My London landlord kicked us out with 1 hour's notice

[@barneylamb15]

Highly illegal. Minimum 24 hour notice for any access by a landlord or anyone acting on their behalf. Probably even more illegal with the current pandemic with everyone advised to stay at home.

[@juliebrooke6099]

@Clumby , I agree the landlord can have instant access in an emergency but I’m sure this wouldn’t count. It’s been an ongoing problem for a while. I’m sure the landlord just forgot to let them know that the pest control people had been booked, and just remembered at the last moment. At the very least they are owed an apology and probably some compensation for the inconvenience. I also think they should have been left some information from the company about what has been used etc.

[@Charlesguqin]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought you were being evicted rather than just told to sod off for a few hours...

[@OfficialRebekka]

No, I actually also thought he'd been evicted

[@PVempati]

I thought that too

[@daughterphoenix]

Yep same

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

@@Mererid it was absolutely not solving the problem. That's the issue. Our landlord is garbage and never actually fixes things just pretends to. One treatment for moths doesn't fix the problem especially when the guy only does 30% of the room (guess the moths under beds are fine). It's landlord theatre. Cheapest means to pretend to fix a problem possible. Also, literally were kicked out for the day so like... accurate and interesting title. Just weird cause this comment sounds like it was writting in 2014

[@jonjohnson2844]

It’s called click bait

[@Travelbyailsa]

It’s especially ridiculous right now when there aren’t many places you can go. Like you can’t go to a friends house or anything!

[@EmilyCheetham]

You can go round a friends house but you cannot sit inside the house.

[@lapiswake6583]

It's illegal for a landlord/letting agent to enter or to organise for someone else to enter without giving tenants at least 24 hours notice. I lived in a house with 4 others during my final year of uni, and we constantly had less than 24 hours between the email saying "there's a house viewing at 12pm tomorrow" and it actually being the stated time. We complained loads, but it kept happening. Plus they never let us know when trades people were coming to repair various things, which included the blinds in my room which took around 2 months for someone to come and fix.

[@joylessdave]

Not just 24hrs written notice, they have to have your permission aswell,

[@brian9731]

But of course when they FINALLY sort someone out to come and fix something you've been asking to be fixed for months, the last thing you want to do is turn them away, so you let them in.

[@peterjackson4763]

I believe the law says reasonable notice, but 24 hours is normally considered that. Emergencies override that. I had a tenant report a leaking shower last week (not just a drip), and sent around a plumber that afternoon.

[@peterjackson4763]

@@joylessdave No, but if you say they can't come in they can't.

[@joylessdave]

@@peterjackson4763 no the law is 24 hours written notice (s11 landlord and tenants act 1985) the visit mustbe at a reasonable hour There is no excemption for 'emergency' works

[@faith7013]

same residential buliding where dodie filmed her singing all my daughters

[@doddleoddle]

Heheh yep

[@xzonia1]

I really got a laugh out of the fact you posted this on your travel channel instead of your regular one. This counts as traveling in the age of covid. X)

[@whatevenwhat]

in primary school we had to earn our pen licence to upgrade from a pencil to a pen, and as a left handed person, i wish i never switched

[@gemoftheocean]

a "pen license?" OMG

[@georgiably4779]

I had this as well😂

[@ShirinRose]

In Australia I got a pen licence in Year 4 (aged 9). I remember our teacher giving us a test where we had to write some block of text with a pencil but we weren't allowed to use a rubber (eraser for Americans). If we didn't make too many mistakes, we got our pen licence, and if not we had to keep practicing and try again later.

[@francesatty7022]

I never got mine lol

[@jennabeth6851]

I remember that. I was like the last person in my year (of 11 students) to get to use a pen. Now I also know what cursive is! I never knew it meant joined up writing.

[@TheyCallMeLoony]

Jesus Evan, you know how to give us a heart attack.

[@ninamarie177]

I also got a fountain pen license in 3rd grade here in Germany. Our word for cursive is Schreibschrift (writing font) and block letters are called Druckbuchstaben (printing letters).

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

Ich möchte eins :(

[@ninamarie177]

@@EvanEdingerTravel all you’ve got to do is enrol in a Grundschule and you’ll receive one. Alternatively, you can probably just download a certificate and some worksheets that we had to fill out with our Lamy abc fountain pens. (Google them, nearly everyone I know owned one of those in elementary school.)

[@twincast2005]

A license? No such thing in Austria. At least when I went to school. We just had to write in cursive (and with a fountain pen) from some point onward. First thing I ditched after high school were those damn pens. And I'm way glad I didn't have to learn cursive script when I studied Japanese at university. Brrr.

[@twincast2005]

And it might be a regional thing, but I'd like to add Blockschrift/Blockbuchstaben (all-capital letters) to Druckschrift/Druckbuchstaben & Schreibschrift.

[@webelievee]

I'm from Germany, 25 and have never heard of such a thing in my life

[@RedTrident11]

Go to Shelter as well as citizens advice, they're a charity which specialises of housing issues and can help you more. You definitely should have had 24 hours minimum notice before the landlord (or someone acting on behalf of) required access to the property, so you could have straight up refused to let the fumigator in (not that you wanted to if you were waiting for ages to get it done). Make sure you complain to the landlord, ask for an explanation of why it took so long to organise and for the lack of notice. Letting him in doesn't mean you've accepted the situation and can't complain to them and while I'm not sure on this, the lack of notice could mean that anything damaged or that needs replacing, you could get the landlord to pay for (cos you should have had time to prepare, move bedding etc).

[@stephanieseahorse7931]

Evan mentioned in this video that they have been on hold with citizens advice. So they are trying some things.

[@piddlydiddly]

@@chriswall27 they're not solely for homeless people. I'm not homeless, they've helped me significantly due to being an unpaid carer, they help a lot of people through various things, not just homeless.

[@hannahofhorror]

@@chriswall27 You need to chill 😅

[@petalwingpixel4138]

Honestly love the casual vlogs. I'm in.

[@justloadalready8839]

Loving the video, I missed these sort of laid back videos where it's like we are all hanging out with you 💚

[@filmfauxtos]

Retweet!

[@BooksStuffbooks]

In Norwegian cursive writing is called “loopwriting”(translated directly that is)

[@ShirinRose]

In Australia it's called "running writing"

[@baconeta]

@@ShirinRose As a kiwi this is new to me, and I love it XD

[@ShirinRose]

@@baconeta What do you call it in NZ?

[@simonchinnery1738]

Renouncing with stimulus money. Poetic is an understatement! Great video btw. Just came from your main channel, forgot you had a second one, and it didn't disappoint. Very "authentic" and enjoyable.

[@rbarber]

I (English) learnt that cursive is different to joined up. Cursive writing involves changing the thickness of the line during the letters and was learnt in the past while joined up writing is the present writing where you just join up your letters.

[@RaefonB]

I've been scrolling a while and this is the first comment that confirms we call it 'joined up' writing in the UK, not just 'joined'. Thought I was remembering it wrong, so thanks! :D

[@dariadarling]

I'm actually loving these videos, Evan

[@RomySews]

We weren’t allowed to use a fountain pen until year 5 and only if you were deemed to have nice enough handwriting. Otherwise you had to use a Berol handwriting pen. And no biros allowed. Once we got to secondary school as long as it was blue or black they didn’t care what we wrote with 😆

[@gemoftheocean]

Sounds RIDICULOUS!!!! Why does such a "rule" even exist.

[@janani1826]

I have written in a variety of colours in high school, most recently red (I jsut particularly liked that pen) but I'm in sixth form so they never see lol

[@sakura9400]

I really like these casual videos, feels like old KZbin :)

[@MikSecret]

Hey Evan! It's awesome you've got a pilot Metro, it's a great starter pen (one of my firsts!). Just wanted to describe how to fill it properly; first you need to put most/all of the nib into the ink, and then (with the Pilot bladder you have) you actually squeeze the metal part - one side moves - and it will completely compress the bladder. While I'm sure doing it on the sides worked, you will get a lot more ink in the bladder (and thus have to fill the pen less often) if you do it this way. I hope you enjoy the pen! Fountain pens can be a slippery slope of a hobby, but I'm not complaining ☺️

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

Thank you!!

[@MikSecret]

@@EvanEdingerTravel Glad I could help, I hope my instructions were clear ☺️

[@laceym314]

This was great! What a nice change from our normal Evan videos.

[@kyoujinkrista2]

It was always called 'running writing' in my schools, but I've always found it so much easier to write cursive, it just flows out naturally wheras printing is so deliberate and technical.

[@gabzblue9174]

Isn’t the place where was at 1:45 a place where dodge has filmed her singing one of her songs?? Pls someone tell me I’m not crazy.

[@claire0sullivan]

I was also thinking that!

[@SavageLynelButtPlug]

"Dodge" lol. I know you meant Dodie and I was thinking the same thing.

[@oakleykennedy8219]

It looks like that!

[@anjaly216]

yeah dodie said that was the entrance area near where she lived

[@nuorhhakuhsopfersun3790]

Yeah I'm pretty sure it was "all my daughters"

[@mishmashmixofstuff]

In America, when your building gets fumigated, you have to leave the property for 5 days. They put a tent over it for that entire time.

[@katyfolk3433]

That's because the stuff used is way stronger than anything used in England and probably helps to get rid of the problem! That would never happen here (not that I've ever heard of anyway!)

[@peterjackson4763]

That is for termites. The UK is too cold for them.

[@danh4698]

Man I got so anxious about you and Bliss sitting so close to each other *not even wearing masks* before remembering you're housemates and it's fine 😅😅 Also you jumping to show us your shorts was the cutest thing ever

[@anavilhelminaverdnik685]

Really liked the new video style! Subscribed after a long time of lurking in the background :D

[@helantopia]

we had to start writing cursive in year 2 and had to write with a fountain pen. in year 5 we were allowed to choose what to write with

[@footynutguy]

I hop someone has already told you this but citizens advice is a charity that is often staffed by volunteers. They're chronically underfunded so they can't help out as many people as they'd like to.

[@rogerwitte]

I don't recommend letting other people use your fountain pen because the nib of a fountain pen wears differently depending on the writers hand.

[@meetalleeka]

I've used joined-up writing, or cursive, since I was 7 or 8, so the mid-80s, and haven't stopped since. It was always called joined-up writing. The first time I remember hearing the word "cursive" was this century.

[@Shaka6331_]

Really enjoying the vlogs Evan!

[@idlecorville]

loved this vlog. fun, short, and strangely relaxing XD

[@potatosauce]

Pilot Metropolitan is great! I bought it as my first fountain pen as well about five years ago. I got a twist type cartridge converter to go along with it though. It's nice because you can suck more ink into it, and you can see how much ink you have left because it's clear. Solid choice in fountain pen regardless!

[@oakstrong1]

I have a light shade made of organza in my room: every summer flies have orgies around and particularly below it several times a day - nothing to do with the light being switched on! I have a fly spray in the most prominent place so I can grab it quickly and spray copious amount of pesticide. But first I have to remove any hopeful spider from the ceiling. I mean, I would love it if they made a net, but I seem to have only spiders that run or jump on their prey. I find all shorts ride up (except the ones that are made of same material as sweatshirts). The only solution is to get longer ones. Personally I prefer the type that stops just above the knee. They are also more comfortable when riding a bike.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Reading fashion articles is not my thing, but for some reason I did read one the other day: it said that very short shorts are back in this year.

[@ianmorris4468]

Re a fountain pen. Never let anyone else use it. It buggers up the nib as the nib changes over time to suit your hand writing. Especially a lefty.

[@kathybramley5609]

They say cursive in schools now, but we do also say joined-up writing and then there's calligraphy

[@shane7647]

Should have said one of you had covid, everyone is self isolating and that he should reschedule the appointment. Then take him to citizens advice with the backdated email evidence.

[@Tymbus]

Normally my understanding is that a landlord must give 24hrs notice to enter your flat. Given Covid regulations throwing you out on the street is absurd. I might have said "No".

[@squiff1958]

When I was at school in the 60’s and 70’s you wrote in pencil until you passed your writing test. Your reward was a lovely new Osmiroid fountain pen which came in a huge choice of colours. It was such an exciting day!

[@AlisaScholl]

I'm from Germany. My daughter is in the 2nd grade and got her "Füllerführerschein" like a month ago. She needed to learn all the cursive letters and had to write a little text in cursive about 'how to use a ink pen'. E.g. 'Der Tintentod ist verboten.' Do you guys now the 'Tintentod' (ink killer)

[@lania2246]

I loved impressing all my American friends with my tintenkiller! they were so impressed!

[@ninamarie177]

The most iconic duo: Lamy abc fountain pen and Pelikan Tintenkiller.

[@meality]

A friend of mine was living in a (really) old building and he and his girlfriend were evicted PERMANENTLY from their appartment with 1 hour notice because the building was too old and could collapse (we're french, lot's of old building around here). So everyone living in this building was moving out in 1 hour at the same time, everyone was running like crazy... Long story short, it was 10 years ago and the building still hasn't collapsed !

[@really-quite-exhausted]

I think cursive is a specific type of joined-up writing? Like, nearly illegible and with fancy swirly bits? I have a vague memory of the alphabet in normal joined up writing and fancy curly writing in the back of our handwriting textbook, but we never learned the fancy one.

[@thegingergyrl455]

American here. I started writing cursive at 6 years old. I had calligraphy and fountain pens at 7.

[@kivzzzz]

This casual vlog style is quite nice actually.

[@buyurun]

OMG, you're the first other person I ever saw holding a pen in the same manner that I do, with the middle finger doing the main job instead of the index. I've been told my whole life that I'm doing it wrong :D

[@francesatty7022]

yeah we call it "joined up handwriting" but I've started saying cursive after picking it up from online

[@jessica4656]

in australia its also called running writing

[@Mojohjohjoh]

I'm Australian and we call it running writing because the letters run into the next

[@magic_sjs5623]

Even! Your supposed to squeez the metle parts of the cartridge. It is made to suction up more ink than your fingers through the slats.

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

Thanks for the tip!

[@magic_sjs5623]

@@EvanEdingerTravel No problem. I actually have that pen and am about to buy my third one from the same series. I do prefer my reusable cartridge that is clear and has a screw suction, but the one that comes with the pen works perfectly fine too.

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

Ah yeah the pilot metro? :) I did my research ;) Went with medium nib and I enjoy it so far. I like the vibe of the ink pot so I think I’ll stick with the converter

[@magic_sjs5623]

@@EvanEdingerTravel Whoops! I meant to say converter when I was talking about the clear one. Anyway yeah the pilot metro really is the best for its price range. I hope my new retro pop one works just as well (I had to get a different color because I already have both the black and sliver metro ones)

[@gemoftheocean]

And1 mesh basketball shorts. 14" inseam length should be fine for you. Try Amazon. Other styles than basketball shorts.

[@swal593868]

I was worried for you when I saw the title of the video, glad you’re ok😀

[@PrezidentHughes]

Anything that disrupts your "living" needs at least 24hrs notice.

[@kittynekocat]

I teach English in Japan and I remember when one of the Japanese teachers first asked me if I can write cursive and I had no idea what that meant 😂😂 Took a long time to realise she was talking about joined up writing 😅

[@waltzingaranel]

I'm loving these quirky slice-of-life vlogs. Nice shorts. I still use cursive quite often because print is embarrassingly bad. The only letters that confuse me are Xs and Qs. I gotta mind 'em.

[@kingeddiam2543]

Cursive/joined-up I've always just used either.

[@Dopeydora]

I work in a school with 4-5 yr olds and we teach them precursive writing. The letters start with a whoosh and end with a flick, then as they progress through the school they will learn to join the letters together to become fully cursive (or as some say, joined writing). Hope your moth problem is finally sorted.

[@suola7948]

In Finland cursive is called kaunokirjoitus which kind of translates to beauty writing😂 or I guess beautiful writing. Also l was born in the 90's and we never had to use a fountain pen. We always used a pencil and I think all other types of pens were forbidden when doing homework.

[@marybodson7139]

I was born in Belgium and my first language is French. Cursive is all I have ever known and no one in England can read my handwriting 😂

[@Grace-td5dd]

Funny I’m from England and we were taught to write joined up and that we shouldn’t still write not joined up but I think it depends what school you went to as to how much they cared

[@mickb.8925]

Fellow Belgian here, the Flemish kind, we were also only taught to write cursive (schoonschrift). Little kids do write with uppercase letters, but we don't ever write in lowercase letters.

[@marybodson7139]

@@Grace-td5dd Where I did my A-Levels, they told me my handwriting was illegible and that I write like a doctor. Now, I'm at uni and everything is done on a computer, so problem solved

[@matildas3177]

Oof, I had a french French teacher in upper secondary and her cursive was hard to read at first. And I only write in cursive, so you'd think I would have some sort of advantage here. But noo.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

I have not used a fountain pen for years. The technique is quite different, as I recall. Back in the old days, kids in school HAD to use them. Sorry for the landlord problems. Thank you for the video.

[@anortemoeller9893]

In Germany we get a Fountain Pen license in elementary school as well! At least I got one, not sure if it's still a thing nowadays.

[@Hydraas]

Cursive and joined are different in the UK. The way you were writing, we also call cursive. Joined is just making the letters connect (so not taking your pen off the paper until each word is written) but it's not as fancy as cursive

[@rogerrabbit4373]

Nice shorts! I like the spruce the best :) you can be stylish and comfy, that's the best fashion option Imo.

[@hurricanekatrina13]

I love writing with a fountain pen, but they're not common at all in California. I had to buy it at a craft store under calligraphy pens!

[@majicpanther329]

writing 5/10 could do better but most accurate than most

[@KayleySirine]

I would love a video about UK banks, I only have Monzo as well and I think it is time to open an account on a proper bank, it would make moving and applying for flats in London so much easier!

[@rowanm3595]

Woah woah, how come i didnt know you started vlogging again!? God damn youtubes subscription system makes no sense. Well at least it notifed me for this one 💀

[@CodeDeb]

Not kicked out.

[@Ed-fr7mw]

ikr! i clicked on this so worried about his safety. the clickbait got me

[@CodeDeb]

@@Ed-fr7mw Second clickbait video in a row

[@CJonesApple]

Kicked out means asked not to return. You weren't kicked out. You were asked to temporarily vacate, probably right that one hours notice wasn't legal.

[@ginismoja2459]

Yeah, gotta do the click bait tho 🙄

[@CJonesApple]

@@ginismoja2459 Well I watched under a minute then unsubbed so that backfired on them.

[@AlisaScholl]

@@CJonesApple We will miss you, bro!

[@ginismoja2459]

@@CJonesApple same

[@cait812]

The fuck? It's not as if it's really hard to find housing in London. Sounds shady as fuck.

[@roberthindle5146]

If the pesticide application engineer fogged the property, opening the windows probably defeats that.

[@PurpleHat026]

Joined up isn't the same as cursive. Cursive has different S's for example

[@mharianthony179]

I love this more relaxed vlog content from you. Renting is a pain. We are moving and had a visit the other week despite covid and although we did get 24hrs notice I totally forgot and had barely enough time to get out of bed after hearing them come in the apartement before the agent opened my bedroom door without knocking. Imagine if I'd been changing or otherwise indicent! So rude.

[@lucyfleming8700]

I remember being really stressed because I didn't get my pen licence in year 5. It was a very upsetting time

[@NicoleSelvaggio]

My school in the US had cursive licenses but I never got mine because my cursive writing is worse than my regular print

[@onychophorawesome]

Are there tenant unions/renter unions where you are? May be good to look into that.

[@soul832006]

Also called "running writing"...

[@valeriy8502]

That is indeed poetic

[@SarahTheTrekkie]

I have messy hand writing so never got a pen license. Though they stopped mentioning pen licenses when we got to year four.

[@hells-bells900]

I didn't think they could kick people out like that anymore

[@FiveOClockTea]

4:44 little tip on how it might be easier to write: you're holding the pen wrong. The tip of the thumb is supposed to be on the pen (around the same height as the index finger and you "hold" the pen upright with your middle finger. I hope that explanation was understandable 🙈 Good luck!

[@hippybecca]

I was just about to day he was holding it wrong.

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

So sorry to hear about your fun day after having to vacate on an hour‘s notice, but what really caught my attention was the fountain pen. I have become a fountain pen fanatic in the last 6 months (now up to 21 pens, 36 inks). Buy a Lamy Safari (€20); the grip will almost force you to use the correct hand position, making it easier and more comfortable to write. I‘ve also been working on my handwriting (yes, cursive), developing my own style based loosely on Spencerian cursive. I mean, what else are we supposed to do during COVID lockdowns? ;-)

[@saloon241]

I still write in cursive, I actually struggle to write in block 😅 The only issue is that not everyone can actually read my writing, especially 'r' also used to get told off for 'joining' my 'y' and 'g' one school taught me to do that the other said not to.

[@grantemery2140]

Why is HSCB the worst? I'm moving from the 🇺🇸 to the 🇬🇧 in a few months and had started prepping to open an HSBC bank account.

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

Grant, I don’t have time to reply to every comment but I’m taking special time out to warn you not to bank with HSBC. I also made the mistake of banking with them when I first moved here cause they had signs everywhere and I thought it didn’t matter. They are like the Comcast of banks. The customer support will make you want to die. Pray you don’t have problems and have to wait an hour for someone to tell you it can’t be fixed. I’d genuinely recommend getting a monzo here but if you also have international payments then lloyds is alright. Monzo is soooooo modern and let’s you see everything visually and makes downloading statements a breeze. But yeah HSBC is the worsttttt

[@gregorarmstrong01]

I have always called it cursive in Scotland.

[@Jamestopboy]

Licence? Never heard of it. I used a fountain pen at school and never had to get a licence.

[@littlemissoptimism]

I remember being so excited to get to the class when you got to learn how to do joined writing, and now I always write in print 🤷‍♀️

[@danh4698]

My primary school never did fountain pen licenses - we just all *had* to use one from Year 3 onwards. But pen licenses are still a thing in English primary schools - I'm a supply teacher and yeah, definitely seen a whole bunch of children working to earn them. Usually it's a fine liner though nowadays - often a Berol "Handwriting Pen" if you want to be specific :P

[@lania2246]

I went to school in Germany for a while and everyone writes in a fountain pen there all the time. When I came back to America I did attempt to continue to write with my fountain pen but I didnt like being the only one who wasn't writing with the Papermate mechanical pencil- you know the one.

[@violetskies14]

They don't teach us proper cursive in Britain any more we do like 30 minutes on joined up handwriting and that was it and it wasn't really enforced so I write in a weird mix of both. Also like everyone said that was super illegal and probably really stressful so I'm sorry you had to go through that.

[@bladepanthera]

That's a shame about cursive handwriting. I had to learn properly when I was younger and I'm glad I did as I feel that it really taught me fine-motor skills. People moan about not needing to write anymore which is kinda true, but I feel like we don't have any alternative for learning advanced motor control now. :(

[@KBinturong]

In France there is no such things as a licence for a pen. You can get and write with whatever you want as long as you can do it. Maybe after 5/6 years old it wasn't really ok to use pencil for exam but I think it was kind of ok as I remember that I've done it in high school (easier to correct with a pencil).

[@axm601]

I just love how they're using the letter from the TV licence company as a draft

[@axm601]

Just as it should always be

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

hahahaha

[@lxix_lxix]

Evan's got three stimmies and I've gone zeRO??? Preposterous. But that sucks, dude. Glad y'all are okay! Also, love the shorts!!!

[@paulinebelford2645]

You are entitled to 24 hours notice of a visit, viewing, or tradesperson coming round. When relocating to Scotland from Kent, we booked to view a house in Portlethen. But the sitting tenant was not informed of the viewing. It's a 12 hour drive from Kent, but the tenant refused to let us into the property. Obviously we were not happy, but she was perfectly within her rights, and the fault lay with the letting agent.

[@kiradotee]

You can cash cheques on Monzo. Are you saying they only accept UK produced cheques??

[@EvanEdingerTravel]

Yes

[@kiradotee]

@@EvanEdingerTravel bonkers :(

[@AZ-1139]

Where I went to school, my year was the last year they taught cursive. I don't remember all the capital letters but I can still write in lowercase.

[@valeriy8502]

I am left handled and can see everything I write with both hands, which I can in fact use. Some people hold their pen from above for some reason, more common with lefties, but I don't know why, I don't do that.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

American here. Taught Cursive right from the start in Kindergarten. I loathed it because my hand didn't move as fast as my brain and so my cursive was completely unreadable. Which lead to a lot of bad grades in school because if the answers are unreadable then they just mark it wrong and they thought I was "Special" but when evaluated they realized I was very smart, just had crap penmanship. So I was enrolled in a special class to help with handwriting. Which was a complete waste of everyone's time since in middle school they stopped cursive because computers were the future and penmanship was no longer really necessary. Which was great news for me because that meant that I could print, which was much faster for me to do AND it still be readable. Yeah I can scribble cursive far faster but no one can read it, so what's the point? People love to argue that a cursive signature is needed to get by in life and I just throw that back in their faces. I'm almost 40...I've graduated school, gone to college, applied for aid, got a job, opened a bank account, found a doctor, bought a car, a house, gave birth, dealt with layers, insurance claims adjusters, and never once have I ever signed any paperwork with a cursive signature and never once did anyone ever say. "I'm sorry, we can't accept this unless your name is in cursive" Not even once.

[@emmalang4954]

I know it as joined up writing, I think cursive might be something different/specific type of joined up writing. I know I picked up some ways of writing particular letters from my gran. She had beautiful handwriting. As for ink/pen license? Nope never had one, once we hit high school we were encouraged to use pens unless for maths. (Scotland)

[@GymGirl88]

Evan is a string bean! The angle for the shorts just reminded me how tall you are 🤣

[@katyfolk3433]

We had a moth problem in a rental house. Are they in the carpets? If they are the only way they will go completely is if the carpets are removed. They eat the carpet and lay eggs in it (they like good quality carpet so new ones are better to be as synthetic as possible). Our problem was horrible, I never knew moths could be an issue!! Sorry if you already knew all of this! I hope you get the problem solved!