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Charles.... Well JEEEEEEEZ, I'm only WRITE about 98 per cent of the time... and the rest of the time, I'm not write.. But then I'm CLOSE to being write. Does "close to being write" count? <grin> With writeous indignation (NOT!) Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Charles T. Meyer Sent: Friday, July 04, 1997 4:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: FW: handwriting Barbara Mallut wrote: > > Charles M... > > Charlie... With all due respect to both you and Frank Lloyd Wright, > Thomas > Jefferson (THE Thomas Jefferson) is credited with creating not only > the > pantograph, but also the double pantograph. Jefferson was > ambidextrous, and > such a brilliant person and such a prolific writer that he actually > wrote TWO > DIFFERENT messages simultaneously with each hand using a double > pantograph. > > In addition to the above, he also used the double pantograph to create > "carbon > copies" of an original document for his records or to "CC" someone. > > And now back to our regular broadcast... <grin> > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Charles T. > Meyer > Sent: Friday, July 04, 1997 6:22 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re: handwriting > > Ken Becker wrote: > > > > Phil, I just got an idea, and MAYBE it could be useful! They used > to > > sell a > > device, I think it was called a "pantograph", (unless that's used to > > write on > > one's trousers?) But it was a gadget that had a writing instrument > on > > one > > side and a stylus on the other, to be able to make a smaller image > > while > > tracing a larger one. It used a series of levers to accomplish > this. > > Maybe > > it could be adapted to work in reverse for a PWP to increase the > size > > of > > their handwriting. I hope this is a useful idea, but if not..we > could > > just > > write it off..........Ken B > Ken, > The pantograph was an archetectural tool first introduced by > Wiscosin's > own- cheesehead Frank Lloyd Write. OK folks sorry for that cheeeeezy > comment. > > Charlie > -- > ********************************************************** > CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. > MADISON, WISCONSIN > ********************************************************** BARB, Why do you always have to confuse the issues with facts. You always have to have the WRITE answer. Charlie -- ********************************************************** CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. MADISON, WISCONSIN **********************************************************