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IceMaiden wrote:I call it a lid or a top. Incidentally, does anyone else chew on them while writing? :D
I used to, but since I had violet scented fountain pen ink at the time discovered I was regularly washing off a purple tinge from round my mouth, put me off for life... and now I just tap a biro between my teeth occasionally while concentrating on reading and writing!
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There are such things as propelling pencils with caps...

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floragord wrote:
IceMaiden wrote:I call it a lid or a top. Incidentally, does anyone else chew on them while writing? :D
I used to, but since I had violet scented fountain pen ink at the time discovered I was regularly washing off a purple tinge from round my mouth, put me off for life... and now I just tap a biro between my teeth occasionally while concentrating on reading and writing!
Are you sure you're not a witch? :shock:
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Rob Houghton wrote:There are such things as propelling pencils with caps...

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Masquerading as a pen, eh? :wink:
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floragord wrote:
IceMaiden wrote:I call it a lid or a top. Incidentally, does anyone else chew on them while writing? :D
I used to, but since I had violet scented fountain pen ink at the time discovered I was regularly washing off a purple tinge from round my mouth, put me off for life... and now I just tap a biro between my teeth occasionally while concentrating on reading and writing!
:lol: I used to chew the top of pens until I did something similar. I was in biology class, bored one afternoon and was chewing the top of a pen when I got a sudden taste of this awful liquid. I'd absentmindedly chewed this pen up so much there was a hole in it and somehow I'd made the ink shoot up and swallowed it :shock: . I was scared stiff as I'd heard you can die from ink poisoning but I didn't dare ask the teacher if I could get a cup of water incase she asked why! It put me off chewing the base for life but I've never broken the habit of chewing the lid once it's put on the base. Some in my class would chew the lid on its own through a lesson, I couldn't do that for fear of choking on it :shock: .
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Rob, that looks more like a clutch pencil as it has a 'button' at the top.
floragord wrote:I had violet scented fountain pen ink at the time discovered I was regularly washing off a purple tinge from round my mouth
Floragord, it could only be you. :roll: :wink:
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I always call it a lid.
"Where's the lid of my pen gone?" is something I am always saying.
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Looks like the lid-crowd are winning :D
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Fiona1986 wrote:Looks like the lid-crowd are winning :D
Lol - I wish I'd never started this!!! :lol: :lol:

Maybe the photo isn't a propelling pencil, Nigel. I see what you mean.

Who would have thought that such a simple thing would cause such problems?! :roll: It seems that the propelling pencil I once had (and now can't find!!) was the only propelling pencil in existence with a cap!! I had presumed they were much more common than they apparently are, and now I am stuck with a propelling pencil with a cap in my story that is difficult to alter. :-(
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This one has a lid/cap/top/thing http://g02.s.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1mTYFHpXX ... Pencil.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But dare I begin a debate on propelling pencil vs mechanical pencil??
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I always call it a cap.
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Fiona1986 wrote:This one has a lid/cap/top/thing http://g02.s.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1mTYFHpXX ... Pencil.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But dare I begin a debate on propelling pencil vs mechanical pencil??
Yes - thank you! That's very similar to the one I had! i was reading up on propelling pencils, and I believe 'mechanical pencil' is just another name for them - supposedly from America.
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Rob Houghton wrote:
Fiona1986 wrote:Looks like the lid-crowd are winning :D
Lol - I wish I'd never started this!!! :lol: :lol:

Maybe the photo isn't a propelling pencil, Nigel. I see what you mean.

Who would have thought that such a simple thing would cause such problems?! :roll: It seems that the propelling pencil I once had (and now can't find!!) was the only propelling pencil in existence with a cap!! I had presumed they were much more common than they apparently are, and now I am stuck with a propelling pencil with a cap in my story that is difficult to alter. :-(
There's a few on here, you need deep pockets though :shock:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Montblanc-167-Meisterst" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;ück-Propelling-Pencil/dp/B001CC1Q8U


Only part of the link is highlighted so it isn't clickable. I tried to correct it but I think the letter ü causes problems for some reason. Never mind - just copy and paste the link into your browser! Anita
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Only part of the link is highlighted so it isn't clickable. I tried to correct it but I think the letter ü causes problems for some reason. Never mind - just copy and paste the link into your browser! Anita
You could have embedded the link, Anita! However, try this link instead:

http://tinyurl.com/la9nwwx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Oh dear, sorry I didn't realise that it hadn't worked or I'd have edited it straight away :oops:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Montblanc-167- ... B001CC1Q8U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've changed it for a normal 'u' to see if it works now.

Edit: it does, at least on my browser, must have been the ü that did it!
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