Last week, I bought myself a third Kaweco Sport fountain pen. This one has a blue cap and barrel. I really like these pens. My plan is to buy several, with the colour of each pen matching the colour of the ink it contains. Genius, or what? However, when I tried to fit an official… Continue reading Fountain pen mod
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Ornamentation
Paying for parking the other day, I had to queue behind a woman who was having problems typing in her car registration on the screen. She eventually let me go in front of her. I experienced no such difficulties. It turned out she couldn’t press the screen properly due to her long false fingernails, so… Continue reading Ornamentation
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