OT what about pens

HeavyG

YukonRon said:

Donald Trump uses red pens.

Donald Trump uses red pens crayons.

FTFY.

HeavyG

Here's how I sharpen a box of pencils:

Mickey

Never gave it a thought till I was reading this post. I just don't write anymore after retirement. Cool.....

DoubleEgger

stlcharcoal said:

AG-7 Space Pen!!  I bought it at the factory store in Boulder City, NV 10 yrs ago.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ODO0zQBPI2k

YukonRon

For our space program, we spent over $90,000.00 1960s US Dollars to develop a pen that can write upside down in a weightless environment.
The Russians used a pencil.

Fred19Flintstone

YukonRon said:

For our space program, we spent over $90,000.00 1960s US Dollars to develop a pen that can write upside down in a weightless environment.
The Russians used a pencil.

The difference in driving a Harley or a Vespa.   Both get you there, but the Harley does it in style!

HeavyG

Fred19Flintstone said:

YukonRon said:

For our space program, we spent over $90,000.00 1960s US Dollars to develop a pen that can write upside down in a weightless environment.
The Russians used a pencil.

The difference in driving a Harley or a Vespa.   Both get you there, but the Harley does it in style!

Yeah but kinda ironic that 50 years later the "Harley riders" aren't capable of putting humans into orbit and have to pay to ride a "Vespa" into space.

nolaegghead

YukonRon said:

For our space program, we spent over $90,000.00 1960s US Dollars to develop a pen that can write upside down in a weightless environment.
The Russians used a pencil.

Great anecdotal story with a wise moral, but here's the skinny:

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

YukonRon said:

For our space program, we spent over $90,000.00 1960s US Dollars to develop a pen that can write upside down in a weightless environment.
The Russians used a pencil.

Great anecdotal story with a wise moral, but here's the skinny:

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

Nice catch.  The real story is a heckofa lot more interesting, at least to me.  

SSQUAL612

My favorite pen.

YukonRon

Source: Aaron Sorkin. I should have known.

nolaegghead

YukonRon said:

Source: Aaron Sorkin. I should have known.

Ah yes, the West Wing.  Sorkin also did The News Room, which incorporated actual real world events into their news cycles.

YukonRon

nolaegghead said:

YukonRon said:

Source: Aaron Sorkin. I should have known.

Ah yes, the West Wing.  Sorkin also did The News Room, which incorporated actual real world events into their news cycles.

Exactly!

Eoin

Botch said:

fishlessman said:

Eoin said:  Sandpaper block to finish the point?

only at the drawing board, i may be the only one left that uses a drawing board

There's two of us; board, t-square and triangles.  I would like one of those wheeled doo-dads that allow parallel lines to be drawn, they came out my Senior year when I was student-teaching Freshman EN Drafting ('82).  

I have all of my draughting stuff in a bag in the office, but no board any more, takes up too much space. I restrict myself to hand sketches and have a draughtsman who does the CAD for me.

stlcharcoal

nolaegghead said:

YukonRon said:

For our space program, we spent over $90,000.00 1960s US Dollars to develop a pen that can write upside down in a weightless environment.
The Russians used a pencil.

Great anecdotal story with a wise moral, but here's the skinny:

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

Don't forget that Buzz Aldrin used the pen to jump or reset a broken circuit breaker in the Apollo 11 moon lander.   That thing would still be on the moon if it wasn't for the AG-7 Space Pen!!  :P

stlcharcoal

My everyday pens.  Everybody says "I remember those from when I was a kid, can I have this??"  Glad I bought a whole case of them!!

SSQUAL612

Eoin said:

Botch said:

fishlessman said:

Eoin said:  Sandpaper block to finish the point?

only at the drawing board, i may be the only one left that uses a drawing board

There's two of us; board, t-square and triangles.  I would like one of those wheeled doo-dads that allow parallel lines to be drawn, they came out my Senior year when I was student-teaching Freshman EN Drafting ('82).  

I have all of my draughting stuff in a bag in the office, but no board any more, takes up too much space. I restrict myself to hand sketches and have a draughtsman who does the CAD for me.

There's more than two of you.