[Magdalen] pencils

[Christopher Hart]

I agree about #3 pencils. TOO SOFT. I use a pencil extensively at work,
where my Dixon Ticonderoga #4 is always on my desk or in my hand. Since no
one else in the company uses one I can always find MY pencil if I've left
it somewhere. OTOH, I abhor the idea of doing a crossword in pencil.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 9/8/2015 12:17:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>
> I loathe  the feel of mechanical pencils! But then, I don't like the hard
> regular  pencils, either! (#3?)>>>>>>>
> Grace -
>
> What is this "feel" of pens and pencils to which you refer?  I've  never
> encountered this term in relation to writing instruments before.
>
> And on the subject of pencils, I see a majority (USA) of pictures
> taken of persons writing, and they are clutching pen/pencil in the
> most awkward way.  In my day in grammar school, the teacher
> would yank the pen/pencil out of the student's hands and show him/
> her the correct way.  But, then, we had a regular penmanship  class
> through grade school.
>
> There is some of the same awkwardness in handling flatware,
> I've noticed.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>
>
>


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