Jayne ,'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sometimes I type 4 when I mean f. Because it starts with an f? I think?
I can't tell you how often I type a 3 for lower-case "e." I feel like it might make a bit more sense if it was in place of capital "E," but no, it's for the lower-case. I think my fingers are typing with zero input from my brain.
FWIW, Discovery+ has 4 years of "The Repair Shop". I think it's actually about 5 years but that's what the season drop-down says.
Personally, I can't handle TV drama at the moment. I need feel-good shows.
I remember when typewriters were going out and computers/word processers were coming in. SO many people who'd used a lower-case "l" for "1" as well as an upper-case "O" for "0" couldn't understand why things didn't work. I remember people being told that with the new technology each character counts as itself - no substitutions allowed.
3 and e are right next to each other on the keyboard. And they rhyme, which when spelling something in my head might make a difference. And I still have l33tspeak in my head as an almost legitimate way to spell. So, yeah, 3 for e happens.
For a while there 0 had a slash through it so I could easily tell it from O and I appreciated the assistance.
FWIW, Discovery+ has 4 years of "The Repair Shop".
...now I have to ask myself if I want to sign up for a 7-day free trial and binge-watch all of "The Repair Shop" that wasn't available on Netflix when Netflix still had it.
SO many people who'd used a lower-case "l" for "1" as well as an upper-case "O" for "0" couldn't understand why things didn't work.
I learned to type on a manual typewriter that didn't have dedicated "1" or "0" keys so I learned with that substitution. At the same time I had a computer at home and was teaching myself basic programming, so I had to get my brain to switch back and forth on typing.
I also got into the habit of putting a slash across my "0" when writing by hand, but I eventually stopped doing that. I do, however, still slash my "7" when writing long hand.
...now I have to ask myself if I want to sign up for a 7-day free trial and binge-watch all of "The Repair Shop" that wasn't available on Netflix when Netflix still had it.
You and me both! Hmm.
I also got into the habit of putting a slash across my "0" when writing by hand, but I eventually stopped doing that. I do, however, still slash my "7" when writing long hand.
Same. I will slash my zeros if its in a password or something where it isn't obvious from context that it's a number. Also Zs if I'm printing, so it's clear they aren't 2s
Timelies all!
Even though Mr. S watches the most inane stuff on Netflix, at least I'm finally getting my money's worth from my subscription. (I will ignore the disks that Gary and I have had out for years...)
Not nearly as enjoyable as The Repair Shop, but I just found 9 Seasons of Dirty Jobs on the free Discovery app - comes with commercials though, but still fairly conflict free tv.