----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:49 PM Subject: RE: Have digital cameras made us better photographers?
> Hi Malcom ... batteries are not needed for the earlier screw-mount pencils, > or the Speed Graphites <LOL> One of the classic 20th Century pencils, > Dixon's Ticonderoga 405 No.2, is still available from many sources. Those > sources will usually carry manually operated notebooks as well. > > For those who are unfamiliar with the subtleties and the history of this > tool, may I suggest a wonderful book entitled "The Pencil : A History of > Design and Circumstance" by Henry Petroski. http://tinyurl.com/7dsqo WOW! flashback to 2001...... I still remember a post from you about Pencils and ball point pens. I found this but couldn't find the original. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg37134.html Christian
