As I mean to go in…


This post was meant to be the first official post since my advancement into Level Two.

It was meant to be one of those upliftng, go grab ‘em moments that we come across every so often in our lives. Not exactly a life-changing moment, but a ‘yes, exactly!’ moment.

I’ve just been replying to comments in an attempt to catch up both on this blog and the manu hindreds that I follow.

It was during the commenting that I noticed what I was typing wasn’t exactly what I was typing. Alomst, but not quite.

And it was then that I realised what was happening. My pesky Fingers, that’s what!

Fingers, mu Inner Typist – Inner Gremlin more like when it comes to trying to get something typed up all professional like – appears to have taken contril once again.

In one comment, the word ‘clicked’ came out as ‘clikeked’… in another, ‘merge’ appeared as ‘merege’… and in a third, ‘message’ appeared as ‘massage’, but I realised that ‘massage’ was actually the word I had intended to use in the first place and had got it wrong. I corrected the glaringly errors before submitting them.

Obviously, it isn’t me what’s making these mystiques. It’s all darn to Fingers, and his inner bility to touch type without touching or typing.

I’ve mentioned before that he liked to go for the letter next to the one he intended yo use, so, as this sentence proves, to becomes yo.

It’s all well and goos having these Inner Beings, who can be quite useful at times, but when they get in the way, the job at hand becomes ever so harder. But still, the results can be quite funny (if not emabarrasing) if they aren’t spitted before publication.

So, instead of this post starting as I mean to go on, it is merely a continuation of where I left off.  Pretty much how life works, come to think of it. There may be changes, but for them to be good we have to still work at them.

So, in moving forward, I shall be giving my Inner Typist some exercises over the next few weeks. There may be some random quites dotted about the place. As it’s Easter next week, think of them as Easter Effs… an added bonus to the madness that is already going on around here.

And Effs, by the way, wasn’t intentional, but I liked it.

Thank you if you’ve stayed this long. It’s over new.

21 responses to “As I mean to go in…”

  1. Diane Henders avatar

    Ah, we haven’t heard from Fingers for a while! I guess you’ll have to buy him a Manual of Dexterity…

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      A Manual of Dexterity! Love it!
      Fingers has been around, Diane, but he’s kept a very low profile of late. He was due an appearance!

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  2. Andra Watkins avatar

    Your inner people are fascinating, Tom. 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Although they can be annoying at times too, Andra!

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  3. prenin avatar

    Don’t tell your doctor about Fingers – or any of the others come to think of it – or else you’ll be invited to stay at the Hospital for ‘evaluation’!!! 🙂

    I’ve always said you have to be nuts to be a blogger!!! 🙂

    God Bless my friend! 🙂

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Oh no, I never mention my Inner Beings to anyone, Prenin, at any time. Apart from on this blog that is, and to the whole world, but that’s just by the by!
      You don’t have to be nuts, but it really does help!

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  4. Elaine - I used to be indecisive avatar

    Ha ha! My Inner Typist lets me down quite a lot these days! (I just typed ‘lest’ instead of ‘lets’ which rather proves the point…) 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I think I’ll blame all of my typos on Fingers from now on, Elaine. I haven’t got anyone to blame for what I actually write yet, but one step at a time! And you merely slipped into alphabetical order mode after typing the L – it happens to me Fingers all of the time!

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  5. DCTdesigns avatar

    Not to mention the finger people are a clan. And when they refuse to work together it can be an all out revolution.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Exactly, Dana! I’ve had troubles like that from time to time.

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      1. DCTdesigns avatar

        Time to bring out your negotiator….

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          Oh, no! Not another one, Dana!

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          1. DCTdesigns avatar

            I’m afraid it must be done.

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  6. lameadventures avatar

    Unfortunately, the typos I make are often “spitted” after publication, Tom. Typing comments on my phone reinforce the idea that my fingers need to join Weight Watchers.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Oh, I know that problem, LA! The buttons on my phone are so small, I catch three of them with each click. Dialling a number is sometimes a nightmare!

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  7. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    Don’t you just hate it when those fingers seem to have minds of their own?… 🙂 xxx

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Mine do very often, Sue. What with them and Fingers, my Inner Typist, it can become a terrible mess at times…

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  8. The Writing Waters Blog avatar

    Pesky fingers. Who do they think they are?

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Always getting themselves into things, Rebecca… they never learn though!

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  9. penpusherpen avatar

    ah, fingers ‘is’ after my own heart …type of thing, Sir Aquatom, my fingers have a competition to see who’ll get at the keys first…and I’ve already had to correct what they’ve badly typed,…a few times over… I’m still not able to ‘see’ the red line on ALF, (this PC) but Norberts Google Chrome does, if you follow, but then Norbert had a heart attack yesterday, stayed stock still for ages, probably shocked him by my prodding typing ability, methought… anyway getting away from the point, which is typing…or the inability, therein lies the rub, for I have always wished to be a touch typist, instead of a touched typist . 🙂 But we never get what we ‘wants’ in this life, or at least I haven’t yet… Ooooo and love Effs, I’m always effing Norbert on.. xPenx

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Sorry to hear about Norbert, Lady P… hope he’s OK now. I’m a look typist myself… I need to see the key I’m using before I use it… and even then I get it wrong at times. Fingers just ups the ante there!

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