05-24-2011, 12:34 PM | #91 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
|
Blurry, but I could read it all...
__________________
Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac |
05-24-2011, 12:43 PM | #92 |
I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
Posts: 30,852
|
Sundae, you should see the cursive writing they teach the kids here. real fancy and almost illegible for the first few years while they get the hang of it. not like the sort of linked-block "joined-up-writing" they teach in the UK.
__________________
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
05-24-2011, 12:46 PM | #93 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
|
The funny thing is, by year 6 they all write differently anyway.
At least as much diversity as I remember in my class at that age. Still, I assume there's a reason for teaching it from age four... It IS tricky for me though - my k's and z's are particularly confusing to them if I write naturally. As is the fact I cross my 7s.
__________________
Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac |
05-24-2011, 12:47 PM | #94 |
I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
Posts: 30,852
|
I can write more neatly than this if I really try, but usually I'm the only one who ever needs to read it.....
__________________
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
05-24-2011, 01:33 PM | #95 |
Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB.
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 2,916
|
Is there a point to learning cursive?
Probably just sour grapes on my part. My handwriting is garbage. Even I can't read it. Thank God for computers.
__________________
Talk nerdy to me. |
07-25-2020, 09:22 AM | #96 |
Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
|
I have a fountain pen problem now
|
07-25-2020, 09:41 AM | #97 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 20,012
|
Lovely!
|
07-25-2020, 11:22 AM | #98 |
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: La Crosse, WI
Posts: 8,924
|
I used to have a bunch of fountain pens. I like them. But now I type more than hand write.
__________________
Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind. |
07-25-2020, 11:23 AM | #99 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
|
I used to have bad hand-writing, now it's worse.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis |
07-25-2020, 11:25 AM | #100 |
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: La Crosse, WI
Posts: 8,924
|
Me also.
__________________
Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind. |
07-26-2020, 08:04 PM | #101 |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
|
Likewise, but switching to the fountain pen has improved it tremendously.
A ball point has to be moving whereas the nib can start and stop giving better control. I had a problem with my checkbook register, the first two columns on the left are for the check number and date but oil from my thumb/finger would make it impossible for a ballpoint. Even the skip proof, write on anything pens couldn't hack it. Then with numbers looking like they were formed with dotted lines, trying to go back and make them legible made it worse. But the fountain pen says hold my cap and watch this...
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. |
07-27-2020, 11:18 AM | #102 |
Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,122
|
"I had a problem with my checkbook register, the first two columns on the left are for the check number and date..."
You still write that (and more) all down? |
07-27-2020, 02:05 PM | #103 |
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
You don't need that information. Until you do.
|
07-27-2020, 05:26 PM | #104 |
Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
|
With these TWSBI pens - it's a Taiwanese brand - the clear barrel is full of ink, and you can see the ink and how much is left. It sloshes around in the barrel and I think that is very pleasing.
for the middle two pens i matched the ink color to the end & cap color of the pen. deep geekery it is the most simple pleasure, how the ink works, how it goes onto the paper, how deep and varied the colors and inks are. i wish i could draw |
07-29-2020, 12:10 AM | #105 |
I can hear my ears
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
|
ASMR
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|