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== Pen Chalet ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, do I love this company? I definitely do. Pen Chalet. They are behind selling everything that you need. They have all the brands that you love. They have Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Sailor, Caveco. They're an authorized dealer of all of these and sell amazing rollerballs, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils and so much more. They have great, reliable, beautiful, fantastic customer service. They do great shipping. They do free shipping on orders of over $50. And come on, let's be serious. Why are you going to spend less than $50 at Pen Chalet? Come on, guys. Come on. And if you're in the United States, you will take advantage of that free shipping. They have great shipping rates for selling stuff overseas. They sell limited edition stuff. They have sales going on all the time and they have all the accessories you're going to need to. So Pen Chalet has a 100% satisfaction guarantee on their high quality pens that they sell at low prices. As I always mention, if you're looking for something, if you're looking for anything pen and paper related, go to Pen Chalet first. See if it's there. Because not only are their prices great and their shipping is great, you'll get 10% off anything by just going to PenCalet.com. You click the podcast link at the top of the website. You enter the password Pen Addict. It will give you a special offer that we have for this week and you'll also get your 10% code on anything at Pen Chalet. 10% off anything. So you should go there first because you're going to get a great deal on it. Now, I'm going to pull back the curtain here a little bit, everybody. We're recording this episode in advance because Brad's off on some kind of summer jaunt, I think. So Myke from the future is going to come in now to tell you about this week's special offer. So I will hand this over to Myke from the future and he will be able to tell you about our special offer from Pen Chalet this week. Thank you, Myke from the past. You're doing a great job on this episode. And hello, listeners. I am Future Myke and I am here to tell you all about the special offer for this week's Pen Chalet. So when you go to that special podcast area by clicking the button, putting in the password, you will see an access to this week's special offer, which is something that is very interesting to me. It is the Conklin Conklinetta Senior Fountain Pen. So we have this. It retails at $1.95. You can get it on the sale price and after the coupon for $70.20 in the black or mocha swole with a series of nib options. Now, the reason I found it very interesting, I watched a great video on the Pen Chalet website. It has a filling system that I'd never seen before. You kind of unlock it and then it allows you to use this little button as like a pump filler. But it's all on the side of the pen. It's very interesting. Just go and take a look at this thing. I'd never seen anything like it before. So go and buy that pen. There's tons of other fantastic offers at Pen Chalet. As always, they're doing a great job. Now back to Myke from the past to finish up. My thanks to Myke from the future and Pen Chalet for sponsoring this week's episode of the Pen Addict Podcast.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Michelle, you were super lucky when you were young. You got to get all the cool stuff that we're getting now from Japan and Hong Kong and all that stuff. How did you use that stuff as you're growing up, growing through school? And you were talking about how your friends were jealous. Did you really show off this stuff? Were your notes super fancy and awesome? Did you do anything cool with that?

'''Michelle Leung:''' Yeah, I was the girl with the glitter pens and the highlighters. And my notes were like works of art back then. I really took pride in it. And it made just school that much more fun, right? So, yeah, I had a bunch of friends that were all jealous. Of course, I shared. And I had like two giant pencil cases that I would stuff in my backpack going to primary school. And I would just doodle and play with them and use them in class. And, yeah, I had the smelly markers back then. Like, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Do you still find yourself like nowadays they still all make this stuff. And I still get so much enjoyment about getting like, you know, a smelly jelly pen, you know, with like the green apple or whatever. Do you still get into that stuff?

'''Michelle Leung:''' Oh, yeah, for sure. Definitely with my daughter. I feel like she's still a bit young for my fancy fountain pens. But we definitely play with the other stuff. We have boxes and boxes of, you know, those ballpoints and jelly rolls. So, we definitely play. We doodle. And we, yeah, we just like to draw, cut things up. She's really into arts and crafts. And she's definitely embraced the pen addict in her mama.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, when you got that first fountain pen, did it change like how you worked or how you took notes? Or did you feel it was like any different? Like, this is different than what I've been using and I can use this for different things? Or did you kind of just, you know, use it for the same things you've always been doing?

'''Michelle Leung:''' I definitely took it to work right away. You know, when I went back to work and I started using it daily, like writing notes. And it just made meetings more enjoyable. Like, I'm one of those people that also enjoys the tactile feel of pens. So, now when I'm in meetings, even if I'm not writing, I'm usually holding something. And I'm just kind of like fondling it, as weird as that sounds. But I'm sure there's tons of people that do the same thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm doing it while we're talking here.

'''Michelle Leung:''' Yeah, I have a pen in my hand right now. And it's just relaxing. And it has definitely made my work more enjoyable. I mean, we unfortunately spend so much time at work most of the time, right? So, having these pens have definitely made the day go by faster. I love doodling. I take all my notes with my fountain pens. And luckily, I have a job that involves tons of writing, sometimes tons of meetings. And to-do lists, you know, filling out forms and the like. So, I can always use my pens, you know, every day at work.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' People always ask me, like I get asked a lot, you have all these pens. How do you use them every day? And it's like that. You just use them for everything. It's like we have these computers and we have these devices. But you still, if you're into this kind of thing, you find a way. You're not typing your notes necessarily. If you are typing them, you've probably handwritten them down first, right? And transferred them over. And you find a way when you love pens and love paper to just use them.

'''Michelle Leung:''' Oh, yeah, for sure. Sorry, I use them for everything from grocery lists to, you know, writing notes to my child's teacher to everything at work. So, like you said, you definitely find a way to incorporate them into everyday life.