Yeah, it's awkward. I took to my mom's habit of just stacking two 'o's, but I'm fine with them now. I'm working on making my ampersands look better, instead.

OH yeah, I have two different ways of writing 8's actually 3. I have to actually think about it when I write the year now. I don't want one more thing to have to think about.

i write 8's two different ways - two o's on top, or starting at the top and doing the squiggle way, like the way a skater would make a 'figure 8' (hope that makes sense?)

I like the swishy figure 8 way (which, I assume, would be the reason it's called a "figure 8.")

yeah, probably. that makes sense too, Quiet.