-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 08-02-19  06:27 <=-

 >  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 saw a story on line (so it HAS to be true) that some schools are
 JM> thinking of teaching cursive again.  
 JM> I can only imagine if it weren't people would see something in
 JM> cursive and wonder what it means.  Much like some people reading old or
 JM> middle English and now knowing what it says.

And there are some people that do know what it means (guessing you meant
'not', not 'now'), having had courses in it...  
 
 >  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...  

 JM> One reason I never became rich and famous as an actor.  

Had you a photographic memory, the repetition wouldn't have been
necessary at all, either...  

 JM> When I did a lot of traffic control I said the thing over and over,
 JM> to different people.
 JM> I used to joke I was just going to record the directions and replay
 JM> the one for that instance.  

I'm sure that it was a great temptation...  

ttyl         neb

... Got a seat-belt on my computer chair... no more ROTFL!!

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