Warm Up ?

GeneralCarlos8 July 20044

In the Links section there’s a website shorthand, shorthand, shorthand, and it suggests doing a warm up before starting. Do you do this? I never have, but it’s not a bad idea. If you do, what do you do?

(Originally posted by debbiavon1)

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Lee 29 November 2025 at 5:15 pm on Gregg Shorthand Television Course?Haha! That's great! I'm glad it's in good hands. Lee
Carlos 29 November 2025 at 3:11 pm on Gregg Shorthand Television Course?Well, you're ahead of me, 😂! I bought the pamphlet and was planning to write a post about it once
Nicholas Salkilld 28 November 2025 at 5:23 am on Noodler’s Pitman “Light Saber” fountain penInteresting but a bit weird. Might have been better to use black ink. I thought at first that with such
Lee 28 November 2025 at 4:13 am on Noodler’s Pitman “Light Saber” fountain penIt's a fascinating video. Lamy makes a "calligraphy pen" with a long barrel. I bought one years ago, and found
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Erik 22 November 2025 at 8:51 pm on Types of notebooksAh interesting. My memory is once again spotty but IIRC correctly OP had claimed to be associated with some sort
Lee 22 November 2025 at 7:15 pm on Types of notebooksThat's the same image that someone asked about in the "Shorthand Writing" Facebook group. I don't think it's authentically from
Carlos 22 November 2025 at 2:59 pm on Types of notebooksNo worries, Erik. I edited the post. Images can only be embedded in comments by using links.
Erik 22 November 2025 at 1:06 pm on Types of notebooksHmm, it seems like I messed up the embedding and I can't figure out how to edit a post. Direct
Erik 22 November 2025 at 1:02 pm on Types of notebooksIf the Internet is to be believed, spiral bound notebooks like the standard steno pad didn’t appear until the 1920s
Carlos 20 November 2025 at 4:31 pm on Types of notebooksThat would make sense.