Editing The Pen Addict 62/transcript (section)

== Syringe Needles ==


'''Ana Reinert:''' It's not, like, I could never prick myself with this. It's like a straw.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Yeah, it's flat. It's flat in a large gauge. So, it's, it's not really injectable.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But yeah, try a drugstore.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I was going to, I was also going to say, if you place orders with Goulet pens, I believe they, they sell them and they could include it in your order. Which might look a little less dodgy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, yeah. If I, if I could buy one from a pen supply store, then that's what I would do.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's where I get mine from. Goulet. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, I'll have to look into that. Yeah, that's a good idea.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, I don't know if Colt pens might, they carry such a wide stock, they might, it's possible they might have it. I don't know if they've done any of that kind of kit cleaning type of stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I'll take a look.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, but yeah, you can find it from some of the pen vendors. You just got to look a little bit. But Goulet, definitely, that's where I got my last ones from.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Thanks for the tip. Yeah. Yeah, so that's, yeah. I find that the. Definitely try out those Bernanke inks and once you, once you get the syringe. I think, I think that might be a game changer for you. I don't know. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because I found the Pilot Orochizuku to be very accommodating of me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's true. The, the couple of colors that I have used have been, have had very good dry times. Definitely on the, on the dryer. Drying quicker than many inks.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I haven't used a ton of the Pilot Orochizuku. I have the Bamboo Forest. I can't remember the proper name. It, it, it's lime green, of course. Yeah. But it does, it does dry a little bit slower. But I, I tend to think that when they're, when I get out, when you get outside of the range of like black, blue, blue, black, maybe a dark green. Then I think they, some of those inks do take a little bit longer to dry. No. But not, not terrible. Like I have a sample of, I had a Statler cartridge of a purple ink that I think I found at work that I used when I was testing the, the Quo Vadis Habana that I'm using for my pen test now. And I mean like that ink never dried ever. Like I could probably, it's been three weeks. I could probably steer, still smear it around. So I immediately threw that cartridge away and I'm like, no, I'm not using that anymore.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that you're probably right, Anna, about the pigment. But if anybody knows why different colors take different dry times, like in complaint or something, I would be very interested to see that. Because I'd never, I'd never thought of that before ever. That it would, the color would define the dry time. Yep. Yep. That's very interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I, I would like to hear more about that if, if anyone wants to send us any info on that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Now, one thing I want to add in to get you guys, and I don't want to put you on the spot, but do you have any other favorites that you would recommend to left-handed users? Have you found a particular, you know, it could be anything. It doesn't have to be a fountain pen or ink. But is, you know, as a lefty recommending something to a lefty, is there anything that is like kind of your go-to thing to recommend or that you just love using that you know is always going to be, you know, pretty good for a lefty? Obviously, you can't cover everything. But are there any items, Anna, that you, that you really recommend or really lean on as a lefty for other lefties?

'''Ana Reinert:''' When I discovered X-Acto knives, like the actual like craft knives, instead of using scissors, I became much more adept. So a cutting mat and an X-Acto for a lefty is a great way to be a little more precise with your cutting if you're awkward with scissors. That's the big one for me. When I went to art school and they handed me an X-Acto blade and a cutting mat, I'm like, where have you been all my life?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That is awesome. What about you, Myke? Do you have anything, Myke, that you, that you, that's your go-to lefty thing that you know is always going to work or something that surprised you even?

'''Myke Hurley:''' All I have to say, really, I don't actually have any specific thing. Try to write on a whiteboard as least as possible in your life.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Absolutely. I second that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because you might as well, I might, I feel like sometimes I might as well just take a pen and put it on the end of a stick and then just try and use it that way. Because it feels like if I am standing anywhere near the board, I will rub it off.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Or look really, really awkward and your handwriting will be worse than it's ever been.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I basically hold it by the end of the pen and try it that way. It's, it's not good. And there is no, there is no fix for that. Like, it just doesn't exist.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Parents, if your, if your kids are left-handed and they complain about having to go in front of the class to do problems, have sympathy. Yeah. This was the biggest, for me, when I was a kid, that was worse because we had chalkboards. So I would just be, again, just like a whiteboard, just basically be erasing off everything while trying to write. Not to mention that the kids in the back are laughing because you're trying to do the over, over writing on the chalk. Yeah. Just have sympathy for your kids. It was embarrassing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's crazy. That sounds like a, a, um, a big, uh, business idea. If someone can nail that, I don't know if it, I don't know if it's possible. No. Yeah. Well, I've learned a lot on this episode. I was expecting it, uh, you know, to be contentious and, you know, the, the righties and the lefties were going to go after each other. But you guys, you guys taught me a lot today and I hope everyone else. I learned a lot. And, and Anna's even put, she put together some other cool links, you know, not, uh, you know, not all left-handers are bad people. She has a whole left-handed leaders of the world link. She found that, um, you know, there's some interesting, interesting people on there. Now, you know, being, being right-handed, this looks like a, a, a list of, uh, people that would, you know, grant Edward Snowden amnesty. But, you know, I'm just saying that as a right-hander, you know, who all these, who all is on this left-handed leaders list?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Well, it's something that I discovered that someone mentioned to me years ago. And, um, like the last of the last, I think it's the last five presidents of the United States, like four of them were left-handed, including Obama, at least one of the Bush, one of the Bushes, um, Clinton. Clinton. And, and, um, I'm trying to think, and there's some theories behind the fact that Ronald Reagan may have been left-handed, um, but was taught to write right-handed. Cause I guess maybe he played a sport left-handed. So yeah, there were a lot of, there's been a lot of left-handed American presidents. Um, but, um, and I was very impressed that, um, Prince William is also left-handed.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And also our current prime minister, David Cameron.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Although that is not a, um, redeeming feature of him because he basically has none.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I like, I like to watch television and spot the left-handed, um, actors because every once in a while they'll have to stop and write something. And I always notice when they're left-handed.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, that's true. Very cool. Very cool. So see, not all left-handers are bad people. I just wanted to get that out there. There's been some misinformation going around. You, you, you two are my two favorite left-handers. I will say that. Oh, shucks.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You'd say it to any left-hander.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I would, I would. No, I'm not related to any left-hander. So, uh, you know, I don't, I don't get to experience these things.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Um, my mom is left-handed and neither of my brothers are.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Wow.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I just thought I would throw that out there cause you said about being related.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Ana, do you have any, any close relations that are?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Interestingly enough, on my in-laws side of the family, uh, when we sit down for dinner, it's half and half. The lefties sit on one side of the table and the righties sit on the other. But we really do. My, um, sister and brother-in-law are both left-handed. Um, I'm left-handed. My father-in-law's left-handed. So I married into the right family. My sister-in-law was very upset when she discovered that her son was going to be right-handed. She's like, how is that possible? We're both left-handed. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I think in, in my close family, I think there's zero that I can think of off the top of my head. Definitely in my, my very close family, there's not a single left-hander. So, so it's good to experience it, uh, through, through your hand and, uh, how the, how the pens work and inks are tough and paper is brutal. And, uh, I, I don't envy you. I don't envy you. It's definitely some, some considerations you have to make.