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02 July 2006

EconoPost: 1)How fast can you type?, 2) I lost my wallet last night after my steamy encounter (had $100 cash in it), and 3) a Coke/Mentos rocket.

post by: moonbird at: 20:41 | 26 comments

Hold the phone. As soon as I posted this, the club I lost it at called to report it found, with all but the $. C'est la vie, but thank Jehosephat I don't have to go through all the drudgery of replacing everything in it.

posted by moonbird 02 July | 20:45

Moonbird, are you sure the guy you were smooching wasn't a pickpocket? The kind who lifts your wallet, I mean....

posted by mudpuppie 02 July | 20:45

87 wpm. With four mistakes. Yay for finding you wallet, sad that the cash was gone though.

posted by SassHat 02 July | 20:47

Awesome! 89wpm. I am truly a Master of the Universe.

Wait, your money thing sucks. Sorry about that.

posted by stilicho 02 July | 20:48

89 wpm? That doesn't seem right! I've been putting 55 wpm on my resume!

posted by viachicago 02 July | 20:48

Just in case, though, you should call the credit card companies and get new cards (ie., if they were missing from the wallet, you'd cancel them immediately - if someone copies down the cc info and your ID info and returns the cards, there's going to be a bigger window to do nefarious things before the cc's cancelled).

posted by porpoise 02 July | 20:50

94.35 wpm, except the test is a dirty liar. It made me go back and correct the "mistake" of putting two spaces after a period.

posted by ferociouskitty 02 July | 20:59

Ha, 105.39. Beat that and I'll make you chocolate chip cookies.

posted by ferociouskitty 02 July | 21:03

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posted by Wolfdog 02 July | 21:20

I like them on the soft, undercooked side.

posted by Wolfdog 02 July | 21:22

44 WPM here. Ha. I've probably gotten faster over the years.

So, just went an got my wallet. What a weird mixed blessing, y'know? No cash, but they could've destroyed my bank account with the debit card, or stolen my identity with my SSN. The cash came from a wedding I'd performed that day, and I was quite thrilled at the time not to get a check. Had I gotten a check, I probably would'nt have gone to the club and thus wouldn't have gotten into the extended make-out session, which was quite pleasurable, as you can imagine. I was also pleased with the pay out as I got stiffed for the last wedding I'd done (by my family, no less). It's a mixed bag of no gain, no loss, and making for damn sure that my pocket is buttoned whilst tongue jousting amid drag queens and trance tramps.

posted by moonbird 02 July | 21:44

58.9 wpm
260 cpm
with four mistakes and a keyboard that is missing p and g keys and I have to press really hard to get them to work. Oh, and I am lying in bed. What, do you mean you don't care?!

44, moonbird?! And I thought I type fast! I am very impressed. Humbled.

posted by carmina 02 July | 21:54

Sorry about your moneys.
Glad about your make-out session.

posted by carmina 02 July | 21:58

38.1 wpm with 8 mistakes... If I didn't wear out the backspacer, I'd be dangerous.

posted by wendell 02 July | 22:27

Third time: 3 mistakes, 94 wpm. The other two were slower because of the grammatical errors in the text. I kept typing "cannot" rather than "can not", inserting commas where commas ought to have been, etc.

posted by Eideteker 02 July | 23:51

2 mistakes, 94.5 wpm. Would have been nice if the text had made sense.

posted by altolinguistic 03 July | 04:52

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And that's with me tired out and slouching in my chair.

posted by essexjan 03 July | 05:36

Holy crap, I owe Wolfdog cookies?

posted by ferociouskitty 03 July | 06:22

Yes. Totally legal binding. And remember that "taunting wolves with cookies" has never been a hobby with a particularly bright outlook.

posted by Wolfdog 03 July | 09:10

Oh, I wasn't trying to get out of it or anything. That's not how I roll. I'm still just reeling from my defeat.

So, uh... pecans or walnuts?

posted by ferociouskitty 03 July | 09:35

Oh, I'm only teasing. Besides, I'll never be able to make up my mind between pecans & walnuts, so I think you're off the hook by virtue of indecision.

posted by Wolfdog 03 July | 09:40

Just for the record, though:
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posted by Wolfdog 03 July | 09:47

97.92 wpm. Sweet.

Sucks about losing the money, moonbird, but at least you have your wallet.

posted by gaspode 03 July | 10:17

Wrong answer, wolfdog! Ferociouskitty, he wants pecans.

posted by taz 03 July | 10:21

That's totally the right answer, taz, I was just stalling.

posted by ferociouskitty 03 July | 14:21

I was feeling good about 93+ and no errors, but... Wolfdog!...

posted by halonine 03 July | 17:20

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