Today’s topic is a bit of whimsey based on an experience I had this morning.  Just thought it interesting and worth sharing but I don’t assign any deep meaning.

What Happened?

The external keyboard I use for my U of A work laptop is quite dirty.  Over the years the dust has accumulated on the keys, mixed with some finger sweat I guess and this created dirt smudges.

I found an old keyboard, same model, with clean keys  and thought I would make a substitution.  Although I did wonder why a relative new looking keyboard with clean keys was just sitting on the shelf.

I wonder no more.  Shortly after plugging in and using the replacement keyboard I noticed that three 9’s would randomly appear in my documents, that is   999 out of no where.

This triggered a thought about the sign of the beast,  that is 666  (Sometimes a symbol revered by devils worshipers).  Basically 999 upside down but in numerology there is really no connection.    This thinking though, reminded me of the music album by Aphrodite’s Child from 1972  titled ” 666 (The Apocalypse of John, 13/18)”   It is a double concept album with dark biblical themes.  This rock band which hails from Greece (which of course is currently undergoing some serious economic challenges).  But, I digress from the original story with these random facts about devil worship and strange connections to Greece.

Back to the main story,  I stumbled, after some investigation, on the fact that 999 is the UK and China equivalent of 911, the number you would dial on your phone to report an emergency.  Was my keyboard calling for help?  Is this a built-in feature of the keyboard?  When it needs help the user is notified by the mysterious and random appearance of three 9’s in the document.  Possible but highly unlikely.   And unfortunately I was not really able to help the keyboard (I don’t have those skills) so if it was a call for help it went unanswered.

What did I do about it?

Not sure if a message was being sent or not but regardless, I got some cleaning materials and cleaned up my old keyboard.  I put it back and that is what I am using now.

I am sad to say,  the potential replacement did not make it.   Putting it back on the shelf for some other poor dude to discover the strange 999 message did not resonate to me so it was off to the surplus/ recycle bin.

Clarification/ Disclaimer

Today’s post does not contain, nor is intended to reveal  any strange or mystical messages and should be taken as nothing more than an account of a small part of my day.   Maybe the ultimate conclusion is that I should just get a life.