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    Default Summary of the posts of the past month

    One asks about his 149, wants to know when it was made, he asks if any one on FPG knows anything about Montblanc

    Six say between August 1970 and February 1972 but the box is wrong and the stamped service book is signed in Munich by Herr Flick and he didn’t start until July 1982, they say the clip has been replaced.

    One comes back and say that the six are wrong because the polishing was done by Heinz Sight who went from being a German history teacher to work at MB and had a distinctive backwards polishing technique.

    Another comes back and says that it wasn’t the work of Heinz because he can see swirls in the polishing which was done by Eddy Schmidt who went from being a hopeless Rhine boatman who went round in ciicles to MB, he had the nickname of Swirling Eddy on the Rhine and he managed to keep the same nickname at MB.

    One asks if the 149 has flex

    Seven to say that they don’t like flex, so the pen isnt for them.

    One says that they like a bit of flex so he might like the pen.

    Two say that they like a bit more than a bit of flex, but not too much, another says that he likes a bit less flex than a nib that has a bit more than a bit of flex.

    15 say they want to have a lie down

    One says that as much as he defends the rights of everyone to talk garbage if this continues he will have no option but to leave FPG in 16 days and 4 hours

    Four begin to talk garbage who were not talking garbage before

    One asks for advice on bulletproof inks

    Five suggest R and K.

    The estate of One writes to the five seeking damages for bad advice


    One says he is worried about Covid

    8 say that their delivery times are bad but the ink capacity is huge.

    10 say that they were worried about the virus and its effect on themselves and society

    One says hoarding is bad and against society

    5 say we are not hoarding, and quickly closes the door on their ink cupboard

    One says but if you were hoarding then it would be bad

    5 say but we are not

    One says but if you were it would be bad

    5 say but we are not.

    One says do you go shopping once a month

    5 say no

    One says yes you do because that’s what most families do

    5 say we don’t.

    One says that one argues too much

    One says he doesn’t

    And then One went very quiet, everyone thought he had been struck Dum b


    One says what’s my pen

    Another one doesn’t know but shows a picture of a pen that is a different color, different cap and different filler but says that it you hold your screen to the light and squint a bit then the nib on his pen looks a little bit like the OP, apart fromn the size, shape and color.

    One says it is definitely French, then he has a cup of coffee, puts his glasses on and realises that the clip says USA, he deletes post.


    Keep well all, keep your chin up and take care.
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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    Am I evil to find this funny? 🤣😼🧤
    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

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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    Am I evil to find this funny? 🤣😼🧤
    Me too Sailor, the last example on the list is marked down to me, if we cannot laugh at ourselves and this silly hobby of buying and going crazy over shiny bits of almost 100 year old plastic then there is no hope for humanity.

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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    Quote Originally Posted by Fermata View Post

    One says that as much as he defends the rights of everyone to talk garbage if this continues he will have no option but to leave FPG in 16 days and 4 hours

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    Same as last report ???



    Too funny, please keep it up

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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    Quote Originally Posted by Wahl View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fermata View Post

    One says that as much as he defends the rights of everyone to talk garbage if this continues he will have no option but to leave FPG in 16 days and 4 hours

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    Same as last report ???



    Too funny, please keep it up
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    There has been some disruptive influences on FPG which for this easy going and relaxed common interest hobby is just plain daft.

    I would hope that most of us would agree that if we cannot inform and help others, learn from others and simply enjoy our time on here then its a pretty poor do.

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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    very good work Fermata.

    If I got this in my email inbox it'd save me a lot of online time.

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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    I thought the OP was hilarious. Perhaps it stems from not reading the OP and responding to a later post. Who knows? If everyone would go back to using an Esterbrook Dollar pen we'd all be better off.....just kidding.

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    Default Re: Summary of the posts of the past month

    Given the topsy-turvy nature of the world at the moment, I'm expecting next month's to include seven people asking if their Esterbrook is fake, and five people recommending a Montblanc as a good entry pen into the vintage market.
    In the words of Paul Simon, you can call me Al.

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