Perhaps in the age of dslr or dl photography, but in the golden age of film I've seen pretty clever built cameras take amazing shots. Technology has ruined the craft of what photography once was.

Don't I know it. I started out in the film world where I could charge $1500 - $2000/day plus expenses because you have to know how to expose a piece of film properly and the clients needed perfect images for all their marketing stuff. Nowadays, good enough is good enough and a $500 dSLR can give them that. Consequently, I'm just one of the many blokes that's no longer a working photographer.

Have you tried Plymouth? I like the first three you listed and haven't tried Hendricks yet.

Oh doh..got it..fine..

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It's.. Páipéar Leithris....and just Toilet Paper in English....?

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Shíl mé go mbeadh a fhios agat cheana féin, ós rud é go bhfuil fuil Éireannach agat!

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Lol..yea that's Gaelic for Toilet Paper..

Here is how to say it through phonetics:

Paw...pear...Leh...riss (the T is silent)
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Perish the thought!..I new you would get to the bottom of it..?

I went to school with some of the Nugents..I remember a couple of brothers.. Barry Nugent.the younger brother..good kid..nice guy..wonder where he is now...?

Yes Lace Curtain Irish..a good step up from a regular working class Shanty Irish that you might have seen in 5 points or Boston..or anywhere actually..

If you married well ..or worked hard to get on and did well..you jumped up a class to Lace Curtain...middle class I suppose.

Well..as you say your Grandfather was less than the picture of sobriety....sounds like an unsavoury beastly man..I hope he wasn't the cruel type..and didn't mistreat your Mother..

I too, having led a fairly sober life up to now, also like a drink or two..in the form of red wine..I don't allow myself wine everyday..but probably 2 bottles a week..I like to drink it with food..and sometimes I will indulge in a bottle of well earned claret at the end of a work week..?

I have no history of alcoholism in the family..but I could certainly see how it would be habit forming....I mainly drink it for the taste..not the ensuing buzz..that is just a very pleasant side effect.??

@RobLawrence

LMAO!!!!

@Redcupcoffee There is an entire subculture of fountain pen people A great starter and everyday pen is a Lamy Safari. They are inexpensive ($25 or so). One of my four fountain pens is a Safari and it gets the most use of my pens. I'd go with a Fine nib. Most of the Safari pens will come with a pack of 4 ink cartridges - likely in black. The Safari also has a triangular grip which is nice and sort of "teaches" the right way to hold a fountain pen. Safaris come in many different colors and each year there is a 'special' color released. My Safari is a very unexciting dark gray. OH - the Safari clip is sturdy -- if a Safari is clipped in a pocket or on to something else - it will not be going anywhere.

Ink...…. I would also recommend a Lamy converter - an ink cartridge that can be filled from bottled ink. There a zillion inks out there - all with different kind of properties but I love Waterman Serenity Blue Ink as a great writing ink. Inks are available in any imaginable color - an incredible variety! There are some very pretty reds, greens, etc. out there. With a fountain pen, you can clean the pen when it needs to be re-inked and switch to another color/brand of ink.

I have 'nice' fountain pens and another 'every day' one. But I've been working from home mostly since 2014, so I have found myself using my 'nice' pens less..... (for me, my fountain pen is like a watch - I have an every day watch and a couple of dressier watches.... I don't wear my dress watches much either these days!).. But I am wandering off on a tangent/rabbit hole here....

I also have a Visconti Rembrandt fountain pen - nicely weighted, medium nib, very pretty. It was my most used pen previously when I worked in an office environment. My fanciest pen is a Montegrappa nerouno linea that I picked up at a crazy fire sale price when the only good fountain pen store in Omaha closed due to the death of the owner. I also have a copper Fountain-K from Karaskustoms pens (they make very nice pens that sort of have an industrial feel - from aluminum, brass, or copper). This pen is my other "every day" pen but doesn't get much use.... I've given assorted Karaskustoms pens as gifts over the years (not their fountain pens) -- they are a good company.

I do like fountain pens.... Perhaps just a wee bit When I started getting into fountain pens I was worried that I would lose them... However, I found myself keeping up with them because they are not 'throw away' pens. Also nobody will borrow your fountain pen because so few people know how to write with them.....

@Redcupcoffee you are most welcome ! It is an adventure of sorts with fountain pens. It also makes me really appreciate good paper - good paper handles writing with a fountain pen very well. Not so good paper will get all smeary and have some bleed through. But some inks also handle the same paper differently. So lots of variables in the mix to explore and many good resources and reviews out there ! Lots of fun to be had (for a somewhat off-the-beaten-path definition of fun !).

@Redcupcoffee You will enjoy it !

@Redcupcoffee A good place to start is the Well Appointed Desk (https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/). Her latest review is on composition books bought at back-to-school sales. She also has paper and ink reviews (and pencils, and stuff in general). The author works at Hallmark in KC, and she always has interesting articles, IMHO.

The Pen Addict site (https://www.penaddict.com/) also has lots of reviews of pens, inks, etc. and a podcast.....

jetpens.com is great online store - with lots of helpful articles and FAQs. They have a nice article on paper (https://www.jetpens.com/blog/the-best-fountain-pen-paper/pt/730). They also have all kinds of pens, paper, pencils (mechanical and wooden - including lots of Japanese pencils) I've bought quite a bit from them over the years. The have articles about using a converter, etc. etc.

I mostly use Doane paper notebooks (https://www.doanepaper.com/products/). Their main paper is grid+lines. You can download a PDF and print it out to look at it the pattern. They had a limited run of 'Moon Camera' notebooks that mimic the crosshatches the Hasselblad/film of the Apollo missions showed. I think Doane paper is a KC company too.

@RobLawrence I'll be darned I learn something new everyday hey as long as it tastes the same I don't care what they call it

@Redcupcoffee well mayonnaise is mayonnaise Miracle Whip was originally designed as a salad dressing something to put on your lettuce and it tastes a lot sweeter and nastier than mayonnaise of course you are going to realize that my opinion is completely biased since I hate Miracle Whip

@Redcupcoffee personally I won't use anything except Dawn dish soap. Nothing else has ever seemed to clean as well, especially with grease

Lingerie? Doesn't it just end up in the floor? ?

You do have them in the proper order.

@jwd45244 It will end up on the floor if it does its job...and, I am a believer that nice lingerie is meant for the woman as well, to feel confident and sexy...it is not always about seduction, although, I rarely get complaints when I wear my best...

@thinktwice I was joking

@jwd45244 I know...