Comments on: Hobbies http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/#comment-1720 CW Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:08:14 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/#comment-1720 Yay!! More fountain pen lovers!! :)<br /><br />What is it about academics (senior and not-so-senior) and fountain pens? At a meeting yesterday the academic I was sitting next to was using a <a href="http://www.hisnibs.com/'330'_series.htm">Hero 330</a>. I didn't say anything because a) the Chair would have frowned at me, and b) I didn't want the academic to think I was weird... :)<br /><br />At school, when we were allowed to write with pen rather than pencil, we had to use fountain pens. We had to use fountain pens until we went to high school, when we were allowed a 'choice'. Most people chose ballpens, as I recall. Me I stuck to my fountain pens (I was obsessed even then).<br /><br />Morgan, I miss letter writing. Email is immediate and quick but sometimes feels so impersonal... Yay!! More fountain pen lovers!! :)

What is it about academics (senior and not-so-senior) and fountain pens? At a meeting yesterday the academic I was sitting next to was using a Hero 330. I didn’t say anything because a) the Chair would have frowned at me, and b) I didn’t want the academic to think I was weird… :)

At school, when we were allowed to write with pen rather than pencil, we had to use fountain pens. We had to use fountain pens until we went to high school, when we were allowed a ‘choice’. Most people chose ballpens, as I recall. Me I stuck to my fountain pens (I was obsessed even then).

Morgan, I miss letter writing. Email is immediate and quick but sometimes feels so impersonal…

]]> By: morgan http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/#comment-1719 morgan Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:31:55 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/#comment-1719 Similar to Penny, I also like fountain pens. More so in a functional way, than collecting. I think I got my first one back in primary school to improve my handwriting. Something I must again one day is write a letter with a fountain pen. Similar to Penny, I also like fountain pens. More so in a functional way, than collecting. I think I got my first one back in primary school to improve my handwriting. Something I must again one day is write a letter with a fountain pen.

]]> By: Penny http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/#comment-1718 Penny Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:54:21 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/10/29/hobbies/#comment-1718 ooh yes! I like fountain pens too. So does my Dad - he's a senior academic ;-)<br /><br />I don't collect them but I love to write with them. I only have 3 I think. When I was 12 my family went to Germany while Dad did a sabbatical at one of the Max Planck Institutes. All the kids in my class used fountain pens rather than ball points, and you could get some really funky ones.<br /><br />I even made some scented ink for mine once :) ooh yes! I like fountain pens too. So does my Dad - he’s a senior academic ;-)

I don’t collect them but I love to write with them. I only have 3 I think. When I was 12 my family went to Germany while Dad did a sabbatical at one of the Max Planck Institutes. All the kids in my class used fountain pens rather than ball points, and you could get some really funky ones.

I even made some scented ink for mine once :)

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