Monday, April 1, 2019

PENCILS








The United States spent over a million dollars to develop a pen that could write in the zero gravity of space.   The Russians used a pencil.

Our orange, obese President with little hands and a hair comb-over just called a member of Congress ‘pencil neck.’   

Kids in primary school still may use pencils; but many schools are now using I-pads and computers to teach reading and writing.

How long has it been since you bought or used a pencil?   

Pencils are one of those things that are fast receding from our culture – going the way of the typewriter.    I believe at sometime in the future pencils will be an icon of the past, seen in museums by a population that dictate correspondence to their computers.  

the Ol’Buzzard



6 comments:

  1. Did you know that it was his family's pencil factory that allowed Thoreau to spend that year at Walden Pond? The Thoreau pencil was the best-selling pencil in the country in the 1830's and 1840's. Henry Petroski wrote a great book on The Pencil back in the early '90's.

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  2. I virtually never use a pencil, but I have to buy some soon because I am taking a "Drawing for Beginners" course in May.

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  3. We use a pencil for our shopping list that's on the frig. Sometimes I use a mechanical pencil to do crossword puzzles.

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    1. Also use a carpenter's pencil when doing carpenter work.

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  4. I use pencil all the time - for everything except writing a check.

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  5. Pencils - graphite - check out this video
    https://youtu.be/5YBwDNfOaxU

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