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... read this devolving discussion of pen widths and their application to human qualities:

 

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/comments-from-the-fountain-pen-forum?mbid=nl_Humor%20042018&CNDID=20210401&spMailingID=13356064&spUserID=MTMzMTc5NzMwMTMwS0&spJobID=1381806170&spReportId=MTM4MTgwNjE3MAS2

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Ok, who on here is Glenn?

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

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He must have spent too much time in the Reddit forum.

 

Waterbury: And he says, "Sign here, please, on the dotted line."

Sousé: I'll have a fountain pen by that time.

W.C. Fields: The Bank Dick

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:lticaptd: :lticaptd: :P :P

 

Two one pen noobies....

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Hilarious!

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Great article. I have to say that the comments apply for just about any topic today.

 

However, I'm proud to say that every member who comes to FPN today gets a wide range of caring responses (often passionately held)!

 

Buzz

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However, I'm proud to say that every member who comes to FPN today gets a wide range of caring responses (often passionately held)!

 

Buzz

 

Agreed...this is a very collegial forum

Thomas
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This is hilarious. I keep wondering what it's based on, because it's clearly NOT FPN....

My friend Karl had already posted a link to this to his FB page. (Karl is the one who blames me for his new, um, obsession, only I'm going "Nope nope nope -- desk pen sets and Sailor pens? I'm not REMOTELY responsible for desk pen sets...." :rolleyes:)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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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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That's great, thanks! (But yeah, people are nicer than that here. :) )

 

Jenny

"To read without also writing is to sleep." - St. Jerome

 

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This is hilarious. I keep wondering what it's based on, because it's clearly NOT FPN....

 

 

 

TBH: most of what he wrote can be applied to online communities, just need to template in the specific concepts and interests. But you are right : FPN seems to be a rare exception.

 

And I say this as a veteran observer of the alt.tastless invasion of rec.pets.cats and the OS wars of the 90's.

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And I say this as a veteran observer of the alt.tastless invasion of rec.pets.cats and the OS wars of the 90's.

Ah alt.tasteless! Oh happy far off days of usenet!

 

I remember enraging a guy by voicing controversial cat-ist opinions, something about adding sufficient mustard to their diet.

 

His sig was 'Yours in strength'. Turned out he was a US Olympian weightlifter.

 

Bad Idea.

 

 

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Less is More - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Less is a Bore - Robert Venturi

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TBH: most of what he wrote can be applied to online communities, just need to template in the specific concepts and interests. But you are right : FPN seems to be a rare exception.

 

And I say this as a veteran observer of the alt.tastless invasion of rec.pets.cats and the OS wars of the 90's.

 

Oh, I remember when some idiot cross-posted their fan-fic to rec.org.tinytoons and alt.bizarre, and the alt.bizaare people took *extreme* umbrage and flooded the tinytoons list with all sorts of spam in retaliation. And of course most of us were going "Hey, don't blame *us* for what that moron did...."

I pretty much quit Net News groups in general when the voice of sanity on the Rialto (the pet name we had for rec.org.sca) was some guy who my husband had long since blocked for being a troll....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"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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The link does NOT work.

 

Sorry! Seems to work for others. If does not respond, go to Newyorker.com and do a search.

 

Best,

 

Dick

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