Re: (ReacTor) When Did SFF Get Too Big?

On 9/28/2024 6:33 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

 On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:09:33 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:
 

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https://reactormag.com/when-did-sff-get-too-big/

  My desk had a hole for an inkwell, but we kept our ink in the bottles
it came in.
 Some people the same age as me find writing exhausting because their
schools used pencils or ballpoints for their penmanship exercises, and
they learned to engrave their writing, pressing hard enough to make
fifteen carbons.
 If I pressed too hard while writing, I broke my pen point and had to
spend two cents of my candy money to buy another one.
 I've been addicted to keyboards for well over six decades, but I can
still jot down a legible note whenever I please.  And I please nearly
every day.  Spouse consideres writing his name in a guestbook an
intolerable chore.
 

My writing is completely block print now.  But quick and _legible_ block print.  I've actually gotten many complements over the years on how readable my writing is.
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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.