tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post9124903283476368609..comments2024-03-28T13:20:41.312-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: CAN YOU READ THIS?Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80667616698036590812009-03-10T11:14:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:14:00.000-04:00What happened to handwriting? It was replaced by t...What happened to handwriting? It was replaced by typing. And you'd thing both would take the same amount of time, and maybe on a typewriter it would. HOWEVER!!!!!<BR/>Typing on a computer gave you that one very important element called backspace instant correcting, and now handwriting is way too slow.<BR/>Next time you're making a list take the time to think of seeing it on a computer. You will notice your mistakes, you will try to correct, check how much paper you've allowed and see if you don't tell yourself you'll remember what you meant because correcting is taking too much time.<BR/>If that doesn't work, TRY and sit down and write a slow, leisurely letter to someone.<BR/>It will be a shelved project in about five minutes. If that.<BR/>PatgPatghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046665022709722606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77766310438482550962009-03-09T20:04:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:04:00.000-04:00Oh, Silver, thanks. I'm going to go try that very ...Oh, Silver, thanks. I'm going to go try that very cool code asap. As soon as I get something done.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, no kidding. We used to TRY to forge our parents' signatures, but it was a disaster. And luckily so. We would have been chicken to actually do it.<BR/><BR/>Of course,now on credit cards and things, the sales clerks never even look to see if it's anything like what's on the card. We've done stories where we sign Minnie Mouse. NO problem.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I get emails from people who say--I got your note, and I know it's a thank you note. But--what did you say?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81170718619340540962009-03-09T17:21:00.000-04:002009-03-09T17:21:00.000-04:00My handwriting is...passable. My signature sucks b...My handwriting is...passable. My signature sucks big time. I had a job where I had to sign off with a full signature on literally hundreds of pages a day. It's... Let's just say I don't worry about anyone forging it. Speaking of, I used to be able to forge my parents signatures. Came in really handy in school. I worked in a drug store in high school one Christmas and they moved me to the prescription department when the pharmacist figured out I could decipher the doctors' handwriting on the prescriptions.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Hank? Using < s >< /s > which is the html code for striking through letters, works great for crossing off computer lists. ;) Only take out the spaces. That code can't be used here and the comment window is fussing at me. LOL.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835128642056217571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11797914604571960012009-03-09T15:38:00.000-04:002009-03-09T15:38:00.000-04:00I too have had wretched handwriting all my life--i...I too have had wretched handwriting all my life--in grade school, when you had to write on the board, I always got the lowest grade for penmanship. And now no one in my office can read my writing, and they come to me with, "What did you want me to do?" Sometimes I can't read my own grocery list, but the absolute worst is when I look at my calendar and it says for noon: Lunch. With who? Where? I'm at a total loss. Hate that.judyalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767466505891813090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30420960243633902512009-03-09T15:18:00.000-04:002009-03-09T15:18:00.000-04:00I have the world's worst handwriting. My brain mov...I have the world's worst handwriting. My brain moves so much faster than my fingers so I am like Hank --I jot down brilliant notes to myself that I can't read. Thank heanven for computers.<BR/>Day 3 of Left Coast Crime in Hawaii. Weather a little more hopeful but I have panels to keep me indoors. I'll let you know how they go.Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73823700336495637352009-03-09T14:04:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:04:00.000-04:00My handwriting is a mess these days, although I ha...My handwriting is a mess these days, although I have found when I'm interviewing someone and taking notes, I can still read it. So that's a good thing.Karen Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867709664100997228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43222955751593055952009-03-09T13:49:00.000-04:002009-03-09T13:49:00.000-04:00Checking in from Hawaii...where Rhys is the MOST r...Checking in from Hawaii...where Rhys is the MOST radiant Guest of Honor at Left Coast Crime and the mai tais are to die for...<BR/><BR/>lists...<BR/>I can tell how busy by whether I have one. There's a threshold I cross where I can no longer function unless I put the competing thoughts in my brain on paper.<BR/><BR/>Iremember working my butt off to earn a "penmanship certificate" in 6th grade. Now it's pretty indecipherable. Fora long time we had a cartoon on our fridge --a guy coming home from the supermarket with a bag and rodents running onthe kitchen counter with the caption something like "But your shopping list said to geet 8 hamsters."<BR/><BR/>Aloha!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44046274191167507092009-03-09T13:38:00.000-04:002009-03-09T13:38:00.000-04:00I'd have commented sooner, but I was working my wa...I'd have commented sooner, but I was working my way through my list. Which I COULD read, but probably only because I wrote it over the past couple of days, so it's still imprinted on my very short-term memory. :)<BR/><BR/>I lost my handwriting in grad school, when I was too burnt out to listen to fast-talking professors and THINK at the same time; had to write down EVERYTHING they said to have a chance of remembering it later. Of course, it was all illegible. It's okay, though, because it gives my son (who's printing is starting to look like his dad's--neat enough for drafting work) something else to tease me about!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83681314216424366362009-03-09T11:36:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:36:00.000-04:00Yes, why is so annoying not to be able to cross th...Yes, why is so annoying not to be able to cross things off on a computer? If you just erase them, then it looks like the items never existed, and that's not a satisfying.<BR/><BR/>I have lots of interns, Kira, and come to think of it, I've never seen them "write" anything! Hmm. I'm gong to go check it out.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53571991625819434922009-03-09T11:25:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:25:00.000-04:00I used to have big loopy handwriting. Now--it's t...I used to have big loopy handwriting. Now--it's tight and small. I usually only write grocery lists -- oh, and edits on my manuscripts. (Although when I have to wait at an appointment, I take a notebook and TRY to write clearly.) Still, I often end up with my magnifying glass trying to figure out what the heck I wrote. My husband can't read my chicken scratching at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45604295590777833422009-03-09T10:54:00.000-04:002009-03-09T10:54:00.000-04:00When I was in elementary school, it was ultra cool...When I was in elementary school, it was ultra cool to write bubble style (with a heart over an "i" of course!). I never could do it. I've always had terrible writing (and it was the one place I got the grade "unsatisfactory"), and it was a great relief to my mother and grandmother when I started typing my letters to them. My mother has beautiful teacher handwriting, but I inherited my chicken scratch from my dad. So typing has saved my life... But I still like to handwrite my lists on paper because it just isn't satisfying to cross things off a list on the computer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70689213853024008802009-03-09T10:40:00.000-04:002009-03-09T10:40:00.000-04:00I've never had particularly good handwriting, but ...I've never had particularly good handwriting, but it's definitely gone downhill. It's like I don't even know how to form the letters anymore. And not in cursive, but plain old printing! Maybe I can blame it on Katie Gibbs. I took a summer secretarial course there many, many moons ago to make the switch from retail to office work and learned steno script. Very helpful for note taking, but it might have damaged my letter-forming muscles. Of course, my typing is no better. But at least that I can correct before showing it to the world (and get Word to correct for me!)<BR/><BR/>And have you seen how so many younger people hold a pen? Sometimes I can see that it's to protect long fingernails, but it really looks awkward. But then I think, well, maybe they can <I>read</I> their writing. Maybe I should try that!<BR/><BR/>Once I made that switch to office work, I had a boss who would ask me to decipher <I>her</I> handwriting. I got good at that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27694869751116455972009-03-09T10:33:00.000-04:002009-03-09T10:33:00.000-04:00I can still read my own hand-writing but it seems ...I can still read my own hand-writing but it seems that no one else can. Both my husband and the munchkin are always saying that they can't read what I've written when I give them a list. I suspect a giant conspiracy that has more to do with not wanting to run errands than it does with my hand-writing. <BR/><BR/>The munchkin has lovely handwriting but complains because I "make" her use cursive instead of printing. She's in middle school and the kids are allowed to still print everything. But now that she figuring out how much faster cursive is I'm hearing fewer complaints.Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88404892277548523122009-03-09T10:29:00.000-04:002009-03-09T10:29:00.000-04:00When I was a reporter, I thought having "not-so-cl...When I was a reporter, I thought having "not-so-clear" handwriting was a good thing -- because even if someone subpoenaed my notes, no one would be able to read them.<BR/>But now, well, let's just say that it's made for some interesting grocery shopping trips for my husband.<BR/>And often I'll put a note on the calendar, but then I can't read it the next day. SO I stare at it, hoping to figure it out or receive some telepathic explanation-- or that someone will call me or mention where I'm supposed to be on that day. This rarely happens, unfortunately.<BR/>So, yeah, I can relate.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35824711207676676282009-03-09T08:21:00.000-04:002009-03-09T08:21:00.000-04:00Not long ago my daughter and I were in an antique ...Not long ago my daughter and I were in an antique store and came upon a copy of The Palmer Method of Business Writing, which of course we had to buy. The subtitle reads: A self-teaching series of lessons in rapid, plain, unshaded, coarse-pen muscular movement writing, for use in all schools, public or private, where a facile and legible handwriting is the object sought." (1901) My, they took their handwriting seriously in those days, didn't they? It includes a section on "breaking up finger movement." Sounds painful.<BR/><BR/>It takes time and effort to write beautiful script, and nobody seems to want to give either to it any more. But when you can't read your own handwriting, something is seriously awry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com