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shandy · 22 March 2010, 12:57 PM

Thanks Phillip and John

Lol-x · 22 March 2010, 04:38 PM

Here we go am I too late

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Thanks Chris for your generosity and thank you everyone for participating.
All really fantastically interesting entries

JimC · 22 March 2010, 04:59 PM

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Here we go am I too late

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Thanks Chris for your generosity and thank you everyone for participating.
All really fantastically interesting entries

A sincere congratulations to Ian... All the best to Faith, and the other entries.

Very nice.... Steve. Love the script. Thanks for allowing the masses to participate.

2careless · 22 March 2010, 05:42 PM

Congrats Ian. Your handwriting is really nice :-)
I'll have to practise hard for the next 20 years.

Rscmaine · 22 March 2010, 10:11 PM

I shall never forget my last day at Cotuit Elementary School.

There was the great assembly - proud parents, beaming fresh scrubbed hopeful young faces, hearts filled with the well deserved pride of accomplishment and hope for a bright future...

Then came the penmanship awards. One after another the names were called. Palmer method awards...oh the glory!

Name after name, boy girl, boy girl. All except one lone failure. One hopeful child whose hopes and dreams of calligraphic glory were to be forever dashed.

Me.

I was the only kid in my entire class who did not receive a penmanship award.

It has scarred me for life.

Lion · 23 March 2010, 01:42 AM

Ian, congratulation on your win and new pen rug. I bet you will have trouble deciding which one from your collection will get the honor of resting on that rug!!!

shandy · 23 March 2010, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Rscmaine

I shall never forget my last day at Cotuit Elementary School.

There was the great assembly - proud parents, beaming fresh scrubbed hopeful young faces, hearts filled with the well deserved pride of accomplishment and hope for a bright future...

Then came the penmanship awards. One after another the names were called. Palmer method awards...oh the glory!

Name after name, boy girl, boy girl. All except one lone failure. One hopeful child whose hopes and dreams of calligraphic glory were to be forever dashed.

Me.

I was the only kid in my entire class who did not receive a penmanship award.

It has scarred me for life.

Nat, if it is any help when I was at infant school ( I think the same as elementary, I grew up in the UK!) my handwriting was atrocious. My reading level was way below grade as well. It turned out after tests that the problem was that my mind thought faster than my hand could write and my eyes could read so I was given Comic books to read as the pictures slowed me down and a fountain pen to write as that slowed me down as well! Within a year I was beating everyone else at reading and writing..Now if only that was the case with Math

A good teacher is worth their weight in gold I think!

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Ian, congratulation on your win and new pen rug. I bet you will have trouble deciding which one from your collection will get the honor of resting on that rug!!!

I think I am going to lay the rug sideways Leo so that all the pens can feel it's luxury!

shandy · 23 March 2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Lol-x

Here we go am I too late

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Thanks Chris for your generosity and thank you everyone for participating.
All really fantastically interesting entries

Not only great writing Steve but man oh man what a nib. I bet it flows like Niagra!

JBat · 23 March 2010, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Rscmaine

I shall never forget my last day at Cotuit Elementary School.

There was the great assembly - proud parents, beaming fresh scrubbed hopeful young faces, hearts filled with the well deserved pride of accomplishment and hope for a bright future...

Then came the penmanship awards. One after another the names were called. Palmer method awards...oh the glory!

Name after name, boy girl, boy girl. All except one lone failure. One hopeful child whose hopes and dreams of calligraphic glory were to be forever dashed.

Me.

I was the only kid in my entire class who did not receive a penmanship award.

It has scarred me for life.

daveathall · 23 March 2010, 03:43 AM

Many congratulations Ian, well deserved, stunning handwriting.

daveathall · 23 March 2010, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Rscmaine

I shall never forget my last day at Cotuit Elementary School.

There was the great assembly - proud parents, beaming fresh scrubbed hopeful young faces, hearts filled with the well deserved pride of accomplishment and hope for a bright future...

Then came the penmanship awards. One after another the names were called. Palmer method awards...oh the glory!

Name after name, boy girl, boy girl. All except one lone failure. One hopeful child whose hopes and dreams of calligraphic glory were to be forever dashed.

Me.

I was the only kid in my entire class who did not receive a penmanship award.

It has scarred me for life.

We used to dream of going to school, at age 5 a rope was tied around our waists just in case we got stuck up the chimney whilst we were up there sweeping.

Rscmaine · 23 March 2010, 05:46 AM

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We used to dream of going to school, at age 5 a rope was tied around our waists just in case we got stuck up the chimney whilst we were up there sweeping.

You all laugh.

My little story was true.

daveathall · 23 March 2010, 05:52 AM

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You all laugh.

My little story was true.

Im sorry Nat, I was only kidding, if it is any consolation, I never won any writing awards.

Rscmaine · 23 March 2010, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by daveathall

Im sorry Nat, I was only kidding, if it is any consolation, I never won any writing awards.

Thank you Dave, your kind words mean so much...

Somehow I will pull myself together and carry on...

daveathall · 23 March 2010, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Rscmaine

Thank you Dave, your kind words mean so much...

Somehow I will pull myself together and carry on...

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Originally Posted by daveathall

Im sorry Nat, I was only kidding, if it is any consolation, I never won any writing awards.

I was too busy cleaning chimneys.

shandy · 23 March 2010, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by daveathall

We used to dream of going to school, at age 5 a rope was tied around our waists just in case we got stuck up the chimney whilst we were up there sweeping.

Luxury! when I were a kid me head was used as a lavatory brush deep down 'T Pit with a bunch of miners oo'd just ad a vindaloo

Lion · 23 March 2010, 08:44 AM

Nat, schools were different here in America or at least the ones I went to, we didn't have penmanship awards. All the teachers cared about was if it was legible. My father was a structural and construction engineer and he taught me how to print. And I like what Ian said.....using a fountain pen does slow you down!!!

shandy · 23 March 2010, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by daveathall

Many congratulations Ian, well deserved, stunning handwriting.

Cheers Dave

daveathall · 24 March 2010, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by shandy

Luxury! when I were a kid me head was used as a lavatory brush deep down 'T Pit with a bunch of miners oo'd just ad a vindaloo

Luxury.

Lion · 24 March 2010, 06:34 AM

Dave very funny.....We used to tell our children that we had to walk 10 miles to school each day and up hill at that.....
The video was sort of like a reverse pissing contest!!!

shandy · 24 March 2010, 08:09 AM

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Luxury.

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Dave very funny.....We used to tell our children that we had to walk 10 miles to school each day and up hill at that.....
The video was sort of like a reverse pissing contest!!!

Luxury! When I were a kid I had to walk 40 miles to a pile of rubble that used to be my school then walk 40 miles back and then have to clean out grannies toe nails

Lion · 24 March 2010, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by shandy

Luxury! When I were a kid I had to walk 40 miles to a pile of rubble that used to be my school then walk 40 miles back and then have to clean out grannies toe nails

Sounds like a routine day in paradise!!!

JimC · 24 March 2010, 03:32 PM

Look at that... Away for a few days, and now

getting caught up with this thread.

daveathall · 25 March 2010, 03:05 AM

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Luxury! When I were a kid I had to walk 40 miles to a pile of rubble that used to be my school then walk 40 miles back and then have to clean out grannies toe nails

We used to dream of walking 40 miles there and back, rubble was a real treat, all we had was a stone. Your granny had toes? luxury, we had to polish both wooden legs, and eat the used polish for us tea.

shandy · 25 March 2010, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by daveathall

We used to dream of walking 40 miles there and back, rubble was a real treat, all we had was a stone. Your granny had toes? luxury, we had to polish both wooden legs, and eat the used polish for us tea.

Luxury! we could'nt even dream of eating polish, all we ad were some used hemmeroid cream to eat between the 10 of us..And we thought we were lucky at that!

Lion · 25 March 2010, 07:35 AM

Once you had made the long tedious trek to get to Elementary school ...our only source of food for the day was the paste used in projects!!!

daveathall · 25 March 2010, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by shandy

Luxury! we could'nt even dream of eating polish, all we ad were some used hemmeroid cream to eat between the 10 of us..And we thought we were lucky at that!

You were lucky.

Only 10 of you? luxury, we used to have a marmite sandwich with no bread and no marmite and a cup of untreated sewer water for a drink.

daveathall · 25 March 2010, 07:39 AM

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Once you had made the long tedious trek to get to Elementary school ...our only source of food for the day was the paste used in projects!!!

Sticky paste, made out of flour and water?

Lion · 25 March 2010, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by daveathall

Sticky paste, made out of flour and water?

Yum..........brings back the memories!!!

shandy · 25 March 2010, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by daveathall

You were lucky.

Only 10 of you? luxury, we used to have a marmite sandwich with no bread and no marmite and a cup of untreated sewer water for a drink.

OK, I am going to be the one to call it quits

LUXURY!

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Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Ian, congratulation on your win and new pen rug. I bet you will have trouble deciding which one from your collection will get the honor of resting on that rug!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

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23 March 2010, 08:44 AM	#47
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Nat, schools were different here in America or at least the ones I went to, we didn't have penmanship awards. All the teachers cared about was if it was legible. My father was a structural and construction engineer and he taught me how to print. And I like what Ian said.....using a fountain pen does slow you down!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

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Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Dave very funny.....We used to tell our children that we had to walk 10 miles to school each day and up hill at that..... The video was sort of like a reverse pissing contest!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

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Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Once you had made the long tedious trek to get to Elementary school ...our only source of food for the day was the paste used in projects!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

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