That's why pharmacists have typewriters for the prescription bottles.
Cursive Writing
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That's why pharmacists have typewriters for the prescription bottles.
I experienced the same thing when I was printing to create our "chain sheets" (a kind of flowchart of property ownership) for title examination of real property and underwriting title insurance. I could put three lines of writing within one space on a legal pad and it would be easily readable.
I learned that printing instructions to the staff instead of writing in cursive saved a lot of interruptions from having to answer questions about what I wrote.
Same people would insinuate that I wrote this.
Or old deeds or court records. Back when I was examining titles to real property I routinely had to read documents like these that were put into the record books through cursive handwriting. Luckily having good handwriting seemed to be a requisite qualification for the job.
I worked on a case as an expert witness that involved a right-of-way that was created in 1870 when a large farm was divided into 3 smaller farms. Guess who had to read several handwritten pages of bearings and distances that described each property and then had to draw out their legal descriptions?
I was taught cursive....all my teachers were soooo happy when I learned to type!
LVSteve
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I was taught American cursive when I lived in Texas for a while as a kid. When I returned to England, the teachers there went ballistic about my handwriting, all those extra bits above the small letter "p" made them incandescent. As a result my handwriting went to rats, as in imagine a pen tied to a rat's tail with 240 Volts sporadically applied to its nether regions. This drove all of my high school teachers to distraction and added to their despair over my very short reports in History and equally brief stories in English class. Why was this?
I simply HATED writing, for any reason.
One thing it did teach me was how to write concise technical papers. My aversion to flowery language is such that my reports have a reputation of being so stuffed with techno-babble, their density creates a risk of creating a singularity.
Oh, and I also write in paragraphs, another lost art.
I simply HATED writing, for any reason.
One thing it did teach me was how to write concise technical papers. My aversion to flowery language is such that my reports have a reputation of being so stuffed with techno-babble, their density creates a risk of creating a singularity.
Oh, and I also write in paragraphs, another lost art.
gamboolman
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I have always had poor penmanship.
Since I retired earlier this year, and have the time vs being at work and rushed - I have made a conscious effort to improve my cursive writing. I have been sending hand wrote letters and Post Cards to folks. I bet it had been 20 or more years since I had wrote a letter !
I will never have the beautiful writing that others have referenced above - no matter how much I try to improve it.
I have also had store clerks compliment and comment on my signature when signing a credit card bill - that they can read it. Some have said that they were not taught cursive writing.
It may not make much difference, but I think taking the time to write my Congressmen and Representatives in cursive legible writing is a good thing. So I do it in addition to using the email contact method to communicate my feelings on issues.
The comment above about making change is, sadly, true. I have seen several clerks struggle to count out change.
gamboolman....
Since I retired earlier this year, and have the time vs being at work and rushed - I have made a conscious effort to improve my cursive writing. I have been sending hand wrote letters and Post Cards to folks. I bet it had been 20 or more years since I had wrote a letter !
I will never have the beautiful writing that others have referenced above - no matter how much I try to improve it.
I have also had store clerks compliment and comment on my signature when signing a credit card bill - that they can read it. Some have said that they were not taught cursive writing.
It may not make much difference, but I think taking the time to write my Congressmen and Representatives in cursive legible writing is a good thing. So I do it in addition to using the email contact method to communicate my feelings on issues.
The comment above about making change is, sadly, true. I have seen several clerks struggle to count out change.
gamboolman....
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To be blunt my writing skills have been less than stellar!
Went to Catholic schools under the dreaded nuns. I even had a couple ask me if I was actually left handed and forced to write with my right hand. Had many a weapon applied to my hands by the good sisters!
It never got better over time and actually got worse. Been told with my writing I should have been a very successful brain or cardiac surgeon.
Well I did mange to survive with my lackluster penmanship. Like a lot of people over the years my signature has morphed/evolved into something just remotely close to what it was as a teenager.
Went to Catholic schools under the dreaded nuns. I even had a couple ask me if I was actually left handed and forced to write with my right hand. Had many a weapon applied to my hands by the good sisters!
It never got better over time and actually got worse. Been told with my writing I should have been a very successful brain or cardiac surgeon.
Well I did mange to survive with my lackluster penmanship. Like a lot of people over the years my signature has morphed/evolved into something just remotely close to what it was as a teenager.
A little off topic, but I remember an old supply sergeant telling me about 50 years ago to never write your name legibly enough that they can prove in court that it's yours.
F4phantom
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Isn't great, you write in cursive and it's like writing in code. Most young people can't read cursive.
I have a little more respect for someone if I can read his signature. It has gotten so that most doctors sign their names with a a wiggly line.
I have a little more respect for someone if I can read his signature. It has gotten so that most doctors sign their names with a a wiggly line.
And 96 people were killed during construction of that dam
None were killed by the slide rule or #2 pencil
..........Many fell into the concrete pours and couldn't be
recovered. All of which is irrelevant to this thread.
My dad was so fast with a slide rule that he could use it as a fire starter. However, after he got used to the Texas Instruments and Rockwell scientific pocket calculators he retired his slip stick.
johnjohn
Member
I learned to write in cursive,but over the years got away from it. The only time I use it now is when I have to sign anything. Looks like something done by a drunk monkey.
Patrick L
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The ark was built by amateurs. The space shuttle was built by professionals...
Sorry! Couldn't resist.
Sorry! Couldn't resist.
Patrick L
Member
And 96 people were killed during construction of that dam
But I bet they could all write in cursive!
Man, I'm having way too much fun here
My 12 year old grandson cannot read cursive. Last year he typed 120 words per minute with a 95% accuracy. He 90 wpm with a cast on his left wrist last week. I believe that skill is much more able to place him in today's society than reading cursive.
sigp220.45
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Wow, this thread is a perfect response to the “Define Old” thread!
Bathrobe, shovel, lawnmower. . .
