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Old 02-11-2010, 08:39 AM
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Angry What's with the ball point pens these days? I have a whole 10 pack and
none of the crappy things work!




.... well, there is one, but it is like you have to force it across the paper to write at all. It's pretty sad how much junk we import these days!
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:41 AM
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Yeah, it is called a rollerball. I use it every day, it is magical.
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:41 AM
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Tweedbucket, you have captured my recent experience with ballpoint pens all too well.

They seem to have gotten cheaper and awful in recent years.
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:42 AM
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Do yourself a favor, Tweeds.

Try out a pack of Pilot G-2 (07) rollerball pens.

I write alot, and those pens are the SHIZZ!

Effortless, and legible afterwards.

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Old 02-11-2010, 08:45 AM
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OK -- there is an answer to your prayers. You can thank me later. Prepare yourself for the corksniffing joy of the TGP equivalent of pens. Once I found these two sites, and placed my first order, my pen experiences became moments of tone-full bliss.

http://www.penaddict.com/ to learn

http://www.jetpens.com/ to buy
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:45 AM
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+1 on Pilot G-2(07) - my fav all time...!

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Old 02-11-2010, 08:50 AM
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I thought it was just me, and I had some sort of force field around me that made pens fail.

In truth, it's a conspiracy to make us buy more expensive pens.
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:54 AM
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This thread has changed my life.

I'll have to forward it to the people at my work who buy all the crappy pens.
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:17 AM
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Buy pens? I though everyone just stole them from the office?
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:28 AM
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Pilot G-2(05) thanks.

Bestest pen evar !!
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:29 AM
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Yeah, it is called a rollerball. I use it every day, it is magical.
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+1 on Pilot G-2(07) - my fav all time...!


Like heaven in a pen.
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:51 AM
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Tweed, a good everyday ballpoint is the Bic Atlantis. You can click them and they are silent

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Old 02-11-2010, 09:53 AM
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Pens? Are those the little portable things that are sort of like printers except you have to make the shapes of the letters with your hands?
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:56 AM
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Buy better pens. Problem solved.
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Pilot Easytouch user here. Great gear

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