[lbo-talk] Carpal tunnel (was: Purer Than Thou)

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Tue Jan 23 20:47:35 PST 2007


On Tuesday 23 January 2007 23:20, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Jim Farmelant wrote:
> > I am not terribly surprised. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a genuine
> > occupational hazard for programmers. An acquaintance of
> > mine suffers has a rather bad case of it.
>
> About a year and a half ago I got tennis elbosw. It clears up on one arm
> just as the other goes bad. All my posts now -- and probably for several
> months -- are and will be terse because I'm typing only with two
> fingers.

I don't think it's the typing; I think it's the mouse. Or the trackpad, or the coy little clitoris in the middle of the keyboard. Let's all sue Xerox. I started getting my CT when I became a GUI user (a lot later than most).

[Rubbing my wrist ruefully]



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