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Yes, Ray. My handwriting has noticeably deteriorated. I do part time work teaching and I have to make a real effort to write corrections legibly. As I learnt running writing in the '50s, I usually print for my students. Any work I give them is always via a computer- faster and definitely more legible! I have even found my signature to be quite variable!! Age probably has something to do with it, but my manual dexterity generally has noticeable declined- buttons, jewellery clasps, lids and packaging of all kinds cause me great frustration!
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Hello, @allwheeldrive
Ah, yes, those darn buttons! Anyone who’s never experienced life with neuropathy can’t possibly know how challenging the simple task of buttoning a button-up garment can be. I’m glad no one is within earshot when I’m trying to button a shirt. I’ve been known to use language that would make an especially foul-mouthed sailor blush. I can recall only one other time when buttons could raise my blood pressure like that: Army basic training. The barrack lights would snap on at 4:30 am, and we trainees would have 30 minutes to:
1. Use the toilet.
2. Make our bunks.
3. Get dressed.
4. Scramble into the company street, ready for pushups and jumping jacks.
Invariably, the khaki button-fly pants (no zippers!) I’d be trying to put on would have been freshly starched, making trying to force your legs through the khaki pants legs like trying to power-push your legs through the midline of a sheet of half-inch ply. Ah, yes, those darn buttons!
Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)