It is interesting that you are allowed to use a stamp for your signature.
When Debbie and I married, she initially wanted a stamp because it was more
convenient than signing her name; but our bank said that they would allow a
stamp only on one condition: We would have to sign a waiver saying that
once we began to use a stamp, our bank would refuse to help us if any
forgery or theft should occur from our account. The bank officer told us
that they had one or two cases where money was stolen from a blind person's
account when someone got hold of the stamp. Of course, we refused to sign
such a waiver. Instead, a close friend of mine helped Debbie to learn how
to sign our last name (she had learned her maiden name while till in a
school for the blind).
We now use a debit card with a PIN which we don't disclose to anyone. For
my part, I'm glad that the school for the blind where I received grades 1-12
required "pencil writing" as a course in my junior year. The final exam in
that course of one semester required that I write my signature and the
alphabet. The exam was weighted heavily toward writing my signature, and I
understand why that was the case. I don't remember the cursive alphabet
very well, but I think my signature is "burned into an EPROM" within me.
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of peter wilkins
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 2:02 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Braille Users, a bit off-topic
Hello Judy.
I never used to write my name, but in 1981 I became trustee of a
charity, and needed to sign things. So I went to a print shop,
someone wrote my name on a card, and produced a signature stamp
for it. In those days it was a stamp with a separate ink-pad.
However, a few years later I got a stamp with a built-in pad which is much
smaller and cleaner, and I still use that today.
Best wishes,
Peter
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