Do You Have Ugly Handwriting (might be a good omen)?

[Ron H]

Just a clip from the interweb.

Thought it might bring back memories of when we were taught how to write with these characters. I always made it a point to master cursive as much as I could. It's an art in a lot of forms and everyone has their own personal signature. They have been using a person's hand writing for identification for ever and it's what makes us individual in our own way. To think some want to take that away from us is sinister.

My writing nicely has deteriorated, not due to age yet, but just so seldom do it and most of my notes I print, if anyone needs to read them besides me. I guess not exactly like riding a bike to regain the nicer penmanship I once had. Hmm, in today’s world is penmanship gender bias now? Penpersonship now? Lol

 

[Triplegreen500]

 

[eldubb440]

Just a clip from the interweb.

Thought it might bring back memories of when we were taught how to write with these characters. I always made it a point to master cursive as much as I could. It's an art in a lot of forms and everyone has their own personal signature. They have been using a person's hand writing for identification for ever and it's what makes us individual in our own way. To think some want to take that away from us is sinister.

handwriting has gone the way of long division....... young people can do neither

 

[Triplegreen500]

Hell, they can't do basic addition in their heads...

I miss my dad (CPA)...but damn, I'm glad he's not here to see this stuff. He'd smack the crap out of me if he saw me writing a check these days - I have to stop and THINK when I do it, I pay so many bills online now!

 

[Ron H]

handwriting has gone the way of long division....... young people can do neither

I know this is further off the rails; but reminds me of teaching some among the younger gen how to shift the manual in my old Dodge Ram plow truck. My nephew, smart as can be, electrical engineer…nope manual shifting isn’t in his future…and looks like never will be. Geez, I spent more time with him than anyone I remember. Well, same for my better half…when we were dating yet, tried to teach her how to shift my Cuda. My patience though started to wear thin earlier with too much gear grinding and stall outs with my beloved Cuda…could almost hear the Cuda screaming for this torture to end, lol.

 

[eldubb440]

I know this is further off the rails; but reminds me of teaching some among the younger gen how to shift the manual in my old Dodge Ram plow truck. My nephew, smart as can be, electrical engineer…nope manual shifting isn’t in his future…and looks like never will be. Geez, I spent more time with him than anyone I remember. Well, same for my better half…when we were dating yet, tried to teach her how to shift my Cuda. My patience though started to wear thin earlier with too much gear grinding and stall outs with my beloved Cuda…could almost hear the Cuda screaming for this torture to end, lol.

my wife, to her credit, learned to drive with a 3 on the tree, and later had several manual trans cars including her current TR6......her nickname is "Pedals"

my Mom, who would now be 100 yo also learned on a stick, probably in the 40s...... she drove a manual trans Rabbit into her 70s.......Skills lol

 

[Ron H]

I have such terrible chicken scratch I should have been a doctor…. I mean if I wasn’t so stupid haha!

Yeah – I remember when docs would hand out a script on their pad to take to the drug store and it just looked like a wiggly line wondering how the eff the pharmacist was going to know what the prescribed drug was.
I mean, look at what happened to George Bailey…could have all started with a doc writing a wiggly line…

 

[QOTHL]

That's about how I feel/felt. My parents on the other hand, had attractive cursive (Mom was left-handed but forced in school to write right-handed).

That's stupid. I know lefties that draw and paint REALLY well.

 

[QOTHL]

nope

probably referring to this sfsi meme I assume

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Why bother wearing gloves? work shoes? a hood? Was that wiener roasted or burnt? Looks like a really bad way to STICK weld.
There was a guy at the welding academy who managed to get a big blob of slag on his pants. They may have been cotton pants but it burnt through to his synthetic underwear and melted them to his dick. I'm sure that was not pretty.

 

[khryslerkid]

Why bother wearing gloves? work shoes? a hood? Was that wiener roasted or burnt? Looks like a really bad way to STICK weld.
There was a guy at the welding academy who managed to get a big blob of slag on his pants. They may have been cotton pants but it burnt through to his synthetic underwear and melted them to his dick. I'm sure that was not pretty.

Lol. I had a piece of hot molten slag land on my pants leg where there happened to be a crease. Burnt through the pant leg, ran down into my boot and stopped on my ankle. Burnt through my skin right to the bone. I own the Guinness record for dropping to the floor onto your *** and getting your boot off!

 

[QOTHL]

Lol. I had a piece of hot molten slag land on my pants leg where there happened to be a crease. Burnt through the pant leg, ran down into my boot and stopped on my ankle. Burnt through my skin right to the bone. I own the Guinness record for dropping to the floor onto your *** and getting your boot off!

The worst I had was slag burn through my shoe above the steel toe and through my wool sock. I think the wool kept it from doing more damage. I have set my jacket on fire with grinding sparks. The female instructor, about 5'8" and maybe 110lbs who can weld like a beast, said she had a lump of slag drop down the front of her shirt and burn her bra apart.

 

[QOTHL]

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[OzCharger69]

Mine's bad but that comes with the job