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From: Kevin P O'Neill
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 18:22
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 18:22
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In article <22011311220016@vms3.macc.wisc.edu>, rwahlstr@HP.UWSUPER.EDU (Ralph L. Wahlstrom) writes... >Joel, >I still prefer to write with a fountain pen than with this keyboard. >The problem is, of course, that once I've put down one or two hundred >pages of beautiful dark flowing lines, I'd just as soon not have to go back and >type it out. As a result, I use the computer. It's not as artful, but it >certainly saves time. For shorter pieces, especially short stories, I still >use a nice pen. > >I suppose the computer has made the writing process more accessible to people >who care nothing for fountain pens, and who would not have gone through the >ordeal of completing a long work with a pen and typewriter. Now, I suspect we >have more written material partly because it's easier to do write, revise and >make pretty. > >ralph wahlstrom rwahlstr@hp.uwsuper.edu Definitely. Kevin O'Neill SUNY at Buffalo
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1498c9,e3048014bb32664d X-Google-Attributes: gid1498c9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-21 10:58:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!bu.edu!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu!v561whw2 From: v561whw2@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Kevin P O'Neill) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.rhetoric Subject: Re: fountain pens Message-ID: <1992Jan21.182019.22018@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 21 Jan 92 18:22:00 GMT References: <22011311220016@vms3.macc.wisc.edu> Sender: usenet@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 24 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu