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Posted by dorayme on 02/17/07 21:54
In article <0quia4-1l4.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk>,
Toby A Inkster <usenet200702@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>
> > No doubt. So these biros would best come with a sting attached
> > instead of the eraser bit - special space models.
>
> Biros tend not to come with an eraser -- that's pencils you're thinking
> about again.
Yeah ok, it was the buttony bit I was thinking about and mis
typed. For you, you think as you type. I don't, I delegate to the
fingers and they sometimes stray. They will be getting the ruler
treatment soon ... that'll learn 'em.
[btw and I know this is a bit OT, the eraser on the end of most
pencils are hopeless quality. They smudge the numbers in a
Sudoku. Better to carry a separate stand alone eraser. best of
all of course is to use a biro and do it without mistakes or
helper numbers.]
>
> It's fairly easy to shake a biro in an arc without a string. Hold it
> right at the end (not the nib end), between your thumb and forefinger (if
> Martians have fingers and thumbs) such that your fingers are perpendicular,
> not parallel, to the length of the biro. Drip tightly, and vibrate your
> thumb up and down slightly.
>
> (PS: If you want to see how flickery a CRT screen is, hold the pen in
> front of the screen while doing this.)
That is an interesting effect! Thanks for that. I will give you
one now: Get a little kid, from about 4 to 10 years of age is
about right, and tell them you will now turn a pencil or pen into
a rubbery bendy thing by magic word. They feel the pencil, yup,
it is rigid. You take it and say something absurd and then hold
it loosely (!important) towards one end between forefinger and
next and move hand vertically up and down. It appears to bend
quite smoothly.
--
dorayme
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