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The Hobbit Hole XXXV - ...is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

Posted on 01/03/2008 6:35:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: Corin Stormhands

Heh...in his case, I’m picturing something more along the lines of a seething, rolling, motion-sickness-inducing mass of typewriters, complete with blurred keys and distorted clickity-clacking sounds, marching toward you through a sea of jerking cartoon ink ribbons.

I *hate* rotoscoping, if’n you can’t tell...


8,481 posted on 04/29/2008 11:02:45 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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8,482 posted on 04/29/2008 11:15:31 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: RosieCotton

Ha! Well, I guess it takes all kinds, huh? ;o)


8,483 posted on 04/29/2008 11:18:00 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton

I was just wishin’ I had an old fountain pen...

Where would be a good place to start looking? I’d like one that you fill, not a cartridge.


8,484 posted on 04/29/2008 11:19:37 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom; RosieCotton
Where would be a good place to start looking?

Rosie's house.

8,485 posted on 04/29/2008 11:21:23 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: All
funny pictures
moar funny pictures
8,486 posted on 04/29/2008 11:29:32 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton

Heh heh!

I liked the article about the typewriters. I agree. Things from the past that deserve to be remembered. I like that.

I remember sitting on my grandmother’s chrome and blue Formica kitchen table eating slices of butter while she made cinnamon rolls on a tea towel. I was probably 4-5 years old.

Been lookin’ for one of those tables for years.


8,487 posted on 04/29/2008 11:30:17 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Ours was yellow. I’d love to have another table like that as well.


8,488 posted on 04/29/2008 11:31:26 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: 2Jedismom; Corin Stormhands

What Corin said, seriously. I have a couple I don’t use much, for one reason or another (mostly because they’re smaller than the one I like best). I’d be happy to send you one you can keep, just so you see if you like ‘em enough for it to be worth the extra trouble!

I’ve got one that’s newer and can use either a cartridge or a converter, and one that only uses bottle ink. It has a lever type filler, and a rubber ink sac inside it - I could explain better with the pen in front of me.

Let me know if you’d be interested! I could also send some ink...I have quite a few different colors...


8,489 posted on 04/29/2008 11:34:04 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Overtaxed

Heh...I like it.


8,490 posted on 04/29/2008 11:35:01 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

I really wasn’t tryin’ to give away yer stuff...


8,491 posted on 04/29/2008 11:35:16 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Oh, I know. ;-) But I do have extras...and they should be used!


8,492 posted on 04/29/2008 11:36:36 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Oh that would be wonderful, if you’re in the givin’ mood! I could pay for postage...

The one with the rubber ink sac intrigues me...what’s it called and I’ll run a google on it and see how it works...


8,493 posted on 04/29/2008 11:37:49 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Here’s a rundown, albeit one that’s more complex than you really need:
http://www.pentrace.net/penbase/Data_Returns/full_article.asp?id=266&cname=

See the part about lever fillers?

I think the pen I’m thinking of is an Esterbrook. It’s nothing fancy - would have been a school pen in its day, really, and it’s not in collector’s shape...but it’d be something to try!

I have to check and make sure it’s still working OK and all that, though. I have a few pens I like a lot and use all the time, and the others have just been sitting. :-\


8,494 posted on 04/29/2008 11:48:52 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Sounds good...look it over and see what you think and do what you think is best. I’m so EXCITED! I’ve been thinking about this for a long time.

Been reading this...

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t51201.html


8,495 posted on 04/29/2008 12:08:19 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom

The newest guy on the work team I’m on (out of three of us) uses fountain pens. He likes them and I think he’s got one of those cartridge ones.

Me, I just like felt tips, or those ones that aren’t ballpoint but I don’t know what they are.


8,496 posted on 04/29/2008 12:11:44 PM PDT by JenB
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To: 2Jedismom

Hm...if you’re thinkin’ you might want to use it for nursing notes, I should send you some Noodler’s Legal Lapis. It’s a nice sort of blue-grey with just a bit of green to it, and it’s completely permanent, unlike most fountain pen inks. I have a big bottle, so I could put some into a smaller bottle to mail.


8,497 posted on 04/29/2008 12:31:40 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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Ok!

I was thinking after seeing this picture, "I'm gonna need a manicure."

8,498 posted on 04/29/2008 12:33:47 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton; JenB

Picture

http://www.rickconner.net/penspotters/esterbrook.html

Scroll down to the ad that says “CHOOSE”


8,499 posted on 04/29/2008 12:36:21 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

I can has precious?


8,500 posted on 04/29/2008 12:44:32 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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