-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 07-27-19  06:54 <=-

 >  >  JM> etc) and after about the fifth cheque in the pile my sig is
 >  >  JM> really odd looking.  
 >  > Guess your hand gets tired quickly....    You must need more
 >  > practice with it...  
 JM> Reminds me of when I was in grade school and being taught
 JM> penmanship.  Which I think I flunked.  
 JM> Making loops over and over and over.

I've seen those exercises... never was all that impressed with them... I
do remember having to learn to copy cursive words to get the feel of it,
but it wasn't all that tedious...

 JM> I used to use a fountain pen all the time, which meant I wrote
 JM> slower.  Now its ball points and I write faster, but the faster I
 JM> write the worse it becomes.  Same with a pencil.

Makes sense... fast writing does tend to get sloppy.... 

 JM> Wonder if they still teach penmanship in school?  I doubt it.
 JM> I read were some schools no longer even teach cursive due to pc's,
 JM> texting, etc. 

It depends on the school... but it certainly isn't very common any
more... 

 JM> I have used "text spelling" most of my life, shortening words when
 JM> taking/making notes, dropping vowels, etc. 

Abbreviating when taking notes, or writing in a small space, does make
sense, as long as one remembers what one means by the shortened form...
I have some that are fairly standard for me... 

 >  JM> fourth time I signed something I remarked my signature was getting
 >  JM> worse and told not to worry about it.  I guess they have sev
 > You cut off again there.... gotta remember to make shorter paragraphs... 

 JM> Nothing important.  
 JM> I am easily bored by repetition, be it speaking or writing or
 JM> signing my name.

No wonder the penmanship exercises were so frustrating to you, then...
some things do need some repetition to stick...  
 
 > Signatures rarely are identical from one to the next... but they all
 > share some characteristics when from the same person... That could be
 > part of why they take multiple signatures when starting an account,
 > gives an idea of what the variations might be... 

 JM> That was pretty much what I was saying. 

Ok, then... same wavelength...  

ttyl      neb

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