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Thread ID: 86819	2008-01-29 23:45:00	Fixing ball Point pens, what actually works	Morgenmuffel (187)	PC World Chat

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635286	2008-01-30 02:28:00	I've always tried them on the rubber sole of my shoe. Sometimes the friction is enough to get the ball moving again. If a short treatment of that doesn't work (say 10 to 20 seconds) they get dumped as either the ball is locked solid or the ink has dried out and life is too short to rescue cheap pens.	Mercury (1316)
635287	2008-01-30 06:57:00	Do what the Russian astronauts do - use a pencil. wives tale C1	chicken one (6501)
635288	2008-01-30 08:51:00	wives tale C1 A damn good one though. :lol: From NASA. “Fisher developed his space pen with no NASA funding. The company reportedly invested about $1 million [I’ve read that it was $2 million] of its own funds in the effort then patented its product and cornered the market as a result. Fisher offered the pens to NASA in 1965, but, because of the earlier controversy, the agency was hesitant in its approach. In 1967, after rigorous tests, NASA managers agreed to equip the Apollo astronauts with these pens. Media reports indicate that approximately 400 pens were purchased from Fisher at $6 per unit for Project Apollo. The Soviet Union also purchased 100 of the Fisher pens, and 1,000 ink cartridges, in February 1969, for use on its Soyuz space flights. Previously, its cosmonauts had been using grease pencils to write in orbit.” And the actual joke.. When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300°C. The Russians used a pencil.	wratterus (105)
635289	2008-01-30 10:06:00	Long method: 1. Try all the recommended methods 2. Throw the pen away Short method: 1. Throw the pen away :D Works like a charm all the time :lol:	beeswax34 (63)
635290	2008-01-30 10:13:00	The fountain pen is much superior	Agent_24 (57)
635291	2008-01-30 10:51:00	The fountain pen is much superior I doubt if many of the forum members know what a fountain pen is. Or have ever used an ink well. Now back in my youth when we had to shapen quills before use...	Mercury (1316)
635292	2008-01-30 15:52:00	I doubt if many of the forum members know what a fountain pen is. Or have ever used an ink well. Now back in my youth when we had to sharpen quills before use... Hah! In MY day..we had to go out into the school yard before class and capture a crow first and then pluck the tail and wing feathers for OUR pens! If you don't believe that... I used to have to get up first in the morning, push the cabin door open against the snow that had fallen during the night, bring in fire wood and start the fire and then plod down to the creek and break the ice so I could wash out my own diapers/nappies. Crow quill pens were a minor inconvenience.	SurferJoe46 (51)
635293	2008-01-30 17:37:00	Whats all the fuss about feathers guys. I had to write with a hammer and chisel on stone. Feathers for quills came much later. Ken :D	kenj (9738)
635294	2008-01-30 20:10:00	I doubt if many of the forum members know what a fountain pen is. Or have ever used an ink well. Now back in my youth when we had to shapen quills before use... Luxury,we had to rub finger ont rough surface and use blood.	Cicero (40)
635295	2008-01-30 20:20:00	Whats all the fuss about feathers guys. I had to write with a hammer and chisel on stone. Feathers for quills came much later. Ken :D You had a Hammer? And a chisel? That must have been a flash school.	R2x1 (4628)
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