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19 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

So today, in honor of all my (16x3)+2 years on this blue planet, I have inked and will be using all the pens that I have received as birthday gifts in my life. Some I have repurchased as they were lost a long time ago, but they can stand in for the occasion. 
Please ignore the messy desk.

 

 

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Ouch seems I’m late, but congratulations! A nice set of birthday pens you have there :) 

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12 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Happy Birthday Penguincollector! -> 🎂!!!

 

Today I'm writing out a purple Jinhao 86 F filled with Lamy Dark Lilac.


  Thank you, Amanda. Ooh, I forgot all about the 86- will have to put it in the rota in a few months when I get through the inked pens.

 

1 hour ago, boilermaker1975 said:

 

@Penquincollector You are just a Spring chicken, or should I say Spring penguin as I almost have an addition 1/4 century on you!

 

I hope you had a great birthday and got some nice pens and inks.

 


   Thank you, I do wish my joints felt more like a Spring penguin. I received a MontBlanc Bohème, Enzo Ferrari ink, and Monteverde Blue Velvet Cake. 
 

1 hour ago, Black16 said:

I’ve seen blue and sepia-like versions, hope to add both to my collection one day. This pen I bought used, for cheap and it came with a Lamy converter attached so was a win-win for me :) it works perfectly even with the only shimmer ink I own, that PenBBS’s I recommended half a year ago when last visited FPN. Currently I put it aside as I have too many pens inked up right now. 


  I want the sepia and gunmetal grey as well. The IM in general is a good everyday pen. Thank you for the birthday wishes.

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 31 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue

Platinum PS-5000(?) EF, Platinum Mixable Aqua 

MontBlanc for BMW IM, MB Green with SC-15

Parker True Blue Ringtop F, Quink Blue-Black 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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57 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Thank you, I do wish my joints felt more like a Spring penguin. I received a MontBlanc Bohème, Enzo Ferrari ink, and Monteverde Blue Velvet Cake. 

Not too shabby. Belated happy b'day. (Blue Velvet Cake is a really pretty ink.)

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21 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

So today, in honor of all my (16x3)+2 years on this blue planet, I have inked and will be using all the pens that I have received as birthday gifts in my life. Some I have repurchased as they were lost a long time ago, but they can stand in for the occasion. 
Please ignore the messy desk.

 

 

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@Penguincollector Happy Birthday!

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21 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

So today, in honor of all my (16x3)+2 years on this blue planet, I have inked and will be using all the pens that I have received as birthday gifts in my life. Some I have repurchased as they were lost a long time ago, but they can stand in for the occasion. 
Please ignore the messy desk.

 

 

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@Penguincollector Happy Birthday!

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So far today it's been the Ciselé 75, F nib, just refilled with Waterman Tender Purple, for today's journal entry.  

But have mostly been on the computer since then.  Including verbally dope-slapping some "attorney" in the UK (and by extension, the firm she allegedly works for -- telling THEM to tell the twinkie to cease and desist) for sending me spam claiming that she's trying to find "relatives" for someone who is deceased (no name mentioned of course as to I'm supposedly "related to").   

Of course, if you believe my great-aunts, who were apparently very into geneaology, the family on my maternal grandmother's side traces back to Charlemagne (LITERALLY!  Mostly, of course, on "the wrong side of the blanket..." as it were :rolleyes:; but OMG -- there MIGHT be Native American ancestry in there as well, which my uncle, who inherited all that stuff because my mom wasn't REMOTELY interested, was convinced of being the case...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

And also then explaining to someone at Corporate for the regional/local grocery store chain (in great gory detail) about the horrible experience I had yesterday in one of their stores with some employee who got it into her head at the self-serve checkout register section that I might have STOLEN someone's store card/ID, because it's not one of the locations I USUALLY shop at -- and the only reason I was in THAT store at all was because of the lousy selection of flavors of yogurt on sale (through today) at the two "normal" locations I usually shop at.  Honestly, I was starting to wonder if the store I was at yesterday was a franchise location -- and SAID so to the guy who responded to my complaint.

And a little while ago?  Got a text on my phone from the dry cleaners the next town over about wanting me to post about my recent experience on some website.  And my response to THEM?  "No, I REALLY don't think you want me to do that....  Trust me when I say that...."  Especially after I had to go back down there a couple of days after dropping the piece off to sign paperwork saying I would "understand" if they had color leaching from one section to another....  And then of course it DID happen, and I still had to cough up over $30 US to them.  For ONE ITEM.   And the reason I took it to the cleaners in the FIRST place was because I was worried about color leaching from one section to another -- which is WHY I wasn't washing it myself in cold water....  And TOLD the person at the counter that when I dropped it off last week (it's SCA garb which is silk and which was made for me by a friend when I got the top service award a number of years ago with my SCA heraldry on it...) -- white unicorns on a purple background.

I don't think they understood that my mother was once sent flowers for being "the lady who screamed" in connection with a certain World SF Con years ago in Arizona....  So I learned from the BEST!  (I swear, I'd bet that she could have given Betty Furness consumer tips... :thumbup:)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Thank you, @Ceilidh and @BVLogan, much appreciated!

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 31 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue

Platinum PS-5000(?) EF, Platinum Mixable Aqua 

MontBlanc for BMW IM, MB Green with SC-15

Parker True Blue Ringtop F, Quink Blue-Black 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Not writing too much today - but I've got a Lamy AL-Star Dark Dusk EF (Lamy Azurite) going for the pain log/symptom tracker and the J16 Ebonite  (Herbin Emerald of Chivor) for task list & quick writing.  I need to get going on my transcribing today or it's not going to get done.

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1 hour ago, rodia77 said:

Belated happy B-day, @Penguincollector!


 Thank you! Currently recovering from a very happy birthday.

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 31 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue

Platinum PS-5000(?) EF, Platinum Mixable Aqua 

MontBlanc for BMW IM, MB Green with SC-15

Parker True Blue Ringtop F, Quink Blue-Black 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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2 hours ago, Penguincollector said:


 Thank you! Currently recovering from a very happy birthday.

 

Blew out the candles, made a wish come true....  😀👍

LINK <-- my Ink and Paper tests

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Exchanging one Waterman for another. Out: first-year Man 100, fine centennial anniversary nib. In: red ripple 7, red band, red Canada nib, with a silicone sac and MB Origin Blue. 
 

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13 hours ago, Penguincollector said:


 Thank you! Currently recovering from a very happy birthday.

 

Should've been more moderate with your ink use!

Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk! børk! børk!

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1 hour ago, rodia77 said:

 

Should've been more moderate with your ink use!


 That Ferris Wheel Press Cabernet on the Lake is heady stuff!

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 31 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue

Platinum PS-5000(?) EF, Platinum Mixable Aqua 

MontBlanc for BMW IM, MB Green with SC-15

Parker True Blue Ringtop F, Quink Blue-Black 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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So far today it's been the Parker Vector "Roads" pen (think it's an M nib but don't remember for certain) newly filled with Noodler's Red Rattler Eel (which is a really nice shade of red that is RED).  And just in case I have to do any sort of paperwork -- like when the AAA tow truck driver shows up -- I've got the 51 Signet (F? nib( still with vintage Quink Permanent Royal Blue.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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12 hours ago, USG said:

 

Blew out the candles, made a wish come true....  😀👍


   It was a Herculean effort, but I put them out before the cake melted! 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 31 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

MontBlanc Bohème Noir F, MB Midnight Blue

Platinum PS-5000(?) EF, Platinum Mixable Aqua 

MontBlanc for BMW IM, MB Green with SC-15

Parker True Blue Ringtop F, Quink Blue-Black 

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Sheaffer OS Balance in ebonized pearl with a flexy nib!

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