nadin goes off to get a band

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=317x4278

Oh my.

nadinbrzezinski  (1000+ posts)        Tue Sep-20-11 12:32 PM
Original message
 
YAY... I don't play tennis but typing can cause Tennis Elbow!

So off to get a band today... and mostly using Dragon now.

"the secret diaries of nadin"

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,63908.0.html

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-21-11 07:23 PM
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1. We old touch typists have the advantage

We were taught on manual machines that required quite a bit of force to depress the keys (why I flunked it) so our palms had to be curved and our fingers pointing down. It turns out that position is also the best for electric keyboards since it reduces stress on the wrist and allows for the variation in hand movement that prevents RSI disorders.

[zeitgeist]

Is there no end to the knowledge one can obtain on DU?

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-21-11 07:23 PM
Response to Original message
 
1. We old touch typists have the advantage

We were taught on manual machines that required quite a bit of force to depress the keys (why I flunked it) so our palms had to be curved and our fingers pointing down. It turns out that position is also the best for electric keyboards since it reduces stress on the wrist and allows for the variation in hand movement that prevents RSI disorders.

Flunked typing?  I mean come on how do you flunk typing? 

But it does not surprise me that the dump is full of hunt n peckers both male and female.

[Chris_]

Silly me, I've been doing it wrong all these years.

so our palms had to be curved and our fingers pointing down.  It turns out that position is also the best for electric keyboards since it reduces stress on the wrist and allows for the variation in hand movement that prevents RSI disorders.

Actually, I haven't.  I just wanted to point out what a dumb statement this is.  Is there some other way to type the rest of us are not aware of?

[shadeaux]

If she wouldn't be on the DUmp day and night spreading her vast google knowledge she wouldn't have them tennis elbows.

 

[franksolich]

If she wouldn't be on the DUmp day and night spreading her vast google knowledge she wouldn't have them tennis elbows.

 

That was my exact first thought when encountering this campfire.

[sybilll]

If she wouldn't be on the DUmp day and night spreading her vast google knowledge she wouldn't have them tennis elbows.

 

I've often caught myself thinking.......good lord, what must her house look like.......does she ever feed her family...........would she even remember how to conduct a conversation in real life? 

[franksolich]

I've often caught myself thinking.......good lord, what must her house look like.......does she ever feed her family...........would she even remember how to conduct a conversation in real life?

The "secret diaries of nadin" in the DUmping Ground answers it all.

[franksolich]

You know, folks, I just thought of something.

The primitives are notorious for having ulterior subconscious motives when lighting a campfire.

One suspects nadin didn't really start this one to illuminate us about tennis elbow.

I think she really started it to remind the other primitives of the sacrifices (i.e., in this case, the injury) she makes so as to enlighten them.

[GOBUCKS]

You know, folks, I just thought of something.

The primitives are notorious for having ulterior subconscious motives when lighting a campfire.

One suspects nadin didn't really start this one to illuminate us about tennis elbow.

I think she really started it to remind the other primitives of the sacrifices (i.e., in this case, the injury) she makes so as to enlighten them.

Well, I just had another thought about her real motivation. She made a seemingly offhand reference to "Dragon".

She's telling the DUmbasses that she's so technologically advanced she has voice-recognition software on her oft-mentioned iPad.

She's also trying to tell us that software errors in Dragon are to blame for her comical spelling and grammar. Nice try, nutcase.

[BlueStateSaint]

Well, I just had another thought about her real motivation. She made a seemingly offhand reference to "Dragon".

She's telling the DUmbasses that she's so technologically advanced she has voice-recognition software on her oft-mentioned iPad.

She's also trying to tell us that software errors in Dragon are to blame for her comical spelling and grammar. Nice try, nutcase.

I was wondering about the Dragon.  But, that seems to explain it all.

[franksolich]

I had no idea what "Dragon" meant; it might as well have been in upside-down Japanese.

Thanks, GOBUCKS.

[ChuckJ]

Well, I just had another thought about her real motivation. She made a seemingly offhand reference to "Dragon".

She's telling the DUmbasses that she's so technologically advanced she has voice-recognition software on her oft-mentioned iPad.

She's also trying to tell us that software errors in Dragon are to blame for her comical spelling and grammar. Nice try, nutcase.

Good call GOBUCKS. It's almost like you used your knowledge of nadin trends to divine her true motives.

[GOBUCKS]

Good call GOBUCKS. It's almost like you used your knowledge of nadin trends to divine her true motives.

If you read the script and understand the script, anyone can do this.
It's parenteral jacquerie.

[ChuckJ]

If you read the script and understand the script, anyone can do this.
It's parenteral jacquerie.

 

[NHSparky]

Is there no end to the knowledge one can obtain on DU?

Flunked typing?  I mean come on how do you flunk typing? 

But it does not surprise me that the dump is full of hunt n peckers both male and female.

Funny, as my "practical art" in HS I took typing.  Learned on a manual too.  No correcting ribbon.  Mistakes stood out like sore thumbs.

Yet I got (IIRC) a B overall and was typing nearly 60 wpm with fewer than two mistakes a minute.

All on a manual typewriter.  No sore wrists, no sore elbows.  Perhaps if nadin had worked a bit of manual labor in her life, her pathetically weak upper body joints wouldn't be so susceptible to even repetitive motion injuries.

[whiffleball]

OK, the Dragon comment has been explained, but what about the 'band' comment?  There's not much I can make out of this Nutcases' posts until they're deciphered here.

[thundley4]

OK, the Dragon comment has been explained, but what about the 'band' comment?  There's not much I can make out of this Nutcases' posts until they're deciphered here.

Probably some sort of wrist support?

[Celtic Rose]

Probably some sort of wrist support?

Since she mentioned tennis elbow it is likely one of those bands that go on the forearm right below the elbow.  I'm not entirely sure what they do, but I imagine that they stabilize the joint somehow.

I'll admit, I've gotten injuries doing stupid stuff, but tennis elbow from typing?   Carpel Tunnel I could understand, but when I type I really don't move my elbows at all.

[Chris_]

I don't think it was from typing.

[GOBUCKS]

Since she mentioned tennis elbow it is likely one of those bands that go on the forearm right below the elbow.  I'm not entirely sure what they do, but I imagine that they stabilize the joint somehow.

I've used the elastic bands when I've had tendonitis in my elbow.
About all the band does is remind you of which arm hurts until you get a cortisone injection, which for me works like magic.

[BlueStateSaint]

Perhaps if nadin had worked a bit of manual labor in her life, her pathetically weak upper body joints wouldn't be so susceptible to even repetitive motion injuries.

Oh, I'm certain that Nadin's "worked" in her life . . .

Done this: to a "submarine captain," or whoever she was "teaching" at the time . . .

[JohnnyReb]

Oh, I'm certain that Nadin's "worked" in her life . . .

Done this: to a "submarine captain," or whoever she was "teaching" at the time . . .

I was thinking along the same line...except it would be from doing a little self manipulation....you know....the two-finger flutter.

[Doc Savage]

Is there no end to the knowledge one can obtain on DU?

Flunked typing?  I mean come on how do you flunk typing? 

But it does not surprise me that the dump is full of hunt n peckers both male and female.

In the Navy Tech School I was in there was a typing test.  A lot of people failed it.  It was not just speed, it was zero errors.  that was the killer.  No white out allowed.  And these tests were on manual carriage with the manual return and advance roller.  High tech baby.  Never quite understood that.  10 miles from the school there were ships with nuclear power but we were using iron type writters.

[JohnnyReb]

Is there no end to the knowledge one can obtain on DU?

Flunked typing?  I mean come on how do you flunk typing? 

But it does not surprise me that the dump is full of hunt n peckers both male and female.

Don't be so subtle next time, just cum out with it.

[JohnnyReb]

Is there no end to the knowledge one can obtain on DU?

Flunked typing?  I mean come on how do you flunk typing? 

But it does not surprise me that the dump is full of hunt n peckers both male and female.

Next time don't be so subtle about it...just cum out with it.