tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post3106587613331230617..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Typewriters and handwritingMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-25912358710483872652015-12-24T10:33:50.528-06:002015-12-24T10:33:50.528-06:00PS: I added the word repairers and wrote a post ab...PS: I added the word <i>repairers</i> and wrote a post about <i>repairmen</i> .Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-75541126318042120112015-12-24T09:26:47.578-06:002015-12-24T09:26:47.578-06:00Yes. I was thinking of something loopier — taking ...Yes. I was thinking of something loopier — taking your handwriting into the shop so that someone can fix the <i>Q</i> or <i>j</i> or <i>x</i> , something like that.<br /><br />I think the move away from writing by hand is one of the great mistakes in current education. Last night our daughter was rereading diaries that she kept when she was eight and twelve. I hope that her (hypothetical) children will enjoy writing by hand.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-11731064321447459102015-12-24T03:56:53.175-06:002015-12-24T03:56:53.175-06:00"It is unlikely, though, that there will be n..."It is unlikely, though, that there will be newspaper articles about the last handwriting repairmen."<br /><br />Gender bias notwithstanding, I think we may have already seen some: the remaining educators teaching cursive in class.Seanhttp://contrapuntalism.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-18219907868038620302015-12-23T13:19:13.536-06:002015-12-23T13:19:13.536-06:00I wish I’d gotten to that place.I wish I’d gotten to that place.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-70693121930523864142015-12-23T10:12:46.888-06:002015-12-23T10:12:46.888-06:00Not quite the same thing, but I found myself a bun...Not quite the same thing, but I found myself a bunch of times at the shop in the Jewelry District on Wabash of Samuel Himoto, the Fountain Pen Hospital.<br />http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-12-07/news/0712060972_1_pen-repair-ballpoint-fountain-pen<br />Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.com