Editing The Pen Addict 325/transcript (section)

== Episode Introduction ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' From RelayFM, this is The Pen Addict, episode 325. Today's show is brought to you by Pen Chalet and Squarespace. My name is Myke Hurley, I am joined by Brad Dowdy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hello, Myke Hurley, Sailor Museum curator. How are you today?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hmm. My... So... Okay. I do currently have four Pro Gears on the way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, they all went through, like, legitimately?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, okay, so, I have placed my order, I'm paid with Bung Box. Gotcha. But I haven't got any shipping notification. And that's one? That's one. And, by the way, they've been posting some pictures of the, was it the Arancello or something, on Instagram? Yeah. Oh, my God. I'm very excited about this pen. Do you see that?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It looks even better. I put a link in the show notes. Like, it's... It's even better than, like, the press release images are pristine. This picture, like, the live Instagram picture, actually made me want it more than the, like, press release picture. Yep. I'm very, very excited. I wish you would not put that in the show notes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, that's just what's, you know, that's just how it is. So, I'm very excited about that. But, yeah, so, I paid for that. That hasn't even shipped. But I don't consider that one a problem because I've ordered them before and they're great to work with. My Pensachi pens, they just passed through customs in the UK today. Oh, wow. So... That's crazy. I may get the customs notification by the end of this week. So, maybe by next week's episode, I will have three pro gifts to review on the show, I guess.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I can't wait to hear how customs works this time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's going to be exciting. I'm considering this a bonus for myself because I oversaved on my taxes. It's the time I pay my taxes right now because it's like, right? Like, you pay in the UK, at least on your business, you pay your taxes, or at least your tax return is raised at the time your company was founded. Really? And I created my company here in the UK in July. So, that's when your company year ends and that's when your tax calculations are done. Interesting. I didn't realize that. So, my tax calculations were done and I'd oversaved significantly. So, I'm taking those savings and spending them on Progeist.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a bonus to myself for being so diligent with saving. So, I now get a reward. That's approved business purchase. That's how I treat it. You know, like, I way oversave for my taxes and then I get a bonus for being a good boy. I like it. That's how it works. So, we got some feedback from Laura who wrote in to tell us that Retro 51 actually did a fountain pen version of the Chupino, which is the abalone shell model that we were talking about last time, in the 80s. And Laura has one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I got sent pictures from our friend Mark Bacchus who has that one as well. So, he's like, hey, they did this one before with the silver trim. How cool is that?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, and I feel like, now having seen this, that I have seen this pen before.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I wonder if was it just in the fountain pen version? Like, was there a rollerball version?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I can't see and nobody's said anything about them doing more than just a fountain pen for this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They pull up Mark's tweet. I can't remember what he said.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But I feel like I've seen the fountain pen version.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Mark has the rollerball one. I have an image of it. I'll put that in the show notes.