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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2009, 12:58:40 AM »
First choice is a fine-tipped Sharpy.  If bleedthrough is going to be a problem, I use a gel point instead.

A large part of my writing is on documents that I've previously created on the computer... notes in the margins, filling out forms, etc.  Otherwise, I prefer lined pads or post-it type notes.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2009, 12:58:58 AM »
Laptop or smartphone are primary writing tools.  

When I have to use non-electronic stuff, I usually have to grab two or three broken pencils and two dead pens before resorting to a crayon or dull sharpie marker, scramble to find some kind of paper, never do, usually tear the corner off an envelope flap, or steal a corner of an already used post-it note, chicken-scratch the note, pocket it, and lose it almost immediately.

Me and paper don't get along.
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #27 on: August 28, 2009, 01:50:22 AM »
Cheap ball-point pen and large legal pad...whatever is provided by the State of Texas at the time.....

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #28 on: August 28, 2009, 06:41:23 AM »
Whatever pen I can find and a regular sized legal pad. HVAC contractor.
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2009, 08:25:40 AM »
Blue ink ballpoint pen.  Red looks too much like I'm either upset (and what's to say I am not?) or I am grading some kid's homework.  Sorry, all you .gov types, but neither blue nor red photocopies as such except on the high-end copiers - of which those that would copy my writings do not have access to.

Either lined or grid paper.  If not, you can take it to the local pharmacy and they will fil it within 30 minutes.  I've had people guess I'm an MD based on viewing my handwriting.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #30 on: August 28, 2009, 08:39:26 AM »
pencil
white, lined spiral notebook (A4)
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2009, 09:25:52 AM »
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2009, 09:30:39 AM »
i prefer pencil to pen. although a good medium or wide ball point is prefered to a fine pen.  grid paper.  i was an electrical engineering student (aas) who makes a living as a general contractor.
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2009, 09:46:45 AM »
Pilot G-2 extra fine point gel pen
Whatever we happen to get from our supply person
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2009, 10:08:10 AM »
A #2 pencil. Not a crappy plastic one though. A real wooden pencil.

College ruled spiral bound notebook.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2009, 10:12:41 AM »

Pilot V5.  Extra fine.  My favorite disposable pen.  Using anything else is usually painful, as it doesn't look as sharp.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #36 on: August 28, 2009, 10:25:42 AM »
Natural pigments applied with hands or twigs.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #37 on: August 28, 2009, 10:27:04 AM »
Pelikan m205 fountain pen, ink varies, but my favorites are by Diamine, Omas, and Mont Blanc (only for ink, never for pens), and Clairefontaine paper.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #38 on: August 28, 2009, 10:34:25 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on August 28, 2009, 10:25:42 AM
Natural pigments applied with hands or twigs.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #39 on: August 28, 2009, 10:45:03 AM »
Ballpoint pen on green engineering paper.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #40 on: August 28, 2009, 10:54:28 AM »
0.3mm drafting pencil (It's the only thing thin enough that my tiny writing is legible)
Green engineer paper.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #41 on: August 28, 2009, 10:57:58 AM »
Pen, high quality, with blue ink.
College ruled notebook.
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #42 on: August 28, 2009, 12:09:02 PM »
Quote from: charby on August 28, 2009, 10:34:25 AM
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #43 on: August 28, 2009, 12:35:59 PM »
If I have to write on paper (much prefer typing): ballpoint pen (non-gel, gel pens don't write for me, must be the angle I hold it at), black ink; lined for letters (haven't written one of those in 8 years), unlined otherwise. I'm a software developer. I prefer whiteboards to paper for visualizing problems at work.
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #44 on: August 28, 2009, 12:44:25 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on August 28, 2009, 10:25:42 AM
Natural pigments applied with hands or twigs.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #45 on: August 28, 2009, 03:04:52 PM »
Green ink Sanford Uniball micro .5. 
Mostly 5x8 legal ruled yellow pads.
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #46 on: August 28, 2009, 03:22:51 PM »
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #47 on: August 28, 2009, 04:14:07 PM »
General use: Blue pen, prefer gel rollers. College ruled notebook paper.

Important "work" (math, science, computer stuff): Mech pencil (I hate wasting time sharpening pencils, plus I hate the changes in line width as the graphite wears down). Separate eraser. Loose 8.5x11 college ruled notebook paper, usually attached to a clip board.

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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #48 on: August 28, 2009, 06:10:29 PM »
Quote from: PTK on August 28, 2009, 12:44:25 PM
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Re: Pen or Pencil?
« Reply #49 on: August 28, 2009, 08:09:01 PM »
Pen, black ink, medium size ball point. Parker, as I hate fat pens! =D

Lined paper, except for sticky notes.

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