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Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - kap - 07-11-2011
Doing some review for an upcoming job qualifying exam at the school district, I am writing with my 12 year old mechanical pencils on lined notebook papers. Yup, no MS Word.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - macphanatic - 07-11-2011
Yes. Use them for meetings and client visits. Mine are more of the engineering type, made by Staedtler.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - OWC Jamie - 07-11-2011
Yes, every day.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - BernDog - 07-11-2011
A lot more since I discovered .09mm pencils and leads. Until recently all I knew about were 5s and 7s. Too easy to press too hard on those and break the leads. I had been opting for wooden pencils for years. No pens in math or music!
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - Mac1337 - 07-11-2011
Never liked them. Lead always broke and eventually ran out. I have a ton of empty ones laying around but I like pencils.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-12-2011
BernDog wrote:
A lot more since I discovered .09mm pencils and leads. Until recently all I knew about were 5s and 7s. Too easy to press too hard on those and break the leads.
Ditto. I wish I'd discovered 0.9mm pencils years ago. I use one at work every day for marking up construction prints.
Having said that, the pen holder on my desk houses a mechanical pencil I have owned since I was in seventh grade. Still works, too.
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - NewtonMP2100 - 07-12-2011
......only when my mechanical pen is in the shop.....
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - olnacl - 07-12-2011
Me too
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - davec - 07-12-2011
Yes, I use a mechanical pencil (0.7) daily. Working in K-12 schools there are tasks where a pencil is the best tool for the job.
Dave
Re: Are you still using your mechanical pencils? - mrbigstuff - 07-12-2011
staedtler! as a kid, my dad used to give me his when he bought the next new model. memories.
next you will be asking about Letraset.