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Misplaced my ball pen at work 2day.Rather than waste time locating it,I thought it prudent to ask for another one.
Then was struck by a thought tht this wasnt the case 10 years back.In those days , ball-pens were nt mch in use or rather,I did not prefer them much over my Parker Ink-pens. Those were the days when kiddos used ink pens that leaked onto their grubby little palms.They wer prized possessions those days.New ones were flaunted proudly in the class.
I remember I would lovingly fill my ink-pens with Camel /Chelpark ink every night & then put them in my compass .Lying side-by-side,they would be my warriors in notching up academic victories.My Dad gifted me a MONTBLANC Classique on my B-day once .That was my lucky pen. I would write wit it on special occasions like inter-school essay competitions and/or scholarship exams etc & i alwez felt a sense of happiness tht it helped me win several accolades .
My set of Parkers /Pilot Luxor 0 5 /any of the local inkpens was alwys dear to me ...Would not alllow any1 to use them.Would feel low if the nib of any of them broke..Still have many dog-eared yellow-paged books where I hav my writings in ink.
Aah..but where are those days now? Now-a-days u have those Rs xxx pens /use-n-throw ones.I dont feel attached to them as I would to my old loyal ink pens...
nostalgicThen was struck by a thought tht this wasnt the case 10 years back.In those days , ball-pens were nt mch in use or rather,I did not prefer them much over my Parker Ink-pens. Those were the days when kiddos used ink pens that leaked onto their grubby little palms.They wer prized possessions those days.New ones were flaunted proudly in the class.
I remember I would lovingly fill my ink-pens with Camel /Chelpark ink every night & then put them in my compass .Lying side-by-side,they would be my warriors in notching up academic victories.My Dad gifted me a MONTBLANC Classique on my B-day once .That was my lucky pen. I would write wit it on special occasions like inter-school essay competitions and/or scholarship exams etc & i alwez felt a sense of happiness tht it helped me win several accolades .
My set of Parkers /Pilot Luxor 0 5 /any of the local inkpens was alwys dear to me ...Would not alllow any1 to use them.Would feel low if the nib of any of them broke..Still have many dog-eared yellow-paged books where I hav my writings in ink.
Aah..but where are those days now? Now-a-days u have those Rs xxx pens /use-n-throw ones.I dont feel attached to them as I would to my old loyal ink pens...
I used ink-pens even in college (and this was a source of friendly ridicule by friends!).
I always preferred Hero pens. I had a collection of them. The warrior comparison struck a loud bell! In high school, I carried a minimum of 2 hero pens and while I was refilling them, I used to compare them to bowlers and plan about how to use them effectively to bowl out the question paper (but most of the times, they went for sixes and fours..). I used Bril ink..it was kinda dark (but smelly) and suited my microscopic handwriting better! :D
Even now, I like writing using a heavy ink pen or a gel pen instead of a ball-pen.
Luckily my company stocks them. :)