The last thing you bought?

[NDR2]

New shoes for work. It’s been hard to find ones that fit me.

 

[SPEED RACER]

Advil

 

[AprilR]

I bought a type of mushroom i have never tried before. Can't wait to try

 

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A 12 year old Skoda.

 

[DrBadStrings]

Wanting to get into fountain pens more I picked up an inexpensive refillable Ellington with a medium nib and bottle of black ink. I was so pleased with the disposable fountain pens I got earlier this week that I had to get a real one. After I get a chance to fill and test it I'll post a sample. Going to start a thread in the Interests section of the forum for my pen obsession.

 

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..... and bottle of black ink.

This is the one I remember from when I was a kid, it was Washable. That meant you could wash the inevitable stains out of your shirt pockets.

 

[DrBadStrings]

This is the one I remember from when I was a kid, it was Washable. That meant you could wash the inevitable stains out of your shirt pockets.

I've been noticing as I look at inks online the very clear distinction on some with "washable" and "permanent". It's just my irrational mind but I was damn terrified just now filling that pen up. Being the first time and all. Yet I've done plenty of lab work with far more precise measurements of caustic chemicals and didn't feel nervous in the slightest. I think it was the thought in the back of my mind of potentially knocking over the jar of ink and just the ensuing mess.

 

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I think it was the thought in the back of my mind of potentially knocking over the jar of ink and just the ensuing mess.

I used fountain pens all through primary school, managed to never make a mess from the bottle itself but absent mindedly fidgeting with the pen when you're bored isn't a clever idea. And sometimes they will just leak in your pocket, going from a cold desktop to a warm pocket has something to do with it I think.

 

[DrBadStrings]

I used fountain pens all through primary school, managed to never make a mess from the bottle itself but absent mindedly fidgeting with the pen when you're bored isn't a clever idea. And sometimes they will just leak in your pocket, going from a cold desktop to a warm pocket has something to do with it I think.

Talk about uncanny timing. The thought had just occurred to me before seeing your reply that "I better remember that I can't stim by twirling a fountain pen in my fingers like I am used to with my rollerballs". Safety first right?

 

[Forest Cat]

And sometimes they will just leak in your pocket, going from a cold desktop to a warm pocket has something to do with it I think.

And then this happens, awkward

 

[DrBadStrings]

I used fountain pens all through primary school, managed to never make a mess from the bottle itself but absent mindedly fidgeting with the pen when you're bored isn't a clever idea. And sometimes they will just leak in your pocket, going from a cold desktop to a warm pocket has something to do with it I think.

That's why if you are carrying one in your pocket best to always keep it with the nib pointed upwards. That way if the ink does expand is less likely to come out. That being said even with rollerballs and disposable liquid ink pens I still can't count the number of pants and shirts I've stained over the decades.

 

[Nitro]

A new fleece-lined flannel

Should work nice for time spent at the machineworks this winter.
(With no heat there, it's cold in the shop, but work can't stop)
Lots to get done there before our May show
For instance, getting this 100 plus year old drill press back in service.

(this old gal is eight foot eleven inches tall and weighs in at about 3,000 pounds) (272 cm @ 1350 ish kilos)
Part of my winter project is to build and install the wooden supports for the lineshaft that will operate her and three of her sisters that are in various stages of being.
Her oldest sister was born in 1850 and she is still the belle of the ball in my honest opinion.
(can't wait to see her dance in the future too)

 

[Nitro]

More brass dolphins

 

[Nitro]

A

A July 1930 Popular Mechanics Magazine

 

[Heroine of Winds]

Forgot to show off what I bought when I went to the camper a week or two ago. Part 1:

 

[Heroine of Winds]

Part 2:

 

[Heroine of Winds]

Got one of the new Boo Buckets at McDonald's two weeks ago. Not as good as the ones from last year, but they're not bad either.

 

[HaileyMD]

A new Milwaukee M12 impact. My mechanic's independent tool dealer comes around on Mondays and I deal with him on Milwaukee power tools which are my most favorite power tool brand. He had it in and bought it

 

[Metalhead]

$200 worth of healthy groceries.

 

[Kisa the tea]

New speakers for computer. (old ones the right speaker broke for some reason.)