Day 393 of 1000
I always thought I was a pretty fast typist. Whenever I instant message with people, I spend most of my time waiting for people to respond. I was messaging with my sister this morning–she is about the same speed as me, so we can have a great conversation, but then Kelly got on and started messaging with me at the same time. Christian and Kelly are WAY fast. I started laughing when I saw her messages start popping up because it is just amazing. The reason they can type so fast is that when they were both about six or seven years old we did not want them wasting their time playing video games. We let them play a few later one (mainly Nancy Drew mysteries), but at that age I wanted them playing outside. Still, I felt kind of bad, so I got a copy of Mavis Beacon Typing. They each got to spend 15 minutes per day on that during the summer. They both did that for about five summers and the result is that they are now screaming fast instant messagers. The law of unintended consequences.
Eric
I like to think it’s the typing … In my pre-geriatric case, the youngsters just think and respond faster.
I agree, but in my case, it is not PRE-geriatric. The funny thing is that, I probably type faster than I ever typed in my life right now because I type for a living and the STILL beat me. I guess you are right. I must just think slowly.
Huh? I don’t get it. Gerry who?
Exactly Gene! The worst part is my hearing is getting bad, too, so I actually make statements like that.