Editing The Pen Addict 278/transcript (section)

== Pen Addict at Night ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' This is like pen addict at night for me, right? Like, I mean, I never record when we're in the evening, so I feel like I should be wearing, like, a smoking jacket and have, like, a whiskey or something, you know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Our old recording time was 4pm when I was working third shift.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. That was when I was also working, when we both had jobs, we had to record at a weird time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So it's probably been two years since we've done this time, and I gotta say, I don't like it. So let's not adjust our schedule to this time frame. What do you think? I can live with that. Okay, deal. What else can you live with?

'''Myke Hurley:''' We are going to be back together again for the third time this year, which is a wonderful thing. Later on this week, we're going to be recording a very special episode with the crew of Field Notes. So we're really excited about that. We had some great questions come in. I think we're looking really good. It's going to be a really, really fun show. We're going to be in Chicago together, and we're going to be recording it at the end of the week. We'll be posting next week as normal. We also are going to be taking part of a kind of a get-together party meet-up open house that Field Notes are putting on, which we're so, so thankful for them for doing. It's going to be on Friday, October the 13th. So you're going to be able to come over on the most spooky day other than Halloween, I guess. From 4 p.m. to at least 7 p.m. at the Field Notes HQ. They're going to be bringing in beverages and refreshments. If you're in town, if you're going to be in Chicago for any reason, come by and say hello. It would be amazing for you to be there. I'm going to put a link in the show notes to a Facebook event that they've set up where you can find out more information. You can get all the address stuff. And also, if you're interested in coming, just mark that as so on the Facebook page so they're going to be able to know how much they need to be getting in refreshments-wise. So, yeah, we'd love to have you. It's going to be great. We're really excited. As we said before, we have very, very, very limited space for the recording of the show itself. But this is open to all. So if you're going to be in town, please, please come by. It would be fantastic to see you. And it would be a great way for us, I guess, to thank the crew at Field Notes by having a great turnout. Because they've really gone above and beyond for this. And we're really, really thankful for what they've been able to help us put together. And I've got to say, this is, I don't want to hype it up too much, but this is maybe up there in the most excited I've been for a recording of the show. Maybe since the first time we did Atlanta. I'm really excited about this. Because this is something me and Brad have been talking about trying to put together literally for years. So we're really, really excited that we're going to be able to record this episode for you. And we're doing everything we can to make a great video as well. Stephen Hackett is going to be there on hand making a great video that will be available to our wonderful, wonderful Kickstarter backers who are also responsible for helping us make this happen. So thank you to all of you as well.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so last week I was saying I was nervous about this. And now that's turned over to excitement. Now that we're pretty much here, you know, we're, you know, I'm doing the Chicago touristy thing for a couple of days, you know, with the field notes thing mixed in between. And I'm finally ready. I feel like the, the, we already have the show notes ready, most for the most part for that show. I think it's going to be a good, fun event. But I love talking to Brian and Jim anyway, I could talk to them for hours. So yeah, I'm, I'm really looking forward to it. I'm ready.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I got a new pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You did. And once I read this in the show notes, I just kind of went, oops. Because there's actually a story I added to your, to your story in the show notes. So I'll, I'll let you take it from here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Listener Cliff wrote, like sent me a message and he said to me, I have a Baron Fig experiment. I live in the UK. I don't want it. Do you want to buy it from me? And I said, yes, I do Cliff, because this was the Baron Fig, the green Baron Fig pen that I love the look of. The bright green one. It sold out immediately. I couldn't get my hands on it. And now I have one never been used. I love this pen. I love the way it looks. I mean, I really like the Squire anyway. It's a great pen. It uses the great refills that I love. This one has, I don't, this isn't, this is a Schmidt refill, but not the one that gets typically used in the Retro 51, right? This is.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. Well, yeah, it's the 8126, which is actually the better one in my book. It's the finer, it's a little bit finer tip. It's a 0.6 millimeter instead of 0.7. The difference is 8127 versus 8126. And that's the difference. So. Well, look at you. But this is green. It's an awesome green. It's like nuclear fallout green type of thing. It's awesome. It's definitely one of the best looking things they've ever made. I love that pen. Big fan of the Squire. And I failed you, Myke, because when this first came out, I said I was going to give you mine. Because I already had a Squire that I use. And do you remember that conversation at all? Yep. I do now. Yeah. And I completely failed. And the funny thing is, I was going through some of the stuff on my desk this weekend. And I found the tube that it came in. And the Squire was still in there. I was like, oh, I've got to give that to Myke. And then, you know, I was going to bring it to Chicago. But now I'm not. Huh?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, man. I would have taken it. If you don't want it, I'll still take it from you. But if you want it, you can keep it. Because I got one now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, maybe I'll give it to Steven or Federico or someone else there who wants it. Yeah. But yeah, I was going to give that one away. Because I like the gray Squire a little bit better. The knob on the end doesn't have, like, this gap in it. Like, they have these little teeny gaps in there now. Which is a super nitpicky thing. But it's one of my super nitpicky things.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I kind of wish that they didn't have that. That is frustrating. Like, it should be seamless and it isn't.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, that's the design of the pen, right? I mean, it should be, like, this seamless thing. But for those, not everyone likes the retro 51s that we rave about. But if you like that style of writing, the Squire is an excellent choice. I love that pen. Sure is.