Hi Chris ...
> > > Shame on you, Shel... ball points are so *modern*... space age,
> > > even. What's wrong with a good old-fashioned pencil, hmm?
>
> > It is clear that you know little or nothing about the ball point pen,
> [500+ words snipped]
>
> Geez, I'm not sure I want to know what the response would have been if I
> *hadn't* used a smiley! (And a "*L*", both of which you snipped.)
I didn't mean to sound harsh. There should have been a smiley of
sorts after the phrase you quoted above, but it got lost in this
new-fangled computer technology. However, I was quite serious about
the history of the ball point pen, the pencil, and my reasons for
using the ball-point. Petroski's book is really a great read (it's
even illustrated).
--
Shel Belinkoff
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