Diary – Sunday 13th December 2015 / myLot

Preston, England

December 13, 2015 6:11pm CST

I woke up at my friend’s house after Saturday’s Christmas party, and we had a novel breakfast in the form of toasted crumpets cut into the shape of Christmas trees. I thanked my friends and caught two buses to get home. I was relieved that the rain had slowed down and the flooding in my mum’s house-garden had gone. I caught up with e-mails, and a lot more sleep too. On my computer I suddenly found that the letters I was typing were turning into numbers and grammatical symbols. I began to wonder if I had a virus but when I checked online I was advised that I had accidentally hit the ‘numbers lock’ key which I just had to press again to return things to normal. I really see no use to that key other than to mess up people’s day. I’m amazed I never hit it before as my computer is a few years old now. Arthur Chappell

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KnehKnah

@KnehKnah (3584)

• Philippines

14 Dec 15

Wow! Haven't been to a Christmas party, yet. Maybe I will, on the 19th. Re, this computer thing. It is one of my life's wonders. I at times don't touch a key I am not "friendly well yet" or it might cause me to go berserk! Not good for an almost senior like me. He! He! He!

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

15 Dec 15

I have another one to attend this weekend too

Blondie2222

@Blondie2222 (28611)

• United States

14 Dec 15

I always hit the num lock key on accident when I'm typing. Glad you had a nice breakfast by your friends and made it back home safe.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

14 Dec 15

oddly I never hit the button or noticed it before. Confident I'll know what to do if I hit it again

Anna

@LadyDuck (458233)

• Switzerland

14 Dec 15

When this happens I am always puzzled, my first thought is always "I got a virus!"

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

14 Dec 15

I once managed to flip the screen on a laptop upside down. had a heck of a time googling it while trying to read the page upside down to see what we needed to hit to undo what i did!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Dec 15

Every now and then I hit the key that makes all the gaff at the top and bottom of the page disappear. Because I only hit every so often I can never remember which one it is so I can hit it again to make things my kind of normal.

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He Yin

@Syllogism (206)

• China

14 Dec 15

The Num Lock is for some special profession like the accountants.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

14 Dec 15

The Number Lock is the part of the keyboard that I never bother with because I never use the side keypad. A few people at work would always end up enabling the Number Lock on my computer when I was absent.

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