Things you want to share with P&B

[Cowden til i die]

The Borders are pretty strange too mate. The map needs a line at the bottom to indicate this or it's, frankly, not accurate.

[Fudge]

The Borders are pretty strange too mate. The map needs a line at the bottom to indicate this or it's, frankly, not accurate.

If there had been room I'd would have just had ENGLAND below the bottom line.

[Sweet Pete]

I grew up in both the "Normal-ish" and "V. Weird" areas

[Lerwick Lad]

I has 40 winks on my way to work this morning... last time I'm wearing that pink shirt.

[MDM]

I gave a gay looking lad 40 winks this morning on the way to work - I think he likes me

[yoda]

I'm a cross between "V. Weird' and 'Strange". I'm a mongrel

[Fudge]

£1000 in cash has just been paid into one of my bank account

[Guest The Phoenix]

£1000 in cash has just been paid into one of my bank account

My money's on someone from WHIT?! or V. WEIRD.

[vikingTON]

£1000 in cash has just been paid into one of my bank account

Nice, I'd be switching bank accounts pronto and burning any paper trail.

[Homer Thompson]

£1000 in cash has just been paid into one of my bank account

Probably from the Scottish Tourist Board - Borders office

[endieinreekie]

£1000 in cash has just been paid into one of my bank account

Probably from one of your satisfied female 'friends'.

[philpy]

At a funeral this morning, the church was packed, i thought to myself "it would be hilarious if the canon announced today's official attendance"

[RH33]

At a funeral this morning, the church was packed, i thought to myself "it would be hilarious if the canon announced today's official attendance"

That made me laugh!

[gingapar]

At a funeral this morning, the church was packed, i thought to myself "it would be hilarious if the canon announced today's official attendance"

Having thoughts like that is a fear of mine when attending a 'pay your respects funeral'. If it's a proper close death, it's fine, you can get away with anything in the grieving process but someone on the next tier, if you laugh at an inopportune moment during their funeral, you will be considered an arsehole forever more.

side point, there are only two tiers of funerals that it's acceptable to attend. if you disagree, you are a death chaser. No one likes a death chaser.

[Raith Against The Machine]

Is handwriting obsolete?

I had an exam (third year, Uni) yesterday, and realised that I literally don't have handwriting any more. Any time I write anything down I do it in block capitals, because it's neater than my usual scrawl, but I sat down in the exam and literally couldn't write in usual lower-case joined up writing. I realised that exams are the only time I have to write anything any more.

All my term-time Uni work is done on the computer, and at my work I exclusively use computers too. I carry a pen at all times and the only time I ever fecking use it is the odd time I've got to sign my name.

[vikingTON]

It should be, quite why they have made exam writing electronic by now is beyond me (obviously on a clear PC with no internet).

[Gaz]

Is handwriting obsolete?

I had an exam (third year, Uni) yesterday, and realised that I literally don't have handwriting any more. Any time I write anything down I do it in block capitals, because it's neater than my usual scrawl, but I sat down in the exam and literally couldn't write in usual lower-case joined up writing. I realised that exams are the only time I have to write anything any more.

All my term-time Uni work is done on the computer, and at my work I exclusively use computers too. I carry a pen at all times and the only time I ever fecking use it is the odd time I've got to sign my name.

I've never bothered developing a neat system of handwriting. If I'm writing down something for someone else I'll print it, although I use upper and lower case so that at least it's grammatically correct.

If I'm writing for myself then my writing is a horrible mess, but I can understand it. It doesn't help that for the past four years most of the writing I have done has been using various mathematical symbols and notation.

[Raith Against The Machine]

I've never bothered developing a neat system of handwriting. If I'm writing down something for someone else I'll print it, although I use upper and lower case so that at least it's grammatically correct.

If I'm writing for myself then my writing is a horrible mess, but I can understand it. It doesn't help that for the past four years most of the writing I have done has been using various mathematical symbols and notation.

IF I'M WRITING SOMETHING, IT USUALLY ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE THIS. IT MEANS I HAVE TO WRITE ENTIRE ESSAYS LIKE THIS IN EXAMS NOW, AND IT'S BLOODY TIME CONSUMING. I'M NOT THE FASTEST WRITER IN THE WORLD AS IT IS. I'M SURE MY ESSAYS IN EXAMS ARE MUCH SHORTER THAN ANYONE ELSE'S. PROBABLY WHY I DO SO BADLY.

[Guest The Phoenix]

IF I'M WRITING SOMETHING, IT USUALLY ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE THIS. IT MEANS I HAVE TO WRITE ENTIRE ESSAYS LIKE THIS IN EXAMS NOW, AND IT'S BLOODY TIME CONSUMING. I'M NOT THE FASTEST WRITER IN THE WORLD AS IT IS. I'M SURE MY ESSAYS IN EXAMS ARE MUCH SHORTER THAN ANYONE ELSE'S. PROBABLY WHY I DO SO BADLY.

My joined up writing was shit at the best of times and I've written like the above for at least 30 years.

It's a real struggle to write any other way after all that time.

Very occasionally I try to do a letter in joined up writing but I invariably end up throwing it out and reverting to type because the first effort looks like a five year old has been let loose with a pen.

[Reynard]

I thought it was Wednesday today.