On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 11:33:56 UTC,
I used to do dashed isobars over the Alps. MSLP is meaningless for ground
above 1500 metres. Gosh eraser and 4B pencil - those were the days, I went
through erasers incredibly quickly iirc :-)

I remember watching in awe - as a 16 year old work experience student - watching a bench forecaster in Bracknell looking at the SE chart and casually drawing two or three isobars through the chart have looked at all the symbols. He then asked if I wanted to have a go at the next region and I bottled it for fear of making an enormous mess-up.

Richard