Mundane News

[Reynard]

Mild, bright and breezy here chez Casa Reynard. Feels like late March rather than late February.

Slept really well, was off to the Land of Nod as soon as my head hit the pillow last night. Still unsettled about that photo, it's a truly horrific incident. I'm usually more than happy to share bits of my archive, even the really rare stuff, but this is the one item I will not be sharing or posting online.

I have had a quiet morning, and this afternoon I plan on mooching around in the garden doing stuff.

The snowdrops here look fabulous, so I might take some photos. I did have some lovely miniature irises as well, but some bar steward has eaten the flowers.

Anyways, it is almost time for luncheon.

 

[Reynard]

I rather like my fountain pens, never really cared for ball-point pens.

I love fountain pens, especially my Parker 45, but sadly, being left-handed, the results tend to be rather messy. I use ball-point out of the need to not get ink everywhere other than where it's needed.

Used to get into such trouble at school. We had to use a fountain pen, but I always smudged everything, so always had to go and see the teachers about my handwriting. If I switched to a fibre-tip to stop smudging my work, I'd get order marks (and then detentions) because I wasn't using a fountain pen. I couldn't bloody win, there...

 

[Reynard]

I should add, re my first post today, that the numpty who ran to their local rag with that photo of Paul's crash should be bloody ashamed of themselves. Even though because they did, I now have it in my collection.

It breaks my heart, to see someone I care about, in their final moments, even thirty-something years later.

None of the national papers, or the specialist motoring and motorsport press ever ran a photo of the incident, neither at the time, nor subsequently. For the latter, that also includes French and Italian publications like Auto Hebdo, Autosprint and Rombo.

 

[PeteXXX]

I aspired to being Ink Monitor.
I only got as far up the greasy pole as Milk Monitor, a task I had to share with a girl!!! 🤯

 

[Illaveago]

I don't have a fountain pen..

Is this a bit like the Allo Allo sketch "I don't have any matches !" ?

 

[rockyroller]

Monday ugh

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I love fountain pens, especially my Parker 45, but sadly, being left-handed, the results tend to be rather messy. I use ball-point out of the need to not get ink everywhere other than where it's needed.

Used to get into such trouble at school. We had to use a fountain pen, but I always smudged everything, so always had to go and see the teachers about my handwriting. If I switched to a fibre-tip to stop smudging my work, I'd get order marks (and then detentions) because I wasn't using a fountain pen. I couldn't bloody win, there...

I'm also left-handed but, whether taught or improvised, I learnt to write with the hand below the line so I never had that problem. I was amazed when I saw all the weird and wonderful ways other lefties had come up with to write. Perhaps I had a sympathetic teacher who understood something about left-handedness but I really don't remember much from back then.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Monday ugh

Starting the week weakly?

 

[bobzmyunkle]

I'm also left-handed but, whether taught or improvised, I learnt to write with the hand below the line so I never had that problem. I was amazed when I saw all the weird and wonderful ways other lefties had come up with to write.

Me too, seem to have adapted without noticing too much. My writings a bit of a scrawl though. I only realised I had adapted when I noticed others with their wrists contorted in strange ways or their paper at a very strange angle.

Bloody right handers setting all these barriers up for us. Right handed scissors, right handed knives, right handed god knows what. We adapt and get on with it.

 

[tom73]

I'm also left-handed but, whether taught or improvised, I learnt to write with the hand below the line so I never had that problem. I was amazed when I saw all the weird and wonderful ways other lefties had come up with to write. Perhaps I had a sympathetic teacher who understood something about left-handedness but I really don't remember much from back then.

That's the thing though why should we have to adapt to suit others ? Luckily now most things can be found to suit us i've left handed versions of most things. Can come at cost at times, lucky my secateurs cost the same not cheep but they are a tool of trade so cost a bit anyway. As for school I once was made to write with my right hand till my mum found out and played hell with them. In resent times i've even been called cack-handed by my line manger. All I will say is she only did it once.

 

[Oldhippy]

I used to get a hard tap on the back of my head the pen or pencil taken out of my left hand and dropped on the right hand side of the desk.

 

[rockyroller]

fine, I'm not leaving the seat up for him anymore, when we go away

 

[Reynard]

My handwriting is actually not too bad, though it's probably because I *don't* angle my wrist strangely that I smudge stuff. Although when I'm drawing, I prefer to work from right to left.

Funny though, I do prefer to use scissors with my right hand as I find I've much more fine control.

M'mother is also left-handed, but she was forced to write with her right hand at school - left hand tied behind her back and all that. Needless to say, her handwriting is execrable. Well, I can't read it that well at any rate...

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, I had a very fine luncheon of two slices of toast, one with brandied duck pate, one with truffle-infused brie, plus a banana, a pear, some raspberries and two

Going out in a bit to putter around in the garden.

 

[Reynard]

Oh, and as an aside, I was once gifted a fountain pen with a left-handed nib. It was bloody awful and had a tendency to scratch holes in the paper.