Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: The "Reality" of Electronic Communication Message-ID: <28@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 13:11:18 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.28 Posted: Wed Nov 20 13:11:18 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Nov-85 07:44:02 EST References: <917@cvl.UUCP> <352@whuts.UUCP> <11@ttidcc.UUCP> <1617@teddy.UUCP> <369@whuts.UUCP> <217@pttesac.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Distribution: net Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 29 Summary: In article <217@pttesac.UUCP> vanam@pttesac.UUCP (-Root Admin-) writes: >In article <369@whuts.UUCP> amc@whuts.UUCP (Andy Cohill) writes: >>Email certainly expands the potential for communication, but I will >>writing to *my* friends in longhand as long as I am able... > ... >I cannot understand why a touch typist would write a letter in >longhand. Surely typed letters are easier to read and quicker >to write. > >Personally I'd rather *my* friends type their letters. Of course, >I still expect a hand written signature on all smail. Likewise. I have a friend in England who I corespond with. Every time one of her letters arrives it takes me at least half an hour to decipher her hen-tracks. Some words I never do figure out, even from context. I wish I could use e-mail to contact her. I might hear from her more than once or twice a year that way. Since my handwriting also tends to be illegible, I write most of my letters with WordStar. I use a script daisy wheel for personal corespondence, and, of course, I sign everything by hand. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI The more I work with C, the more I 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. appreciate the simple elegance of Santa Monica, CA 90405 FORTRAN. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe