What do you use today? - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 01-18-12, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.

Yep, that's what I meant with mine, only I have a thing for black and refuse to use the blue ones.

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

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.

I have problems with my right hand and can't hold a pen for long anymore. I tried one of those and loved it!. I still don't have one, but it's only a matter of time.

Schöneboom · 01-18-12, 09:36 PM

I've got a Mont Blanc around here somewhere... (searching drawers) Now I'm so embarrassed... Well, when I do find it, it'll be in perfect condition!

This is why I use cheap ballpoints -- I never worry about losing them!

01-18-12, 09:53 PM

Keyboards.

My handwriting is so horrible its not even worth trying. The closest I can get to legible handwriting is to grab a bottle of ink and pour it over the paper.

magicstix · 01-18-12, 10:10 PM

I use a fude pen... fufu...

August · 01-18-12, 11:39 PM

I have a lifetime supply of drug company ball point pens from my days as a tech.

Dowly · 01-19-12, 02:21 AM

Fingerpaint.

razark · 01-19-12, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Randomizer

0.7mm Mechanical Pencil

For some reason, I could never get behind the 0.7mm pencil. My implement of choice is a 0.5mm mechanical pencil, but I've had trouble finding ones I like.

Pens, I lose. My pencil, I've had for at least 7 or 8 years now.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-19-12, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Fingerpaint.

Understandable choice. I would imagine that fountain pen or ballpoint fits badly to ferret's paw.

HunterICX · 01-19-12, 04:26 AM

Bic Ballpoints

HunterICX

Herr-Berbunch · 01-19-12, 06:17 AM

Bics here too, they either stop working at the ¾ full point or last for ever with seemingly nothing left!

kiwi_2005 · 01-19-12, 06:20 AM

The good old ball point. But the only time I use a pen is to sign something, typing on the pc changed all that. I think every now and then its good to get out a pen and start writing on paper one time there I hadn't used a pen for a long time probably a couple of years when it came to sign my name on paper it looked like a 2yr old had wrote it. Its like I forgot how to write.

joea · 01-19-12, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Rilder

Keyboards.

My handwriting is so horrible its not even worth trying. The closest I can get to legible handwriting is to grab a bottle of ink and pour it over the paper.

Yes I have one, what is this "pen" you all speak of??

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-19-12, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by joea

Yes I have one, what is this "pen" you all speak of??

How could I explain this...

its smaller (usually) version of thing that every man has. Main difference is that its usually not permanently connected to any other object and it contains ink which is (usually) intended to be used for writing.

Jimbuna · 01-19-12, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

The ol' blue Bic Cristal ballpoint. Exactly what I have been using since high school. Serves me well enough.

Ditto...but the black variety.

August · 01-19-12, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Ditto...but the black variety.

Not to put too fine a point on it. Wink wink nudge nudge!

View Poll Results: Fountain Pen or Ballpoint what do you use?
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01-18-12, 09:36 PM	#17
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I've got a Mont Blanc around here somewhere... (searching drawers) Now I'm so embarrassed... Well, when I do find it, it'll be in perfect condition! This is why I use cheap ballpoints -- I never worry about losing them! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

01-18-12, 11:39 PM	#20
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,220 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have a lifetime supply of drug company ball point pens from my days as a tech. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-19-12, 04:26 AM	#24
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Bic Ballpoints HunterICX __________________

01-19-12, 06:17 AM	#25
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Bics here too, they either stop working at the ¾ full point or last for ever with seemingly nothing left! __________________

01-18-12, 09:53 PM	#18
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Keyboards. My handwriting is so horrible its not even worth trying. The closest I can get to legible handwriting is to grab a bottle of ink and pour it over the paper.

01-18-12, 10:10 PM	#19
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 482 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I use a fude pen... fufu...

01-19-12, 02:21 AM	#21
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Fingerpaint.

01-19-12, 06:20 AM	#26
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	The good old ball point. But the only time I use a pen is to sign something, typing on the pc changed all that. I think every now and then its good to get out a pen and start writing on paper one time there I hadn't used a pen for a long time probably a couple of years when it came to sign my name on paper it looked like a 2yr old had wrote it. Its like I forgot how to write. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.