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Bogon07 (May 27th, 2015), Jon Szanto (May 24th, 2015)
Chrissy (May 24th, 2015)
There are definitely a couple of ultracrepidarians around here
My other pen is a Montblanc.
And my other blog is a tumblr!
And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD
Haefennasiel (May 31st, 2015), inlovewithjournals (May 27th, 2015)
Sailor Kenshin (May 24th, 2015)
Jon and Annie -- The two of you owe me a new keyboard! That last exchange sent my morning tea all over my keyboard and monitors. At least the monitors thought it might have been cleaning solution. . . the keyboard has no such delusion.
akapulko2020 (May 30th, 2015), Jon Szanto (May 26th, 2015)
Would you like a forum that is overrun with interference from the management, ( I can think of one that is) or a more laid back forum such as this?
He prefers formal dress, I prefer jeans and t-shirt does it make a difference in who the person is no.
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I rather doubt he cares about the forums one way or the other. He only comes here to complain about the fpgeeks.com main site. Here are his unabridged contributions over 14 months of membership here:
Thread title: FPG TV, will it ever return?
Thread title: Full Story Behind Discontinuance of FPG TV podcast?
Thread title: What's with flamboyant Eric, The-Smooth-Talker
This is why I had to chuckle at the idea of banning him. Why bother? Who even cares? Would anyone miss the next installment if it never comes? Does anyone dread it coming? It's just a meaningless blip, a little venting perhaps. Well, fine, let him vent. It's a fair question as to why the main site hasn't progressed at all. The rest of the latest installment was in poor taste.
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Mike
Chrissy (May 27th, 2015), Haefennasiel (May 31st, 2015)
I'm guessing he doesn't know the fpg videos are on YouTube.
Isn't there another guy running the site, Don???
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Chrissy (May 27th, 2015), Cob (May 27th, 2015), Crazyorange (May 27th, 2015), fountainpenkid (June 3rd, 2015), Haefennasiel (May 31st, 2015), Holsworth (May 27th, 2015), kaisnowbird (June 1st, 2015), krazyklod (May 27th, 2015), Sailor Kenshin (May 27th, 2015)
I was under the impression that among the attributes of the fountain pen geek community, were such things as greater general intelligence, higher education, and sufficiently superior taste to recognize the import of sartoriality. I am pleased to be hiding away here in the hinterlands, away from the withering opinions of those who lack the insight to allow each person to adopt and project their own style.
Bogon07 (May 27th, 2015), Crazyorange (May 27th, 2015), Haefennasiel (May 31st, 2015), inlovewithjournals (May 27th, 2015), MY63 (May 30th, 2015), Steph (May 27th, 2015), Tracy Lee (May 27th, 2015)
Jon Szanto (May 30th, 2015)
Jon Szanto (May 30th, 2015)
True story:
Over 30 years ago, before my wife and I were long-married, I went off for a week of music study. It was a summer workshop with the timpanist of the Cleveland Orchestra, Mr. Cloyd Duff. Beyond being a consummate musician, he was a gentleman of the highest order, and brought a casual dignity to all he did. As he had for years, even in the warm summer days in Ft. Collins, CO, Mr. Duff would show up at every class with a dress shirt and bow tie, the latter of which had been his signature for many years.
I returned home, inspired by both his musicianship as well as the class with which he lived his life. I would learn to tie a bow tie! As luck would have it, as I flew home, my wife was off for a week at a different music festival, so I had a week by myself. I went down to the public library and found a men's style book from the middle of last century; a "how to be a well-groomed guy" kind of thing. It had a diagram showing how to tie a bow tie. I took my one bow tie that I had, and stood in front of a mirror for over an hour, trying to figure out how those line drawings translated into semi-strangulation by striped cloth. I eventually got it.
Next day it took me about five minutes. Within no time at all, and to this day, I got to the point where I tie a bow tie without looking in the mirror in about 30 seconds.
It can be done.
Last edited by Jon Szanto; May 30th, 2015 at 01:08 PM. Reason: typo
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
akapulko2020 (May 30th, 2015), caribbean_skye (May 31st, 2015), Cob (May 30th, 2015), DaveBj (June 3rd, 2015), franzdimson (May 31st, 2015), Haefennasiel (May 31st, 2015), Pens&Lit (January 9th, 2016), Scrawler (May 30th, 2015), Tracy Lee (May 31st, 2015), Uncle Bud (May 30th, 2015)
Jon:
A friend of mine decided after many years of my acquaintance, that he would wear bow ties. He obviously lacks your talents: he did his best to follow the diagram but turned up wearing something that really would be very difficult to describe, but I will say it wasn't good.
I showed him the method my father taught me when I was twelve years old and now he has no trouble.
Cob
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