Life Span of a bottle of ink
Pasha 913
last in its bottle in a cool dry envirment. I ask because I want to stock up on
the 1997 Omas Return to the Motherland ink, which I understand is no longer
being made.
SKC
pash...@aol.com
FDubiel
GOOD ink like Sheaffer can easily lastwell over 50-60 or more years, bad ink
can go bad in a yr or less, and in many cases is no good when it leaves the
factory. However unless made with pure garbage most inks will not change their
initial characteristics for decades IF stored in glass and air tight and kept
from light and not allowed to frezze. FD
Nicholas Besley
from pash...@aol.com (Pasha 913) contains these words:
> I am wondering what the life span is for a bottle of ink. How long will ink
> last in its bottle in a cool dry envirment. I ask because I want to stock up on
> the 1997 Omas Return to the Motherland ink, which I understand is no longer
> being made.
> SKC
> pash...@aol.com
My father bought a 20 fl. oz. bottle of Quink more than thirty years
ago. I'm still using it.
Tony
FrDcnBasil
> My father bought a 20 fl. oz. bottle of Quink more than thirty years
>ago. I'm still using it.
>
>Tony
>
>
The two of you sure must not write much......
Fr. Dcn. Basil
PENMART10
(FrDcnBasil) writes:
The quantity of one's words has no bearing on the quality of one's words.
Not only is your conclusion presented sarcastically,
it is also an [extremely] illogical conclusion.
In no way does Tony indicate the 20 oz. bottle
of ink represents the sum total of his past and
present stock. For all we know he also posseses,
or has in the past possessed hundreds of other
bottles of ink. Could it not be this particular 20 oz.
bottle is merely his only example of that size, and or
the oldest still in his possession? Inversely, one
may own, or have owned several hundred bottles
of ink, but writes with them not at all.... one may
just collect inks.
Tony's query is about one specific bottle of ink, the same as
one may be addressing one particular pen. Had Tony indicated
never using a particular pen, could one then logically conclude
he never writes, or could one only conclude he never writes with
that particular pen?
If in fact your retort was meant to be construed as a
bit of faceitious [sick] humor, then logically, adding
a "Smiley" would have been deemed appropriate. :-)
Personally, I don't see any way attacking a person
and his father in such a deprecating manner can be
viewed humourously no matter how many Smileys.
This type of mean-spirited behaviour is a prime example
typifying how newcomers to this group have been driven
away. Being a pen 'expert' in no way entitles one to
conduct oneself in such a boorish manner.
I believe you owe Tony and his father a public apology.
Sheldon
````````````
On a recent Night Court rerun, Judge Harry Stone had a wonderful line:
"I try to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall out."
steve L.
>
>The quantity of one's words has no bearing on the quality of one's words.
As you so aptly demonstrate by your overly long post below....
SMMRFLD
Here we go again...Sheldon seems to be hitting the vinegar again. Oh well...
Nicholas Besley
from penm...@aol.com (PENMART10) contains these words:
\snip\
> This type of mean-spirited behaviour is a prime example
> typifying how newcomers to this group have been driven
> away. Being a pen 'expert' in no way entitles one to
> conduct oneself in such a boorish manner.
> I believe you owe Tony and his father a public apology.
> Sheldon
> ````````````
> On a recent Night Court rerun, Judge Harry Stone had a wonderful line:
> "I try to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall out."
LOL - yes really! It takes more than a sly dig to drive me away from
anywhere though, Sheldon - I attach myself like a Jokari ball - on a
length of elastic.
Tony
Nicholas Besley
from frdcn...@aol.com (FrDcnBasil) contains these words:
> > My father bought a 20 fl. oz. bottle of Quink more than thirty years
> >ago. I'm still using it.
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >
> The two of you sure must not write much......
> Fr. Dcn. Basil
Computer gets heavy after a while, and doesn't like being dipped in
the inkwell. Father has been and gorn and may be writing on a higher
plane, but not (AFAIK) with Quink, and I have n bottles of other ink
I am still using. (Rotring, Pelikan, Rowney, etc. I also make my own
from Coprinus comatus and a little meths.) I have a stack of
cartridges for everyday pens too, so that pint of Quink is going to
last a few years longer yet.
Tony
FrDcnBasil
My comment was intended as a joke, simply because that statement had
sounded funny to me. It was not intended as an attack on anyone, nor was I
trying to seriously ridicule anyone. If anyone was offended by my humor, I
sincerely appologise.
Smiley? Is that what all those bits of extraneous punctuation that I see
splattered all over internet correspondence are? I thought it was just some
kind of computer static or something. I've never heard of "smileys". I must
have accidentaly slept through the High School English class that "Smileys"
were covered in..... & I don't think I ever remember seeing them in letters
either...
Fr. Dcn. Basil
PENMART10
(FrDcnBasil) writes:
Hmmm, sounds just like a Clintoon apology. :-o
Joel Herda
> My comment was intended as a joke, simply because that statement had
>sounded funny to me. It was not intended as an attack on anyone, nor was I
>trying to seriously ridicule anyone. If anyone was offended by my humor, I
>sincerely appologise.
>
Ah, relax, there's much worse offensiveness scattered all over Netnews...
> Smiley? Is that what all those bits of extraneous punctuation that I see
>splattered all over internet correspondence are? I thought it was just some
>kind of computer static or something. I've never heard of "smileys". I must
>have accidentaly slept through the High School English class that "Smileys"
>were covered in..... & I don't think I ever remember seeing them in letters
>either...
Smileys entered common internet use around 1984 or so. Also called
"emoticons", they were an attempt in ascii to add a bit of facial
expression to text, because everything was text-only at the time, and
typing "I'm smiling as I write this" was much longer and slower.
Viewing them requires a 90-degree rotation, in this case, tilt your head to
the left:
:-)
joel
(internet dinosaur since 1983)
--
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jjo...@tiac.net DoD#2053 1995 Neon Sport Coupe DOHC
remove the leading j from my address to have email get through
Nicholas Besley
from frdcn...@aol.com (FrDcnBasil) contains these words:
\snip\
> Smiley? Is that what all those bits of extraneous punctuation that I see
> splattered all over internet correspondence are? I thought it was just some
> kind of computer static or something.
\snip\
> Fr. Dcn. Basil
>
I'm unable to ask my father, but I certainly didn't take offence.
FYI some smileys (There are more!)
happy smile: :-) 0r :->
very happy smile: :-))) (the more, the happier)
Quizzical smile: :-/
unhappy grimace, scowl: :-( etc
Mischievous smile: ;-) !-)
sharp intake of breath :-o
grin <G>
wicked grin <WG>
and so-on.
Of course, with pen and ink you can improve on these no end, but
scanning them in and attaching a binary is frowned on in Usenet. <VBG>
Tony
Bill Handy
> very happy smile: :-))) (the more, the happier)
Thanks for explaining that one.
I thought those were double chins or shaking jowls.
Nancy