http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6173154.stm
On the 'Brio'. Although write might be the wrong word for a ball-point pen.
Ron
Full Version: Changing the way People Write
No, I don't see 'write' as the wrong word for a ballpoint. They have their place and time in our lives. To deny their advantages is as denying the place for computers or automobiles or any other engineering advances in this world. It is common knowledge that the best thing that ever happened to horses was the invention of the automobile. It took the poor beasts out of their mistreatd environs and turned them into the beloved and pampered animals they are today. Is it not at least partially possible that we see the same with fountain pens? They have been removed from the daily grind that they filled for decades and are now the treasured possessions of all of us. We use them, and love them, by choice and not necessity.
I am with johnr55 in this.
I am sure similar "problems" developed when steel nibs replaced quills
I am sure similar "problems" developed when steel nibs replaced quills
Well, it's an article for Biro's anniversairy. Of course they're gonna say good things about it
Strangely, it's the other way round for me. I feel safer with a fountain pen, because I know exactly how much ink I have left at any given time by looking at the converter/piston window. I find ballpoints more unpredictable and risky that it'll run out at the worst time :doh:
Strangely, it's the other way round for me. I feel safer with a fountain pen, because I know exactly how much ink I have left at any given time by looking at the converter/piston window. I find ballpoints more unpredictable and risky that it'll run out at the worst time :doh:
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