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What type of ink should I fill my Sheaffer fountain pen with? I got it at an antique store so I'm not sure what the name of it is or anything. If you need information about it the nib says 14k and also has a gold clip and gold 1cm band on the cap. Thanks!

Why do antique inkstands come with plastic ink reservoirs? I have several 19th century inkstands, one Russian, two English. All three are sterling. Are the plastic reservoirs original to the inkstand. I am think of replacing one of the plastic, with a custom made sterling reservoir. Does fountain pen ink maintain as well in metal as it does in plastic? Better? Worse? Thanks. I also noticed that ink evaporates in the plastic, after several days.

Did I go overboard in my thank you gift to my former boss? I was recently laid off. During my last conversation with my boss, I told him how thankful I was of him being my boss and how much I enjoyed my last four years. I was not negative at all, in fact, I may have been too positive. The entire company was downsizing, so during the conversation, he asked if I could write a recommendation letter for him. I said sure. Then, after about 10 minutes, he said that he had to leave for the night, and he didn't let me finish talking to him. That night, I constructed a thank you note detailing some fond memories of the job as well as how he helped me grow as a person. I printed the note, signed it, and sent it, along with an antique fountain pen (he loved writing utensils, so I thought that the pen would be nice), to his house. I also constructed an email with all of my work in progress (I was laid off by my boss's boss, so I didn't even have time to give my work to my boss before leaving) and sent it to him. Then, I emailed him a letter of recommendation. After he had not contacted me for over a week after I sent these things, I decided to call him to see what was up. I asked if he received my work email and he said, "Oh yes, but I haven't had a chance to look at it." He said that he was joking about having me write him a recommendation and that my recommendation made him uncomfortable. He made no mention of the package or pen that I sent, so I asked him about it. He said, "It made me sheepish." I'm not sure how he could be embarrassed when nobody else was around. It wasn't like I sent it to his work. Anyway, my question is - did I go overboard in my thank you letter and gift to my former boss? Could acting in this manner really ruin a 4 year relationship or, because he wouldn't even let me finish speaking during my last day (before I even sent the gift), did he really not like me anyway? Three weeks after this happened, I called him and he didn't answer. I left a voice mail asking how things were, said that I wasn't calling for anything important, and said that he did not have to call me back. Much to my surprise, he returned my call two days later saying that he was on vacation and wanted to return my call. I asked him how he was doing, he said ok. We did not talk about work. He asked me how I was doing, I said that I was looking at various jobs, and I asked him if he felt comfortable writing me a reference letter. His reply was, "Do I owe you one?" I was slightly taken aback because that reply is a bit rude. I said, "No, you do not owe me anything." He then said, "Sure, I'll write you one." Then he started talking about golf, and we ended the conversation about 5 minutes later. Two weeks after he called me, I emailed him a status update of my employment (unemployed, but interviewing) along with a news article that is relevant to the business. He never replied to the email. Does this signify anything? Should I have expected him to reply? To top this off, I don't think that his boss really liked me (I'm deeply introverted, and the guy that they kept is an extrovert/frat boy that gets along very well with my boss's boss - I believe that's why I was laid off instead of him), but does that have any play in whether my boss wants to contact me? I would like to invite him out to lunch sometime in the next few weeks. However, should I even bother? I don't want to waste time with someone who doesn't want to be my friend. I have no real friends anyway, but it would be nice to know if my old boss was a real friend. At this point, I feel like he is a fair weather friend. His actions and words confuse me. What should I do? Is it best to keep him as a friend and contact him again? I truly believe that if I never contact him, I will never hear from him again. This is sad because I liked the guy and knew him for nearly four years. Then again, maybe I brainwashed myself into thinking he was a friend, when in fact, he was only using me to do his work. Any advice is much appreciated. Thank you. The last answer got me thinking...Do you believe that he thinks that I tried to make him feel that he owed me something? That wasn't the intent, but I can see where that is coming from. Stalker? I guess I can see that since I sent him something at his home address. But do people really classify that as being a stalker?

Help selling antique book? I have a book Titled MUSICAL MONITOR, or New-York collection of Church Music an Introduction to the Science of Music By Ephraim Reed dated 1824 On the inside cover, and on the couple blank pages in the beginning, there is a lot of writing done in fountain pen, as well as a number of signatures,, plus some drawings, same with the inside back cover. How would I go about pricing and selling this item? Thanks

Favorite type/form of art? what is your favorite type and/or form of art? -i love to draw with fountain pens now....the old classic antique ones.

Give us a slogan, guv'nor!? Ahoy! The Pie Club I frequent is looking for a new slogan, something that basically conveys the fundamental principles of the group and everything we stand for (i.e. pies, gin, antique mahogany furniture etc). It needs to be quite snappy, as it'll be going on next year's stationary (we're thinking about ordering fountain pens, though none of us have any idea how to use one) and we might even get it made into some sort of tattoo, to prove how dedicated to the principles of the club (i.e. pies, gin, antique mahogany furniture) we are. We tried to do it ourselves, but they've been pretty weak thus far. Mr Ratburn thought of "Eyes Pies", which doesn't make any sense, but he totally flipped out when we said as much - it took him a week to calm down. I suggested "Brotherhood of Pies", but no-one responded. Any ideas?

Anyone want to edit my english paper? I did a research paper on the Nanking Massacre. If you could correct any spelling or grammatical mistakes. Thanks! Nanking Massacre My research paper is about the Nanking Massacre. Sometimes refered to the Rape of Nanking. It occurred in the year of 1937. The duration of this massacre is still undetermined but the violence consisted of six weeks. There were over 300,000 people killed and over 20,000 women raped. It is a true devastation to the Chinese people In this massacre the aggressor was the Imperial Japanese Army or just Japan and the Victim was the Chinese people of Nanking. The reason for this massacre was word domination. Japan wanted to control the world, Quite similar to Germany in WWII. All Japanese children raised in the 1900s were raised to hate China and the people that live there. It was a Japs duty to obey their emperor who was declared the son of heaven. Every citizen was raised to fight! Their first step of world domination was to take over China so that’s how the Naking Massacre got started. People were not just simply killed in this Massacre, they were extremely tortured in sick, twisted ways! The Chinese were shot, gassed, raped, looted, burned, and the city was vandalized. Gasoline was poured on large groups of Chinese soldiers and set of fire. As well as people being set on fire so were buildings. Poison gas was used on anyone who appeared to be a Chinese soldier. Peopled were looted of everything! The loot included jewelry, coins, domesticated animals, food, clothes, antiques, and even inexpensive items such as cigarettes, eggs, fountain pens, and buttons. The most disturbing things I’ve learned from this is the way they went about raping the women of Nanking. They raped girls of ages 10 and younger, women 70 and older. They even made sons rape their daughters and sons rape their mothers. If anyone resisted or refused they were killed immediately. One particular even in this massacre were a lot of people were killed was the “Tragedy at Yangtze River”. On December 13, 1937 50,000 people died trying to escaped from the Japanese by crossing the Yangtze River. You can imagine the survivors lives were deeply traumatized as any survivor would be after such a horrific experience. Seeing your own people being killed and tortured in sickening ways would take its toll on you. Some survivors managed to write books and other pieces of what they saw and experienced such as Li Xiuying, Mu Xifu, Xia Shuqin, and many others. After this genocide the Japanese tried to deny it ever happen, but with such terrifying evidence that would not hold up. Japanese class A war criminals were tried in court for war crimes. Twenty five of them were found guilty, seven sentenced to the death penalty, sixteen to life in prison, and two to lesser terms.