QUOTE(Rocket Jones @ Jun 8 2008, 07:46 AM) [snapback]634331[/snapback]
I used fountain pens in high school, just to be different. During my years in the military, where individuality isn't encouraged, I got out of the habit. Recently, I've been on a kind of quest, trying to simplify my life while at the same time doing the little things to pamper myself. Hand-written letters instead of email, using good paper instead of whatever recycled junk is in the copier room, and yes, fountain pens.
My wife calls it a midlife crisis. I tried to explain that it can't be, since it doesn't involve a motorcycle.
She's ok with this new obsession so far because it means I have to write out the Christmas cards and letters.
Jones is not my real name, the nickname is a literal description of my state of mind. I'm usually jonesin' for rockets (my primary hobby). If you don't get the reference, 's ok. I'm old.
I share my life with three grown kids, a dog who thinks he's number 4, three house rabbits and my wonderful wife of 26 years.
Thanks already to everyone for being so willing to share their knowledge and experience, this kind of forum is invaluable!
Welcome to FPN! If memory serves me, and I am not having a senior moment, the correct name would be Rocky Jones, of the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, from the mid 1950s. I was a young kid, and we got our first TV, and Rocky Jones captivated me. Sputnik had not even gone up into space yet, so it was really out there for fiction.
My wife of 36 1/2 years (of marriage, not age, although she doesn't look much older than that age) is also pleased that my "mid life crisis" does not involve anything with wheels or lipstick. She thinks I'm nuts, but she thought that long before I resumed my love of fountain pens. She should have known, because even before we were married, I was obsessive about my stainless Parker Jotter ballpoint. Could not hardly even find a fountain pen in the small town in southern Illinois where I lived (in 1970-71).
Donnie
But she also likes that I write the cards.