Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 31 Mar 2026 21:50:46 GMT Lines: 20 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ToUHPlR9zIq9p/4hsbQGMwUbajkaGI3Kef0PO5K0eOYUfW6VxJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:PtHqUYKWq7ncDiisN7hs6pghZIM= sha256:tCwb40hpsJjbB3qBc0aZPoUDGWsRbAjv9lK9S3jTXEo= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84929 alt.usage.english:1141875 On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:35:05 -0700, Snidely wrote: > rbowman noted that: >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:35:02 -0700, Snidely wrote: > > [...] >> >>> By the time I was in 3rd grade and beginning to use pens, PaperMate >>> click pens were readily available (and still cheap), and there were >>> PaperMate stick pens, but Lindy stick pens were much more common. And >>> messy ... the ball tip tended to leak or break off. >> >> Did Lindy pens have something to do with seals? The 'thanks for the >> fish' type? Don't know why I made that association when I saw Lindy. > > There was a seal balancing a ball stamped on the pocket clip, which slid > on or off the pen. Thanks. Some tangle of neurons in my brain remembered the seal and ball. Now if I could remember useful stuff..