Hello from Columbus, Ohio

[Adunaye]

Some how I have fallen into the rabbit hole of fountain pen Geekdom. I have always loved pens and stationary but it has only been in recent months that I have started trying out new pens and learning about fountain pens. I started out listing to "The Pen Addict" podcast and learned about fountain pen geeks from them. At first I was kind of afraid to listen to Fountain Pen Geeks because I thought it would be to sophisticated for me to understand. To my surprise the podcast is really entertaining (no offense). I am now working on listening to every podcast I can find so I can catch up on everything I have missed and learn all I can.

Thank you for starting this forum, the blog, FPTv, InCoWrimo, and everything else you do to encourage people to use pen and paper and go bankrupt buying Fountain Pens.

I am looking forward to attending my first Pen Show in Columbus in November where I hope to meet some of the nice people I have heard on the podcast and many more.

Ciao

[fountainpenkid]

Welcome!

[cwent2]

:welcome:

[Tracy Lee]

Welcome! Just plain old folk here with lots of knowledge, but I daresay you won't be put off with much overt sophistication! :)

[Greg Minuskin]

Welcome! You will find the folks here on the FP Geeks really fun, and friendly.

If there is something I can do for you, please let me know!

Greg Minuskin
www.gregminuskin.com
greg@gregminuskin.com

[thagbert]

Welcome to FP Geeks! We will be your enablers today!

[cedargirl]

You are most welcome here.

[jor412]

Hello :)

[Adunaye]

Awww! Thank you all for the kind words. I am excited to be a part of this community.

[KrazyIvan]

Welcome to the forum and enjoy!

[DGG]

Welcome! I'm a new member too. Great to have you here!

[caribbean_skye]

Welcome welcome.

[manoeuver]

welcome! we'll chat here and I'll see you in November!

[Nomdeplume]

Beware the contagion! So much fun!

[snedwos]

I plan on Ohio being my first pen show too! Any word on dates yet?

[Adunaye]

I plan on Ohio being my first pen show too! Any word on dates yet?

I hear it is always the second weekend in November which would be Nov 8-10 if it starts on a Friday and ends on a Sunday but there is nothing up on the Ohio Pen show site yet.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Welcome aboard! I LOVED Columbus back in the day.

[jfsisler]

Welcome! We're a crazy group here - or at least, I'm not normal;) Can't speak for everyone else. Well, I'm normal for an FPGeek anyway (just ask Azizah!) The FPTv is a great resource and a lot of fun to listen to, and Incowrimo has given me more letters in 4 months than I've probably ever gotten. Pen/paper/ink addiction...gotta love it:D

[Adunaye]

Thank you. I've joined forums before but I just lurked on them. This is the first forum I've been active in. Everyone is so nice on here. I'm looking forward to Columbus. I was thinking about reaching out to the Ohio Show Organizer to see if I could help in anyway with the pen show because I want to learn as much about Pens as possible and I figure it would be a great way to really meet fellow pen people. Especially since acquisition of pens right now is a very slow process.

I know of one person sending me mail through incowrimo/year. I am excited to see if others are sending me mail that I will just be surprised by. I think this forum combined with listening to the FPtv Podcasts and the Anderson's podcast it really gives one the feeling of being part of a really close knit group of people and I really like that about this group of people so far.

[manoeuver]

have you been to Jack Price's shop in Clintonville? it's a wreck but worth a visit just for the experience.

[Adunaye]

No I haven't. What is the name of the shop? I don't know really where to look for stuff locally. I have seen a few antique shops that I want to go in and look at but I don't really know places to visit that are not on the interwebs. I'll definitely look him up though. Thanks!

[manoeuver]

I think it's called 'vintage fountain pens' or somesuch. It's on the West side of High Street in between the Kroger and the Donato's.