nostr:npub1p36pqtsd7as3a8qcqn2tmm3480acgqngaez0mvvta9vkwmcfzg2qduh2h0 I've used iron gall inks in my fountain pens for decades without an issue.. but yes I suspect that could be what caused an issue here simply due to the steel nib, and I think its fair to say with a reactive metal like steel you should be more cautious about the more aggressive inks that would be fine in a FP made with mor passive materials.

Speedballs are nice if you want dip pen. Not particularly helpful for a pen on the go though. Plus I prefer the convience of a FP as I can write anywhere in my home including on the couch or in bed.

Glass dip pens are nice but useless for most forms of calligraphy.

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Its very possible I used Iron Gall ink. I used that in most of my fountain pens at the time.

For the record assuming it is the iron gall ink, it has never ruined a single one of my fountain pens other than the jinhao before. It would definately have been the steel nib that made it rust because it is the only steel nib pen i ever used, since then i moved to precious metal nibs only.

nostr:npub1p36pqtsd7as3a8qcqn2tmm3480acgqngaez0mvvta9vkwmcfzg2qduh2h0 Do you not have the problem with rusting? When i first got into flex writing i got a jinhao thinking it would save me a fortune. The thing rusted and i couldnt use it after the first use.

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Pretty sure Mother Teresa having an account on QOTO would have caused more turmoil than you :)

nostr:npub1a0j7kj3ucmwplzc0hgmzryej86aa5ukz5vxfce23y5aj276aylasrunh86 Yes I am, but mostly because I just hope I have someone to vote for other than Biden, and I could never bring myself to vote for Trump.

I feel judged

I sit here watching the Sig-afta strike over (in part) AI replacing the need for actors and extras..... wait till these people hear about cartoons!

If you do any sort of #Electronics work where you have to strip tiny wires of 20 AWG or less I highly recommend you get yourself a precision wire stripper.

#EE #ElectricalEngineering #HamRadio #Ham

So I bought like 30 different shaving soaps and a lather brush and the whole deal... Anyway the one I picked today had like tobacoo in it, not the smoke but the fresh leaf. As much as I hate the smell of tobacoo smoke this smells soooo good.

Feelin fresh.

nostr:npub1jzl56fga8qfp850358cf00v7fk9h4yxxlq4zvd66jgvsckuadzvql2wlth No.. I am saying that he wont improve things, but he didnt make it worse last time. But the guy in charge right now made it the worse it has ever been in our history... So I wont support Biden and whoever that falls on who winds up winning will be an improvement because at least it means people suffering arent constantly being abused.

SinceI wont be voting for Trump, I take no responsibility if he is the one who wins, but as I said, still better than Biden at this point.

nostr:npub10ke85u7cw7latemv8l72dcd3s729x8n9yjw3eaxrqvc0w7pertqsa0jnef very doable without much advanced EE... but still a tehcnical challenge. Sure, would be fun.

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Also, youmay find this interesting... I have almost 0 tolerance for caffein. I can drink it and i wont die, but if I do I find it generally unpleasant. It lasts forever for me and I cant sleep at night even if I drink it in the early morning. On the other hand amphetamines make it easier for me to sleep, assuming i took it early int he day.

nostr:npub1708pwwd0qmhfxrhzz6fvgc944m8m20dlkhlf80k5jt96ht5nma9s2jw86f IMO APRS has more potential since JS8 is just a modulation, APRS is a layer on top... So it can use FX.25 of JS8 modulation or anything but add all the automation and informational features of APRS on top of that.

nostr:npub1u28rypku6qq4g6pde3sxj4r5l4gfqhjdf9mpnsups0c2v776e6eqgvz9en You havent heard me mention any names of anyone worth supporting yet have you? lol

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> If you have heard him say racist things in private, then I guess you can make an assessment based on that. I've only been around him once and I don't know him personally, so all I can go by is what he's said and done publicly.

Yea and I understand this will only effect my personal opinion. Which is why in these conversations I mostly stick to what is publicly seen and keep what ive seen in private and cant prove out of the convo. But it is important to point out that im influenced byt hese things personally

> Also, for me deeds carry much more weight than some carefully crafted political apology.

Nah, you need both... **especially** when it is in his best interest to hide his past and hope everyone forgets, which is what most people do. An apology would hurt his chances of be president, thats the ONLY reason its authentic. If it was recent then i would agree, the apology is just expected and wouldnt mean much.. but in this situation the apology would actually be authentic and meaningful, which is why he isnt giving one.

> But as I said, from now on I'm going purely on what gets done while officeholders are in office, not what they say. They haven't even come close to doing half of the stuff I want, so no incumbent will get my vote.

I care about the whole package.. most of what a president does we will never see, so we cant judge him on most of his actions. Which is why its so important I trust them and think they are a decent person. Because their actions are all a parade, the ones we see anyway.

> (Also, Biden helped kill about 800,000 Americans while he was in office during the pandemic, so...)

Thats a bit nuanced.. but I tend to agree that most leaders really didnt handle the pandemic well and Biden is no exception.

nostr:npub1jmae6q0wrv8l5rt8nu5qa489sjxee7h8pj4f8qyf4mhz7w3gg23sm50as2 the environment leading him or anyone to be emotional is perfectly understandable.. and being stressed is too.. but you are still responsible for how you act... and look if he came back later and apologized he would be good withme of course, partly because i consider the environment. But a person still should be judged on how they act.

Claiming "I only got drunk because the environment im in is a frat house, so its ok that i killed someone when driving" doesnt work either... your environment, while may shed some light on actions, doesnt get you out of your actions in my eyes.

nostr:npub1jmae6q0wrv8l5rt8nu5qa489sjxee7h8pj4f8qyf4mhz7w3gg23sm50as2 Thats pretty much my thinking...

Plus, and this is me reading into it a bit (the lack of apology is the real thing for me)... but it seems so feigned and over the top, like it really gives off the vibe of him using/exploiting minorities... for example he gets smug with the "if you dont vote for me you aint black" shit, plus he does it so overtly.. like 100% of everyone he assigns is a minority, showing he clearly and intentionally trying to blanket himselves with 100% minorities for his image (even 70% minority would be huge but at least then it would seem more in good faith).

nostr:npub1q8nhcxa8t9zfk06ggqwpwcr64znkxvnwt2wgzqdtga920g355p4qdfkct8 Ha! that might actually be true...

nostr:npub1xu0mht4576m608kj7kplz8xd26s9wvarjk4l3q25e96gz6xv89gsqznht3 lol yea i mean their only slightly less cookie at best :)

nostr:npub1jmae6q0wrv8l5rt8nu5qa489sjxee7h8pj4f8qyf4mhz7w3gg23sm50as2 Yea I mean, look there is no doubt they whipped themselves into a frenzy and is in an irrational state of mind.

Thing is you are still accountable for how you act even when your being emotional. If people go to jail for drunk driving (when their reasoning is literally impaired) I see no reason to hold people accountable to their actions in any other state.

Also, he can vote however the hell he wants, I never gave him a hard time for his choices.. but apparently he has an issue with other people not voting for shit heads.