[Magdalen] pencils

[Jay Weigel]

When my two youngest started public school they had already been using
regular #2 pencils for some time. They were annoyed at having to use the
big "baby pencils" (what they called them) for the first few weeks.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Are you talking H or B?
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
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> On 9/8/2015 3:29 PM, Christopher Hart wrote:
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>> 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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>>>
>>>
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