Editing The Pen Addict 559/transcript (section)

== Listener Feedback and Apple Boom Podcast ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' That's hilarious to me. An anonymous listener sent in via our feedback form at penaddictfeedback.com the link for the Apple Boom podcast in audio version. That's great. They seem to produce and upload themselves. It was just not linked on the video, but if you want the Apple Boom podcast as audio, you can get it. I'll put the link in the show notes if you want it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And this is for the, the Apple Boom bites show, the main interview show, which I think is super fun because I will listen to it in podcast audio form more than I will listen to it on YouTube.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. And Joe wrote in to say, I ordered some brass cartridge plugs. Not good. They stretched the opening rendering the cartridge unusable. Good in theory don't work in practice. What I will probably add to this is I imagine it could work under very certain circumstances and very particular tolerances.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right? That's my exact response. There's a tolerance question on both sides of the ledger. Mm-hmm. Right? Because cartridges aren't perfect and don't always match between manufacturers despite fitting, having the same fittings. That's, you know, challenge one. Challenge two is the brass cartridge. What, you know, what is it built to? Is it going to fit that exact same tolerance? Yeah. Is it going to be tight? Is it going to be loose if it's too tight? Does it end up stretching the cartridge and the cartridge leaks when you put it on to the pin? So I get that. Like, I get that. So it's better to eventually, even if you don't have these brass cartridge plugs, if you were refilling cartridges, which a lot of people do, you eventually loosen that seal just by using it over and over and over again. It's just bound to happen. So people who do that, they'll use a cartridge. Maybe it's 10 times, right? Whatever that number is. And then they'll have to throw out that cartridge because it's gotten too loose and it's more prone to leaking. So yeah, I get that with the brass cartridge plugs. I would rather have like the hot glue wax seal type of situation if I was going to do the portable stuff because I would still be worried about knocking these brass plugs out, right? Like, I just, I would not be as comfortable with that, just kind of banging around. So again, I'm never going to do any of this. I'm just going to use, you know, take extra cartridges with me and not refill it. But I still think it's a good exercise. It's a good experiment if you wanted to do that and refill your cartridges, but have refills handy at the same time. What do you do? So I still think I'm leaning towards something different besides the plugs. Just my comfort, my comfort level.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you do want to use the brass plugs or any kind of cartridge plug, I have the perfect pen for you. What? Twisby swipe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because the spring will keep the cartridge in place.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's going to force it in there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We finally found a use for it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's what the spring's for. Man, who knew it was such a long, this is a long con by Twisby. Long con, baby, by Twisby. They know what they're doing over there. Man, maybe whoever asked that first question was just a Twisby plant and they were just waiting for us to get to it and they're like, yes, my plan has come together. Buy a Twisby swipe because it forces the cartridge down onto the back of the feed and it'll never leak.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The show has been infiltrated by the Twisby marketing complex.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hey, at least it's not like a shoulder strap duck inkwell or whatever that was that time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Wait. You don't remember this when we got got that time? You don't remember when we got got that one time with a way outlier question that we took seriously till we realized we were being had? I forget exactly what it was. But it was like a shoulder mounted inkwell. Yeah, this is like 300 episodes ago. Someone will find this and send this to you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I remember someone wanted to put an inkwell on their shoulder. I don't even remember why we tried to talk through some of the logistics. And it was like, and they're like, haha, I got you. It's like, I still don't. I still don't understand. Like, there's not a joke. You know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like. I think it was a person who like did that on the regular to like people. Like it was like a prankster type of situation. Yeah. It wasn't like a listener going, hey, let me try to get them. It was, I think it was almost more outsider-ish.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But there's still, I don't get it. You know? I just think I'm thinking.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is what happens when you do a podcast about pens for like 11 years, right? Yeah. Like you bring up things that you don't even remember happened. I just have a vague memory of it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's kind of fun.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. Yep. It was funny.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Let's shift gears and talk about something more exciting than a shoulder inkwell. I'm pretty excited right now.