Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 9, 2003, 13:04 |
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En réponse à Roger Mills :
>Those used to be available here, but obviously didn't catch on. From the
>manufacturers' POV, of course, the problem is that refillable items LAST TOO
>LONG. It's even very difficult to find cartidge refills for older
>ball-points...But good heavens, where would Modern Industry be, if we could
>buy a fountain pen, or a car, or whatever...-- and it lasted 10, 20 yrs, or
>(gasp) a lifetime???
Not really. I've never had a fountain pen which lasted more than 3 years.
After a while, the tip wears out, or the pen falls and the tip is broken
(unlike calligraphy pens, the tips of such fountain pens are *extremely*
thin, not more than 2mm, for a length of about 5. Fragile :)) ).
Christophe Grandsire.
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