Was at a MB boutique recently . . .

September 13, 2005

Hi Gerry,

Lookit all the smilies in Wim's post... Bet you talk with your hands too!

Hey, I spent a year in Italy; how could I not after that experience

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The meetings must be a hoot with everyone flourishing a FP and flashing flamboyant colours.

Well, the flamboyant colours is me mostly. My boss uses purple other than blue and black, everybody elses uses either blue, blue black or black, unless they are real fp addicts, unfortunately.

I get a giggle just thinking about them.

I do that a lot, giggling

Warm regards, Wim

September 13, 2005

Hi Roger,

Let's change your handle, Wim. How about, "The mad, but persuasive Dutchman"! :blink:

I can attest to it.

Thank you for your kind words

. Many people use different words to describe that particular characteristic of mine

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Warm regards, Wim

September 13, 2005

Hi Centurion,

Hi Wim, do you leave them there at work?

Occasionally I leave a few cheapos at work, but my best pens I always take home again, and normally keep them out of sight when not at my desk, unless I am carrying them around for meetings etc. I carry a big Samsonite bag around most of the time, and keep my pen cases, inks, and pen repair stuff in there.

It's more convenient for me to leave my Falcon and VP at work, but I wouldn't hurt too much if they were stolen. However, if one of my 991 got stolen . . .

Which is why I always take them home again after work...

How many pens do you carry around daily, for example, if you were to go to the supermarket?

That depends. I normally have a murse or sacoche with me (whatever you want to call it), with a few telephones, a PDA, keys, wallet, etc., and always at least a 3-pen pen case. Occasionally I take another 2-pen pen case along, and sometimes I carry a 12-pen pen case in there, but then it gets really crowded in there

. In the 3-pen pen case I carry for shopping a pen with greenish ink for my shopping lists, another with reddish ink to strike through the articles purchased, and generally another with bluish ink, for general writing if I want to use something else. Sometimes I add a pen with black ink, or purple, or both, or some of the permanent inks. The 12-pen case I carry when I go even more crazy than on other shopping days...