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View Poll Results: Fountain Pen or Ballpoint what do you use?
The ultimate writing machine (Fountain Pen) 3 9.38%
The most common easy to use instrument (Ballpoint) 29 90.63%
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Old 01-18-12, 04:50 PM   #1
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Old 01-18-12, 04:52 PM   #2
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Old 01-18-12, 04:58 PM   #3
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What do I use most?

Orange spraypaint.

I dig up the road for a living.

Second, black sharpie.
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Old 01-18-12, 05:02 PM   #4
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Depends what I am writing.
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Old 01-18-12, 05:04 PM   #5
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I do use ballpoints however most of the time I use Artline 200 black pens!

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Old 01-18-12, 05:13 PM   #6
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The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.
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Old 01-18-12, 05:24 PM   #7
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Ball points only because I lose them, lend them, or have them stolen from me on a daily basis.

I am actually convinced that at my company there are only 6 pens and they just keep moving from desk to desk.
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Old 01-18-12, 05:45 PM   #8
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I prefer a nice gel ink ballpoint. I mostly use the Pilot G2 or its generic equivalent from Staples (Sarasas):




If you like ballpoints but have never tried a Gel Ink pen: Get one. its like moving up from a Ford to a Cadillac.
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Old 01-19-12, 03:15 PM   #9
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Crack. Oh, you meant for writing? Cheap ballpoints, almost exclusively promo gifts.
As kids we were told to use a pen in school, as ink was easier to delete. Some folks also said that ballpoints could ruin your handwriting - not much to detroy here...


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Ball points only because I lose them, lend them, or have them stolen from me on a daily basis.
You are aware that unattended ballpoints get warped to a planet which only hosts Biro life forms, aren't you?
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Old 01-19-12, 12:20 PM   #10
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The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.
Ditto...but the black variety.
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Old 01-19-12, 12:23 PM   #11
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Ditto...but the black variety.
Not to put too fine a point on it. Wink wink nudge nudge!
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