#262233 - 05/08/2005 14:11
Poll: Sharpies
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#262234 - 05/08/2005 14:17
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
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Okay... Anyone else immediately think of permanent marking pens?
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#262235 - 05/08/2005 14:20
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: pgrzelak]
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Okay... Anyone else immediately think of permanent marking pens?
That's NOT what this poll is about?
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#262236 - 05/08/2005 14:21
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: JeffS]
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I kinda figured, but without any link or context to go by...
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#262237 - 05/08/2005 14:25
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: pgrzelak]
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old hand
Registered: 27/02/2003
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Loc: Washington, DC metro
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Okay... Anyone else immediately think of permanent marking pens?
That was definately my first thought.
-jk
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#262238 - 05/08/2005 14:35
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: pgrzelak]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
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Loc: Seattle, WA
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Okay... Anyone else immediately think of permanent marking pens?
I've seen the new ones, with a "click" button like a ball point pen. Very impressive. And just recently I picked up a tiny little short one that fits perfectly in the side bag of my empeg case next to my digicam and cell phone. Very cool.
Oh. Sorry. Was I hijacking a thread? 
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#262239 - 05/08/2005 15:45
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: tfabris]
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Those clicky ones really do seem like the bees knees. Just makes me want to go color something.
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#262240 - 05/08/2005 16:12
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: visuvius]
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Registered: 06/04/2005
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Missing Option: Chisel Point 
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#262242 - 05/08/2005 17:00
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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#262243 - 05/08/2005 18:02
Re: Poll: Sharpies
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carpal tunnel
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I kinda figured, but without any link or context to go by...
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought the context was self-evident. Everybody I've talked to has noticed the same thing here and we are at a loss for an explanation.
So you get two 5-packs of Sharpies, open them, and put them on your desk. Two weeks later? Gone. OK, so get two more 5-packs, wait two weeks. Gone.
Been going on for years now. I have to get to the bottom of this!
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#262244 - 06/08/2005 00:45
Re: Poll: Sharpies
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pooh-bah
Registered: 25/08/2000
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Step One: Amass Sharpies
Step Two: ????
Step Three: PROFIT!!
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#262245 - 06/08/2005 00:45
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/04/2005
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Missing Option: Alien Abduction
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#262246 - 06/08/2005 06:41
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: visuvius]
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Registered: 23/12/2002
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Loc: Winston Salem, NC
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I use straight black or blue, of the fine point variety...mainly to mark on writable CDs and DVDs.
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#262247 - 06/08/2005 07:21
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Is it just me that has no idea what this means - to me the only meaning of sharpie is a surgical scalpel....
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#262248 - 06/08/2005 10:48
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Ah, yes! I see this kind of thing all the time, even in a small, controlled environment (coffee cup turned marker holder). I thought they just had their own little world that they escaped to, similar to HHGTTG.
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#262249 - 06/08/2005 11:10
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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Registered: 13/07/2000
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Loc: Cambridge, England
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So you get two 5-packs of Sharpies
Oh, bo-ring. With those three options, I was hoping for some fascinating unsolved problem of geology, or of exogeology...
Peter
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#262250 - 06/08/2005 15:52
Re: Poll: Sharpies
[Re: jimhogan]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
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Loc: East Coast, USA
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two more 5-packs, wait two weeks. Gone.
Two words: tether chain. If they want the Sharpie, they have to take the whole desk with them.
For the single, solitary pen which occupies my office desk, I prevent against thieft by putting a red cap on the blue pen. Pen thiefs can be easily found by browsing their desks for said mismatching pen.
A similar trick may work to not only deter Sharpie thieft, but catch thems that done it. Or, maybe driving nails through the cap (whilst removed) so people can't put them in their pocket and walk away. Well, can't do it painlessly, anyway.
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#262251 - 09/09/2005 10:47
History today - 100 billionth Bic sold
[Re: pgrzelak]
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#262252 - 09/09/2005 12:16
Re: History today - 100 billionth Bic sold
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
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That's a lot of plastic in a landfill. Yay disposability. 
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#262254 - 09/09/2005 14:44
Re: History today - 100 billionth Bic sold
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carpal tunnel
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I carry one of those in my pocket at all times, along with a small leatherman. It comes in extremely handy.
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#262255 - 09/09/2005 15:00
Re: History today - 100 billionth Bic sold
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Registered: 18/02/2002
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Does anyhow know how to make those neat sounding whistles with a bic pen? The kind that make the really loopy sounding whistle. I thought it was possible. Maybe I'm wrong.
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#262256 - 09/09/2005 15:04
Re: History today - 100 billionth Bic sold
[Re: Robotic]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Anything that reduces disposability is great, but you still have to replace the cartridge fairly often. At least it's mostly metal and not 99% plastic.
Personally, I carry a Pelikan M200. It has an integral ink tank, so all I have to throw away is an ink bottle once every few years, and it's largely glass.
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