Forget which year, but I was working after school, needed one more class and didn't need more homework, and picked typing. I actually liked it, had no idea at the time how much I would use that in my life.

Got first computer when my daughter was in kindergarten - had a little Apple 'puter in the classroom and I figured I needed one to be able to keep up and help her as school progressed. Was going to get an Apple, but in a 'puter store a savy sales clerk said look at the soft ware shelves first. A short row of Apple stuff, a wall of PC stuff. Didn't get an Apple. She was 6 or 7 when I got a game called Mario Teaches Typing, top half of the screen a simple Mario brothers game, bottom half finger outlines and the needed key would light up in the correct fingertip. Game started out at whatever speed you hit the right key, but soon sped up. In less than an hour she was clocked at 40 words per minute and in a few days was over 60 wpm and not looking at the fingers anymore and in the 80 to 100 wpm range by Junior High. She probably would have gotten there eventually, but that game gave her a hell of a boost till high school, none of her friends came close. I think she got tired of the game in a month or two, got too easy for her, but it was worth it. Funny I distinctly remember her typing speeds but not what I had for lunch two days ago.

 

Yep, same here. Only that street would be salt slush here.

 

If it's too cold out, you can flat track the scoot in the garage.

Some time back I watched a youtube video of a scooter race course in some Southeast Asian country, seems they have tracks anybody can pay to ride their scoots on, and have organized races, too. No straights, all very tight curves. One of the races had some guys on sport bikes way faster than a scoot, but the scoots were so nimble they'd leave the bikes behind on that track of squiggles.

 

too cold for that but it’s coming.

 

Mother 8 hours of this crap.

 

There's a lot of that here. Cars looking for a place to park with over 100 spots buried under snow.

 

The pot I made a few days ago still has two or three servings left, almost time for another one. A winter essential food.

 

Almost lunch time, all this talk of chili, I know what I'm having...

 

The brisket is on.

 

just thinking about cooking that meat....what did they do in the horse an buggy days?? no thermometer thats for sure......somewhere some how tell tale to when it was done was lost thru the decades....