The Official-ish DC Thread

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

is it dead at the metro or since they reduced number of trains it gets packed?

There were probably at most 5-6 other people in my car (Brookland to Chinatown).

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

I took a Red Line train between Woodley Park and Bethesda last Thursday afternoon. My train had fewer than 10 passengers, so it was easy to stay 6 feet apart.

 

[knittieguy]

Any thoughts on "luxury" pens? I've run out of my pre-covid supply at my apartment and starting to consider buying some high quality pen (hopefully something I remember not to lose). I'm thinking max $25 which isn't luxury per se but certainly not your typical corner store purchase. I'm literally penless right now so I guess a cheap purchase is in the offing tomorrow to tide me over. Would appreciate any suggestions or purchase guides especially since I may have to purchase online (i'm considering farhney's downtown if I do stop in somewhere). I am open to fountain pens although I do not have experience with them.

$25 is pretty low for a "luxury pen." If you can spring for a bit more, I'd go with a Waterman Expert, one of these https://www.amazon.com/Waterman-Expert-Ballpoint-Chrome-Cartridge/dp/B002C2IF1K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3O6SXRJEZXN3L&dchild=1&keywords=waterman+expert+ballpoint+pen&qid=1594141819&s=office-products&sprefix=waterman+exper,office-products,185&sr=1-1

I have a few of them in ballpoint and rollerball and they are fantastic pens

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

Any thoughts on "luxury" pens?

 

[Easily Amused]

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I remember those. For a five-year-old, that is the top o' the heap for luxury styluses...

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

I remember those. For a five-year-old, that is the top o' the heap for luxury styluses...

And don't even get me started on the motorized squiggly ones.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I remember those. For a five-year-old, that is the top o' the heap for luxury styluses...

Plus if you unscrewed the bottom and peered through the pen hole it doubled as a kaleidoscope

 

[dc_slicker]

Plus if you unscrewed the bottom and peered through the pen hole it doubled as a kaleidoscope

Wondered why safety googles were added to the essential list of items...

 

[CollingsD2H]

I can't edit my post about luxury pens for some reason but it was for my father-in-law who retired after working as a nuclear engineer for 30+ years. His company did give him a nice watch but I don't recall it being a Rolex or anything made of gold. He worked at the same company his entire life and it scares him whenever I switch jobs every 4 to 6 years. Anyways, we got him the Mont Blanc Meisterstuck.

As I wrote this, I started wondering if kids nowadays can even read or write cursive? When I first came to this country, my 6th grader teacher decided that I should start my life in the US by learning cursive for some odd reason. I write in cursive to this day.

 

[dc_slicker]

Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as it seeks a buyer and closes dozens of stores

The 202-year-old retailer has dressed U.S. presidents and countless investment bankers.

www.cnbc.com

 

[smittycl]

Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as it seeks a buyer and closes dozens of stores

The 202-year-old retailer has dressed U.S. presidents and countless investment bankers.

www.cnbc.com

Discussions going on in these threads:

Brooks Brothers Bankruptcy Thread

Deserves its own thread https://www.wsj.com/articles/brooks-brothers-hurt-by-casual-fridays-and-coronavirus-files-for-bankruptcy-11594210645?mod=e2tw

www.styleforum.net

The CM Graveyard: First Sartoria Partenopea... next J. Crew?

I've been to Wilkes Bashford in San Fran. Nice stuff but seriously pricey. Salesman was dropping names left and right."...and Kamala was just in last weekend, so was Willie Brown! Nancy (Pelosi) is a regular!" Kind of fun actually. Willie probably introduced Kamala to it when he was banging...

www.styleforum.net

 

[CollingsD2H]

...moved.

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

As I wrote this, I started wondering if kids nowadays can even read or write cursive? When I first came to this country, my 6th grader teacher decided that I should start my life in the US by learning cursive for some odd reason. I write in cursive to this day.

I'm totally pulling this out of ******, but my guess is that cursive was only useful when lifting your quill or whatever on and off the paper wasted a lot of ink. Now it's just a way to make your handwriting harder to read.

 

[smittycl]

...moved.

No need to have moved it, was just pointing out other threads you might like.

 

[CollingsD2H]

I'm totally pulling this out of ******, but my guess is that cursive was only useful when lifting your quill or whatever on and off the paper wasted a lot of ink. Now it's just a way to make your handwriting harder to read.