Timeline for What's a great christmas present for someone with a PhD in Mathematics?
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| Dec 26, 2020 at 4:22 | comment | added | Piotr Hajlasz | @user347489 Sure. I understand. Some people choose Big Mac over filet mignon. Tell me honestly: have you ever spent one hour trying to use a quality fountain pen? | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 11:18 | comment | added | J.J. Green | @DeaneYang, a very personal thing of course, I love Cross, beautifully made, not too expensive and last forever. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 10:08 | comment | added | Basil Bourque | Or instead of a fountain pen, this retractable rollerball pen covered in Einstein equations, Albert model by Retro51.com. Pictures at GouletPens.com. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 23:22 | comment | added | Piotr Hajlasz | @DeaneYang Deane, I will write an email to you. I do not want to write ads on a public forum. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 23:20 | comment | added | Piotr Hajlasz | @mlk I love pencils too. They are pretty much like fountain pens, but much worse. The point is that when you write with a pencil or a fountain pen you have some feedback (if you know what I mean) and that makes your writing so perfectly satisfying. Bic pen (mentioned by someone) has no feedback and that makes it so bad. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 20:15 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Starting in fourth (I think) grade we were required to use fountain pens in class through the end of sixth grade - at which point mine was placed firmly in the trash, never again to trouble me. Forgive me, oh my teachers, but the quality writing instrument of your day became the pointless anachronism of mine. But, hey - let's talk about calculators!!!! :-) | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 14:45 | comment | added | Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine | @wizzwizz4: For my part, I am left-handed, and find that I smudge much less with a good fountain pen than with most roller-balls. The idea that lefties don’t like fountain pens is a bit of a misconception in my experience — it’s just a matter of individual tastes either way, I think. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 14:20 | comment | added | mlk | To add to user347489's caveat, there are also people like me, who strongly prefer pencils. For them I'd recommend a good mechanical pencil or a good pencil sharpener. In any case, do your research on the individual before spending to much money on something like this. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 12:31 | comment | added | wizzwizz4 | @user347489 Are you left-handed? | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 7:18 | comment | added | user347489 | This heavily depends on each individual. I would personally pick a cheap bic pen to work with over a fountain pen 24/7/365 (even 366 if it comes down to it). | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 2:33 | comment | added | Deane Yang | What kind would you recommend? | |
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| Dec 12, 2020 at 0:06 | history | answered | Piotr Hajlasz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |