This is similar in effect to a warning on coffee cups that it may be hot. This is in response to someone who burned her lap with coffee and sued. Hospital bills in the USA are very high due to malpractice insurance. In swimming pools that are too shallow for diving, there is painted on the deck "no diving", even though common sense would say the same.
Thinking that printing is childish is a leftover from the 1910's-1920's, maybe earlier. The fanciness of cursive is a leftover from the Victorian era, when heavy ornamentation is customary. This evolved into Palmer cursive. D'Nealian is simpler. I have always favored printing for its superior legibility and reasonable speed. That cursive is faster is an illusion created by the use of joining letters. There is also printwriting, a hybrid writing style combining the clarity of print with the speed promised by cursive, and has much to recommend it.
My brother is 35 years old, and his handwriting looks like a 3 or 4-year-old's, sometimes legible, sometimes illegible. For the last 5-6 years, I couldn't read what he has written. This year, his handwriting is somewhat more legible, but cannot count on its being consistantly readable. Letters and numbers requiring more than one stroke are the most difficult. His F looks like an R, 1, 4,5, and 9 look almost the same, and his O looks like a U. When it comes time to go grocery shopping, he would ask me to make the shopping list, as my handwriting is much clearer.
I have read about organs that are over 500 years old in excellent condition. San Francisco's cable cars are now about 120 years old and still running. The F-line streetcars are 60 years old and in active service. There are cathedrals in Europe well past the 500-year mark that show little sign of aging. Some are nearing the 1000-year mark and usable. I had a (then) 30-year-old bike which I enjoyed riding until it got stolen, and have cooked on a 50+ year-old gas stove. In its last 4-5 years, it needed a barbecue lighter or match to get started. I have read about a 70-year-old radio and a 50-year-old TV that still work.
I might be addicted to bike riding. I have gone on 10+ hour bike rides, such as to Oakland, San Francisco, Hollister, Half Moon Bay, and Santa Cruz. I frequently use GPS during my bike rides, occasionally a heart rare monitor.
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Don't like risks
This is similar in effect to a warning on coffee cups that it may be hot. This is in response to someone who burned her lap with coffee and sued. Hospital bills in the USA are very high due to malpractice insurance. In swimming pools that are too shallow for diving, there is painted on the deck "no diving", even though common sense would say the same.
Re: Cursive
Thinking that printing is childish is a leftover from the 1910's-1920's, maybe earlier. The fanciness of cursive is a leftover from the Victorian era, when heavy ornamentation is customary. This evolved into Palmer cursive. D'Nealian is simpler. I have always favored printing for its superior legibility and reasonable speed. That cursive is faster is an illusion created by the use of joining letters. There is also printwriting, a hybrid writing style combining the clarity of print with the speed promised by cursive, and has much to recommend it.
brother has illegible handwriting
My brother is 35 years old, and his handwriting looks like a 3 or 4-year-old's, sometimes legible, sometimes illegible. For the last 5-6 years, I couldn't read what he has written. This year, his handwriting is somewhat more legible, but cannot count on its being consistantly readable. Letters and numbers requiring more than one stroke are the most difficult. His F looks like an R, 1, 4,5, and 9 look almost the same, and his O looks like a U. When it comes time to go grocery shopping, he would ask me to make the shopping list, as my handwriting is much clearer.
We did not always have fragile things
I have read about organs that are over 500 years old in excellent condition. San Francisco's cable cars are now about 120 years old and still running. The F-line streetcars are 60 years old and in active service. There are cathedrals in Europe well past the 500-year mark that show little sign of aging. Some are nearing the 1000-year mark and usable. I had a (then) 30-year-old bike which I enjoyed riding until it got stolen, and have cooked on a 50+ year-old gas stove. In its last 4-5 years, it needed a barbecue lighter or match to get started. I have read about a 70-year-old radio and a 50-year-old TV that still work.
Even bikes can be addictive
I might be addicted to bike riding. I have gone on 10+ hour bike rides, such as to Oakland, San Francisco, Hollister, Half Moon Bay, and Santa Cruz. I frequently use GPS during my bike rides, occasionally a heart rare monitor.