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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: (ReacTor) When Did SFF Get Too Big?
Date: 29 Sep 2024 16:28:06 -0000
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 9/28/2024 9:33 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:09:33 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>> Nicoll) wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>> https://reactormag.com/when-did-sff-get-too-big/
>> 
>> 
>> My desk had a hole for an inkwell, but we kept our ink in the bottles
>> it came in.

This is good.  Too many kids would not keep the ink where it belonged but
would instead use fountain pens to squirt one another in the face.

>The inkwells were used in the days of dip pens. In the late 60s, I was
>probably in 4th grade when we graduated to fountain pens. Since they
>didn't need to be constantly reloaded with ink, the desk inkwell became
>obsolete.

I never used a dip pen except in art class, but I can see it would have
major advantages over fountain pens with bladders that could be used to
squirt people with.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."