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Hello everyone.

 

I've just come in from the cold, after reading this forum for a while.

 

My daily pen is a Parker Duofold Centennial (currently with Pelikan violet ink) from about 1990, and I'm waiting the arrival of a black and gold Parker 51 which is being refurbished for me at the Battersea Pen Home.

 

I have used a fountain pen all my life. Back in the late 1960's our new primary school headmaster's insistence was that biros spoilt young handwriting. So it was either the Platignum schools dip pen or pencil! I then continued through secondary school and college with a cheap Sheaffer.

 

An unpleasant experience followed involving a Sheaffer Targa with a death wish. This was consigned to the bin, and I got the Duofold.

 

The soon to arrive Parker 51 aero will be filled with PR Super Show.

 

Best wishes to all on the forum,

 

Ian

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Hi Ian

 

You'll soon have more pens. Trust me, I know.

 

Good nick. I had a Viso II, and in some ways it was nicer than any SLR. Hmm, I wonder if you could fit a digital back to one?

 

Best

 

Michael

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Welcome to the fold.

 

Your collection will grow, and the people on here will encourage you to expand. They are a bad influence on us innocents! ;)

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I will resist, I will resist, I will resist, I will resist

 

(I think)

 

I will resist, I will resist, I will resist, I will resist

 

(Possibly)

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Visoflex, :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :ltcapd: :ltcapd: :ltcapd: :ltcapd: for thinking you can resist. "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated" . . . and then you will assimilate other pens. (Sorry - Star Trek moment now over).

 

Glad you're here. Looks like you off to a Parker start. Not to worry, you'll soon find out that there are other good pens too (not that there's anything wrong with Parker). Hope to see you around.

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"The only way to avoid temptation is to yield to it"-Oscar Wilde. I frankly would go out of my way to acquire fountain pens as I could probably never find my happy medium without some modicum of experimentation. Why screw yourself to the wall with only one or two pens, when if they die, your washed up? Remember----

 

 

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Well I only have 2 since joining FPN. Might have to work up some enthusiasm for assimilation if I'm not to become lethargic at pen collecting! :D

Roger

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Error 956:// A fatal assimilation incident has occurred:

Acquisition of Sheaffer Imperial Touchdown & Hero 100 occurred on 5 and 6 April 2006 at 1430 hrs. New items will require accommodation and ink

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Anyone remember the embarrassing problem Intel had with the early Pentium chips not being able to divide properly, but producing what Intel described as an - ahem - 'approximation'?

 

I only mention it because I saw a lovely Star Trek spoof at the time that went...

 

"I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. You will be approximated."

 

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Error 956:// A fatal assimilation incident has occurred:

Acquisition of Sheaffer Imperial Touchdown occurred on 5 April 2006 at 1430 hrs. New item will require accommodation and ink

:lol: Congratulations! And welcome.

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Hello Ian and welcome to the Fountain Pen Nuthouse! :D

Sincerely yours,

 

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