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...ex Glasgow, Scotland.  Age 86, married 64 years. My wife, Anne, and I still have our High School Parkers - something to do with us still being together?   Until six months ago, much as we loved our pens, we had no inkling of the surrounding Underworld of Pendom.  Came across you fine folk on the web entirely by accident.  (No coincidences, right.)  Now up to my ears in stubbs and Cursive Italic, and soaking up all the wonderful knowledge and experience of folks like you. thank you for being there.

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

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Welcome to the world of pens and pen people!

💌✍️ Snail mail rocks! 📬 🐌
I am currently on hiatus (too inconsistent)
but I admire those who do!

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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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Hello Rroberrt and welcome! 

We may know a bit about pens, but I bet you (and Anne) could teach us all a bit about just about everything else :)

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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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Wow Robert!  Congratulations!

 

Welcome from Missouri! Glad you are with us!

"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it."  - Selwyn Duke    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Wow! Look at all the newbies in just 12 hours. this underworld must be huge. Good job administrators, keeping it going.

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Thank you for all the kind welcomes - a very kind underworld indeed.

I seem to have lost an earlier post, discussing the regrettable tendency of my new Lamy 2000 to rotate out of it’s sweet spot.  I was advised that the rotation fault was mine and that no L2K had yet been found to have a mind of it’s own.

 

Anyway, problem solved. A very small square of black Washi tape, about the same width as the nib, is now stuck on the front of the barrel assembly, about 1/8” from - and in line with the back of the nib.

I now have a very good indication as to where the barrel is rotated. Nice thing is it works peripherally, no need to focus. After a couple of lines I forgot it was there, but in two pages no more straying.  The simplest things...it only took me two weeks.

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48 minutes ago, Rroberrt said:

Thank you for all the kind welcomes - a very kind underworld indeed.

I seem to have lost an earlier post, discussing the regrettable tendency of my new Lamy 2000 to rotate out of it’s sweet spot.  I was advised that the rotation fault was mine and that no L2K had yet been found to have a mind of it’s own.

 

Anyway, problem solved. A very small square of black Washi tape, about the same width as the nib, is now stuck on the front of the barrel assembly, about 1/8” from - and in line with the back of the nib.

I now have a very good indication as to where the barrel is rotated. Nice thing is it works peripherally, no need to focus. After a couple of lines I forgot it was there, but in two pages no more straying.  The simplest things...it only took me two weeks.

Less than a year in, and you're already getting crafty with whatever's nearby. One of us for sure! :notworthy1:While online communities often have a specific age range and style, fountain pens have all sort of people. When we get every shape and size in pens, it's only natural that the hands behind them are as diverse.

 

Eventually, things like "look, my Secret Santa's in Australia and I need to send these ink cartridges there ASAP" become a second nature. It can get weird, but this is a nice wild ride for sure. Say hi to Anne too!

Always looking for new ways to downsize my collection.

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Rroberrt, I'm sorry I missed your intro last year!  I am now in Brighton, not too far from you; back in the late '80s I lived in Dunoon for a couple of years, not far from where I expect you were then.  I had a grandfather Robert, who was Scots born and married to an Anne.  You're much closer to my age than his, though.  I think he'd be turning something like 131 next week if he were still alive. :)  

 

There is an Ann Arbor pen posse, which in happier times meets monthly; perhaps you and Anne could join us when such things are possible again.  We'd all love to meet you.

 

 

"To read without also writing is to sleep." - St. Jerome

 

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42 minutes ago, knarflj said:

Rroberrt, I'm sorry I missed your intro last year!  I am now in Brighton, not too far from you; back in the late '80s I lived in Dunoon for a couple of years, not far from where I expect you were then.  I had a grandfather Robert, who was Scots born and married to an Anne.  You're much closer to my age than his, though.  I think he'd be turning something like 131 next week if he were still alive. :)  

 

There is an Ann Arbor pen posse, which in happier times meets monthly; perhaps you and Anne could join us when such things are possible again.  We'd all love to meet you.

 

 

 Loved driving into Ann Arbor for lunch, back in the day!  🧁

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