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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #25 on: May 20, 2008, 02:57:41 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on May 20, 2008, 06:44:23 AM
Ever experience those black Skilcraft made by the blind "US Government" pens that leaked everywhere?


I think you can assume that any of us who are vets have "experienced" them many times over. 
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2008, 03:51:31 PM »
Any thread by Mike Irwin that has "stimulated" in the title is just plain wrong....and I don't care how many bad pens it contains....
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2008, 07:36:17 PM »
Quote from: fistful on May 20, 2008, 01:57:41 PM
Quote from: Manedwolf on May 20, 2008, 06:44:23 AM
Ever experience those black Skilcraft made by the blind "US Government" pens that leaked everywhere?


I think you can assume that any of us who are vets have "experienced" them many times over. 

BTDT.  That is why I stopped "borrowing" them. laugh
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #28 on: May 21, 2008, 01:37:40 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on May 20, 2008, 06:44:23 AM
Quote from: wmenorr67 on May 20, 2008, 03:56:56 AM
Just the governments way of stimulating the economy.  I mean all the paper, ink, envelopes and stamps used to send out the letters.  Plus because of the government mandate out there that they are supposed to use products from an approved list of vendors, which usually hire the physically or mentally challenged, they are keeping Americans in jobs.

Ever experience those black Skilcraft made by the blind "US Government" pens that leaked everywhere?



They have those things where I work (USAF).  I HATE THEM PIECES OF CRAP!
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #29 on: May 21, 2008, 01:42:14 PM »
As I recall those pens had a very odd smell to them, too. The plastic had this really odd odor, as did the ink.

Throw a couple of them in your desk drawer over night, open it the next day and it would positively reek.
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2008, 02:29:28 PM »
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As I recall those pens had a very odd smell to them, too. The plastic had this really odd odor, as did the ink.

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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2008, 07:30:44 PM »
Maybe it has something to do with the blind people who made them.
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2008, 07:52:29 PM »
Heh.  I had forgotten all about those pens.  My father works for the feds (BLM), and used to bring one of those pens home every once in a while.  We had a half dozen or so of them rolling around when I was a kid.  I do recall the strange odor they had.
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #33 on: May 22, 2008, 08:30:58 AM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on May 21, 2008, 06:30:44 PM
Maybe it has something to do with the blind people who made them.

Made by or made of......either would explain a lot.....
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #34 on: May 22, 2008, 08:47:30 AM »
My dad used to bring them home inadvertently in a briefcase or pocket, too, the FAA used to use them. Not deliberately, because they were invariably either dry, leaking, or both.

If left in a car in Florida heat in the summer, they'd explode in a puddle of ink.
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2008, 09:02:32 AM »
I was going to ask how blind people do quality control on pens, but I think I have an answer.

Maybe the smell is so the workers can find them when they come back from lunch?
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #36 on: May 22, 2008, 09:15:59 AM »


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Ever experience those black Skilcraft made by the blind "US Government" pens that leaked everywhere?


Wow, I haven't seen one of those pens in almost 30 years!  laugh
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #37 on: May 22, 2008, 09:17:33 AM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on May 21, 2008, 06:30:44 PM
Maybe it has something to do with the blind people who made them.
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Re: I'm almost stimulated...
« Reply #38 on: May 22, 2008, 09:19:04 AM »
I see I didn't read far enough before I posted. You are ALL EVIL!!  shocked

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