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Eee pc

mikehussey — Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:22:30 -0500

Nice pc from Eee i liked the look and easy to handle it

I'd love to write more

Kat12 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:02:37 -0400

I'd love to write more letters....unfortunately the few people I'd write letters to, I usually speak to on a regular basis and I'm not going to hold back what I'm up to so I can send them a letter a few days later!

I tend to be bad at writing letters, as I found out when on the pen-pal list of a fountain pen board I used to frequent...I could *write* the letters fine...but...somehow I'd never get around to actually *sending* them!!!

Doug: Do you use a paper

PDAFree — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:38:17 -0400

Doug:

Do you use a paper calendar and task list or digital tools? I see you use both paper and computer for these functions. Thanks!

maybe you'll fall deeper in love with your chosen pen...?

ilais — Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:24:01 -0400

just a quick note from a fellow (er, gal) lefty...

when discussing the glorious fountain pen you ended up with, you noted that its cap doesn't stay lodged on the end of the pen while you write, which is a minor pet peeve of yours...

i read somewhere recently that fountain pens aren't made to bear the weight of the cap while in the act of writing. the added weight of a cap on the end slows down the liveliness of a fountain pen's inking style and asks the writer to focus overmuch on forming letters because of the shifting weight. rather, the pen's cap is to be splayed out somewhere nearby as your pen dances across the page at hand.

go lefties!!!

Whack on the side of the head...

mccicc — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:17:24 -0400

Hi, Roger!

I got your deck of cards years ago and still find them delightful. Nice to "meet" you!

- Maura

"My hands aren't out of

Anonymous — Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:04:42 -0400

"My hands aren't out of practice."

Piston adapters

Josie — Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:54:04 -0400

You should be able to get piston adapters for other Lamy's. I've got two in my Safari's (well, one in a safari and one in a vista) and they work beautifully.

Hi-Society Writing

ejs — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:22:01 -0400

I agree with the post and a few comments that people made. I too get cramps when I write too much. In this day and age I tend to do more typing than writing. Even though I carry a Moleskin arround, have used a hPDA and the like, I still tend to be "out of practice" when it comes to writing.

I agree that changing the writing instrument and your grip can make dramatic changes in both preventing and eliminating the pain that can be casued. However, I also came accross something that is completely "unortodox" and quite dificult to accomplish and still write well, but with proactice it can be done.

Put your pinky out. That's it. When my hand hurts and I still ahve a bit to write, I just stick out the pinky and the pain goes away. Go figure. Perhaps it makes it so you loosten your grip or some such, but it works. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Chopsitcks: Therapy for the ailing hand

thall — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:13:30 -0400

Second Post. Boy, I must be hooked! :-)

Now that I think of it, chopsticks are great for hand therapy. When my dad injured his right hand (dominant hand), he was forced to learn to write with his left hand. The therapist taught him to use chopsticks as part of learning to use his left hand. Now he can use chopsticks better with his left hand than his right *lol*. And now he's got the added benefit of being ambidextrous.

I'm still mastering chopsticks. I guess I have to loosen my grip *grin*

Yeah, but all the extra years of life will be offset

SusanBeth — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:16:23 -0400

by the years spent cleaning and refilling your pens, and scrubbing ink stains off your fingers. ;)

Use fountain pens and live longer...

wikeh2004 — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:11:18 -0400

Good point about chopsticks... You can't use them tightly clenched. A loose grip is essential. There's probably some stress causing us to clench a pen too tightly. Maybe if we learned to relax our grip by using chopsticks and fountain pens, it'd help relieve the stress and we'd be healthier.

Use fountain pens (and chopsticks) and live longer! :-)

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"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." Albert Einstein and Buckaroo Banzai

gotta love...

nay nay — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:35:53 -0400

... those nuns! ;0)

loosen your grip

Anonymous — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:15:14 -0400

Back in the dark ages, when I was a second-grader, Sister Rita Charles taught us how to write longhand with cartridge fountain pens. (Imagine ink stained little hands.) This burley nun taught us to write loose handed. You'd get reprimanded if she couldn't pull the pen from your hand as she walked around the classroom. Fear, the great motivator of a 1960s Catholic education. It worked for me, I won the penmanship awards that year.

It doesn't matter to me which pen

Louise Conta — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:30:36 -0400

Since I still go to school I have to write a lot of text everyday, but my hand still hurts often. My hands aren't out of practice. I believe the reason really is that I grip too hard.

In reply to upper comments, especially "The garantied way to ensure that one loosens one's grip is to use fountain pens": I use a fountain pen everyday and my hands still hurt badly, especially when writing long essays or tests.

Hihihihihi!

Tournevis — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:44:01 -0400

Hihihihihi!

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Eee pc

I'd love to write more

Doug: Do you use a paper

maybe you'll fall deeper in love with your chosen pen...?

Whack on the side of the head...

"My hands aren't out of

Piston adapters

Hi-Society Writing

Chopsitcks: Therapy for the ailing hand

Yeah, but all the extra years of life will be offset

Use fountain pens and live longer...

gotta love...

loosen your grip

It doesn't matter to me which pen

Hihihihihi!

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