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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:31 PM Original message |
When's the last time you hand wrote a letter? in cursive? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Even back in the 60's I used to type all my letters. My handwriting stinks! nt |
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katzenjammers (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Me too, I shoulda been a doctor! |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe 15 years or so. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I always write hand-written notes for birthday and sympathy cards. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. Me too...even though my handwriting is awful |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, I just mailed |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Me too (but over 2 months ago) |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was never taught cursive |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. How do you sign your names? n/t |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. We write in printing |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. LOL |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. My dad always told me my signature should look like a penis |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Your Dad Rocks |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. seriously? OMG. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Never |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Just last month I wrote (cursive) a letter to a friend for his birthday. It's |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I haven't received a handwritten letter in a very long time. I do recall feeling happy to receive 1 |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. day before yesterday |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Define Letter |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. I became a typographer in part because my handwriting is illegible. . . |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. I hand write things all the time. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. I hand write a lot of things |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. 1991 or thereabouts |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. I haven't written cursive since high school. Maybe middle school. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. If only ALL engineers had "neat and Capital handwriting", |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. I hand write notes all the time. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. One day ago. I can multi-task! |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Men don't multi-task... We serially-parse tasks rapidly. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Last summer. I write the grandkids when they are away at camp. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. If I wrote you one you couldn't read it |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. I write notes frequently, and always handwrite thanks yous. But I print |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. I hand wrote, in cursive, all of the thank you notes after my husband's funeral. NT |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Couple of months ago. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. When was the last time you used a slide ruler to multiply two numbers? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. 30 years ago, high school physics class where we learned to use a slide rule |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. College chemistry exams. 35 years ago. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
65. I never have. |
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Hempathy (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. Monday. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. One to my grandmother in Texas a few weeks ago. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. today |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Writing a letter isn't the sole use for cursive. Don't you sign checks? Write in cards? Make notes? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. true...those are the few times I use cursive |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Grocery lists, budget planning, notes ... all in cursive here |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. When I was stoned |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. When I was stoned |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. ...forgot what you were gonna say? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. I wrote a fan letter two years ago |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. Christmas Thank You cards |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. All the time. Cards and letters to my family & 'Thank You' notes...all the time. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. All the time here too. Cards, letters notes etc. for holidays |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. Three days ago. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Today. Sympathy card. |
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TampaAnimus2010 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Its useless - Nostalgia is the only thing propping it up |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. Last week, but I am old school |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. I quit writing in cursive and went back to a printed scrawl in 1970, |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
51. I've handwritten letters and thank-you notes this year, but not in cursive. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
54. Last fall. Long letter to an Old Flame along with a book of poems. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
55. For some. For me, getting a letter is no more or less important than getting an email. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
56. Two weeks ago. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
57. About 3 months ago. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
58. Just yesterday. It said "Hi. How are you? I'm fine. Boy, this sure is a pain in the ass! |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. Christmas when I sent out cards, I put |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
60. Yesterday. On 100% cotton paper, too. (Really!) |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
62. Cursive will die the same slow death lots of other things have... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. So is the age of ignorance. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
63. I write thank you notes |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
64. Last year |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
67. Write a letter? No, but I do write personal notes on occasion. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
68. like mailed multi-page letter, thank you card, or what? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
69. I have psoriatic arthritis, so writing by hand is painful and difficult for me. |
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