Its a good thing we can all still read!
By Inlemay
@Inlemay (17713)
South Africa
July 16, 2016 2:38am CST
Penning our thoughts onto paper (the screen) has become as easy as typing on a keyboard, keypad or cellphone screen with a stylus (which is a small pen like thingamabob) and the new 'air writing' which allows you to use your cellphone screen for just about anything with just about anything.
Writing as we know it has taken on a whole new meaning. It started with the typewriter, making writing easier and probably more legible for the business world and from there it has weaved its way into the daily lives of everyone: penning words into optic fibers across miles and miles of open space is the new writing mode!
I still remember a time 30 years back that we still did Bookkeeping and Audits on Ledgers, Journals, Cash book, written trial balances even the bank books were written . . . . now its all done computerized - Imagine the time saving it has accomplished?
With this all said and done and acknowledging the Land of Technology, I am very glad that We can all still READ!
Yesterday I went out to buy stationary for letter writing? The shop owner replied "What is that?"
Indeed!!
What is that?
@crazyhorseladycx and I had a conversation whereby she admits that writing is not a thing she does too often any more, which is the same for most of us but the real danger is watching the Children of tomorrow - are they not going to know how to hold a pen, scribble some words, draw a picture, colour in for fun? It seems that writing in the old form by way of pen, paper and ink, may be classified as olden-days and be closer to extinction than we think!
Practice your writing - it keeps the hands nimble and keeps arthritis at bay!
So Video Killed the Radio Star;
DVD killed the Tape recorder;
Is the computer going to kill the pen?
Your thoughts are welcome! Oh and By the way - happy 'Payday' everyone!
photo me on a bike - Viva Tour de France
Writing as we know it has taken on a whole new meaning. It started with the typewriter, making writing easier and probably more legible for the business world and from there it has weaved its way into the daily lives of everyone: penning words into optic fibers across miles and miles of open space is the new writing mode!
I still remember a time 30 years back that we still did Bookkeeping and Audits on Ledgers, Journals, Cash book, written trial balances even the bank books were written . . . . now its all done computerized - Imagine the time saving it has accomplished?
With this all said and done and acknowledging the Land of Technology, I am very glad that We can all still READ!
Yesterday I went out to buy stationary for letter writing? The shop owner replied "What is that?"
Indeed!!
What is that?
@crazyhorseladycx and I had a conversation whereby she admits that writing is not a thing she does too often any more, which is the same for most of us but the real danger is watching the Children of tomorrow - are they not going to know how to hold a pen, scribble some words, draw a picture, colour in for fun? It seems that writing in the old form by way of pen, paper and ink, may be classified as olden-days and be closer to extinction than we think!
Practice your writing - it keeps the hands nimble and keeps arthritis at bay!
So Video Killed the Radio Star;
DVD killed the Tape recorder;
Is the computer going to kill the pen?
Your thoughts are welcome! Oh and By the way - happy 'Payday' everyone!
photo me on a bike - Viva Tour de France20 people like this
19 responses
@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
16 Jul 16
I am still "writing" letters to people (mostly military right now), although since my handwriting has become very poor, I tend to type my letters and print them out on pretty paper. That's only because I want the recipient to be able to read what I've written! lol But I do love corresponding with people in that way.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Jul 16
hasn't it already? lol.
And I love the bike, I used to have a blue one your bike reminded me of.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jul 16
@Inlemay I enjoy but cannot ride that kind long, guess i need a different type of bike. one without the part where the feet go in circular motions
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@GardenGerty (157915)
• United States
16 Jul 16
I know people who are very reluctant to write more than a signature and we are told that for the purpose of getting people to read our material we need to be short and sweet. It is a shame.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Jul 16
A doctor recently told me you should also write a couple of sentences with your non user hand to keep Alzheimer's at bay.
Did you'll have a 'handwriting class' at school? we had one where we would write down a page of the sentence given at the top, usually a message like "You reap what you sow".
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Jul 16
Writing paper has definitely become in less demand than it used to be and no doubt more difficult to find.
Personally I never buy such material nowadays and I have a letterhead template set up on my computer, so I can just print my own.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
17 Jul 16
@Inlemay I wasn't one that wrote much before. I communicate tons now thanks to the internet, not to mention all of the great people I have met all over the world that I now correspond with.
But when I said I write myself all kinds of notes, I meant with pen and paper. I even still use an agenda planner to write appointments and activities over using my phone or a computer program. Those things will never change for me.
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@xFiacre (12500)
• Ireland
16 Jul 16
@valmnz @inlemay A nice pen used to be an acceptable gift, and many of us had a kind of expensive one bought to us that we treasured. Belfast always had "The Pen Shop" that had a grand array of pens for every occasion - alas I didn't even notice till recently that it has been replaced by yet another trendy café.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
16 Jul 16
@xFiacre Oh If I could just find a decent stationary shop this morning when I go out shopping - that would be a miracle! I remember the PEN fad, Parker - was my favourite and I used my Parker to sign many very important documents in my life.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
16 Jul 16
We also have the pen and paper system still in play, but so many private schools have started with the ipad thing - I dont agree at all. There is something about writing that makes for development of the fine motor skills which humans need later in life
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@Tampa_girl7 (49288)
• United States
17 Jul 16
Pen to paper seems to be a lost art to many.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
17 Jul 16
the schools here seem to be heck bent'n such - remove cursive writin', encouragin' youngsters to do more'n more'n the puter, usin' their actual brains less (math seems to be takin' quite a hit's well). lots'f folks don't e'en read with their young'uns. i agree that much time ('n 't times confusion) 'tis been cleared with modern technology, but there needs to be a healthy balance. big hugs!
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@just4him (308692)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jul 16
I never thought about stationary becoming a dinosaur and hard to find. That is disturbing, though I haven't used stationary in a long time, I've always thought it would be around forever, not a lost art. I'm going to need to look around and see if I can find any hint of it anywhere. Oh my, I really hope I do find some.
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@chenluna (39)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
Grateful that I can write and read. As quoted by the character Gilly in Game of Thrones to Sam Tarly, "Aren't you some kind of a wizard? You're interpreting symbols on a paper and you'd know what it is being said." I think we are all wizards that can do this magical thing which is reading and writing
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
16 Jul 16
I hope it wont get extinct. Children should be encouraged to write more than using their laptops or tablets.
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