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When I graduated in 1964, we still were not allowed to use ball-point pens. I still have and sometimes use one of my old fountain pens. The one I had in high school took a cartridge. You can still buy the cartridges.
I remember the first time I ever saw a ball-point pen. Some kid took it to church one Sunday morning and even the adults were facinated by it. That was probably in the mid â50âs
In elementary school I learned to write cursive with a dip pen using an inkwell in a specially-made hole in the desk.
Later, when ballpoint pens first became available (at least to us), they were unreliable and almost as messy as the fountain pens. But I wanted one SO badly because they were MODERN!!
In â48 I remember before the ballpoint pens came out they introduced s âkind ofâ one called Liquid Pencil - it was erasable, kind of.
We all used fountain pens and got horribly messy. Later they came out with the cartridge ones, but I graduated in â60 and I think we were using ballpoints by thenâŠ
pschearer, You & I must be the same age. I only experience ink wells, full ones, & fountain pens the year I went to school in Pennsylvania. I wonât say how long ago that was, but we got really upset when the Russians launched Sputnik.
whiteaj almost 15 years ago
âWhatâs a âfountain penâ?â⊠ah, memories.
Sherlock Watson almost 15 years ago
A few days ago Jeff had a time bomb under his hat; if heâd had it today, he might have gotten a lot more than free ink from the bank.
jppjr almost 15 years ago
Love writing with a fountain penâŠbest writing instrument aroundâŠ.oft messy, but good!!!
w7tyg almost 15 years ago
Ink is about all you get from a bank these days.
Tsali-Queyi almost 15 years ago
When I graduated in 1964, we still were not allowed to use ball-point pens. I still have and sometimes use one of my old fountain pens. The one I had in high school took a cartridge. You can still buy the cartridges.
I remember the first time I ever saw a ball-point pen. Some kid took it to church one Sunday morning and even the adults were facinated by it. That was probably in the mid â50âs
pschearer Premium Member almost 15 years ago
In elementary school I learned to write cursive with a dip pen using an inkwell in a specially-made hole in the desk.
Later, when ballpoint pens first became available (at least to us), they were unreliable and almost as messy as the fountain pens. But I wanted one SO badly because they were MODERN!!
craigwestlake almost 15 years ago
In â48 I remember before the ballpoint pens came out they introduced s âkind ofâ one called Liquid Pencil - it was erasable, kind of. We all used fountain pens and got horribly messy. Later they came out with the cartridge ones, but I graduated in â60 and I think we were using ballpoints by thenâŠ
ChuckTrent64 almost 15 years ago
pschearer, You & I must be the same age. I only experience ink wells, full ones, & fountain pens the year I went to school in Pennsylvania. I wonât say how long ago that was, but we got really upset when the Russians launched Sputnik.