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Hi everyone,

 

As usual, I'm doing everything backwards: I'm posting my introduction AFTER I've browsed the threads and posted to several of them. So here I am, making things right.

About myself, I'm a little of this and a little of that, including: art supplies junkie, stationery fiend, fic writer, RPG gamer, avid reader, happily married, and mom. Oh, and owned by a cat.

I came to the forum from rediscovering my old fountain pen supplies buried in my stash and trying to find replacements for my Sheaffer No Nonsense calligraphy pens (from the 1980s), which I'd somehow misplaced. With anything I'm interested in, I started researching the hell out of it first and in this age of internet-everything, the research easily led me here.

I'm so glad I came!

 

Because I rarely do anything I love by halves, I was primed to get ripped off, make regrettable (but functional) purchases, and generally have a not-as-great experience diving headfirst into the modern fountain pen world. Thanks to my browsing here, I got up to speed fast enough to attend my first pen show without being overwhelmed or carried away.

Thank you, everyone, for being my teachers when I needed you the most. You've really made a big difference already and I've only been doing this for a month!

I'm looking forward to many more engrossing hours visiting the forums and reading what you have all posted.

 

See y'all on the boards!

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Welcome to FPN, taimdala, from a Charlottean. I was also at the Triangle pen show, but seem to have missed you.

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Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

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Hello and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa.

To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a [fountain] pen - that is true happiness!


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Welcome from eastern NC! Glad you were able to enjoy the Triangle Pen Show. Enjoy your stay!

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I found out long ago.

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Hello and welcome from Indiana!

Please visit my store A&D Penworx.

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Not even being from the same continent I'm not sure on distances but if you're looking for a club I know there's a vibrant one in the Triangle area. Not sure where they meat though.

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Hello from Raleigh, neighbor.

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Hello from Texas. Very glad you are here.

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Still have happy memories of my sojourn to the Triangle two years back - well Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Carey - America at its best, sigh.

 

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Welcome from Missouri! Really glad you are with us!


It's okay to be a bit backwards! Most of us here are! :yikes:

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Welcome to FPN, taimdala, from a Charlottean. I was also at the Triangle pen show, but seem to have missed you.

 

Hi there, Bobje! I must have missed you too. I know I would remember such a distinguised beard as yours. ^_^ Thank you for responding to my post.

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