Well, I have cable Internet, and I also live in a somewhat rural area. I *do* live in the village limits, making me a bit of a city dweller.
My concern about this TAX is that it is going to end up like my phone bill - I have two lines (run a home office for my business). I pay for 3. My two lines are around $60. My taxes on these lines are $30. I pay $91+ - and that is before I pick up the phone to make a call.
I question why the USF cannot be funded through my $30 and the $30 every other poor sap that uses a phone. The addition of another tax makes me question where the rest of this money is going.
I agree 100%. I have hundreds of notes and emails my now wife sent me before and during the time we were dating. The bonus is, I can review our relationship over the weeks and months as we went from friends to spouse, and they are in order and will never go away.
Additionally, I don't really write in cursive, nor do I really print, I mix the two. EVERYONE, including my wonderful wife, tells me I have terrible handwriting, and quite frankly at times I get sick of hearing it. The only time I write is when writing a quick note for myself or when I write a traffic ticket. Even that is going away. We just got new software that we can use our laptop and a small printer to write up a citation in the car. That is GREAT! No more having the court call my chief to try and figure out what I charged that guy.
Cursive is great, and I think there is value in teaching it, but as soon as I hit my Jr. High and HS years in school, the teachers quite requiring one or the other or some game of conforming to their idea of how the english language should be shared, and I wrote in the way that is quickest for me. And yes, I can type much much faster than I write. To me, it is a no brainer.
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Well, I have cable Internet, and I also live in a somewhat rural area. I *do* live in the village limits, making me a bit of a city dweller. My concern about this TAX is that it is going to end up like my phone bill - I have two lines (run a home office for my business). I pay for 3. My two lines are around $60. My taxes on these lines are $30. I pay $91+ - and that is before I pick up the phone to make a call. I question why the USF cannot be funded through my $30 and the $30 every other poor sap that uses a phone. The addition of another tax makes me question where the rest of this money is going.
I agree 100%. I have hundreds of notes and emails my now wife sent me before and during the time we were dating. The bonus is, I can review our relationship over the weeks and months as we went from friends to spouse, and they are in order and will never go away.
Additionally, I don't really write in cursive, nor do I really print, I mix the two. EVERYONE, including my wonderful wife, tells me I have terrible handwriting, and quite frankly at times I get sick of hearing it. The only time I write is when writing a quick note for myself or when I write a traffic ticket. Even that is going away. We just got new software that we can use our laptop and a small printer to write up a citation in the car. That is GREAT! No more having the court call my chief to try and figure out what I charged that guy.
Cursive is great, and I think there is value in teaching it, but as soon as I hit my Jr. High and HS years in school, the teachers quite requiring one or the other or some game of conforming to their idea of how the english language should be shared, and I wrote in the way that is quickest for me. And yes, I can type much much faster than I write. To me, it is a no brainer.