Handwritten: Your Favourite Quotes

[P25B]

12 minutes ago, txomsy said:

That is a really great one. I'll have to add it to my collection. Thanks for posting it.

Hey, Thanks, I like a lot of yours too! 

[txomsy]

Time for a change of tune.

[txomsy]

[P25B]

Ahh, we’re on laws, here’s a pretty true one (not saying yours aren’t true, txomsy, in fact, Greers third law comes into play more often than I’d like), other than if you find yourself a good cheap vintage pen…

 

A quote regarding The Common Law of Business Balance - attributed to John Ruskin.

 

Pen: Eversharp Varsity (I love this lever filler with ink window and flex nib)

 

Ink: Pelikan Edelstein Apatite

[txomsy]

How true!

 

Thanks, @P25B for your wonderful quote. One more to cherish.

 

And today's quote from an experimental Molecular Biologist

 

[txomsy]

But, of course, one has to allow for ingenuity, although

 

[txomsy]

I'll be off to Denmark for the rest of the week (any suggestions?), so i thought I could just lump together a few quotes to make up for these days

 

 

[P25B]

2 minutes ago, txomsy said:

I'll be off to Denmark for the rest of the week (any suggestions?), so i thought I could just lump together a few quotes to make up for these days

 Albert E. does have some great quotes!  

Have a look for a Big Ben vintage pen if you have time to search in Denmark.  I haven’t been for many years, but used to love Copenhagen.  Have a great time there.

[Misfit]

3 hours ago, txomsy said:

But, of course, one has to allow for ingenuity, although

 

Hi, what is the pen on the left? Also what brand is the notebook? It looks interesting, and recycled too. 

[Misfit]

@txomsy ah Denmark. I was there in 1996 to see family, distant relatives.  The Little Mermaid really is that, little. We went to Lego Land. Also in Copenhagen to a casino with sound buffers lining the slot machine trays, and to Tivoli. Also toured a castle. For family matters, we saw a cemetery, and a place connected to ancestors. 
 

Coincidentally, I’m watching Borgen, a Danish series about a female Prime Minister. 

[txomsy]

2 hours ago, Misfit said:

Hi, what is the pen on the left? Also what brand is the notebook? It looks interesting, and recycled too. 

It is a chequered Chinese Baoer 79. A clone of the Montblanc Skywalker. i got it so I could fit an FPR flex nib (which I later EMF modified) on it.

 

The notebook is one made from recycled paper I was given at the booth of Puerto Rico in a convention. I.e. I can hardly give any reference about it, as it does not have any marks other than the recycled paper one and a "Discover Puerto Rico" on the front cover. Sorry I cannot be of more help.

 

Added: In mines, the enamel in the section of these Baoer clones tends to become pitted with time. Cheapness comes at a price.

[txomsy]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

@txomsy ah Denmark. I was there in 1996 to see family, distant relatives.  The Little Mermaid really is that, little. We went to Lego Land. Also in Copenhagen to a casino with sound buffers lining the slot machine trays, and to Tivoli. Also toured a castle. For family matters, we saw a cemetery, and a place connected to ancestors. 
 

Coincidentally, I’m watching Borgen, a Danish series about a female Prime Minister. 

 

 

Thanks, I'll keep those on the watch. I'm not too tempted by Casinos, but if it is a historical building, it may tell a lot about local culture.

[P25B]

4 hours ago, txomsy said:

Added: In mines, the enamel in the section of these Baoer clones tends to become pitted with time. Cheapness comes at a price.

you could almost follow John Ruskin’s quote from your last line… 😊 

[P25B]

4 hours ago, txomsy said:

 

 

Thanks, I'll keep those on the watch. I'm not too tempted by Casinos, but if it is a historical building, it may tell a lot about local culture.

 

There is fantastic modern and historical architecture there. If you plan, you’ll be able to see all you want in the days you’ll have there.

[dms525]

7 hours ago, txomsy said:

I'll be off to Denmark for the rest of the week (any suggestions?), so i thought I could just lump together a few quotes to make up for these days

 

 

 

My grandmother used to quote this, although I never knew her source. My understanding is that the saying was meant to contrast the philosophies of Hume and Berkeley.

 

David

[txomsy]

2 hours ago, P25B said:

you could almost follow John Ruskin’s quote from your last line… 😊 

Right you are, that one is absolutely in point here. I just wanted something to try the FPR flex nibs, and for that they were fit, or to give away. But as more cheap clones fail one way or another I am reconsidering the wisdom of the later use.

[inkstainedruth]

On 11/6/2022 at 3:45 AM, txomsy said:

My mom worked her way through college as the lab assistant for the biology professor at her college, and she said one thing she learned was that the demo was ALWAYS supposed work -- no matter how you had to "rig" it....

OTOH, I remember reading an essay by Isaac Asimov, where he was in some chemistry or biology class in college, and the microscope slide did NOT appear to show what he thought he was supposed to be seeing. and said to, and got congratulated by the professor for actually reporting his results -- not what he THOUGHT the results were what he was supposed to be seeing.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

edited for typos

[inkstainedruth]

12 hours ago, Misfit said:

@txomsy ah Denmark. I was there in 1996 to see family, distant relatives.  The Little Mermaid really is that, little. We went to Lego Land. Also in Copenhagen to a casino with sound buffers lining the slot machine trays, and to Tivoli. Also toured a castle. For family matters, we saw a cemetery, and a place connected to ancestors. 
 

Coincidentally, I’m watching Borgen, a Danish series about a female Prime Minister. 

I was there in the early 1980s (the last family trip abroad).  I went on the rollercoaster at Tivoli (just because I could) and went to the Commedia del Arte Theatre (not thinking that the performance would be in DANISH  -- or that it would be more geared towards little kids).  And I remember seeing the throne room in the Royal Palace with the lion statues.

We also had a day trip (by ferry) to Malmö and Lund in Sweden.  Then, on the way home the plane, a Danish charter company, had some trouble with the hydraulic brakes, right after the refueling stop in Iceland, and had to turn around (dumping all that newly taken on fuel over the Atlantic in the process) and go back to Keflavik, rather than try to make it to Goose Bay, Labrador (the next refueling stop).  Ended up spending the night in Reykjavik but sat in the airport for several hours while they tried to figure out where to put a 707's load of stranded passengers....  My mom woke up in the middle of the night, looked to see what time it was, an then realized that she hadn't had to turn on the light to look at her watch (it was May when we were there). 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[txomsy]

Back from Copenhagen, I think we could make it to a decent number of amenities (Tivoli was closed in preparation for Christmas, though), and certainly had a great time. Thanks for all the advice.

 

Time for another change of register.

 

 

This one seems specially apt for those of us who are trying to improve our skills.

 

Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Aristotle.

[txomsy]

 

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Epictetus.