Pickles by Brian Crane for April 28, 2009

Macushlalondra says: Drystyha says: Macushlalondra, writing is becoming a lost art. When was the last time you sat down and used a pen and piece of paper, wrote someone a letter, sealed the envelope and mailed it? I’m not criticizing, I’m just sayin’. :-) ~~~ Last week as a matter of fact. But in all honesty it hurts my hand to write for very long. I can type forever and since getting online my typing speed has increased tremendously but for some reason I can’t write by hand for very long without pain and my handwriting has deteriorated.

You posted the comment from yesterday. I have the same thing as you do about hand being a crampy while writing on the piece of papers. I used to write with my right hand perfectly but now I could not do that anymore. My right hand sometimes got stuck or locked. I could not move or reach something. That annoyed me all the time. Sigh! I think I am getting too old. :-/

Wildmustang1262, you don’t have to be old to have problems with writing! For those of us with a full-compliment of double-jointed fingers, writing with your wrist even in slightly the wrong position locks up everything from wrist to finger-tips. For those of us who love to write but have that problem, keyboards are a miracle!

Wildmustang1262 says: Sigh! I think I am getting too old. :-/ You’re not getting too old. Like a fine wine you’re improving with age;)

Wildmustang thank you for moving my late comment from yesterday over to today and saving me the trouble. My problem with handwriting did occur shortly after getting online and I don’t really know why, I used to have pretty nice handwriting but now it’s barely legible. I don’t know that it’s an age thing but oh well. I used to be like Opal and write a diary every day with no problem but I’d never be able to do that now. It would be as painful as Earl’s suggestion that he pluck out his nosehairs lol!

Machushlalondra Yea pulling nose hairs out would hurt indeed! LOL I wonder if any of the writing difficulties you and Wildmustang have are related to carpal tunnel? My job (and obviously) my addiction here LOL, requires me to do a lot of keyboarding. I worry sometimes that I may end up with that!

lovely comment Sugie!

Thank you Drystyha I try to be nice:)

Hello Guys/Gals and G’morning to y’all! That was what I was thinking that “I am getting old.” hee hee heeee… I am 47 yrs old. :-) I just used to think when we were young and played actively without injury and of course, sometimes some of you get hurt or break arm or leg and have to put cast on arm, leg or whatever. Till we all reach the ages, we tend to have the health problem like arthritis or whatever. I surely hope you understand what I am talking about. :-) Macushlalondra, you can keep going to write some more on your journal. :-) Ejcapulet, Yea I agree the keyboard on computer or laptop are very helpful for all of us to type without any problem. :-) Sugie, Yea, I absolutely agree. “Like a fine wine you’re improving with age.” But I do not drink wine very much unless if I am in bad day, I will drink to calm myself for a night. :-) lols! Drystyha, apparently we are the same boat about hand/wrist problem while we write something on the paper. Oh well! Hope all goes well! Enjoy g’day! :-)

I’m only 31 but my right hand and fingers cramp up like crazy when I try to write for any length of time - and have for a couple years now. The only correlation I’ve noticed is the more time I spend typing, the more it hurts to write. Practice makes perfect, but if you don’t keep it up your body forgets how to do it.

Careful, Earl; You don’t wanna write thoughts, feelings, or opinions down where Opal could read them and think you’re complaining or being critical.

Why do I have the feeling I’m listening in on a party line?

Plucking my nose hairs makes me sneeze.