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I was all set to have a Matterhorn go while in the Army but permission denied and later I realized life itself is mountainous. Today, I have a knee issue that nags periodic wry amuse over youthful insouciance.I had always planned to climb a large mountain. Now, if I can walk down to the mailbox and back up again, I feel muchlike I've climbed that mountain.
I have sentimental attachments to my Waterman, a gift from an old girlfriend who is since deceased, and a Mont Blanc, presented to me by my lovely missus back before we were married. But I rarely use either anymore.Not sure if I mentioned it before on this thread (my web connection is moving too slowly to check today), but something I've found came "back" is..... the Parker 51. Well, sort of. Yeah, Parker themselves made a LE version of it about a decade ago, but that was just a regular cartridge pen gussied up to look like a 51, not the same thing. The Wing Sung company of China, however, have since about 2018 been making their 601 model, which is very close to a 51. Not identical - parts are not interchangeable and they have adapted and improved the vacuum mechanism - but cosmetically it looks the same. Lovely pens. About £30 from a UK dealer, though I bought all mine direct for a little under half that, just needed the patience for the 'free postage' taking three weeks. They're wonderful, lovely pens to use. I went mad and bought a *lot* of different colours. I probably own about twenty of them (purchased across three years or so!), and I only ever had one that leaked - which the seller replaced immediately without quibble once I sent photos showing the problem. I keep other fountain pens for when I want a flexible nib, or a broader line, or one-handed operation, but these are my favourite go-tos. They're a bit of an indulgence, really, as I virtually never nowadays need to handwrite anything for anyone else to read - beyond a greetings card (and even then a lot of those I order online via one of the custom-card companies). However, there's a pleasure I get from handwriting for myself and using a fountain pen. The technical simplicity - also the notion that, especially with a true fountain (or, as in the case of the Waterman pens I have, an ink converter), I'm not contributing to the mountain of single-use plastics as if I were using disposable pens. That is, of course, a little compromised by having a lot of them, but still...
The original Parker 51 went out of production in 1972. Parker have sporadically released special editions and not-quite right versions, but always expensive... The Wing Sung 601 has, for me, brought back the idea of this style of hooded-nib pen with a 1940s aesthetic and a bigger than average reservoir as a really practical tool for daily use.
I have sentimental attachments to my Waterman, a gift from an old girlfriend who is since deceased, and a Mont Blanc, presented to me by my lovely missus back before we were married. But I rarely use either anymore.
I understand crossing one's legs cannot be done while seated after such surgery. That I would find unbearable.Had both knees and hips replaced, so the orignals disappeared to be substituted by man-made products.
No, just two allied WWII aircraft bombs, with two igniters each.