Typing Away for nada...lol!
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
March 9, 2012 3:34pm CST
I have to look at my keys on my keyboard to type. never learning to type in school or anything. anyway, just a few minutes ago, i was just typeing away like crazy and about half way thruogh the long reply, i looked up to see how i was doing and guess what???!! I was not typing a thing on my discussion. duh! I guess id not put my cursor on the window before starting.
talk about enthusiasm
have you ever done such a thing? its as bad as typeing a long one , hitting post and it not posting. also, isnt it early for payout? i noticed green lettering here today. lol. wish id made payout.7 people like this
18 responses
@crazzydolphin (3632)
• United States
9 Mar 12
wow i dont feel so bad haha i do that a lot sometimes. i just type away and something pops up and it takes me away from the place i am typing in and then you look up and its not there. that gets annoying haha. you would think i would learn to pay attention more huh?
i am new what does green lettering mean?
just trying to know for when i do reach next month (hopefully with enough for a pay out)
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Mar 12
yep payout. but sadly im not even near it this time. got to lazy i guess. 
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@crazzydolphin (3632)
• United States
10 Mar 12
@Hatley--thank you is it the words MYLOT at the top thet you mean tho?...nvm i guess so since today it is blue haha.
@bunnybon7--this was my first month so i am no where close either lol. i am hoping that i can make enough this month for a cash out :) i love this site and it takes a lot of work to get there but it is fun along the way.
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
9 Mar 12
HaHa, I think just about everyone has done this at one time or another. And I've already started typing not paying attention and had my fingers on the wrong keys..duh.
I use to have my responses not take on myLot many times..now I just copy and paste before I hit the post reponse button just in case. It sure does help and I don't have to try to remember what the heck I wrote, lol!
I don't know what the green lettering is. I'm too far behind yet to reach payout...maybe next month. 
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
10 Mar 12
YOU will NEVER know..dearest Ambie, how MUCH that vote of confidence just MEANT to me, really, really made my day...for which I truly "thank you!"
Today, everything seems O.K., but last week I missed 4 mornings! Due to not being able to access..or post! Thanks, dearheart1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
ambie, do you also hunt and pick? so many have an advantage on me.
so many have an advantage on me. 1 person likes this
@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
10 Mar 12
I have NO problem with the typing, as it was an "option" in school. What I have problems with (even tho' a friend here gave a tutorial) is copying and pasting (remember I still am a neophyte on the computer)...and I get so frustrated lately, as more of my responses have disappeared than being posted..and then I lose heart, frustrated and walk away from the site! I don't know what is going on, in my end of the world, BUT I am having so many problems with this site...I truly am losing heart, and it's my friends here that keep me going! Dang!1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
oh i know. if it wasnt for copy and paste, plus the good company here i probably wouldnt be addicted to it since i missed typing in school. may have been one of those grades i skipped.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
9 Mar 12
I type by touch so I'm always looking at the screen. What gripes me is when I hit submit and then myLot gives me another reply screen--minus my reply!! 
I've learned to copy it before I hit submit then I won't lose it but sometimes I forget and it happens anyway.
They use green lettering for payout day?! I never knew that! 
I've learned to copy it before I hit submit then I won't lose it but sometimes I forget and it happens anyway.
They use green lettering for payout day?! I never knew that! 2 people like this
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Mar 12
yes i heard it on here a long time back. sadly i was to lazy this month. 1 person likes this
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
10 Mar 12
yes but not that long. Most of the time i no longer look at the keyboard cause i already know or master the keys. My previous job requires fast typing speed so thats why.
Anyway, what ive tried here is when my network logs and when i hit post discussion button, it would just load for a while and encounter an error so by then i lost everything i typed. So lesson learned, i always copy and paste what i typed.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
yes i do usually copy just in case it dont post. not wanting to go thru it all again.
@GardenGerty (162244)
• United States
9 Mar 12
I think people who made payout should just enjoy the early payout. It used to happen all of the time. I type okay, but on some sites I forget to get the cursor in the right place, like you said.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Mar 12
and it makes me wanna hit my head. duh.1 person likes this
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Mar 12
Oh yes, I've done that and more than once or twice too. It's so maddening and I feel such a fool.
I have learned to type and I've been typing away here almost daily for 6 years but I still use two fingers and look at the keyboard rather than looking at the screen. I really wish I could type properly.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Mar 12
yes i sure do wish id have learned when i was young. seems to hard to learn such things these days.
@Hatley (163773)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 12
hi bunnybon I touch type as if I look I make even more errors than when I touch type which i learned when I was 16 in high school
Oh I have done that and felt so silly as I thought I had typed a long lovely reply.what I hate is when I feel I have made a great
response only to have it just disappear into the ionosphere.. I think the going back on daylight savings on the 11 might have made the admins make payout early this time.hope you make payout next time for sure.I wanted to make 25 dollars but only made 22.93 instead. sad but hey I will use it for sure.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
i usually make payout only every other month of 10 bucks. dont know how everyone else does it. anyway, its enough fun here and i get enough in my paypal to buy some audio books at times.
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
17 Mar 12
ive done it too! ive also typed a huge reply to accidently hit the house or something and it highlight half of a huge area and me type over and then not be able to undo it or something crash before saving
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Mar 12
makes you wish you could kick your own butte, huh. i know.
@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Mar 12
I have done the latter. It is very frustrating! That is one reason it is a good idea to get into a practice of certain steps. If you are continuous and do this each time then you shouldn't have a problem. It's when we get to thinking about other things and not concentrating that we get into trouble.
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Mar 12
Yes, and that come with not being organized. I have a problem with that.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
yes, or get in a hurry to answer all we want to answer.1 person likes this
@succeednow (1633)
• Singapore
10 Mar 12
Hi bunnybon7,
Yes, this has happened to me before. I'm quite sure it has happened at one time or another to those who need to look at the keyboard when they type. It is a common mistake. Just need to be more careful I guess. I didn't realise that green lettering means payout day. Thanks for the info. Congrats to those who have made payouts!
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
yes it takes me 2 months to make it but luckily i do like to talk and its fun here so hence i hunt and peck 
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
20 Mar 12
I have done that before. But I am in the habit of looking up at the screen every once in a while. So I do catch myself. What I hate about when that happens is that everything that I had written already is forgotten when I find out about the mistake. It is frustrating as well.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Mar 12
yes exactly what im saying. you get carried away with your response and dont realise it til to late. 1 person likes this
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
12 Mar 12
Sorry for the chuckle, but I couldn’t help it. I touch type because I’ve typed since high school. I took 3 years of office practice in high school and then took 3 years of office work in college. My fingers automatically know I made a typo before I actually notice it on the screen. Sometimes I’m typing away while I’m watching the TV and my fingers will know when I hit the wrong key and I correct it without even looking at my screen.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Mar 12
wow thats so cool. you must have made a good secretary. kudos. see you are really good at a lot. 1 person likes this
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
13 Mar 12
Nope! I worked as a nurse and then after retirement I went to our local technical college but didn't finish due to not having a car anymore. I use my skills for writing.. I can type almost as fast as I can think so that is good for article writing.
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
11 Mar 12
I have done that before. It really makes me irratated at myself. Especially if it was long. I try to remember to check that at the beginning. Another thing is i need to keep checking for correction. because sometimes my finge is quicker than the eye. I also never learned to type. I mainly just use the two idex fingers of both hands. If i feel really bold i may use two on each hand. What ever i get the job done. I call it chicken pecking. LOL!!!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
i use the one finger. which is very slow. but ive learned to copy when i do finish a response. much less irritating
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
13 Mar 12
thats how it used to be for me when i was younger. before i met my last hubby that just liked dogs. until then i had tons of cats.
I have done that too. I am getting better with just looking at the screen but if I think about it, I will have to peck again..LOL.@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
i think it must have to do with a coordinance problem that i cant learn touch type without looking at the keys. sucks. 
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
14 Mar 12
Most of the time I have to admit that I've not been typing away for nothing, but there are times that I will realize that what I'm saying is something that doesn't make any money for me.
Now as far as payout goes, I didn't make mine in January so I was able to make it for February, but I still didn't get as much as I would have liked to have been able to make for the two months.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Mar 12
yes, im every 2 months if i work at it. im better off with pinecone research and a couple others but i love mylot to much. so i stay. 