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Mississippi Queen If you know what I mean Mississippi Queen She taught me everything

way down around Vicksburg Around Louisiana way Lived a cajun lady aboard the Mississippi

Queen You know she was a dancer she moved better on wine while the rest of them dudes were' a

gettin' their kicks Boy I beg your pardon I was gettin' mine

 

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Fred

 

...You ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo

and you were a pair of brown shoes...

~ George Gobel

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couldn't find my previous random writing with a fountain pen. This was my gel pen writing in my neat mode. I'm usually not that neat.

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Hi there. I wrote a short essay on how to achieve good handwriting on my blog, and as I was writing it I discovered that the handwriting on many of the pen and ink review sites is so terrible. This really surprised me! You would think that the people talking about pens and ink would have beautiful handwriting, but I found it to be consistently bad. So I wrote another short essay with the title below and I have included the first part below also, with a few questions at the end. Anybody have any thoughts about this, or answers to the questions in the last section?

 

What’s up with the bad handwriting on the pen review sites?

About the bad handwriting that is so commonly seen on the pen and ink review websites and blogs, I have a few questions, and feel free to respond below. The questions are more rhetorical than not, as I don’t think that there is a sure answer to them, but I will offer a couple at the end. If you look at the pen and ink reviews on the Internet, I think you will find that the handwriting on most of the sites is atrocious. The question is, why? I would give you examples of the handwriting but then I would have to hire a lawyer to defend myself against defamation suits.

The letters in the handwriting at most of those sites (“most” is not a scientific judgment but I bet is is pretty accurate–take a look for yourself) all seem to be drawn, with inconsistent sizes and shapes and slants. The writing looks like it was written by a child or someone with a physical handicap, or an older person that can’t see well, or at least by someone that doesn’t care what his or her handwriting looks like, even in a public forum. And more often than not when the person is talking about fountain pens or fountain pen ink, he or she will give a writing sample that is PRINTED rather than in cursive. Why? Probably because their handwriting would be too ugly or unreadable, and everyone has a limit on how bad they will allow themselves to appear to others. But many of them are talking about fountain pens! And one of the strong points about fountain pens is that they allow the writer to form beautiful letters and words, particularly with a personal touch that sets their cursive off from that of others.

That leads me to other questions. Why don’t these people care? Do they not see that their writing looks scribbled? Do they actually not see that it looks bad? Have they not seen the Constitution (asked with a smile)? Do they not feel just a little bit that they ought to be an example of good handwriting for others to follow? Do they not have an ounce of pride? Of all the people that you would think would care it would be the people talking about pens and ink.

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Hi there. I wrote a short essay on how to achieve good handwriting on my blog, and as I was writing it I discovered that the handwriting on many of the pen and ink review sites is so terrible. This really surprised me! You would think that the people talking about pens and ink would have beautiful handwriting, but I found it to be consistently bad. So I wrote another short essay with the title below and I have included the first part below also, with a few questions at the end. Anybody have any thoughts about this, or answers to the questions in the last section?

 

What’s up with the bad handwriting on the pen review sites?

About the bad handwriting that is so commonly seen on the pen and ink review websites and blogs, I have a few questions, and feel free to respond below. The questions are more rhetorical than not, as I don’t think that there is a sure answer to them, but I will offer a couple at the end. If you look at the pen and ink reviews on the Internet, I think you will find that the handwriting on most of the sites is atrocious. The question is, why? I would give you examples of the handwriting but then I would have to hire a lawyer to defend myself against defamation suits.

The letters in the handwriting at most of those sites (“most” is not a scientific judgment but I bet is is pretty accurate–take a look for yourself) all seem to be drawn, with inconsistent sizes and shapes and slants. The writing looks like it was written by a child or someone with a physical handicap, or an older person that can’t see well, or at least by someone that doesn’t care what his or her handwriting looks like, even in a public forum. And more often than not when the person is talking about fountain pens or fountain pen ink, he or she will give a writing sample that is PRINTED rather than in cursive. Why? Probably because their handwriting would be too ugly or unreadable, and everyone has a limit on how bad they will allow themselves to appear to others. But many of them are talking about fountain pens! And one of the strong points about fountain pens is that they allow the writer to form beautiful letters and words, particularly with a personal touch that sets their cursive off from that of others.

That leads me to other questions. Why don’t these people care? Do they not see that their writing looks scribbled? Do they actually not see that it looks bad? Have they not seen the Constitution (asked with a smile)? Do they not feel just a little bit that they ought to be an example of good handwriting for others to follow? Do they not have an ounce of pride? Of all the people that you would think would care it would be the people talking about pens and ink.

 

 

What does your handwriting look like?

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Current Handwriting



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I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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Duplicate post.

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"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

The Dalai Lama

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While attempting to discover the method under which I was taught cursive writing I made a few notes to myself.

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"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

The Dalai Lama

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Pens: Retro 1951 Ballpoint .925 Ag barleycorn pattern ..refill..Visconti Gel Ballpoint AA38B 1.0

Conklin Fountain Pen Lever filler with a Sweet nib..filled with Pilot Blue-Black Ink.........

 

Fred

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@Bookman: Was your Mary McCarthy quote written in a Leuchtturm? (I finally learned to spell it properly from memory.)

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