Real estate title searches.
Gee, this thread was getting funny again until you brought up that gem of an observation... I'm serious, not being snarky.
Too bad the title insurance companies destroy all the historical lore in those abstracts after they've done the title search.
But all those old records were written
in a time when good penmanship was essential and "enforced" by the standards of "good practice." I surmise that a Clerk and Recorder would not last long if he or she ("they") scribbled stuff out like my aforementioned correspondent; "pfbibxly," indeed.
That's really my only bitch about using cursive: if you're going to use it, at least put some effort into making it legible. Otherwise, let local practice and perceived needs dictate whether it should be taught as an additional life skill, and leave the feds out of it.
Terry
REF (Just because the concept of "lost skills" reminded me of it):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power