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Subject: Re: National Pencil Day (30 March)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 05:15:08 -0000 (UTC)
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Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2024-04-02 20:23:53 +0000, Ross Clark said:
> 
>> Sorry, I got behind. Too late for you to celebrate.
>> 
>> (1) I like pencils. I rejoice when I find one, among the heaps of dead 
>> and dying ballpoint pens,
> 
> I'm the reverse. We have masses of pencils that I never want to use, 
> but if I want a ballpoint that works I can't find one. From time to 
> time I buy a set of four at the supermarket and within a short time 
> they all go wherever ballpoints go. I have a fountain pen that I used 
> during the early days of Covid, but I haven't used it for a long time 
> -- getting too old, 81 today.

That's altogether too many years for a pen to still be usable.

I used to like both pens and pencils. And I like gel pens a lot.