[Reposting, as it didn’t federate properly last time]

This is a parker IM I’ve had in my collection a while. I don’t usually go for Parker branded pens. I usually find them a bit boring/vanilla. But when I saw this one come up pristine on Ebay, I thought I’d give it a go.

It looks nice, but sadly it doesn’t seal well. There’s a hole under the clip that lets air in. Why? I guess I could try to cover it.

Bonus device in the background.

  • LibbEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I liked my MD player a lot, maybe not as much as I loved the first Sony Walkman that was given to me when I was a kid — this thing was so cool. It went everywhere I went. For years. I dare not imagine how many batteries I wasted on it.

    My MD looked very much the Sony in your photo, btw. I lost it a few years ago with the few remaining MD I had (all home copied). Who knows, maybe someone have found them and sold them to you on Ebay? (If so, I hope you like classical music and stuff like the Pink Floyd) :P

    • vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgOPMEnglish
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      1 month ago

      One time when my phone died and I had to send it off for repair, I unironically used my MD player for music out and about.

      I’m sure I got some looks on the bus.

      • LibbEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I’m sure I got some looks on the bus.

        I have no doubt about that.

        I just need to remember the look of people when I get out my paper agenda and a fountain pen to check availability or write some appointment and then see their face when I explain them why I so much prefer using an analog agenda to any digital one. It’s even funnier when I explain them I prefer drafting all my writings longhand, using a fountain pen or even a good old… typewriter.