Red Ring Tupperware Party, Autumnal Equinoctal Edition (24)

gjl711 wrote in post #17752584
ya know, you can print a note. I don't have a problem with cursive going away. All too often it is incomprehensible and messy.

But, from an aesthetic standpoint, I don't think that really, really good printing can ever be as beautiful and refined as really, really beautiful cursive. If one wants to create truly beautiful script by hand with a pen, it really is hard to beat the cursive style.

I've been hunting for vintage ledger pages of late, with intention of providing them to a Native American ledger artist. This hunt has lead me to realize just how important excellent handwriting can be. The pieces I find with really beautiful handwriting (cursive) all command quite a premium compared to those with average handwriting.

I bet that 100 years ago, when these store clerks wrote receipts and invoices for common household items and groceries, they never imagined that a century later dozens of people from all around the world would be on computers examining and scrutinizing the handwriting that they used. It really does matter.

I'll admit, my cursive is terrible, in fact my penmanship as a whole is terrible! The worst is when I have to deal doctors and other institutions and fill out form, including multiple signatures, I hate it!

I guess my only comeback is the English language, via literature courses in high school and college, and in the course of things developing the ability to communicate, which carried out both in my "creative writing" efforts but especially in my career in the tech industry, where you had to communicate with people in "straight English"! The whole field of "texting" has left me feeling pretty sour!

LV Moose wrote in post #17752452
Sending out Christmas cards sucks for me.

I'm impressed, you have friends to send Christmas cards to?

Who said anything about friends? I have acquaintances to send cards to, and family, too.... that's kinda required.

I think I just saw a Delorean fly by....


I don't care what kind of technological advances there are, the best way to listen to a baseball game is on AM radio. Especially when it's the hometown team winning.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #17750879
Ok. But I thought that as of yesterday his "location" simply said "Eastern Oregon", with no mention of Tupperware or North Carolina. So I was thinking that he changed his location information since yesterday when I posted my response to his post. Is this the case?

My information has said the same thing for the past 6 years or so....

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Woolburr wrote in post #17755804
My information has said the same thing for the past 6 years or so....

Yes, I understand that now. Others here made that known. Please see the following discussion, quoted from earlier posts:

Tom Reichner wrote in post #17750879
Ok. But I thought that as of yesterday his "location" simply said "Eastern Oregon", with no mention of Tupperware or North Carolina. So I was thinking that he changed his location information since yesterday when I posted my response to his post. Is this the case?

Traci_Ann wrote in post #17750890
I'm pretty sure it's said that same thing for years now, or at least some variant of that.

Jon wrote in post #17750910
Nope, he's had the "Leicester, NC" part as long as he's had the "Eastern Oregon".

Tom Reichner wrote in post #17750936
Well, that explains it, then. I need to pay much more careful attention to everything I read.

Just to keep the thread alive, so Tom doesn't feel bad about killing it...

For my birthday, my wife gave me a choice... 16-35f/4L, or a once-a-month landscape service. Decisions, decisions.

I really don't enjoy yard work, but a new toy is hard to beat.

Moose, just tell her you'll take the 16-35L now, and the landscape service as her Christmas present to you!

Problem solved!

You know, I already thought of that. Thanks for confirming that it was a good idea

Great minds think alike!

LV Moose wrote in post #17761652
Just to keep the thread alive, so Tom doesn't feel bad about killing it...

For my birthday, my wife gave me a choice... 16-35f/4L, or a once-a-month landscape service. Decisions, decisions.

I really don't enjoy yard work, but a new toy is hard to beat.

Is "a once-a-month landscape service" code for something you elderly folks get/give on an occasional basis?

Ian Mackie wrote in post #17762262
Is "a once-a-month landscape service" code for something you elderly folks get/give on an occasional basis?

It's only a code for dirty old men who've recently been booted out of the Ladies Lounge.

If we ever get a new thread, it needs to be called:
Ring Tupperware Party, Innuendo and dirty old men Edition (25)

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gjl711 wrote in post #17762284
If we ever get a new thread, it needs to be called:
Ring Tupperware Party, Innuendo and dirty "landscaping" Edition (25)