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I named my first car. It was called "Jenny" -- so I could say "Jenny, take me home" and it did (honest -- there were a couple of occasions that I'll swear I made it home on autopilot). Bonus points for anyone who catches the reference....

After I got married, it didn't seem to work to name vehicles so much. Until we got our current minivan -- it got called "Gloucester" because it was the most boring name I could think of at the time, to go with the color (we bought it at the end of the model year and in order to get the features we wanted there wasn't much choice on the lot). Honda calls the color "Mocha Toffee"; I called it "boring grayish brown...." :rolleyes:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I spent many colorful years in Gloucester, MA. And also had some trouble finding my way home at night, but never had a car that would do it. But friends?-yup.

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Nope... not my cameras, my bike, my guns, or my pens. Never occurred to me to do that. Still hasn't :)

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Oy !

What next ?

Birthdays ?

 

 

Not exactly, but I do track the acquisition dates of my (to reiterate, nameless) pens and work them into the rotation around that time every year, if they're not already inked. If nothing else, it ensures that every pen gets used at least annually, and adds a certain seasonality to the hoard.

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When the pens dry up prematurely or otherwise misbehave, I certainly do give them names.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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pajaro, you beat me to it :). I just named a recently obtained Onoto unfossilised coprolites after it leaked vigorously out of the top seal. The cork seal needs silicone grease or a new cork seal, and this pen came from an established seller new to me but very well reputed by accounts I have found.

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pajaro, you beat me to it :). I just named a recently obtained Onoto unfossilised coprolites after it leaked vigorously out of the top seal. The cork seal needs silicone grease or a new cork seal, and this pen came from an established seller new to me but very well reputed by accounts I have found.

 

Ah, but this is a different matter. A pen new to one but with some age to it can be expected to do untoward things, but I am with you, and my wife will attest to the many colorful names given to some pens, and to computers as well.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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