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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago
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This sounds like the sort of thing best done by experimentation.
We should ask nottsmale to test it.
Using a statistically relevant sample - 100 pens?
Look forward to the results in a couple of years time! ![](/icons/s/mrgreen.gif) |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
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"Assuming a brand new BIC ballpoint pen ....
If you were to draw a line and not stop until the ink was exhausted - how long would that line be ?"
It depends upon if its narrow point or not i would think. ![](/icons/s/biggrin.gif) |
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Which colour?
Actually you might have a point as some colours are bound to be thicker than others.
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And quality of writing paper or other material, blotting paper and photographic gloss paper may lead to different rates of usage. We need to know. |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
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"Apparently a Bic Clic Stic Pen will write for more than a mile.
So would a Staedtler write for 1.6 kilometres?"
I would presume so. i am also thinking the ink will last longer due to slower flow on a cooler day than warm ![](/icons/s/confused.gif) |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"Assuming a brand new BIC ballpoint pen ....
If you were to draw a line and not stop until the ink was exhausted - how long would that line be ?
Are we allowed to draw circles?"
Well i would think cricleing uses no more ink than a strait like as its a ball. |
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