Vintage Esterbcook nibs are often quite scratchy. Late 1940's and onwards Schaeffer pens have a much stiffer nib design and may be acceptable for modern carbon copy applications. I can't remember what that newer nib design was called, maybe "Imperial" or something like that.
Also, the hooded nib of a Parker 51 could probably stand up to carbons too.
It's just a modern version of "Fuzzy Logic"
It's just as much a sport as figure skating or synchronised swimming.
I'm not sure if traffic is "convenience" at this point. At least where I live, it's a nearly essential piece of functionality.
In fact, for local driving it's often the only reason to use a map app. I already know how to get to most of the places I want to go, I just need to know the best route to avoid traffic now.
Thank God somebody got it.
"Intercourse!"
In all honesty, I think that happiness comes from finding a bean you love and sticking with it. Experimentation has its place, but...
something manufactured of whole cloth and meant to divide us
I'm not so sure about that.
My parents grew up in London during WWII. My father told me that, on any given day, at least one or two of the kids in his school had recently received a letter from the government telling them that their father, uncle or brother had died in the war. Not to mention other deaths from bombings that happen on and off for years. For the most part, the rest of the kids in school never knew who had just had someone killed in the war, although I suppose it eventually came out to become public knowledge. The point being that you could be playing ball with some kid who had just lost a family member, and you wouldn't necessarily know it. He said that this shaped his attitude that death is just a part of life, and something that (in true British fashion) you accepted and moved on with.
This came up when my sister-in-law lost her adult daughter some years back and she was (and is) still struggling with it. My father has a hard time understanding her feelings. The two of them are just 22 years apart in age.
WWII is something that casts a pretty big shadow. But when I was born, it was less than 20 years later and its influence on my attitudes is several orders of magnitude smaller than on my parents.
At the other end. It's hard for anyone much less than 25 years old today to remember life before modern smart phones (if you assume the start of that as the iPhone in 2008). It's hard to deny that the smart phone has radically changed the way that we interact with each other and the world. Yes, old farts like me have adapted to it, but young people today have these things hard-wired in from the beginning.
So far, in this century, it's changing technology that casts the big shadow.
The point being that, while society changes in a continuum, big things that cast big shadows tend to define "eras" that shape the way that young people develop. And those big shadows are what cause "generations" to tend to clump together in attitudes and behaviours. And, no, I don't think this is made up just to divide us.
What would be the point? They hadn't even invented the electric kettle yet.
My first experience with this food was in Halifax decades ago. The Halifax Donair is a unique thing.
And it's definitely Donair, not Doner.
I always thought of "Briton" in that last sense, while "Brit" has the meaning of anyone living in the UK (almost). But that's from an outsider's perspective.
As my English cousin corrected me, though, "I'm English, 'British' could be anything!". She wasn't, of course, talking about the difference between English and Welsh, or Scots.
Platinum also makes fountain pens. The Plaisir is notable because the cap seals incredibility well. The result is that it can go a loooonnnnggg time unused and the ink won't dry out and clog it up. A great pen for those that only occasionally need to use a pen. Fairly cheap, too. Around $20, I think.