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Hello Everyone here,

 

After having read some selected threads with very useful information here, a long-time fountain pen enthusiast, a tardy pen collector ;) and an inveterate fan of Parker pens (mostly fountain ones) from London has eventually joined this brilliant forum :)

 

I wish I did this much earlier (and avoid some costly mistakes), but it is never late to learn...

 

I am not a pen expert, so, my apologies for all my coming questions and comments that may sound silly or stupid :)

 

Drew

 

All the best is only beginning now...

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Hello and welcome to FPN.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous  Who taught by the pen

Taught man that which he knew not (96/3-5)

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6 minutes ago, northstar said:

Hello and welcome to FPN.

Thank you, Northstar.

All the best is only beginning now...

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2 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

Hello David and welcome from a Londoner gone west :)

Thank you, Mizgeorge :)

West is also nice, I like it, too :)

By the way, I'm Drew (not David) ;)

All the best is only beginning now...

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Hello Drew and Welcome to FPN!! So glad to have you as a member!!

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Hello and welcome to you from a wet and windy Manchester UK (Tier 4, fed up but counting my blessings)

A wise man once said    " the best revenge is wealth "   but a wiser man answered back    " the best revenge is happiness "

 

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Hello Drew and welcome from an almost-new member.  It's wet and breezy here too but hey, we're all in lockdown together.

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Hello and welcome to this friendly corner of the fountain pen universe from a pen user in San Diego. There is such a wealth of information for you to discover here. Write On!

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3 hours ago, TheRedBeard said:

Thank you, Mizgeorge :)

West is also nice, I like it, too :)

By the way, I'm Drew (not David) ;)

So how on earth did I get to David - it's not like you weren't perfectly clear!! I worry about myself at times ;)

 

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19 hours ago, PAKMAN said:

Hello Drew and Welcome to FPN!! So glad to have you as a member!!

Thank you very much, Packman :)

All the best is only beginning now...

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17 hours ago, christam said:

Hello Drew and welcome from an almost-new member.  It's wet and breezy here too but hey, we're all in lockdown together.

Thank you, Christam.

Yes, it is the same here in London, Tier 4...

All the best is only beginning now...

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18 hours ago, Pen Nut said:

Hello and welcome to you from a wet and windy Manchester UK (Tier 4, fed up but counting my blessings)

Thank you, Pen Nut :)

It is nothing better here in London now...

All the best is only beginning now...

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16 hours ago, OCArt said:

Hello and welcome to this friendly corner of the fountain pen universe from a pen user in San Diego. There is such a wealth of information for you to discover here. Write On!

Thank you so much, OCArt :)

 

San Diego, so nice place... I've been nearby about 15 years ago, but it feels like yesterday...

All the best is only beginning now...

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16 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

So how on earth did I get to David - it's not like you weren't perfectly clear!! I worry about myself at times ;)

No problem ;)

All the best is only beginning now...

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Welcome from Missouri!  Glad you are with us!

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20 hours ago, Bisquitlips said:

Welcome from Missouri!  Glad you are with us!

Thank you, Bisquitlips :)

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