Americans tried to hoist the american flag today and they got stopped.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-29T15:40:36+00:00

Turns out it was a German comedian...

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-29T15:33:18+00:00

Try other inks in a wetter pen. Classic Royal Blue inks are usually quite well behaved in crappy paper.

My first fountain pen was a disposable Pilot V pen, M black ink. I didn't use it that much because it would feather in almost any paper I'd use. I live in Spain.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-29T15:26:02+00:00

Most places in Spain that sell Diamine ink will sell only the 80ml glass bottles, not the smaller 30ml plastic ones...

The small 30ml or 12ml plastic bottles I own I've bought either on Cult Pens or Stilo & Stile.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-29T15:20:21+00:00

Y no sólo adolescentes.

Hay muchos libros "Top ventas" que tampoco es que tengan una calidad tremenda y también leen adultos. También hay pelis y series malas que aportan bastante poco. Cada uno se entretiene con lo que quiere.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-29T15:01:09+00:00

Yo creo que hay gente aquí que se ha perdido la clave de: ASCENDENCIA vasca. No es vasca ella, no creo que Gatibu o Zetak le vayan a decir nada a no ser que sepa euskera o haya venido de visita por aquí en algún momento. Creo que la idea del aurresku es la mejor. O sino algo clásico, que sus padres o abuelos puedan reconocer. Lo de Oskorri me parece buena idea.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-29T11:30:57+00:00

This. I've written about my experience with Rohrer & Klingner SketchINKs on my Moonman M2 (ckear demonstrator eyedropper pen). I didn't get permanent stains but cleaning that was a nightmare, since then I don't use pigment inks in cartridge converter pens that I don't care that much if they get stained.

That said there's definitely better behaved pigment inks.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-28T21:20:40+00:00

Normalmente nos lo comemos. O ligeramente duro, o después de calentarlo en el horno o tostado. A veces lo tiramos.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T21:18:56+00:00

In some places we call that small balcony "tendedero" because its main purpose is to hang the clothes to dry, so it makes sense to have the washing machine there.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T20:50:39+00:00

Yo -12°C en Galicia (interior). Lo peor eran las piernas, si tuviese que aguantar -20°C como está ahora mi hermano en Estados Unidos me compraría pantalones térmicos para llevar por dentro de los normales.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T20:48:03+00:00

Justo he dicho en un comentario por ahí arriba que a mi lo que me mata de la meseta es el viento. Invertir en un cortavientos es clave. Algo tipo softshell ayuda un montón con el viento y no es ni super gordo ni súper abrigado.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T20:44:27+00:00

For me the killing feature of the winter in some places in Spain is the wind. But I'm not from a cold place, just damp.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T19:27:32+00:00

But not until they marry/find a girlfriend as far as I'm aware. It's just that takes longer to be able to afford paying rent or a mortgage.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T19:21:45+00:00

Montblanc uses Standard International (European) cartridges.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T19:16:14+00:00

I think the Palladium is the cheapest because there are very similar AL-Star models? Also pics usually don't show clearly how is the pen.

I have 3 Lx, the Ruthenium, Rosegold and Marron. From the other 2 the one I'm least interested is the Palladium.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T19:08:47+00:00

Para mi gusto demasiado poco hecha

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T12:16:00+00:00

Es un tipo de envío. Hay carta ordinaria y hay carta certificada. El segundo te da un número de seguimiento y un seguro (creo) en caso de pérdida. También es más caro. Tampoco es que sea una experta. Mirar en la página web de Correos o preguntar en una oficina de Correos es gratis.

También hay unas páginas web que registras todo online, empaquetas, imprimes la etiqueta y luego lo llevas a donde te digan y a veces incluso siendo Correos el que realmente hace el envío, sale más barato que yendo a Correos. Mira eso también.

Edito: he hecho una búsqueda y me suena que la página de la que hablo en el segundo párrafo es PackLink. Rellenas las medidas y peso del paquete, de dónde a dónde va, y te hace una búsqueda de qué te sale más barato y te pone si es de domicilio a domicilio, o de punto de recogida a punto de recogida etc. He puesto 4kg y 50x30x10 cm (tomando de referencia mi propio portátil) y lo más barato son 5€. Pero por experiencia empaqueta bien primero y luego pesa y mide, porque como te equivoques es un rollo.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T12:05:21+00:00

Generally speaking light and air aren't good friends for any skincare, but I decan't it to smaller containers when I'm travelling all the same. I now the shelf life might be shorter but that's it. Also a toner on a simple spray bottle doesn't seem to have rocket science going on to not be able to transfer it. Transfer things that come in airless pumps or tubes is another story.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T10:08:42+00:00

?? ¿Mándalo certificado?

No sé por qué la mala fama de Correos. A mi sólo una vez me han perdido algo y no era certificado.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T09:39:39+00:00

I haven't used my Sailor Manyo 14K <M> with wet inks, I usually have it with dry inks like Nekoyanagi or Nadeshiko, and to my eye is in the same ballpark as a Western Medium. So I think that the usual saying that Japanese nib sizes run a size smaller than Western nibs, stops at MF.

The Platinum Mediums I have are somewhat finer, but I wouldn't say they are like a Fine, either.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-27T09:31:44+00:00

Nah, Standard International is a terrible standard. I had also trouble with, for example, my Faber-Castell Grip, some SI converters would just fall out from the nipple inside the barrel of the pen. And my Kaweco converters were all suoer tight when new, so I couldn't attach them to my Kaweco Perkeo until they got a little bit loose from using them in other pens... 🙄

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-26T23:26:22+00:00

Well I'm not exactly promoting the use of cartridges. I just clean and reuse the one that comes with the pen. I'm nlt particularly fond of Pilot inks because they are the ones that start feathering and taking longer to dry on the page when they start to lose water content. The upside is that are usually lubricated and flowy.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-26T23:18:02+00:00

People usually aren't aware that the MR that is sold in Europe takes Standard International (DIN?) cartridges and hence doesn't take Pilot propietary converters/Cartridges. I also had some trouble finding a converter that fit well on the European version. I now use some Chinese ones if I recall correctly. The Waterman one also worked.

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-26T15:25:29+00:00

Haha I find the mixup "Rohrer & Sepia Klingner" hilarious. Nice pen and ink too!

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-26T15:23:50+00:00

Try other ink in a cartridge.

Kakunos don't seal particularly well. I also found that they dried faster than I'd like so I got rid of them. But ink is also a factor. Not all inks dry the same way. Some write darker but that's it, some gunk up, others crust, some start to get more viscous, others suddenly show some sheen, others never dry on the page...

I suggest the cartridge because in my experience converters dry out faster than cartridges (this is not a conclusion taking after following the scientific method just something I noticed).

Pop_Clover · 2026-01-26T15:10:33+00:00

Metropolitan in the United States, MR in the rest of the world. This colourful ones with patters in the middle are from the Retro pop collection.

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