Editing The Pen Addict 224/transcript (section)

== Conklin Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' This week's episode is brought to you by Pen Chalet. I love this company. I love working with Ron. Pen Chalet. I want to just, like, break from the norm here. Because, you know, you guys know everything about Pen Chalet. That they have all your favorite brands. They have everything you're looking for. Free shipping on orders of $50 in the United States. They sell internationally. Great shipping rates. 100% satisfaction guarantee. You know this because I tell you this every two weeks. And that's what I want to talk about today. This company supports this show more than anybody else. Because every two weeks since they began. Which was, like, I feel, like, very close to when Relay started. And Ron has been with us. And continues to sponsor. With, like, there's not even any question. He just, well, just keep doing it. Like, we don't even talk about it. Like, he's just, like, keep doing it. Every two weeks I send him an email. I say, Ron, what you got for me? He sends me an offer. Which is always amazing. This company helps support this show. Which helps us continue making this show. And they also have great offers and great deals. So you can satisfy your pen cravings. So I want you all, as always, whenever you have a pen that you're looking to buy. Go to penchalet.com first. P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T dot com. You click the podcast link at the top of the website. Enter the password penaddict. And you will get the code that you need to save 10% off anything at penchalet. So you're doing two things by going there first. If they have it, you can buy it and support the show. If they have it, you can buy it and get 10% off. That's what I want you all to do. There is a special offer this week on that secret penaddict area. The Conklin Jurograph in amber at 40% off. Now that is a big saving. I don't know much about this pen, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I don't own any Conklins, but this is essentially the price of a Lamy Safari for a really nice looking amber acrylic Conklin. You know, very classic styled. It's very pretty. It's a great, great color. Yeah, it's a great price.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Of course, because it's penchalet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and of course, I'm going to mention it until Ron sells out. He still has the Platinum 3776 gathered pens in stock, which I think is one of the best looking pens. And may I add to your penchalet conversation with a little anecdote? Yep. So we got a tweet yesterday from Debra. It says, by the way, I ordered a Kaweco student from Pen Chalet on a ride to the Rockies game, which is that's a baseball team in Colorado, based on a podcast recommendation. Love it and love the discount, too. And Ron replied back, thank you. Hope you enjoy the pen. So it was very cool. Like she did it on the drive, ordering, listening to the podcast, ordering from Pen Chalet online and super easy. So thank you, Debra, for supporting us, the Pen Chalet, the Pen Addict, and everything. That's pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you buy from the Pen Chalet, tweet at us. Maybe we'll start mentioning this. That was good. I like that. So we can do that. Go to pennchalet.com. Thank you so much to Pen Chalet for sponsoring Relay FM and the Pen Addict. You can tweet at us. You can tweet at Pen Chalet. Let them know that you're supporting the show. We'd appreciate it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, very much. Very much. So a recurring theme we've had in, gosh, since the summer. It's now fall, thankfully, even though the temperature's not changing, is we've had discussions about Ann Truback and the handwriting. Handwriting going away, curse of being taught in schools, all kinds of things like that. And, you know, I've gotten pretty animated over some things in my own little way. I would say I've gotten stern on my beliefs. And just to clarify, because there was some confusion the last time we spoke about this, I'm okay with cursive not being taught in schools. I'm not okay with handwriting not being taught in schools. So there seems to be a little bit of confusion in some of my wording. Like, I'm not going to go to the mat for cursive. If, you know, if cursive is dying, you know, I want to see it continue. If it dies, but handwriting in some way, shape, or form is taught in schools, that's all I can ask for. You know, it's probably going to be cursive if it's taught in schools. So, you know, that's cool. As long as handwriting is taught in schools, that's my platform. That's what I want.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So cursive being, as we've said before, called joined-up handwriting. That, at least when I was a kid, you were taught handwriting. Then you were taught cursive.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Then we were taught italicizing for a reason I will never understand.