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    Default No paper? No problem!

    A letter-writer's worst nightmare, or cruel myth?

    Saw a thread about someone stuck in a house far from nowhere, wanting to answer pen pals, NO paper.

    This gave me the chills.

    I instantly got A Complex. And ran around the house touching my notebooks, cards, copy/printer paper, odds and endments, just to reassure myself they were still there.


    But what if all this was an urban legend? You know, like alligators in the sewer, black helicopters, or the IRS? So I devised An Experiment. In fact, several. I wrote on all sorts of things, from sticky notes, index cards, backs of envelopes, charity return mailers (some of these are niiiiiice!) brown paper bags to chop stick covers, tea bag papers, and gum wrappers.


    You can even sticker or turn inside out those return charity mailers in case you really, truly, don't have envelopes. And don't want to use paper bags.


    Empirical evidence showed me the truth. Came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as 'no paper in the house.'


    There may indeed and probably is such a thing as 'no NICE paper in the house.' No Tomoe River, no Rhodia, not even Bagasse. Not in my house, of course. But someone's.


    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: No paper? No problem!

    This is reassuring.

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    This is reassuring.

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    Default Re: No paper? No problem!

    You're the macgyger of paper.

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    Quite comforting!

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    Default Re: No paper? No problem!

    improvise, overcome, adapt.

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    Thank goodness! When I started reading this thread, I went into a mild panic. Now I feel slightly reassured--but I still think it's best to order several extra reams of Bagasse and a small stockpile of Seven Seas Tomoe River journals just in case.

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    I shall remember this. So those who might receive a letter from me. If its on something random...all credit to Sailor Kenshin. More than likely a Starbucks bag.

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    Nice to know we have lots of options. I will be keeping my eyes open.

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    Default Re: No paper? No problem!

    Just in case this ever happens I have blank pages taped under all the chairs in the house and have an empty cereal box full of Rhodia pads hidden in the pantry.

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    I can attest to the Truth of this Conclusion: I have in my files a letter written (and illustrated) on a gum wrapper sent to me by a Certain Geek hereabouts!

    Smells nice, too!
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine

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    I had to hug a few journals as I read this. Love it!
    Check out my blog: http://inlovewithjournals.wordpress.com/


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    Default Re: No paper? No problem!

    Don't be surprised if a chop stick wrapper shows up somewhere, somehow.
    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: No paper? No problem!

    "Having thrown down the gauntlet, she circled her Arabian mare and sped off into the desert."

    What next?
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine

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    I'm sensing some friendly competition. Who can send a letter on the most unique "paper". But we have to have pictures or it didn't happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dad Of Sapling View Post
    I'm sensing some friendly competition. Who can send a letter on the most unique "paper". But we have to have pictures or it didn't happen.
    I wish I had taken a picture! A few months ago I received a letter from a regular penpal written on a hodgepodge of various slips and scraps of his and that. At first I was confused, but when it hit me what she had done, I laughed all the way through my thank you note. In my previous letter to her, I had asked about the performance of a particular ink. By the time I was done reading that letter, I saw first hand how it behaved in just about every conceivable situation.
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    "With the goats' bells tinkling around her, she stopped to investigate the thing at her feet in the sand. Shiny, heavy, in the shape of a hand, she was drawn to it. Holding it in her hand, she began to dream of the race that would think of such things. Inspired, she placed it in her bag and continued on with the herd, still marveling".

    What next, indeed!
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    Default Re: No paper? No problem!

    How fun! I do use lunchbags for cards as they score nicely and you can tuck stuff inside as a surprise. You made me smile with your creativness!

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    Wow, this is interesting. It would definitely be interesting to see how many different ways you can write out a message. I don't think it's really possible to be out of paper though. there's so much paper everywhere in my house. I think we have reached paper saturation.

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    Default Re: No paper? No problem!

    Unless your house is like the Collyer brothers, probably not.
    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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