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Rocket Jones — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:16:14 -0400

John Cameron Swayze straps a circa to the propeller of the Queen Mary. ;)

I remember that ad. :-) One

ladycat — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:53:23 -0400

I remember that ad. :-) One must admit, it made the point quite effectively.

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"I want to live in Theory. Everything works there."

Ah, the old "American Tourister Luggage" Test

ygor — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:46:37 -0400

For those of you that do not understand, Link
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

And I thought I was tough!

HistoricStitcher — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:48:26 -0400

I beat my Circa planner to within a scrap of existence. They get shoved into my knitting bag, deep among the needles (never fewer than 10 pointy ends to contend with - I knit socks). They get thrown on the kitchen counter. The cats sit on them. The get dropped off the table. They get kicked under the seat of my van. They get random foods dropped/squished/spilled on them (I'm a mom).

And they still go to business meetings with me, with all pages intact.

But I've never hurled one against the wall. Nor have I pitched one down the stairs.

maybe I should be the one who throws it out the window of a moving vehicle? Just to see if it keeps its pages??

giggle

caligatia — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:37:03 -0400

I always did like that song...

Uhmurkins

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:02:02 -0400

Scarily there could be English genetics there then....

Must admit I hadn't visualised an Uhmurkin carrrying a circa notepad. This site never ceases to amaze me :-)

Thanks for the reply. I look

DAG — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:25:47 -0400

Thanks for the reply.

I look forward to using it for its intended purpose.

LOL!

DAG — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:24:48 -0400

I just thought it would be fun to abuse a fine expensive piece of office equipment.

I raised the circa high above my head
And just as I was about to bring the
notebook crashing down upon the center of the bed
My father woke up, screaming stop!
Wait a minute! Stop it boy! What do you think your doing?
Thats no way to treat an expensive planning instrument
And I said, *** damn it Daddy,
You know I love you,
but youve got a hell of a lot to learn
about rock n roll!"

Hello

DAG — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:21:15 -0400

I'm not English, I'm Uhmurkin.

To look at it, I figured that the circa system was for fussy old ladies. I was wrong. Don't mean George Washington was wrong, though.

Supressed

Superpooky — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:40:49 -0400

English male?

Just joking. Wild life you must lead.

I've ordered a couple of Atoma notepads to have a look at this much talked about system-should be circa forums ;-)

I can see some of the advantages but if you're in Europe it's not that feasible an option without a lot of money. It would seem that a punch is fairly essential but they're expensive.

Anyway I buy several notebooks a year and never dropped any of them down a staircase. Tomorrow's Sunday, quiet day I may throw them all down

quite impressive!

jonglass — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:31:29 -0400

But I don't think anyone's ever tested Circa with quite that criteria before! :-)

I'm glad it held up, however. It shows its strengths in many ways, even the "less obvious" ones. Now, to try it in real-life use.

-Jon

Welcome!

SusanBeth — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:12:09 -0400

Welcome! Come in, make yourself at home.

[Stage whisper] Psst! Nobody make DAG mad. S/he plays ROUGH! [/stage whisper]

Pleasantly Surprised by Circa

DAG — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:27:55 -0400

Hello.

I am new. I am also glad to have found a place where people take "working writing" seriously. It's been great browsing the templates and forums.

I saw Circa when it was introduced and thought it was a gimmick. I noticed that Levenger had Circa around for over a decade and still thought it was a gimmick. Reading the posts here, however, convinced me to spend $4.95 on an agenda book.

It came yesterday. I took it out of the wrapper, went upstairs, and threw it down the hallway to hit the wall on the far end, where it slid off the telephone table onto the floor.

I then picked it up by three or four open pages, so that the covers hung down on either side, and carried it to the top of the stairs. I tossed it high up, so that it crashed down on the stairs and slid to the bottom.

I picked it up by a cover and flung it from the landing down to the entry room floor, where it smacked into a bookshelf and hit the carpet.

Not one page came loose. A 3-ring would have been broken. I'm very impressed.

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