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Re: fountain pens

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From: Kevin P O'Neill
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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