        There's a reason I wear running shoes. ;)

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        raddevus
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        CPallini wrote:

        There's a reason I wear running shoes.

        :thumbsup: :laugh:

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        • M megaadam

          Mine are mis-doubling 40% of the time: Heelo => Hello Pekk => Peek

          "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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          Forogar
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          I have that problem as weel!

          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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          • D Dave Kreskowiak

            From way back in the DOS days, to this very minute, I still type 'Fomrat' instead 'Format'. (Which one of those do you think I just had to correct?) ...and 'Proejct' instead of 'Project'. And I tend to put the first character of a word as a space and the space as the second character of a word.

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            Forogar
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            first character of a word as a space and the space as the second character of a word.

            I have the same proble mexcept wit hthe ending space.

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            • T thatraja

              Mine actually is 'in' & 'on'. I put 'in' instead of 'on'. And 'on' instead of 'in'. Reason is simple, 'i' & 'o' located together next to next(side by side) in keyboard. My finger randomly picks any of two. Only 50-60% time it picks correctly. What's your ?

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              Forogar
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              chnage!

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              • T thatraja

                Mine actually is 'in' & 'on'. I put 'in' instead of 'on'. And 'on' instead of 'in'. Reason is simple, 'i' & 'o' located together next to next(side by side) in keyboard. My finger randomly picks any of two. Only 50-60% time it picks correctly. What's your ?

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                Keith Barrow
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                I quite often have `pubic` members. Also I've invented a third binary option `flase`.

                KeithBarrow.net[^] - It might not be very good, but at least it is free!

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                • T thatraja

                  Mine actually is 'in' & 'on'. I put 'in' instead of 'on'. And 'on' instead of 'in'. Reason is simple, 'i' & 'o' located together next to next(side by side) in keyboard. My finger randomly picks any of two. Only 50-60% time it picks correctly. What's your ?

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                  Mike Hankey
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                  Luck, l or f depending on my attitude not because they're close together.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Yeah but that's a feature, not a bug. It's in the manual. :-D

                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    jeron1
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                    You mean "It's in teh manual." ?

                    "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                    • T thatraja

                      Mine actually is 'in' & 'on'. I put 'in' instead of 'on'. And 'on' instead of 'in'. Reason is simple, 'i' & 'o' located together next to next(side by side) in keyboard. My finger randomly picks any of two. Only 50-60% time it picks correctly. What's your ?

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                      dandy72
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                      I can handle typos. What drives me up the wall is keyboards that have narrow Shift keys at either end so some manufacturer could add an extra key (or even two) that doesn't belong there.

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                      • T thatraja

                        Mine actually is 'in' & 'on'. I put 'in' instead of 'on'. And 'on' instead of 'in'. Reason is simple, 'i' & 'o' located together next to next(side by side) in keyboard. My finger randomly picks any of two. Only 50-60% time it picks correctly. What's your ?

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                        Lost User
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                        Wait a sec, c and x are very close together.

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                        • F Forogar

                          chnage!

                          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                          _AK_
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                          I thought I am the only one having this weird issue. :) It happens 8 out 10 times when typing for me.

                          .AK.

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                          • S Slacker007

                            Griff types "teh" instead of "the" all the time. However, my typing is perfect, and I never make mistakes while doing it. :rolleyes: :laugh:

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                            GuyThiebaut
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                            Ditto! I do that a lot too :-D

                            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                            ― Christopher Hitchens

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                            • K Keith Barrow

                              I quite often have `pubic` members. Also I've invented a third binary option `flase`.

                              KeithBarrow.net[^] - It might not be very good, but at least it is free!

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                              GuyThiebaut
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                              Keith Barrow wrote:

                              I quite often have pubic members

                              Because exposing your privates is never a good idea.

                              “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                              ― Christopher Hitchens

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                              • C CPallini

                                Mine is 'A' instead of 'a' after another upper case letter (e.g. 'CArlo').

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                                Rage
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                                This, I also do it a lot. Which is quite annoying, since in German, lots of starting letters are upper case...

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                                • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                                  Reminds me of the slogan that was almost used to advertise a local university:

                                  Quote:

                                  Do you enjoy being mentally challenged?

                                  :doh:


                                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                                  Rick York
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                                  That reminds of a photo I saw of a billboard that said, "Illiterate? Write for free help."

                                  "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                                  • C CPallini

                                    There's a reason I wear running shoes. ;)

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                                    Rick York
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                                    I do too but it turns out I only run when chased.

                                    "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                                      That reminds of a photo I saw of a billboard that said, "Illiterate? Write for free help."

                                      "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                                      Richard Deeming
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                                      Or all the (usually government generated) letters sent out in normal size print, which contain (also in normal size print):

                                      Quote:

                                      If you require this information in Braille or large-print, please call ...

                                      :doh:


                                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                                      • T thatraja

                                        Mine actually is 'in' & 'on'. I put 'in' instead of 'on'. And 'on' instead of 'in'. Reason is simple, 'i' & 'o' located together next to next(side by side) in keyboard. My finger randomly picks any of two. Only 50-60% time it picks correctly. What's your ?

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                                        MadMyche
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                                        For whatever reason I often miss the second "o" when I type SET NOCOUNT ON. All other errors I blame on a faulty keyboard driver which cannot read my sloppy typing. Particularly when my password fails. I know my password, the computer just can't read it

                                        Director of Transmogrification Services Shinobi of Query Language Master of Yoda Conditional

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                                        • _ _AK_

                                          I thought I am the only one having this weird issue. :) It happens 8 out 10 times when typing for me.

                                          .AK.

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                                          Forogar
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                                          What's really weird is that, apart from misplaced spaces, this is the only common typo I do. :confused:

                                          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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