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I discovered one thing 'expensive' pens are useless at! :D

 

Yesterday I got a new credit card, and feeling pious, I got out my new Cross fountain pen to apply my signature. Bad decision!

 

The ink just sat in a pool on the signature strip, and on wiping it all off, it activated the strip to reveal that the signature may have been tampered with. LOL Thankfully, the card is 'contactless', and nearly all my purchases use the PIN or/and online, so no real harm done as no one even looks at the signature these days.

 

You gotta laugh, finished the signature with a cheap 'Biro'...

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You gotta laugh, finished the signature with a cheap 'Biro'...

 

 

Yep, that's the best thing for those signature strips. Rollerballs are no good either.

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To answer the earlier question, there are no girl scouts in China.

However, I'm now hungry and want to it a mont blanc, a marvelous dessert made with meringue, whipped cream and chestnut spread....

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For all the Equine Cruelty in this thread it should be reported to ASPCA and PETA. Following which many will receive their Just Deserts! (at great expense...)

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Yep, that's the best thing for those signature strips. Rollerballs are no good either.

 

Fine line Sharpies work great.

Yet another Sarah.

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Yep, that's the best thing for those signature strips. Rollerballs are no good either.

 

Depends on the ink. I've had no trouble signing the backs of credit cards when using Noodler's Kung Te Cheng on the strip. And more recently, also (I think) vintage Quink Microfilm Black.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Depends on the ink. I've had no trouble signing the backs of credit cards when using Noodler's Kung Te Cheng on the strip. And more recently, also (I think) vintage Quink Microfilm Black.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

That's interesting to know, but considering I sign maybe one card/year, not really worth me investing in the ink nor the hassle of flushing from my normal (Parkers) ink just for one signature. Curious though why my 'ordinary' ink is useless in that circumstance, and yours seems perfect?

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- A.C.

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Just Deserts? Simpson Desert? Great Sandy Desert? Just a desert, not even an oasis?

 

- sorry :)

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Milkshakes at the Oasis,

Send your camels to bed,

something ... something

Bananas...

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The Meisterstück is the master over the muzak. I think to cure this particular case you need something severely classical, the Johann Sebastian Bach rather than the lighter Chopin. Bananas optional.

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Tsherbs @ 331 (above)


 

I'm looking for pajama people. They prefer Sundays.

 

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but Couch-Ready for the Weekend.

 

 

You can sleep in both.

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Did Bach' like banana milkshakes?

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

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I don't know about Bach but Beethoven did. Remember the celebratory opening in his 5th?

 

Ba-na-na-na!

Ba-na-na-na!

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I don't know about Bach but Beethoven did. Remember the celebratory opening in his 5th?

 

Ba-na-na-na!

Ba-na-na-na!

Drat! You made me spill my coffee!

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