Editing The Pen Addict 113/transcript (section)

== Studio Setup ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So I was saying to you before we started today that I've moved room and I've kind of upgraded my studio. Yes. Now, my desk is currently a lot cleaner than usual. So I'm currently looking around and I don't have anything that I can fiddle with while we're recording and that is upsetting me greatly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, see, I am not at my normal desk where I'm normally fiddling too much for you and making too much background noise. I am actually on vacation at my parents' apartment and this setup is like all new to me so I have even more stuff to fiddle with. So is that going to bother you if I could fiddle a bunch during this podcast?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. Well, yes. Yeah. I think you're the only podcast that I know that records when they're on vacation.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's... I don't recall you ever taking a week off the show when you're on holiday.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's fun. I mean, I don't know what to tell you. I... I don't know. I... I never thought of it any other way, I guess. Like, if I was physically unable to do it, I would tell you, Myke, I am physically unable to record this week and we would find some other way. But when I'm going to somewhere, I'm fortunate enough to, you know, go to my parents' house where I can throw my microphone and headphones in my backpack and have a real internet connection instead of a hotspot like at my house. I'm more than happy to take an hour away from the day and get the podcast going. But I will say it does get into the show planning as my Twitter followers found out this week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I want to thank you and also apologize to your family for you being here today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Believe. Believe me, they are happy to get rid of me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hey, Brad, what time are you recording a podcast? It's next Tuesday. Oh, okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They are more than happy to lock me away in a room for an hour. It's no problem at all. You can ask them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I have a little story. Yes. So I am known in my office as the pen guy. People know me as the pen guy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There's always one of them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep, and I am that one. And the co-worker came up to me and said, Myke, I need your help. I have a pen. And he used to work for an advertising agency. And that advertising agency was one of their clients was Jaguar. And he said, they gave me a pen. He showed me. Well, he didn't show me initially. He told me about it. He says it's got a black body and the cap is metal. And instead of a clip, what would be in place of a clip was the Jaguar mascot, right? Like a jumping Jaguar. And he said, I have searched for years for a refill. And I cannot find one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And I was like, okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I said to him, bring the pen in for me and I'll take a look. And I'm pretty sure that I can fix this problem for you. So then later on in the day, he brought it in because his girlfriend works in and around the area. And she'd been carrying it around in her bag because they'd been going into pen stores or anywhere that sold pen supplies to try and find something to fit. Wow. And he gave it to me. And I kind of looked at it and I knew I was in for a task. Then he said to me, I think I remember the brand name was Schmidt.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I unscrewed my Retro 51, unscrewed his pen, dropped the refill and screwed it up and put it back in his hand. And he was like, oh my God.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I literally was standing in front of him with my Retro 51 in my hand. And then I fixed the solution and found some Schmidt refills on Amazon. And he's now bought some. And I hope in a couple of days that they'll be the right ones. And let's look them up.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's amazing. That's hilarious.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I must look like some sort of pen hypnotist or like a pen whisperer. That's it. That's what I'm looking for.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm the pen whisperer. So that's like, yeah, it's like this superhuman ability you have to just look at a pen and drop in the right refill. You know, make it appear out of thin air.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The one that's actually in my hand.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's like David Blaine. He's like, hey, I got a trick for you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I said to him, I said, you're very lucky. This is actually, in my opinion, the best refill you can buy. Yeah, really. And I have been, I mentioned this last week, but I've been using one of my Retro 51s. And man, I'm just in love. I'm just in love with it again. Like, that pen is so good. You know what I have realized though, Brad? Those refills dry up.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So it's funny you say that and have the same story about your Retro 51 and the refill. Because my sister, who I usually only see once a year at my parents' house during the summertime, last year I gave her my orange Retro 51, the Tornado, the lacquers edition. And she loves it. She uses it all the time. She uses it so much, she's running out of ink. So we had the very same conversation about what refills do I need to go purchase? Because I love this pen so much and I love how it writes. And I need some more refills to put in it. So we had the exact same conversation. And it's funny. My sister is into pens and things like that. So it was a good fit. And I even put out a picture on Instagram last night. I called it the Vacation Pen Show. Where me and my sister and my dad were the only ones that care about the pens laying around. So I brought them a bunch of stuff.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Brought a bunch of stuff to my sister to give to her. Brought a bunch of my pens for them to try out. And, you know, my dad had some of his knock cases loaded up with all his pens. And then he was telling me about new cases he wants us to design for knock. He's like, I need this and you should make it. And I'm like, okay, chill out for a second.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But mine have dried up just having not been used.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Really?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I haven't had them. I had a couple in one of my pen holders and sort of pulled them out and they're not working.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it's like the, it's the, the Tornado refill, the P8127 or is that right? Yes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is the other problem is when, because they custom brand them. So I just, just to keep things simple, I found on Amazon, I think they called the R, R, E, F, 5, P or something like that. Okay. Or it's like, it's something 5P, R, 5P, something along those lines.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's what Retro 51 rebranded them. So I was like, let's just get these ones because I know they fit because I've got one in front of me. So I've bought the Schmidt ones before after doing a bit of searching, but I was like, I'm not going to spend all day on this. Let's just get in these. Gotcha. Gotcha.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I want to put a link in the show notes since we're talking about this. Our friend Anna from the Well Appointed Desk did a great post earlier this week. It's called the Epic Refill Reference Guide, Rollerball, Gel, and Ballpoints. So this is going to be a good resource for everyone. And I will add this to the show notes, Myke, and you can put that in there. And it talks a lot about those, you know, which ones fit the Retro 51 and, you know, other pins of that ilk and things like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, Anna, we can always rely on you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And it is an epic post. The title is not misleading. It's very thorough.

'''Myke Hurley:''' She did quite a lot of research here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, this is hard work. I've been very impressed with this article, and it's a very good reference point.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Excellent work, Anna.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And then it also gives people to come up and mention in the comments section other additional things that they've tried that work. So this will be a very frequently visited post by myself. And I'm sure lots of other people, too. So that's very cool. I wanted to add that in there since we're having all the refill fun.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good stuff.