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| Subject: | Re: OT Pens and abacuses |
| Group: | Mozilla-general |
| From: | Tony Mechelynck |
| Date: | 7 Jan 2008 |
Daniel wrote:
> Tony Mechelynck wrote:
[...]
>> Maybe "hold" (as a pencil); but note that the Chinese hold their
>> writing brushes more vertical than we do our fountain pens.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
>
> "... fountain pens ..."!! Are you showing your age, or what, Tony???
>
> Do you still use an abacus??
>
> Daniel
Followup set to mozilla.general
I happen to have an abacus, a beautiful one from Eastern Asia with 5+2 beads
in each column, though I don't use it, I compute faster by head; and I do use
a fountain pen (albeit with cartridges, not a reservoir), even though I also
have ballpoints and pencils. Haven't you ever seen pens with a real nib?
Aren't they available Down Under anymore? Have they ever been, for that
matter? Here in Europe, they are for sale in all department stores, especially
end August - begin September (when classes start) but also at other times of
the year; and, of course, more elegant pens are for sale in "smaller" stores.
I admit I don't use a goose quill, and never did, unlike Harry Potter. ;-) I
did learn writing using a nib pen, with a steel nib, which wasn't a fountain
pen but had to be dipped in an inkpot. What's wrong with that? Yes, it was 50
years ago; but I still believe that nib pens ("fountain" or otherwise) have
more "class" than ballpoints.
Best regards,
Tony.
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