Ah, that's good to know.

I still write a lot of things by hand, if I'm just making notes for myself. I've always got notepads at the side of my desk and pens/pencils to hand. It's far quicker and less frustrating than typing it out.

And I am indeed far more likely to remember what I've written, which is just as well as whether I can actually read what I wrote at a later time may be a totally different matter, of course.   It does often look like a spider has dipped all 8 feet in ink and scuttled across the page.

In the last few months I have got into genealogy (and a more than a bit hacked off to find I did have a forbear at the Battle of Bosworth, but, damn, the beggar was a traitor, fighting against his king ), and part of the 'fun' is deciphering the handwriting on the old census returns. On my to-do list is reading up on palaeography for when I get further back in time. My schoolgirl Latin may start to come in useful again, too.

I am in a number of Facebook groups for family trees and all that, and quite frequently people request help in deciphering words or names they have come across. Most of us oldies can usually recognise the word(s) quite quickly and easily, because we have had to learn and use cursive handwriting in our younger days.

Even before I became self-employed, and certainly now in retirement, I have talked to myself. One definite advantage is that you can never lose an argument.

I can confirm all is now fixed.

Many thanks.

From the Dwarves, Elves & Men FB page.