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Copied from the announcement by AltecGreen at fpgeeks:

 

Sunday Oct. 13th.


1:00 pm

Peter's Cafe

10 El Camino Real
Millbrae, CA 94030

 

Added by myself: Something for me to get excited about. I have a new-old-stock Montblanc twist piston converter of the push-fit type, no longer used for new MB pens but just the thing for older c/c MB pens, such as the Noblesse I used to own. Would like to offload it to someone who uses an older c/c Montblanc or some other pen this converter fits. In the interest of trading, mutual exploitation, the helping economy, I wonder if I might trade it for something of equal value, such as a Parker, Aurora, or Waterman converter, any of which would fit pens I use, or a green Cross push-fit converter, ditto.

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Perhaps at the next episode of the Posse it will be revealed which cast member is being written out if the script due to a contract dispute.

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Only a very naive person would believe it's because of a contract dispute.

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Todd

I got the nib out of the orange Lucky Curve, so you can straighten it w/o the feed getting in your way.

I got another one that might be as difficult, a 61 with one of the tines bent up. Should I try to remove the hood to get at the nib?

 

I owe you a milk shake.

 

Gary

San Francisco Pen Show - August 28-30, 2020 - Redwood City, California

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Only a very naive person would believe it's because of a contract dispute.

The Great Pumpkin comes soon. Let us not forget from which truck some of us fell.

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San Francisco International Pen Show - The next “Funnest Pen Show” is on schedule for August 23-24-25, 2024.  Watch the show website for registration details. 
 

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Let us not forget from which truck some of us fell.

 

I'm not forgetting anything. My point is that if Loren would jump in on this we'd be way ahead of where we are now.

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So if I correctly follow:

 

East (JT): 1 club

South (FB): 1 diamond

West (LS): 2 spades

San Francisco International Pen Show - The next “Funnest Pen Show” is on schedule for August 23-24-25, 2024.  Watch the show website for registration details. 
 

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Great... I get to do the digging... It's a job, though, right?

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It is a job. Not that I want to labor the obvious, but it seems clear that we haven't been given all the facts.

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It is a job. Not that I want to labor the obvious, but it seems clear that we haven't been given all the facts.

If you were to respond 3 hearts I think we will be at 4 no for the game with little digging necessary.

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If you were to respond 3 hearts I think we will be at 4 no for the game with little digging necessary.

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Todd

Can you email me? I need to discuss buying some parts from you.

I just toasted the rubber cup on the vac pump as I was trying to reshape it as you told me to do. :(

 

My email address is on my business card, or PM me with your email.

 

thanks

Gary

San Francisco Pen Show - August 28-30, 2020 - Redwood City, California

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Can you email me? I need to discuss buying some parts from you.

I just toasted the rubber cup on the vac pump as I was trying to reshape it as you told me to do. :(

 

My email address is on my business card, or PM me with your email.

 

thanks

Gary

My PM box is full. Need to fix that at some point...eberspacher at stanford.edu

 

I'll bring some cups on Sunday. I'll also dig out some Triumph nibs.

San Francisco International Pen Show - The next “Funnest Pen Show” is on schedule for August 23-24-25, 2024.  Watch the show website for registration details. 
 

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Those rubber cups taste better toasted...

MB JFK BB; 100th Anniversary M; Dumas M FP/BP/MP set; Fitzgerald M FP/BP/MP set; Jules Verne BB; Bernstein F; Shaw B; Schiller M; yellow gold/pearl Bohème Pirouette Lilas (custom MB-fitted EF); gold 744-N flexy OBB; 136 flexy OB; 236 flexy OBB; silver pinstripe Le Grand B; 149 F x2; 149 M; 147 F; 146 OB; 146 M; 146 F; 145P M; 162 RB
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It's not easy to avoid toasting the rubber cups. If you heat them just a little, the customer says, e.g., "This isn't even warm." The same problem can arise with sandwiches. Gary knows how to handle it, but I'm not sure everyone else does.

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Those rubber cups taste better toasted...

 

I dunno about taste, but it STUNK ... phew

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Encouraged by FarmBoy's recent suggestion on the SF Pen Show thread, let me shout out: I am curious about the Platinum 3776 Century series. Not so much whether the nibs are any good, which I might learn about by trying a Nakaya or some other Platinum pen, but how this particular pen looks, and feels in the hand.

 

If I wrote Chinese or Japanese I'd have reason to desire very fine lines. For maximum smoothness on not-so-smooth paper, as well as the appearance of the line, I prefer something wider than a Japanese fine. In principle I have enough fountain pens. But am permitted to be curious about one more.

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In principle I have enough fountain pens. But am permitted to be curious about one more.

I am willing to proclaim you fave additional needs that can not be satisfied with your current holdings. Post proclamations you are required to act upon curiosity.

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San Francisco International Pen Show - The next “Funnest Pen Show” is on schedule for August 23-24-25, 2024.  Watch the show website for registration details. 
 

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I am willing to proclaim you fave additional needs that can not be satisfied with your current holdings.

 

Yes, but the question is whether the path forward involves buying another 51 or something else. Or, of course, both another 51 and something else. I think I need to watch out for seemingly generous proclamations.

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