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Posted on 10/16/2019 11:30:00 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: exDemMom
Cursive is hard to read anyway, especially when people write sloppily.
Sometimes it is the only way, though. When I got word that a girl I knew well in college had gotten a bad case of stomach cancer in her 40s and would be dying within a few weeks, neither an email nor a typed, word-processed laser print would do the job.
I forced myself with my bad computer guy penmanship to write a letter, three pages of cursive. She called before the end, and getting a hand-written letter made a difference. More recently my 80 year old godmother passed, and I used cursive to write a short note to my godfather on the sympathy card. It works better than manuscript.
For personal use I do print by had, outside of checks and signatures on legal documents.
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posted on
10/17/2019 6:50:04 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
(Sutor, ne ultra crepidam--Appelles of Kos)
To: Dr. Sivana; sodpoodle
6. Was learning cursive really necessary? Of course, since all books are published in cursive, it is an absolute must. Besides if people didn't use cursive the Post Office Department wouldn't have a convenient excuse for undeliverable mail.</s>
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10/17/2019 10:07:47 AM PDT
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itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: Thank You Rush
But MY question is: Was learning algebra really necessary? No and neither was cursive. At least not today. Pens and pencils have been replaced with keyboards and touch type keyboards skills were largely replaced by thumb typing and keyboards will be replaced by to speech to text.
I went to grade school when duplicates were still made with indelible pencil and a pan of gel. We didn't regularly use quill pens still but the desks all had inkwell hole in the desk top.
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posted on
10/17/2019 10:20:20 AM PDT
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itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: Thank You Rush
No matter how many times you look at the corners and decide, this is right, its not when you try to make it fit!! I use spandex sheets (she on amazon) and it doesn't seem to recall matter since they really stretch to fit.
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posted on
10/17/2019 10:22:59 AM PDT
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itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: grobdriver
That’s the one thing these lists get wrong.
Traffic flows a lot better if the merging occurs at the end of the merge lane in a “zipper” pattern.
The “ME FIRST” attitude demonstrated by this item is the entire cause of the problem. Ask ANY driving instructor or road safety professional.
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10/17/2019 1:02:11 PM PDT
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Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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