Greetings, When I sign anything, I ask the person to place my left index finger at the left end of the area into which the signature is required, I place my pen against the right hand side of the finger and write following with my left index finger. I rarely go off the line, my signature is recognizably mine and to date, have never had a signature refused in well over forty five years. In my situation, I was blessed firstly in having useable sight until my early twenties, also a mother who, thoughtfully, made a model of my signature out of plastocene, I then copied and copied, making it smaller then eventually, it is reliable and almost constant. I recall on one occasion a member from this list sold me a modem and when I advised I would write the cheque, surprisingly said did I do my own cheques? This person said they always had cheques written for them, I replied at the time, I'd only ever had two cheques refused in over thirty five years, one becuase I forgot to sign, the other, more recently, because it bounced. No further communication resulted from our transaction and my bank statement indicated the cheque was cashed, from which I assume all to be satisfactory. I wonder if the person remembers the incident? It happened about twelve years ago when we were both involved with an organization, I was editor, they, I think, secretary. I believe we had a committee meeting at their flat in (I won't say as I'm sure the person knows by now). From Colin Howard, who lives near Southampton in Southern England. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq