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2008-05-14 9:44 PM

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Subject: Am I getting old?
With so much being dont on computers these days, it seams like there I don't have to write alot. So I don't know if it is the lack of practice or I am imagining things but it seams like my handwriting is getting worse. For a guy I have pretty neat handwriting but I think I am losing it. Anyone else have this experience?


2008-05-14 11:29 PM
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2008-05-15 4:21 AM
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Yes, definitely my handwriting is getting worse. 
2008-05-15 5:58 AM
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Have you said any of the following:

"I can't believe kids call this music!"

"Turn that cr@p down!"

"Hey you kids - get off my yard!"

2008-05-15 6:04 AM
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I can't remember when I last wrote anything longer than a grocery list by hand. And we've even created grocery lists on the computer which we print and just check off the items we need. I'd have a hard time telling you if my handwriting has deteriorated.
2008-05-15 6:36 AM
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Subject: RE: Am I getting old?

triguynewbie - 2008-05-14 10:44 PM With so much being dont on computers these days, it seams like there I don't have to write alot. So I don't know if it is the lack of practice or I am imagining things but it seams like my handwriting is getting worse. For a guy I have pretty neat handwriting but I think I am losing it. Anyone else have this experience?

When I was in high school and college I used to get the "dude, you write like a girl" comments.  Now it looks like everyone else's chicken scratch because all I do is red-line drawings and scribble measurements all day.  Everything else is corel, word, or excel.

If I try to write a note by hand on a notepad my hand is tired by line 2... compared to no fatigue three hours into the SAT many years ago.



2008-05-15 6:40 AM
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Subject: RE: Am I getting old?
I feel like a freak amongst my peers and friends at uni because of my handwriting. When I was in elementary school, we had it DRILLED into us that "Everything must be in cursive! If you can't write in cursive, you will be DOOMED!" So consequently, I learned perfect script. Then of course, when I was in about 6th grade, computers became affordable, and it stopped being necessary to handwrite everything. But I still write *everything* in cursive, from shopping lists to interview notes. Its faster for me. But none of my friends here even know how to write in cursive.

My mom has absolutely beautiful and textbook script. I love the way she writes.
2008-05-15 7:09 AM
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Do you have a stick for shaking at whipper-snappers?

Have you ever tried to send back soup in a deli?

 

I don't write much more than a note here or there in a journal.  Usually just enough words to capture a thought for later.  And then later, look at it and go, "What the hell was I trying to say?"

2008-05-15 7:37 AM
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2008-05-15 7:42 AM
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2008-05-15 7:43 AM
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Bartow FL?!

One of my favorite post-swim meet foods was at a meet in Bartow. They were boiling corn on the cob on a stick, dipping it in butter and passing them out to the swimmers. Man that was good!

Waaaaaaaay back in the day.

Yes, you are getting old. Be thankful for it. Your spelling needs work too, not just your handwriting.

Kids today! Humph.



2008-05-15 8:00 AM
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Just started working with my daughter on writing out letters/numbers. She asked me to write them out in cursive as well and well let's just say it's been so long I struggled! Damn computers!
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