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[Ms. Toad]

77. Yup.

I can read and write cursive. But unless I am very careful and slow, my handwriting is almost indecipherable - even to me - if I don't have independent memory about the subject of the writing.

When I was working as a journalist for local political meetings, I had to write the article immediately after arriving home - since I couldn't read a fair amount of what I wrote because I was writing as quickly as I could in order to capture comments which were close enough to be used as a quotation. If I waited until the next day, somewhere between a third and a half of what I wrote was indecipherable.

And - I don't use the same chicken scratch all the time. I am still using my signature from 1989 for voting because I can't reliably replicate my current signature. Every once in a while they will suggest I just fill out a new signature care (when I forget and use my current signature). I always decline because I would be challenged every time I vote.