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DETERMINED: Manoj is proudly destined to put his name on the list of Guinness Book of World Records. He can write A-Z in 6 seconds using both his hands.
DETERMINED:
manoj is proudly destined to put his name on the list of guinness book of world records.
he can write A-Z in 6 seconds using both his hands.
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i’m not quite there yet, but sometimes my ideas spring up so quickly that i really wish i had his super power.
instead, i write notes with one hand, on any scrap, napkin, rock, or available writing surface.
even though i’m only using one hand, trying to decipher it later is not always easy.
good thing i’m also into puzzles.

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“i only wish i could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.”

*-teresa of avila,

*also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer.

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photo credit: usha wagle gautam, gulf times

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  2. Funny, just yesterday somebody discussed this very matter with me and I tried to write with both hands in the air. It worked (sort of) but I was then told that on paper it‘s an entirely other matter…. I too write ALWAYS somewhere, anywhere, scribble, note, and then later on don‘t find my scraps or can‘t decipher them any longer….
    LOVE that quote

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  6. Back when I was a newspaper reporter, Beth, I’d take my notes on my pad furiously and somebody would look and comment, oh, you know shorthand. Sheepishishly I’d cover my pad and shake my head, replying, no, it’s just sploppyhand.

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    • Mark, back when I was a newspaper reporter, I did the same, wrote furiously in my notebook. To this day I still use my own system of shorthand, which I understand but no one else does. It worked.

      When a young reporter interviewed me about two years ago, he didn’t take a single note. He recorded our interview on his cellphone. He didn’t even come with a list of questions. I’m thinking in my head, “What?” I always walked into an interview with base questions, which often led to others. Anyway, by recording and not taking notes, I think he is making a lot of extra work for himself. As far as a list of prepared questions, I asked why he didn’t have any. He replied he hadn’t thought of that but that it was a good idea. Not sure what they’re teaching in journalism school today.

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  7. Who says Handwriting Is Dying? I once (and only once) found I had paper in my purse but NO PEN!
    I pick up a supply of pens at the bank, the doctor’s office and well just about every place.

    I once was on the phone and was yelling at my husband … get me a pen! get me a pen!

    I do a lot of things: ONCE ;)

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  17. Like you, I write notes on anything I have at hand… then wonder why and what it’s for. I remember cleaning out my mother-in-law’s apartment and finding these scraps of paper all over the place. I was not kind in my thoughts thinking she was such a lost soul. Uh huh. Apparently, so am I! Apologies, Jean!

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