Do you write with a pen?

[MoreCoffee]

Do you write with a pen anymore? I used to. I remember recording a kind of work diary when working on an accounting system for Hamersley Mining in Perth. The accounting system was written in ADABAS/NATURAL and it was important to keep track of which modules and in which portions of them I'd worked and what changes were made. Several times during the project my diary was pivotal in deciding questions about implementation and client documented requests. Now I almost never write with a pen. I type & print if hard copy is needed. Yet pens still work and are in many cases faster than typing and less prone to change/loss/sabotage. SMS texts and instant messaging services have made pen & paper almost an archaism. What a pity. Penmanship once was an art and skill that was encouraged now I wonder if people can even manage to write without it being clumsy script.

What's your experience?

 

[Rens]

Almost never, but I have a Wacom tablet and pen at work, just don't write with it.
I used to have a diary. Now I have Facebook.

 

[Lamb]

My hand cramps us whenever I try to write with a pen for very long!! I can't believe it. I can type all day long though

 

[MoreCoffee]

My hand cramps us whenever I try to write with a pen for very long!! I can't believe it. I can type all day long though

That happens to me too. Typing is easy. Writing is easy for a little while then it gets hard.

 

[Lamb]

I haven't drawn in 2 years (unbelievable) and I'm afraid of what will happen when I pick up my pencil again LOL

 

[~Jo~]

I use a pen quite often just for writing cards, shopping lists, or working something out or on my knitting patterns..

 

[Wilhemena]

Indeed, I do write with a pen daily as I do my bible study and letter writings and my lament is that it is now a lost art to have any sort of manuscript.

 

[hotrhymez]

I usually use a pencil so I can erase my mistakes..(yeah, Josh isnt perfect) though these days I type everything on my laptop when I can. My handwriting is hard to read sometimes anyway.

 

[psalms 91]

Quite often

 

[MoreCoffee]

I used a pen to leave a note for a delivery chap.