i guess that most of us start out typing using only one or two fingers. we search the keyboard for the right key and jab at it with our index fingers. this technique is called hunt and peck because it's a bit like a chicken eating. come to think of it, messy hand writing is also called chicken scratchings.
as we get better at typing we learn to use more fingers and we know the locations of the keys well enough that we can move our eyes ahead of our fingers or even type without looking at the keyboard. typically i use five fingers to type, throwing in an extra finger or two when i can and if i try i can almost type legible english without looking.
but tonight i became a hunter and pecker again. it is good that the hunter part is included or i would just be a pecker now. ha-ha!
in my last class we all tried to do a handstand against the wall (two kids and i) and when it was my turn i knocked the clock off the wall and it fell on my right hand, making my middle and ring fingers swell and breaking the skin of the big knuckle on my middle finger. i have had it wrapped in ice since then.
so, now i am typing with my left hand only (using the mouse is a bugger) and using two fingers only. sometimes i hit the key which changes the keyboard to japanese but since i am looking at the keyboard i don't notice right away that i am typing strange japanese mixed with the alphabet. i often hit the wrong keys too and it takes a fraction of a second longer to notice my mistake and correct it. i think the tendons of my left wrist are getting a workout they will complain about tomorrow.
moral: when doing handstands against the wall first remove any heavy objects hanging above the spot you plan to use.
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Me-Myself&I said on Aug 26, 2009....
i quess i'll stand with you! i have been hunting and pecking on this keyboard for two years, still only using two index fingers! *smile* and i use to play the piano too.
have a good day! take care ~see ya
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hotaka said on Aug 26, 2009....
A hunt and peck pianist, MM&I? -
simplyconfused said on Aug 26, 2009....
What a great life lesson learned. ^_^ =p -
uniquely-ironic said on Aug 26, 2009....
Ouch! I can't say as I envy you the nostalgia of reverting back to chicken pecking at the keyboard. -
Hegemone said on Aug 26, 2009....
Valuable lesson here I'd say. Hope that hand feels better soon so you can quit being such a pecker .... I mean a hunter & pecker. :-D -
gingersoul said on Aug 26, 2009....
Hottilicious......do you hunt and peck even when you have to use your right hand for other... 'things?.......lol...... -
CreativeWoman said on Aug 26, 2009....
Too bad you hurt your hand, but that sounds pretty talented to have caught the clock before it hit the ground. I hope it feels better soon.
CW
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wombat said on Aug 26, 2009....
Sorry about the hand! But I cracked up about the handstand, or as I would call it, head stand. Mr. W. tried to demonstrate this once to me, and kept falling over and over until I and my son had tears and belly laughs going.
But he didn't kill a clock or end up "hunting and pecking."
Cool that you have the key to make it English or Japanese, but I assume that has to do with your territory there.
I ain't hunting and pecking to see if I have that.
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bhalah said on Aug 26, 2009....
hotaka, i will tell you the trust, i never ever i can understand you, dont know what is, but tell you men, is the trust, where are you from at, you know? i was going to a internet public place sameone was going there to, he has asiatic tipe, i thot, this coul be hotaka , like, dont know, lisen, i am at home, just coming from what ever who knows, but i went to soulcast, so click in all post, so hotaka was there, oh, sorpraise i thot, what he wans to mean, i m sure today i understood, but not, men, i dont, ok, fingers? yes i usualy use two, but whit a nice intetion, dont mis understan, i feel always defecault to understand you hotak, what can i do, but your name is there i know you, but dont ever know what you mean....!!! so, dont know if the cuantity of your fingers or what but wy you think is my problem i can ever understan you, can you said samething?, mmmm dont know of you alaud.. -
Me-Myself&I said on Aug 26, 2009....
lol.... no, i didn't hunt and peck the piano, just saying i know how to use all my fingers but not on this keyboard of my computer. lol.... silly me, i know! *smile* -
hotaka said on Aug 26, 2009....
simplyconfused, there you go. Glad this post was worth something.
UI, well I am back today with only a bandage on one finger so I can type as poorly as usual and not worse.
Hegebaby, I am back to stabbing and jabbing with five fingers. Feels good!
gingerbear, I think I need to have a private chat with you. Perhaps you have some "steam" that needs letting off?
CW, well, I didn't actually catch the clock. I was standing on my hands so the clock actually caught me! Now if I had actually caught the clock with one hand while still supporting myself with the other then I am sure even Yoda would have been impressed.
wombers, for me a head stand is head and two hands on the floor and a handstand is only two hands on the floor. I'll have to remember your husband's stunt for future laughs at home, but I think I should make sure the surrounding area is clear first.
bhalah, thank you for dropping by. If you don't understand me, that's OK. I am not Asian but living in Asia. Sometimes I write long posts and when it strikes me I write short posts. I did a silly thing yesterday and hurt my hand. Nothing important, but perhaps a little funny. So I wrote about it and here it is. You don't have to think too hard about it. If you can't understand just move on to the next post. Cheers!
MM&I, you know how to use all of your fingers, eh? Well done. And you are how old? Just teasing you as I was teasing about the piano. I can't imagine you playing Chopin with only two fingers.
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bhalah said on Aug 27, 2009....
tanks Hotaka, you sorpraise me.. a lot.... sory for your litle accident then..bye. -
hotaka said on Aug 27, 2009....
No worries, bhalah. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintence here. -
Battycat said on Sep 03, 2009....
still hunting and pecking lol :-)
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