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welch, on 26 Jul 2013 - 5:24 PM, said:

My Dad laughs about someof the weird things he saw in the navy, including fellow-mechanics who forgot to take fountain pens out of their shirt pockets before climbing into the back seat of a dive bomber -- getting flight time toward flight pay, but landing with a shirt full of ink...ibnk that was tough to wash out.

Then there's the U.S. Navy blue nose ceremony, when you cross the arctic circle longitude, in one case onboard a P-3 Orion while chasing Russian subs, they rub indelible blue ink on your nose that never comes off - until it does.

John Danza, on 04 Sept 2013 - 11:33 AM, said:

I don't have any waterproof inks. For envelopes, I use regular FP ink and then rub the area with a block of paraffin that I got at the grocery store about 10 years ago. It protects the address perfectly fine. The paraffin comes in a four pack for use in the canning process and after all this time, I'm still only less than half way through the first block. I guess the one box is a lifetime supply.

I remember those 4 packs of paraffin from elementary school when we had to bring one in for a project.

Nice resource, reference. Thanks.

david i, on 26 Dec 2013 - 9:01 PM, said:

Oh yeah...

 

DO invite your friends to join us. The more collectors who play, the more likely this board will survive.

 

regards

 

david

I'll be sure to do that David.

Excellent comparison. Thanks for posting that.