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All non-refillable pens must, by law, have a 1mm wide band just above the writing point, showing the true colour of the pen, irrespective of the colour of the barrel, clip or cap.
Biro Art
http://www.nobbynobody.com/
Someone that uses biros a lot [miasere, Oct 02 2008]
[link]
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what's the writing point? |
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Mandatory? Kind of like the philosophy of the chamber load indicator? |
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Why are you making pens mandatory? |
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But I change the ink colour in my pens quite frequently, and at a whim. The other day I flushed my Waterman Hemisphere of the remaining drop of Waterman Purple ink and refilled it with Caran D'Ache Saffron - a nice orange-ish colour. Meanwhile there's two other fountain pens with two types of blue in them, and a remaining one with Waterman Brown in it. I just remember which is which.
Oh. Non-refillable. As you were, then. |
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I'm pretty sure most non-refillable pens already do something similar, [8/7]. All of the UniBall models do... they're the only ones I buy these days. Other pens I use are all Parker or take Parker refills. I buy the refills in packets of 20, always black, fine point. Problem solved. |
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[Ian] Do you by any chance write letters of complaint to Government departments in coloured inks? |
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Use a bic. They have the colour on the top |
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We'd love to, but they won't let us have sharp objects in here .... |
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Good thing you lack wit then, isn't it? |
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I find that if i use any other "colour" than black, i have to increase my medication. |
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Have you noticed how they all end up invisible colour? All they need to do is make them go a different colour at the end and they'd have everlasting pens. Presumably there's a cartel which stops them from doing that. |
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[miasere], i usually inhale that bit. |
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Yeah, me too, but then I just get another because they are about 10p each. Apparently they are the best pens. A guy that does biro art uses them and recomends Bic Crystal pens [link] |
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Am I alone in never managing to keep a Biro for long enough to loose the lid? |
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You feel alone ? You don't need to. Come ..... join us .... don't be afraid..... you know you want to .... |
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MadnessInMyMethod, - It's not too hard to
loose the lid - just grip
it and pull. If it's still tight, then wrap the
lid in a teatowel and twist it - that should
make it loose enough to take off. They're
not usually that tight though, even though
they're not too loose either. |
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Mandatory - are you going around the manufacturers and threatening to blow them up if they do not comply? |
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It can be done - just vote with your money and only buy pens which conform to your specifications. |
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The rest of the world might be happy with a red pen with a green tip which writes in blue, so allow them. |
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//If it's still tight//bang it sharply on the floor to release the vacuum. |
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