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GUIDO 12-11-2012 11:58:38 71.168.252.183 Report to Moderator	Hello, I just finished wrinting all my Christmas cards. I did them by hand with a fountain pen. The printed ones is the only kind I get anymore. Some of them 100% printed. I think that takes away the spirit of the season, for me anyway. That was my 20 years of service pen. Guido. [Reply]   [No Email]
Jim in Ma. 12-11-2012 14:11:58 72.70.112.169 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to GUIDO, 12-11-2012 11:58:38   The ink pen that we used when I was in school, You had to dip in an inkwell. No cartrage back then. Oh-ya remember to use a blotter too!   [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 12-11-2012 16:22:11 71.168.252.183 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to Jim in Ma., 12-11-2012 14:11:58   Hello Jin in Ma, Me too, pen and blotter. Oh-Yahad Nuns for teachers too...........OUCH! Guido.   [Reply]  [No Email]
PAGlenn 12-11-2012 14:00:54 69.142.233.106 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to GUIDO, 12-11-2012 11:58:38   Back when I attended Catholic parochial school, the nuns made us use fountian cartridge pens. Now they have this guismo that attaches to your cell phone to accept credit cards. They say to 'swipe the card, then sign your name upon the screen with yor finger tip'. The nuns are rolling in their graves. LOL   [Reply]  [No Email]
Mike (WA) 12-11-2012 15:50:56 69.10.199.107 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to PAGlenn, 12-11-2012 14:00:54   Still can't get used to the term "swipe your card"- used to be, swiping stuff was just stealing. Seems like "swiping" your card would be identity theft. . . I think I was born about 50 years too late. . .   [Reply]  [No Email]
Mike (WA) 12-11-2012 12:13:39 69.10.199.107 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to GUIDO, 12-11-2012 11:58:38   I like fountain pens. My boss 25 years ago or so gave me a Mount Blanc fountain pen, but I never could keep it from leaking. Not all the time- but every once in awhile, it would burp and ruin another shirt. I even sent it to a fountain pen repair guy in Seattle, but came back the same.   [Reply]  [No Email]
thurlow 12-11-2012 14:24:59 74.177.51.237 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to Mike (WA), 12-11-2012 12:13:39   You can bet that someone in your community is a wood turner and turns pens and pencils; there are fountain pen kits available from Penn State (or most places which sell kits) which work great.   [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 12-11-2012 13:47:36 71.168.252.183 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to Mike (WA), 12-11-2012 12:13:39   Hello Mark(WA), Mine is a Parker. It has worked fine for me. Made in france. It was given to me has a gift for 20 years of service. Guido.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Larry NEIL 12-11-2012 15:27:58 76.202.213.99 Report to Moderator	Re: Christmas Cards! in reply to GUIDO, 12-11-2012 13:47:36   Remember when in grade school the first kids to start using ball point pens. Couldn't believe it at the time!!   [Reply]  [No Email]