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LOL...true.
posted by
Kabu
on January 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM
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Re: It's a figure 8 for me
Not a bad way to write, Jess. And I too have heard that the script way of writing is on its way out, although, for the life of me, I don't understand why! It's faster and easier than printing ( which I still do on occasion ) but more importantly, how are people going to sign things in the future? Strange . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 6:04 AM
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Re: JimmyA
I hear ya, Bill! It's this Jersey weather we've been dealt with! Yeah, my fingers are frozen too! So I guess, as long as the 8 is legible, it doesn't really matter how you arrived at it . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 6:02 AM
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That's probably true, C C T. My 'lucky' number is 2, and my 'favorite' number is 22! Not much of a chance of writing either one incorrectly, or of finding more than one way to scribble them out! What that means, I'm not sure . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 6:00 AM
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Re: JimmyA
It would appear, Sir Wiley, that your mind and stomach work in tangent. Other people see the number that follows 7, while you see an opportunity to figure out what's for dinner! Nothing wrong with that. Just don't let yourself go hungry! After all, 'ate' is past-tense . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 5:58 AM
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I think most people are, FSI. Making that 'snowman 8' may have gone the way of the 'dotted J.' Remember that? We were supposed to dot the lower-case J's just like the lower-case I's. I'll bet no one bothers to do that anymore either . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 5:56 AM
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It may just fall, Kabu, under the heading of 'time-saving.' It does take an extra second or two to make that 'snowman 8,' no matter how neater it may be in the end. I think the real bottom line is, it doesn't matter! An 8 is an 8 . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 5:54 AM
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Re: Jimmy
Tough choices, Naut, and I'm not sure which is worse! Yeah, I have a feeling that not too many people actually make the 'snowman 8' anymore. Sign o' the times . . . ?
posted by
JimmyA
on January 27, 2014 at 5:52 AM
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It's a figure 8 for me
I've been making figure 8s since I was letter. I make a looped 2 as well. It looks kind of like a script capital, well, when people used to do script instead of print. I do a little of both. It shows in my numbers.
posted by
versebyJess
on January 25, 2014 at 7:00 PM
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JimmyA
My fingers are frozen and hurt Jimmy. BC-A, Bill's R:0:)st
posted by
BC-A
on January 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM
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Jimmy 4 is my favorite number with a few noughts following . I also think one's fortune can be told by studying the favorite number, so be careful how you write your number.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM
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JimmyA
I like the written 'ate', hungry or not.LOL
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 24, 2014 at 6:48 PM
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I am a Figure 8 kind of guy.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 24, 2014 at 3:23 PM
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Goodness we were laughed out of the snowman 8 in about grade 2 in elementary or primary school s we called it. One was a baby to draw the snow man so I never think about it. I guess though I have been in a hurry most of my life, a bit reckless too.
posted by
Kabu
on January 24, 2014 at 2:06 PM
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Jimmy
I've never in all my life made a 'snowman 8', and that of course chracterizes me to a T - the choice is between impatiently reckless and recklessly impatient...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 24, 2014 at 12:20 PM
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