Well, some pencilness has rubbed off on Mrs Dave, and occassionally one or other of my mechanical pencils will go missing…only to later be spotted in her possession. Luckily though it turns out that she is more partial to wooden pencils, so that’s generally what I am called upon to supply. Of course in the beginning any old stick of wood would do, but with experience one develops certain tastes and expectations, and now economy grade pencils no longer cut the mustard. Something like a Staedtler Tradition is the minimum acceptable, and exotics like Forest Choice or Dixon Ticonderoga are required to keep the mix fresh and interesting. Eraser tipped pencils are generally preferred. Sharpeners have also become an important item of office equipment.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Spotted recently. "Someone" cleaned out their pencil case...and asked for more.
Well, some pencilness has rubbed off on Mrs Dave, and occassionally one or other of my mechanical pencils will go missing…only to later be spotted in her possession. Luckily though it turns out that she is more partial to wooden pencils, so that’s generally what I am called upon to supply. Of course in the beginning any old stick of wood would do, but with experience one develops certain tastes and expectations, and now economy grade pencils no longer cut the mustard. Something like a Staedtler Tradition is the minimum acceptable, and exotics like Forest Choice or Dixon Ticonderoga are required to keep the mix fresh and interesting. Eraser tipped pencils are generally preferred. Sharpeners have also become an important item of office equipment.
Well, some pencilness has rubbed off on Mrs Dave, and occassionally one or other of my mechanical pencils will go missing…only to later be spotted in her possession. Luckily though it turns out that she is more partial to wooden pencils, so that’s generally what I am called upon to supply. Of course in the beginning any old stick of wood would do, but with experience one develops certain tastes and expectations, and now economy grade pencils no longer cut the mustard. Something like a Staedtler Tradition is the minimum acceptable, and exotics like Forest Choice or Dixon Ticonderoga are required to keep the mix fresh and interesting. Eraser tipped pencils are generally preferred. Sharpeners have also become an important item of office equipment.
Hi Dave, these are crying out for an extender... sure you got a nice one:)
ReplyDeleteNick
Hmmmmm....same thing happened here in Florida so it must be going pendemic and may cause pendemonium.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave,
BoB
alvin has a new extender or lengther they are great I picked up a dozen of them for a brief time I was using regular pencils.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the pencil case itself looks like...
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