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#21 jbb

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 10:43 PM

David, please let me know if this isn't OK.

 

I have a website, which apparently can support forums. Who knew! It's simple, but if folks looking for FPGeeks talk want to try Barefoot Pen Geeks for now it might give us a spot to play!

I'll join. How do I log in there?


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#22 david i

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 10:45 PM

All good.

 

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#23 jbb

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 10:46 PM

....Calling Ye Olde Admin here a dumb-fuck probably won't get you tossed here, although he might feel sad for a few seconds.

 

I'm just glad you can type dumb-fuck  here and it doesn't come out dumb-bleep like on FPN.


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#24 alc3261

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 10:52 PM

 

David, please let me know if this isn't OK.

 

I have a website, which apparently can support forums. Who knew! It's simple, but if folks looking for FPGeeks talk want to try Barefoot Pen Geeks for now it might give us a spot to play!

I'll join. How do I log in there?

 

Yes, I can't work out how to login either.



#25 gweddig

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 11:01 PM

 

There are several active Google+ Fountain Pen groups. Not sure how many more are needed.

 

While we wait, write with your pens.

I'd be interested to know how to contact them?

 

 

Here are three that I belong to:

"Fountain Pens"

"Pen Fiends"

"Fine Writing"

If one searches for "fountain pens" in Google+ you will find dozens of Communities.



#26 Hugh

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 11:04 PM

Hope all goes well over there, a most enjoyable forum.

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#27 Josephine

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 11:13 PM

Good question, I don't have a clue. Hmm, let me go poke it with a stick.



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Posted 05 March 2015 - 11:17 PM

OK, I poked it a bit and it should let you post now. Not sure how you make an account but you can post. :P Totally a stop gap sort of thing.



#29 Bogong007

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 11:40 PM

And I thought FPG had been hacked. 

Not quite the sort of return I was expecting from Eric.

 

I just hope things will return to normality in a short time.

 

Till then I'll just gaze wistfully at the old Canadian Vac my father-in-law gave us.



#30 jbb

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 12:31 AM

I just posted on geeks. Is it back up? Can you see this?

http://fpgeeks.com/f...8453#post118453


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#31 Roger W.

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 06:57 AM

jbb;

 

Yes I can see that.

 

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#32 Larry Barrieau

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 02:00 PM

"Throwing the toys out of the pram is rarely the best answer."

 

True, throw the baby out.



#33 Larry Barrieau

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Posted 06 March 2015 - 02:00 PM

"Throwing the toys out of the pram is rarely the best answer."

 

True, throw the baby out.



#34 John Martinson

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Posted 11 March 2015 - 10:30 PM

A rather rotten way to treat their community, no matter what the issues involved between whoever it is that runs the site (Dan, Eric, others?). How will we find out what Mystery Ink #4 is? Just all around more drama than is appreciated, rather thought I'd left that crap behind when I left FPN.


I agree with you regarding FPN. When I left six years ago, it was getting too silly and stupid. How many times do people have to ask what kind of pen they have, when they can simply search on Google? Over 30 years of collecting history is online somewhere and all they have to do is find it. In fact, if they want to visit a living library of writing instrument information, go to a pen show. It's a good decision and a wise investment in time and money if you go to one. Plus, you meet some of the finest pen collectors, historians, nib grinders and vendors in the business.

Oh, yeah...You can also actually try the pens before you buy them. Did I also mention the friendly atmosphere of good people?

Honestly, I don't know what's going on with Eric, Dan, Tim, or anyone else on FPGeeks. All I am saying is the pen enthusiasts I see at pen show after pen show are elated when they share their passion and enthusiasm in using fountain pens, and we need new people all the time. Young people, curious people, people we can pass our knowledge to. There's a lot of grey hair at pen shows, and my concern is when a generation of hobbyists leave this earth, who will carry on? That is why forums like this one, FPGeeks and others are so desperately important.

Also, we need to emphasize more on writing with pens than collecting them, too. We want people to change their minds about writing with pens and handwriting styles. It isn't good to have a series of clubs and boards online which talk about great pens to collect if no one writes with them. Whether we like it or not, handwriting is a dying art, and it doesn't need to be. Sometimes I feel like persuading customers to use pens is akin to climbing mountains without oxygen. We constantly have to educate the public what handwriting does positively to their lives. Forums have a place for people to learn and become better writers, but it's a dip in the shallow waters of a pool.

If we as a community realize that, there can be more enriching communication in society overall.

That's all,

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#35 MxMJ

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Posted 12 March 2015 - 09:17 PM

The sub forum on reddit is something people here may or may not be aware of. It attracts a lot of younger people, it has 20,000 subscribers, though many of those are probably duplicate or abandoned accounts. They did a survey a while back, it had about 1000 responses. 57% of the responders were 24 or younger. The survey results may be interesting to some of you.



#36 JonSzanto

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Posted 12 March 2015 - 09:58 PM

The sub forum on reddit is something people here may or may not be aware of. It attracts a lot of younger people, it has 20,000 subscribers, though many of those are probably duplicate or abandoned accounts. They did a survey a while back, it had about 1000 responses. 57% of the responders were 24 or younger. The survey results may be interesting to some of you.

 

Yep. I try to listen a bit over there, as well. One should bear in mind that the age skews young because that is the kind of place they hang out. Forums are so old-fashioned. Just like email.



#37 MxMJ

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Posted 12 March 2015 - 10:01 PM

It is where I post most often, I run the trading/sales subforum as well. There is a general focus towards entry-level modern pens, lots of Lamys, TWSBIs and Metros. Some of us have more interesting interests though.


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#38 welch

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Posted 16 March 2015 - 06:20 PM

I like FPGeeks. It feels like a close cousin to FB Board: a relaxed place where people can post if they are new to fountain pens. I tend to nudge people to try a Parker 51 or Vacumatic or Eversharp Skyline once they've tried current pens. Fits well with this board. "You want details on that Sheaffer? Ask at FPB".



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Posted 29 January 2016 - 05:22 AM

I rarely get to FPGeeks. I was welcomed there but whenever I went there I couldn't even finish a comment before the site timed me out. There's so little new to interest me that I just avoid the inconvenience.

 

"Throwing the toys out of the pram is rarely the best answer." Throwing out the baby rarely helps, either.

 

I pop in to here and FPN to read reviews and comments about differing regional pens, especially the low-end Chinese pens. I have 69 Jinhaos, and similar makes. They all work well for me. I've always been the type to think "Why buy a Cadillac when a Chevy will get me there?" To be quite honest, I've seen dozens of comments on Facebook referring to things gone wrong with high-end pens. I always compare that to the adage, "There's more parts to go wrong with a Cadillac than there are in a Chevy."

Well, that's my rambling take. It should be worth 2ยข.



#40 Deb

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Posted 29 January 2016 - 01:38 PM

I agree. Chinese pens seem to have improved enormously in recent years. One of my best which is never off my desk is a Hero 329 which I've been using for a couple of years. Unlike earlier Chinese pens, it refuses to fall apart!

Sorry to hear you're having such trouble with FPGeeks. I don't know who's running the ship there these days but it works well enough for me.






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