Qwertyuiop - The Day the Husband Learned "the Computer"

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Qwertyuiop - The Day the Husband Learned "the Computer" - Dear Mill Otters (My Lotters), you and I let our fingers race up and down the computer keyboards in the belief that what we are thinking is what will be shown on other people's computer monitor screens - and mostly, that is what happens. We type and "they" read. Things are not quite so with people who are new to computer keyboards and how to use them. As an example of this, I was treated to today's words about computer typing from my grandson-in-law. He was here with me at the house. My granddaughter, his wife, was in another location far from home, but her business runs mostly by computer and the computer is here at the house. In came some computer stuff. Grandson kind of panicked. He contacted his computer-savvy wife on the phone and received her instructions as to what he should do. He asked some questions and she provided good answers as best she could. At one point, she told him to hit the "escape" button. He assured her that he would escape if only he could figure out how best to do so. "Well, go ahead and tap the "CTRL" key. The "count-Right-and Left key" he asked? "Well, do a Tab instead of that" He spoke into the telephone - " We have no Tab, but I can grab a Pepsi from the refrigerator I suppose." "You are messing everything up," she said, "so hit the alternate key now." "You mean that it does not matter what key I hit? I can pick an alternate key and pop a finger to it?" "Oh yes," he asked, "will the computer go into another gear if I press 'shift?'" And so it went. I wonder what the customer thought about all of this? Image - Keyboard - Gus Kilthau