Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:33:15 +0200 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsp93i.i0zwza16xvqdfN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <18a11b491becb6ce$558$2491104$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsq78a.9hgxro1eczx2yN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qb9df$1inu5$14@dont-email.me> <1rsr591.1ssq8oh1dihjwuN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc4dc$1silm$10@dont-email.me> <0cqjskp5oprp9v1utu6t3q8u0urkpnjbvs@4ax.com> <951q9mxo8p.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qf25l$2tg1l$1@dont-email.me> <10qg4i4$37m3h$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Seond+jQ96uw51i4kn88tw+uIDGipM/QFSe4AFjT2X9/y98m+4 X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:wnKWOReAtVMGbYTosgHRfSrNa7E= sha256:bzizqPnPzos73DdFT8k2U6Hjn2wAc8nnnoXFpn9XG4A= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10qg4i4$37m3h$2@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84838 alt.usage.english:1141793 On 2026-03-31 11:36, Peter Moylan wrote: > On 31/03/26 15:40, rbowman wrote: > >> My father brought home a BIC that he had found in a shipment from >> France where someone had mislaid it. I thought that was pretty neat. >> It wasn't too much later they hit the US market. > > Ball-point pens were strictly banned at our school. They were supposed > to lead to bad handwriting. > Oh? I think schools here were too happy to ditch fountain and dip pens. Messy stuff with kids around them. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;