When your whole political movement is based on fear and hatred, things like this are inevitable. They fear and hate each other only slightly less than they fear and hate us.
Curious_Canid
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Carter was the first president I voted for when I turned 18. He's one of those rare people who has always lived his principles. He still gives me hope for our country.
I really look forward to your reviews. They are both informative and entertaining.
So far I've managed not to run out any buy of these knives, but strangeness has always been a positive selling point for me.
There are thousands of great pen bodies out there at prices ranging from "that seems like a lot for a pen" to "Oh my God who pays that kind of money!" :-)
Classic pen companies like Parker, Cross, Waterford and Lamy make some beautiful pens at many different price points. Smaller operations like Big Idea Design, Autmog, Tactile Turn, Nottingham Tactical, and many others produce small batches of pens designed for enthusiasts. The market currently tends toward industrial design styles and unusual mechanisms, but there is something for everyone.
Just bear in mind that high-end pen bodies are primarily about the enjoyment of beautifully made things. They can offer great ergonomics, exotic materials, different weights and balances, efficient or interesting mechanisms, and amazing looks. Some of them qualify as real art. They do not add that much to the functional aspects of the act of writing.
A lot of cheap plastic pens aren't particularly well designed, but some are amazing. You can generally find one that will work for you on a functional level for under $10, if that's what matters to you.
There is also a huge rabbit hole involving the different shapes and sizes of refills and which pens will fit which. It helps that most fancy pen bodies are design to fit the standard Parker refill. That is by far the most popular form factor and is available in every imaginable from hundreds of different manufacturers. The Pilot G2 refill is probably the second most common form factor. Just make sure you end up with a pen body that will fit whatever refills you like the best.
One of the reasons I like the Big Idea Design pens is that most of them can be adjusted to work with almost any refill. They are the perfect platform for experimenting with different refills to find the ones you really love. The refill actually makes more difference to the overall writing experience than the pen body.
Like most hobbies, everyone has there own preferences and opinions. These are just mine, so take them with a grain of salt and figure out what matters to you and what works best for you.
And if you want to see just how much trouble it's possible to get into, you can take a look at my collection.
That's perfect. And she won't mind if the stitching is off.
I saw an article a year or two back that talked about this very thing. It was actually management people at Amazon saying that they predicted they would be "out of employees" before the end of this decade.
It's simple. Turn this into a blanket for her. Then make a bag.
I used to do this for all my notes in college. I rarely do it anymore, but I do keep around a pen for. I use the Uni Sigmo UMR-82 Gel 0.28mm in a Big Idea Design Bolt Action.
I was torn between the Sigmo 0.28 and the Hi-Tec-C 0.25. They're both amazing.
The 519As in the light I EDC still have their domes. I have another light where the domes were removed and I prefer them intact, particularly for this combination. Removing the domes shifts them from flood toward throw and lowers the overall output by 10-15%. The W2s provide all the throw you could want, so the 519As are there to provide a good flood around the hotspot.
If you do decide to de-dome, bear in mind that it shifts the color temperature warmer by around 1000K. So if you want to end up around 4000K, buy the 5700K LEDs to de-dome.
The overall throw of the DT8 lights is something of a compromise, but it isn't bad. I suspect I'm getting over 500m of effective throw from mine. The W2s have a lot of reach and the sheer volume of lumens helps too.
I actually recommend the Emisar DT8K Dual Channel. It's the light I EDC and I sometimes also use it as a bike light. I find the 21700 grips more comfortable than the smaller 18650s. The strange shape makes it thinner in the pocket than anything else with a comparable size of head.
I suggest the Dual Channel loaded with one set of W2 LEDs and another set of 519As. That combination provides a lot of throw in the center with a lot of flood around it. If you want finer control you can configure it so you can adjust the relative strength of each channel, which will effectively act like zooming in or zooming out.
Overall it's the most versatile hand light I have. And it's oddities make it nearly ideal for us as a headlight.
I hadn't noticed, until this post, that there were options for the icon. Mine is now set to O.G., but I will probably switch back-and-forth between that and Progress Pride.
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Exactly. The rich will be able to buy privacy, while the rest become ever easier to exploit.