What Are U Missing?

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When I write away from home, I use my 5-year-old Microsoft Surface Pro 2 laptop/tablet combo. In the five years I’ve had it I have gone through two keyboards. The first one I had to give up on because the letter B basically quit working. I got a new keyboard and all was well until recently. This keyboard is having trouble with the letter U. So I thought it might be fun to show you what a hot mess it can be when just one letter doesn’t work on a keyboard.

The ones I’ve noticed that are really problematic because spell check doesn’t notice them, are all the single letters like s (us) and p (up) just hanging around my novel. There are a lot of yo (you) and sing (using) but the strangest one was sally (usually). None of those missing letter U words trigger the spell checker, so it means I really have to reread closely to make sure the words I wanted to say are what show up on the screen. The letter u shows up about once out of every thirty to fifty times I type it.

So, what are you missing in life and how long does it take you to realize it is missing? I have to admit it took a while for me to figure out what was happening. Then I remembered the B problem. It had been a couple of years since I had to think about what I was typing versus what was showing up on the screen.

Now that I have realized what the problem is, I tried to order a new keyboard and because the computer has been upgraded quite a few times since I got mine and the keyboards are not interchangeable, I had trouble finding the purple version that I have been using all this time. Then I realized that even though I could find the right style keyboard in black, the ones that were reasonably priced we used keyboards. Normally I wouldn’t have a problem buying something used. Maybe I am a keyboard snob, but I don’t want a used one, I want a new one that will last me a couple more years, not a used one that may develop the same problem in a month or two.

I have been watching for more weird words since beginning this piece and discovered that during becomes dring and a house becomes a hose.

What letters do you think you could live without? I know for sure I can’t live without the letters b and u.

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