May. 30, 2007 - The Things We Take for Granted
A lot of people don't think about how important their keyboard is.
If it wasn't for my keyboard I would not be blogging, and you would have never of read this. If it wasn't for my keyboard I would not write my monthly newsletter, send e-mails to all my friends, or even be able to look things up on the computer!
The truth is a lot of people, take a lot of little things for granted, and the keyboard is one of those little things.
This was brought to my attention while staying with my Great-grandma. We were staying at my grandparents house, and I couldn't help, but notice what a nice keybored my grandpa has.
Our keyboard is rather old, and you really have to punch down on some of the keys to get them to work,while my grandpa's keys work with the slightest touch, and my hands danced over them. It felt nice to type, like typing on air.
Our keyboard is also dirty, over the years it has accumulated a lot of dust in between keys where it is impossable to get out, or where it has just been ignored. It has seen better days. My grandpa's computer is living its better days. It is nice and clean, and you don't worry about picking up germs from it because it is just so clean.
While I'm on the subject of things that you just can't blog without, lets talk about the mouse.
Unless you have a touch screen you can't get on the computer without your mouse. Another one of those little things people take for granted.
We have a trackball mouse. With a trackball it stays in one place, and you move the little ball on it to move the mouse on the computer screen where you want it to go. We have had this mouse for 5 to 6 years now, and I sometimes forget there is any other kind of mouse, but my grandpa has a regular mouse. I can't stand those kind of mouses (mice...meeces) I am so used to our mouse I can't figure out how to use a regular mouse, but I got used to it. Then after the two weeks at his house I came home and it took me some time to get used to our mouse again.
So pay more attention to your mouse and keybored, they deserve it!
Bluejane
Comments
May. 31, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by sweetpotato
It's true! There's a lot of things we don't notice we have until we are without them (even temporarily). I remember our family living without a microwave for a while...hoo boy! we never realized how much we used it.
