A warm Hello to everyone!
I am a Family Physician, born and raised in Puerto Rico, and practicing for almost 28 years.

Much like Babydoc (post Dec., 2004), my grade school years, back in the 50's, were taught with Fountain Pen in hand (popular models were the Esterbrooks, which I still have, Parker 51's and Sheaffers), and the Palmer Method of handwriting was the method we learned.

I've been using FP's ever since (ball points tend to slip and roll in my hand!)

Even though Med School somewhat "ruined" my handwriting, I've been trying to get back in shape, practicing the Palmer again, with a little ad-mixture of Peterson's Method (they are somewhat similar in appearance, although their approach is quite different).

Welcome to FPN (we don't use that big name very much)... a place where the ink flows freely, where pens are abundant, and where the people are about as nice as you will find anywhere.

With Parker 51's, Esterbrooks, and Sheaffer's in hand you will have much to talk about pen-wise.

Cheers !

Keith

Hi Paoli,

Welcome to FPN! I'm sure you'll enjoy it here as much as the rest of us do, this place of slightly mad fountain penaholics .

Of course, I don't agree with Keith, when he says: People are much nicer here than you will find anywhere else .

Warm regards, Wim

Good to see you here Doc.

I trust you have no trouble finding the areas of the Network that are the closest to your interests, if you have any difficulties; just ask. People here tend to be pretty friendly.

You might want to click on the 'My Controls' then scroll down the left of the page to the 'personal profile' area where you will have the opportunity to add or change information about your profile like 'Your Custom Member Title' - which currently shows freshie... or your location etc.

Those cute pictures/photos under the member's name are sometimes referred to as Avitars and can be uploaded from your computer once you have found something interesting.

Welcome aboard, and we're looking forward to your posts.

Best Regards

Gerry

Wim -

Whattya mean you don't agree with me?

Are you trying to start a fight?



Okay... I have to concede that the people here are nicer than most.

Hi Keith,
Only with soap bubbles and very soft pillows!

Regards, Wim

Welcome to FPN, paolimd

Nice to have you on board!

And a Warm welcome in return, Paoli.

We're an odd little group but fun. Almost as much fun as the pens and ink. okay, that may be stretching it.
In the penmanship forum it would be nice to get a discussion from the docs here as to why their handwriting deteriorates so rapidly and why so few try to recover. (in my experience.)

Hey, great idea KCat. We could even expand the Doc's Corner to include an aches and pains folder Imagine the discussions we could have.

Him - Hey Doc, I have this problem...
Doc: Tell me about it.
Him: When I do this, I get this awful pain...
Drum Roll - ta dum ta dum
Doc: Well, don't do that...

Gerry

I'm not sure about doctors, but my handwriting deteriorated quickly in physical therapy school. It was a matter of needing to write very fast, or lose important material.

and I sign my name so often here at work that it has basically become a big "K" followed by a straight line. Not to mention what all of the paperwork has done to the rest of my handwriting. My poor secretary is a saint. And for those of you who didn't know it already, secretaries run the world. Make sure you take good care of them.

Kathy,

In my former, corporate life before I retired, my secretary had a sign on her desk that read:



I gave it to her.

yep....sounds about right.



kathy wc