anyway"). :)me with the money I was told they did, "since its mostly cheques
I'll vouch for your integrity. :)
what, etc). I make it something to immediately forget.I don't remember any of details five seconds after I'm done (who gave
Forget what?? <G>
Some days, I look I'm drunk as a coot with my signature. Most men's penmanship (including mine) is atrocious...but most women's is
"immaculate" by comparison.
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Daryl wrote --
Some days, I look I'm drunk as a coot with my signature. Most men's penmanship (including mine) is atrocious...but most women's is
"immaculate" by comparison.
Ain't it the truth!
I can always (well, almost always) tell if a man or a woman wrote something just by looking at it.
Women, as a rule, are always neat and tidy whereas a guy's often
looks like so many wiggly words.
My handwriting is atrocious. After something is cold (say reading
notes about something later) I can't make out half of what I wrote.
I'll read the line and think "what word would go there?" then make a guess.
I love reading old documents where the writing is so fluid and
perfect.
guess.I'll read the line and think "what word would go there?" then make a
When You started writing Parking Tickets at Marshall would You be able toRead any of the first Tickets that You wrote, if any copies of them are still in the Office?
looking. :)I was also made a co-signer on on church cheques (payroll, bills,
etc) and after about the fifth cheque in the pile my sig is really odd
Guess your hand gets tired quickly.... ;) You must need more practice
with it... :)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Daryl Stout on 07-17-19 07:21 <=-
Some days, I look I'm drunk as a coot with my signature. Most men's penmanship (including mine) is atrocious...but most women's is
"immaculate" by comparison.
Ain't it the truth!
I can always (well, almost always) tell if a man or a woman wrote something just by looking at it.
Women, as a rule, are always neat and tidy whereas a guy's often
looks like so many wiggly words.
My handwriting is atrocious. After something is cold (say reading
notes about something later) I can't make out half of what I wrote.
I'll read the line and think "what word would go there?" then make a guess. I love reading old documents where the writing is so fluid and perfect. Joe
... We were able
once to foil a company that tried to switch our phone service out from
under us to theirs instead of the one we were with, simply by sending
the regulators a copy of Richard's real signature, totally different
from the messy scrawl that they claimed was his signature authorizing
the switch.... ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 07-22-19 06:57 <=-
I was also made a co-signer on on church cheques (payroll, bills,Guess your hand gets tired quickly.... ;) You must need more practice
etc) and after about the fifth cheque in the pile my sig is really
odd looking. :)
with it... :)
When I had to go to the bank to sign a lot of paper work for the
signature card they all looked a bit different. After about the
fourth time I signed something I remarked my signature was getting
worse and told not to worry about it. I guess they have sev
odd looking. :)etc) and after about the fifth cheque in the pile my sig is really
with it... :)Guess your hand gets tired quickly.... ;) You must need more practice
fourth time I signed something I remarked my signature was getting
worse and told not to worry about it. I guess they have sev
You cut off again there.... gotta remember to make shorter paragraphs...
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... ;)
Quoting August Abolins to Nancy Backus on 07-26-19 18:40 <=-
We were able once to foil a company that tried to switch our phone
service out from under us to theirs instead of the one we were with,
simply by sending the regulators a copy of Richard's real signature,
totally different from the messy scrawl that they claimed was his
signature authorizing the switch.... ;)
It reminds me of an incident when one of those "alternative phone services" bilked me out of money. After my first bill arrived, I recognized that the service was not what I thought I agreed to. After
a little back and forth via email, they sent me their recording of
the phone call, on CD. But it was choppy and clearly EDITED in
parts. I decided to just pay the initial monthly bill and cancel
further business with them.
These days all they need is a recording of your voice saying "YES",
and they can technically splice it into any way they want.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 07-27-19 06:54 <=-
Reminds me of when I was in grade school and being taughtetc) and after about the fifth cheque in the pile my sig isGuess your hand gets tired quickly.... ;) You must need more
really odd looking. :)
practice with it... :)
penmanship. Which I think I flunked. :)
Making loops over and over and over.
I used to use a fountain pen all the time, which meant I wrote
slower. Now its ball points and I write faster, but the faster I
write the worse it becomes. Same with a pencil.
Wonder if they still teach penmanship in school? I doubt it.
I read were some schools no longer even teach cursive due to pc's, texting, etc.
I have used "text spelling" most of my life, shortening words when taking/making notes, dropping vowels, etc.
fourth time I signed something I remarked my signature was getting worse and told not to worry about it. I guess they have sevYou cut off again there.... gotta remember to make shorter paragraphs...
Nothing important. :)
I am easily bored by repetition, be it speaking or writing or
signing my name.
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... ;)
That was pretty much what I was saying. :)
Wonder if they still teach penmanship in school? I doubt it.
I read were some schools no longer even teach cursive due to pc's, texting, etc.
It depends on the school... but it certainly isn't very common any
more...
I am easily bored by repetition, be it speaking or writing or
signing my name.
No wonder the penmanship exercises were so frustrating to you, then...
some things do need some repetition to stick... ;)
Abbreviating when taking notes, or writing in a small space, does make NB>sense, as long as one remembers what one means by the shortened form...
I have some that are fairly standard for me... :)
No wonder the penmanship exercises were so frustrating to you, then... NB>some things do need some repetition to stick... ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 08-02-19 06:27 <=-
Wonder if they still teach penmanship in school? I doubt it.It depends on the school... but it certainly isn't very common any
I read were some schools no longer even teach cursive due to pc's, texting, etc.
more...
I saw a story on line (so it HAS to be true) that some schools are thinking of teaching cursive again.
I can only imagine if it weren't people would see something in
cursive and wonder what it means. Much like some people reading old or middle English and now knowing what it says.
I am easily bored by repetition, be it speaking or writing orNo wonder the penmanship exercises were so frustrating to you, then...
signing my name.
some things do need some repetition to stick... ;)
One reason I never became rich and famous as an actor. :)
When I did a lot of traffic control I said the thing over and over,
to different people.
I used to joke I was just going to record the directions and replay
the one for that instance. :)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-02-19 21:44 <=-
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... :)
I usually do like the meteorologists/forecasters do...write without
the vowels. With weather terms, I can go even shorter. :)
No wonder the penmanship exercises were so frustrating to you,
then... some things do need some repetition to stick... ;)
I nearly flunked handwriting in first grade.
I started working at being able to write with either hand... ;)
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Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-02-19 21:44 <=-
Hopefully you learned some since then... ;) Somewhere around then, I started working at being able to write with either hand... ;)
And then there's WX for weather.... ;)
Hopefully you learned some since then... ;) Somewhere around then, I NB>started working at being able to write with either hand... ;)
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 08-08-19 06:41 <=-
I started working at being able to write with either hand... ;)
My brother (from my father's first marriage, who was killed in the
South Pacific during the war) taught himself to write with either hand. The family legend is because he said if he broke one arm he could
still write the other.
Quoting Ed Vance to Nancy Backus on 08-08-19 16:10 <=-
Hopefully you learned some since then... ;) Somewhere around then, I
started working at being able to write with either hand... ;)
A Lady I know told us when She was in Grade School the Teacher wanted
Her to use Her Right Hand to write with.
The young girl was Left Handed and whenever the Teacher saw Her
writing with the Left Hand the Teacher would hit the hand with a ruler.
This Lady can write with either hand, and She can use both hands at
the same time to write.
After Church one night, as a Bob Evan's Waitress was taking our
orders, this Lady asked the Waitress's Name - and then started writing
the Waitress's Name on a piece of paper, and gave it to the Waitress.
I got my Camera out and made a Video as the Name was being written.
I hope the video isn't too big to include in a Email, if I can, I will Send an Email to Joe (and Others In Memories that I have an Email
Address for) so one of them could Forward it to You, so You can see the Lady writing with both of Her Hands too.
AHHHHH... ANOTHER ROUNDTUIT...................
-LATER-
I originlly started this message around 9:30 AM, now it is 3:50 PM .
(I had some other thing to do before getting back to writing this
Reply)
I tried sending an Email with the File to Joe and Daryl but the Email Server said the Email was too large for it to accept.
So I cancelled the Attachment and wrote Joe and Daryl a Email WITHOUT
the Attachment.
One (or Both) of them either could Forward that Email to You so You
could let Me know how to get a CD with the video on it to You.
OR
Joe could send Your Mailing Address to Me.
I know HE KNOWS it.
was the next day, busily (and legibly) writing on the chalkboard, using
his right hand...
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-08-19 13:11 <=-
And then there's WX for weather.... ;)
Correct...and it was in 3 of my 4 ham radio callsigns. I was
originally N5VLZ in 1991...then changed to AE5WX in 2009, then to
WX1DER in 2012, then to WX4QZ on my 59th birthday this year.
The license comes up for renewal when I turn 69, and we'll save any
snide remarks for netmail. <G>
However, while weather got me into ham radio, it nearly burned me
out of the hobby over the last year. You wouldn't believe how IGNORANT some folks are. They have no concept of compass points (i.e. where the storm is, relative to their location, and its direction of movement),
or they want EXACT SPECIFICS on what will occur, weather wise, BEFORE
it even develops!! I told this one woman (must've been a blonde :P )
that "you might as well as the moment of your death", and she replied "Now, you're getting nasty about it". The bottom line is WE CAN'T KNOW CERTAIN THINGS.
Then, you get these idiots who don't know what "reportable criteria"
is, concerning severe weather (tornado, funnel cloud, wall cloud, hail greater than 1 inch in diameter, winds 58 mph or more, flash
flooding). They won't check into a "Skywarn Training Net" or attend the free training class...but they come out of the woodwork when "the real thing" occurs.
Hopefully you learned some since then... ;) Somewhere around then, I
started working at being able to write with either hand... ;)
Left handed people are the only people in their right minds. <G>
I was also constantly being chided for "holding the pencil wrong".
Shoot, if it writes, who cares how I hold it??!!
Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 08-10-19 05:20 <=-
was the next day, busily (and legibly) writing on the chalkboard, using
his right hand...
My handwriting often looks like I used the wrong hand. :)
was the next day, busily (and legibly) writing on the chalkboard, using JM>> his right hand...
My handwriting often looks like I used the wrong hand. :)
Correct...and it was in 3 of my 4 ham radio callsigns. I was
originally N5VLZ in 1991...then changed to AE5WX in 2009, then to WX1DER in 2012, then to WX4QZ on my 59th birthday this year.
Yes I knew about those... :)
What snide remarks...? You are but a youngster... <G> Will you keep NB>the new call sign at that point...?
There is, after all, a reason it's called a forecast, not a promise or a NB>schedule.... it's an educated guess as to how things will fall into NB>place....
Yeah, I know.... there's idiots everywhere....
While I'm somewhat right-handed, I can do many things left-handed, NB>including using left-handed scissors to cut with... so, truly NB>ambidextrous... ;) My dad was a lefty, a couple of sisters are
lefties, and a brother is a lefty who considers himself ambisinstrous as NB>he can do many things almost as well with his right hand... :)
The sticklers... But I agree, it shouldn't really matter as long as you NB>are able to write with it... ;)
But, the late George Carlin was right. If the #2 pencil is so popular,
why is it still #2??
But, the late George Carlin was right. If the #2 pencil is so popular, JM>> why is it still #2??
Reminds me of the old joke where a very rich person goes to the doctor
for some procedure and the doctor says he would use a local anesthetic. The
person replies they can afford it, use the imported one.
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-13-19 15:11 <=-
Correct...and it was in 3 of my 4 ham radio callsigns. I was
originally N5VLZ in 1991...then changed to AE5WX in 2009, then to
WX1DER in 2012, then to WX4QZ on my 59th birthday this year.
Yes I knew about those... :)You're a smart woman. :)
What snide remarks...? You are but a youngster... <G> Will you keep
the new call sign at that point...?
Oh, definitely. The snide remark was for "69"...which can be
construed as a sexually oriented term.
While I'm somewhat right-handed, I can do many things left-handed,
including using left-handed scissors to cut with... so, truly
ambidextrous... ;) My dad was a lefty, a couple of sisters are
lefties, and a brother is a lefty who considers himself ambisinstrous as
he can do many things almost as well with his right hand... :)
Then, you have the jokes about left handed scissors, hammers, etc. <G>
The sticklers... But I agree, it shouldn't really matter as long as you
are able to write with it... ;)
Isn't that what a writing utensil is for??
But, the late George Carlin was right. If the #2 pencil is so
popular, why is it still #2??
Oh, definitely. The snide remark was for "69"...which can be
construed as a sexually oriented term.
Ah.... that.... <G>
Left-handed hammers aren't really any different.... but the scissors NB>definitely are a different tool.... Just like the regular scissors
won't cut if you try to use them in your left hand, the lefty ones don't NB>work if you try to use them in your right hand.... I've used both of NB>them.... ;)
Isn't that what a writing utensil is for??
That's the theory, anyway.... <G>
But, the late George Carlin was right. If the #2 pencil is so
popular, why is it still #2??
Because the #1 is too hard, and doesn't write well.. ;) Has nothing at NB>all to do with superiority.... ;)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-22-19 17:07 <=-
Oh, definitely. The snide remark was for "69"...which can be
construed as a sexually oriented term.
Ah.... that.... <G>
That was like on an episode on The Food Network with "Emeril LaGasse LIVE". Southern Cook Paula Deen (before she got into trouble with
supposed racial remarks), was doing a southern breakfast. We're
talking biscuits, gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, pork chops, hash browns, tomatoes, etc., and washed down with a big glass of orange
juice (3 minute pause for drooling <G>).
Well, she was preparing these boneless pork chops (the local Cracker Barrel used to serve them on Monday nights), and she had this wooden
deal, that looked like a rolling pin, and she said "I use this to beat
my meat with". :P
Now, that's a euphemism for masturbation...the audience was roaring
in laughter (as were my late wife and myself), and Emeril got this horrified look on his face, and he exclaimed "DON'T EVEN GO THERE!!" I thought the black guy on the drums in the band, was going to spit his teeth out of his mouth. <BG>
Left-handed hammers aren't really any different.... but the scissors
definitely are a different tool.... Just like the regular scissors
won't cut if you try to use them in your left hand, the lefty ones don't
work if you try to use them in your right hand.... I've used both of
them.... ;)
I've always been right handed.
But, the late George Carlin was right. If the #2 pencil is so
popular, why is it still #2??
Because the #1 is too hard, and doesn't write well.. ;) Has nothing
at all to do with superiority.... ;)
That's what I thought...isn't the #3 lighter in lead, so to speak??
That was like on an episode on The Food Network with "Emeril LaGasse LIVE". Southern Cook Paula Deen (before she got into trouble with supposed racial remarks), was doing a southern breakfast. We're
talking biscuits, gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, pork chops, hash browns, tomatoes, etc., and washed down with a big glass of orange juice (3 minute pause for drooling <G>).
1 or 2 minutes would have been sufficient... <G> Hey, I don't see any NB>toast... was that supposed to be included, too....? ;)
Yeah, I know that euphemism also... ;) I suppose she could have used a NB>different expression for what she was trying to express... :)
They all use graphite now.... and the #3 is softer than the #2 or the NB>#1.... more likely to smudge, too....
Ugh. I had plenty of that with a newspaper route, getting all that ink onmy hands as I folded the papers into the "rain bags".
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 08-29-19 16:41 <=-
That was like on an episode on The Food Network with "Emeril LaGasse
LIVE". Southern Cook Paula Deen (before she got into trouble with
supposed racial remarks), was doing a southern breakfast. We're
talking biscuits, gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, pork chops, hash
browns, tomatoes, etc., and washed down with a big glass of orange
juice (3 minute pause for drooling <G>).
1 or 2 minutes would have been sufficient... <G> Hey, I don't see
any toast... was that supposed to be included, too....? ;)
OK, so I forgot one item...details, details. <G>
Yeah, I know that euphemism also... ;) I suppose she could have used
a different expression for what she was trying to express... :)
Well, it all depends on where one's mind is. <G> Sad to say, it's
usually in the gutter, and we're not talking about bowling. In that regard, the tagline below qualifies. :P
They all use graphite now.... and the #3 is softer than the #2 or the
#1.... more likely to smudge, too....
Ugh. I had plenty of that with a newspaper route, getting all that
ink on my hands as I folded the papers into the "rain bags". Then, when
I was working in silkscreen printing for nearly 20 years, I thought I'd never have clean hands or fingernails again. :P
You had rain bags? Back in my day Sonny, we had none of that. we had to
put the paper somewhere on the porch where it wouldn't get wet.
When my mother and I moved to Colorado Springs, Co in 1964, I wised up
and got an afternoon route. No more getting at 4 a.m.
I was walking along tossing the papers onto porches and at this one house
I misjudged my distance.
It was a warm afternoon and instead of hitting the porch it sailed
through the open living room window! I could never do that again in a milli
tries.
I always wonder what they thought, finding the paper inside rather than
on the porch. (And no, I never mentioned it to them).
When she got back to town I asked about it and she said she told him
later she had a new tv and was able to exchange it for a sewing machine.
Oh, she rented the second floor to a English teacher I had in school.
She was fresh out of teachers school and very attractive. All the boys
loved that class, though none were paying much attention to what she said.
I was collecting late one day and she was apparently expecting someone
else since she she opened the door she was in some flimsy gown and being bac
lit one could see threw it.
From then on I saw her in a completely different light. :)
Ugh. I had plenty of that with a newspaper route, getting all that
ink on my hands as I folded the papers into the "rain bags".
You had rain bags? Back in my day Sonny, we had none of that. we had
to put the paper somewhere on the porch where it wouldn't get wet.
OK, so I forgot one item...details, details. <G>
I guess it was in the etc.... ;)
Well, it all depends on where one's mind is. <G> Sad to say, it's usually in the gutter, and we're not talking about bowling. In that regard, the tagline below qualifies. :P
And here I thought this was supposed to be a clean echo.... ;)
I think the #3 pencils are used in artwork, since they do smudge so NB>nicely... ;)
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 09-02-19 13:03 <=-
OK, so I forgot one item...details, details. <G>
I guess it was in the etc.... ;)
Looks that way.
Well, it all depends on where one's mind is. <G> Sad to say, it's
usually in the gutter, and we're not talking about bowling. In that
regard, the tagline below qualifies. :P
And here I thought this was supposed to be a clean echo.... ;)
Again, it depends on where your mind is. ;)
As for the bowling ball
deal, it is true that the American Bowling Congress (ABC) and the
American Junior Bowling Congress (AJBC) limits the weight on bowling
balls to between 10 and 16 pounds. I used to have my own bowling ball,
but the only bowling I do now is on the BBS with the doors.
I think the #3 pencils are used in artwork, since they do smudge
so nicely... ;)
Art was never my forte'
-- just like electronics. I can tell you how
to tell the colors on a resistor, thanks to Violet <G>, that as little
as an amp of electricity can kill, red is positive and black is
negative on the battery, and the battery on a schematic diagram. I had
to learn a bunch of electronic theory when I took my ham radio exam.
The one I remember is Ohm's Law -- E over I times R -- it's not just a good idea...it's the law. <G>
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