The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Outpost Cafe => Topic started by: gweimer on June 24, 2014, 08:44:02 AM
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What have I gotten myself into? :mrgreen:
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You're about to make good basses look inexpensive.
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Dante had a lot to answer for...
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Collect model trains...................... :P
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Cool Pen collection! Don't stop there. Get some quill pens, parchment paper and start working on your calligraphy. Really get in to being a renaissance man and get a harpsichord while you're at it too why not?
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What kind of batteries do they take? ;D
Rick
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I collected 'Flighters', the all stainless Parkers for a while. From left, 25BP, 25, 45(?)FT,45, 51 (holy grail for me), 180 (two nibs XF/M in one pen), Sonnet, Sonnet.
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It's fun and you can build a collection pretty cheap. I stopped after I bought a Shaeffer Snorkel, realized it was quit or no turning back. How well does that 'Hero' write, Gary?
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The Hero writes pretty well for a $3 copy of the Parker 51. I have a 1950 Parker 51 (16K fine nib) coming in the mail this week. I love the gray Parker 45, which is currently my daily pen.
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The human mind is a cavernous abyss.
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The Hero writes pretty well for a $3 copy of the Parker 51. I have a 1950 Parker 51 (16K fine nib) coming in the mail this week. I love the gray Parker 45, which is currently my daily pen.
I like B nibs. My scrawl looks better with a wider line.
The human mind is a cavernous abyss.
Spoken from the bottom of it?
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fountain pens are great. they speak of a time when folks took their handwriting and letter writing skill seriously. a well written document using a fountain pen is a thing of beauty.
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In high school I wrote with a fountain pen and green ink. As Johnny Carson would say, "Call it a little peccadillo..."
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AAAARRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
(Nurse... the medication, and prepare his room...) :o
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I never did write with a fountain pen... but I used to spend hours and hours drawing with dip pens.
My favorite nibs were the Hunt 102 (very very fine lines, yet quite flexible and able to thicken a lot with pressure)
and the Hunt Globe Bowl Point (nowhere near as flexible, much thicker lines, but very smooth).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwBxVqPVvM
What I really liked though was drawing with brush and ink. Very tricky, but so satisfying.
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Spoken from the bottom of it?
Yes, from it's darkest depths where light is never shed.
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Shed...? Did someone mention shed...?
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What happens in the shed stays in the shed.
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What doesn't happen in the shed, stays in the shed, like my RD... :o
In all seriousness I need to get them sorted this summer or I may run into issues next year...
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In high school I wrote with a fountain pen and green ink. As Johnny Carson would say, "Call it a little peccadillo..."
I did the very same. I think it was peacock blue though.
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I did the very same. I think it was peacock blue though.
Great minds, and all that.... :o
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I have some calligraphy pens, but no "proper" fountain types... I think...
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Collecting fountain pens... well, there's a derriere for every seat, as they say. Do you collect for fins????
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Collecting fountain pens... well, there's a derriere for every seat, as they say. Do you collect for fins????
Color is key....
I'm in a bad way...since I started this, I've picked up a few more pens....a low end Waterman, and what I hope will be a nice Parker 51 pen/pencil set (teal blue). That should compliment my gray Parker 45 and the burgundy Parker 51.
Color is useful for me with multiple pens....
Black/gray pens get black ink
Blue pens get blue ink
Burgundy pens get red ink
I also have a cheap green Hero on the way, so we'll see what ends up in that one.
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A nice shade of Deep Purple...?
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A nice shade of Deep Purple...?
Private Reserve Tanzanite ink...
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A nice shade of Deep Purple...?
Maybe some Vlad Dracul deep crimson ink?
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In a sort of related way, I have an old steel mechanical pencil shaped like a torpedo and is complete with a brass propeller on the back.
It's awesome.
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Well, it appears my new fascination will have to hold where it is. I have pens and ink to last quite a while. Last week, my Vue finally had to go, so I went out and got a newer car. I'm back on Mopar turf. I also now have car payments for the first time in about 6 years.
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Gary, is that a Journey? My company van has been in the shop for almost a month now and I've been driving a rental Journey and I have to say that I really like it - loads of power, smooth ride and very quiet. Going to really suck when I have crawl back into my miserable little Ford Transit Connect >:(
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Gary, is that a Journey? My company van has been in the shop for almost a month now and I've been driving a rental Journey and I have to say that I really like it - loads of power, smooth ride and very quiet. Going to really suck when I have crawl back into my miserable little Ford Transit Connect >:(
Yep. 2012 Dodge Journey. I had started out considering an older Ford Edge, but these came up in my search criteria, and I was convinced after my first test drive. I spent the next few days looking at only other Journeys.
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... Going to really suck when I have crawl back into my miserable little Ford Transit Connect >:(
They have Transit connects over here, not that I'd want one... ;D
I suffer with a VW Passat - I'd never buy one if you're over 6' - rear-view mirror is perfectly positioned to block your forward outlook unless you keep the seat bottomed out; and keep your neck slightly bent forward, and as for the angle of the door post and the lost outlook there... :o
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The morons, read MBA bean counters, at my fortune 500 outfit decided that the Transit Connect had just as much cargo space as the Dodge Caravans we've driven with great success for years. Their "cost analysis" showed that the four banger, go cart engine had superior gas economy and would save us huge money fleet wide. Wrong, I got about 21 mpg with my six cylinder Caravan and I'm getting about the same in the Transit since you have to punch into overdrive at every hill or when you need to accelerate at freeway speeds. Let's not get started on the noise level, lack of comfort and lousy crash protection. I'm envious of Gary's new Journey. :mrgreen:
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No problems with the Caravans' transmissions giving up and AC grenading? They have a reputation for both.
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We had some transmission problems on the Caravans but typically well after 100K hard miles. The ACs died on occasion but usually they were well up in age. The tranny died on my Transit at 24500 miles and about nine months - strangely enough the over drive clutch gave up the ghost. Our fleet management guys told me that transmission problems were very common with the Transit - which is a Ford Focus with an abomination of an ugly ass van built on it's chassis.
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This is a good site I found that tracks consumer complaints and NHTSA information of vehicles by not only make/model, but also by year.
It looks like the 2012 Ford Transit Connect had a lot of complaints, and centered around the transmission.
http://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/Transit_Connect/ (http://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/Transit_Connect/)