Originally Posted by dlq04

If they can't read it they would have to hire someone to do their genealogy, since everything is handwritten.

Originally Posted by cosmomiller

I happen to prefer fountain pens.

Originally Posted by cosmomiller

I happen to prefer fountain pens. I still do a fair amount of writing, note taking, sending letters and thank you notes by hand. Kinda fun really. Thank you nuns.
Prefer blue black. Easy to get supplies in Europe.

Some kids today ask how "we" managed to live in an era without the internet. Libraries, reference books, phone calls, mail, and making appointments are beyond comprehension for many. They can't imagine how you would meet someone without the ability to text. The fact my wife and I had to wait 2 weeks for a handwritten letter to make it from military deployment (ships, in the 80s) back home is positively stone age.

Cracks me up. They wonder what would happen if the internet "really" went down. I tell them to live how we did before. Impossible.

I can't help but feel we are transitioning to a society where the ability, if not the desire, to live privately is gone. Everything is tracked electronically.

Two things are coming to put the final nails in the coffin of anonymity: The elimination of cash and the "chipping" of humans for ID / transaction purposes.