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My First Moleskine is Due to Arrive on Tuesday!
Wanting to see for myself how much of the Moleskine raves are due to hype, but wary of reports of bleed-through and similar problems with fountain pens, I finally read a report that indicated that nib size larger than .6mm is the culprit. Since I prefer Japanese fines, I eagerly looked for a Moleskine that would suit me and ordered the City book for San Francisco to record my notes on my stay there during my last road trip and anything from prior visits that I remember or have in notes somewhere. A few months ago, I got a set of Pilot Petit1 pens to use for traveling thinking that if anything happened to them, I wouldn't be out too much money. Their cartridges are smaller than the standard Pilot carts, but I can still easily refill them with ink from my Nalgene drop dispensing bottles that I use for traveling. I'm planning on using the black waterproof Noodler's ink for this DIY guidebook and travel journal, but if I encounter any sort of problem, I can always switch to the Fisher Space pen that I keep in my car. It's exciting to anticipate something new to try with my fps and the bonus is that it's in the name of "organizing"! -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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My First Moleskine is Due to Arrive on Tuesday!
Hope it works out for you...
Not my blog but informative.. http://rashmisinha.com/2007/08/06/ho...city-notebook/ John Bluesea wrote: Wanting to see for myself how much of the Moleskine raves are due to hype, but wary of reports of bleed-through and similar problems with fountain pens, I finally read a report that indicated that nib size larger than .6mm is the culprit. Since I prefer Japanese fines, I eagerly looked for a Moleskine that would suit me and ordered the City book for San Francisco to record my notes on my stay there during my last road trip and anything from prior visits that I remember or have in notes somewhere. A few months ago, I got a set of Pilot Petit1 pens to use for traveling thinking that if anything happened to them, I wouldn't be out too much money. Their cartridges are smaller than the standard Pilot carts, but I can still easily refill them with ink from my Nalgene drop dispensing bottles that I use for traveling. I'm planning on using the black waterproof Noodler's ink for this DIY guidebook and travel journal, but if I encounter any sort of problem, I can always switch to the Fisher Space pen that I keep in my car. It's exciting to anticipate something new to try with my fps and the bonus is that it's in the name of "organizing"! |
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My First Moleskine is Due to Arrive on Tuesday!
"The Visitor" wrote in message ... Hope it works out for you... Not my blog but informative.. http://rashmisinha.com/2007/08/06/ho...city-notebook/ Before ordering my copy of the San Francisco City Notebook, I read everything I could about the line and, yes, that blog certainly is informative about how unfair she can be. 1. I'm curious as to what was going on in her mind when she bought hers because her expectation was way off. The City Notebook isn't intended to be a "regular Moleskine with maps" as she wrote. 2. Grid paper is the last thing I want. Since most lined papers are too narrow for me, I prefer blank and use a lined guide beneath. It remains to be seen if I'll be able to do this with the City Notebook, but since it's a DIY travel guide more than it is a journal, I'm not concerned. My travelogue is done on my laptop so I can email it to friends. It's the details of people's names and email addies, site locations, etc., that I want to preserve by listing in the book. 3. The maps are the main draw for me. It'll be a lot easier for me to have them in a small, single collection that I don't have to spread out and let flap in the breeze while I verify how to get to my next destination. The City Notebooks also have maps of the local public transportation system which are great since I often found myself between Muni stops not knowing which would be best until I walked to one and checked the posted map only to find that another stop would have saved me from having to transfer. 4. She thinks only 8 - 10 pages would be enough for the maps. For a city the size of San Francisco, considering the size of the book and the scale of the maps, there's no way that would be enough. 5. She states that the reason she bought the book was because she left her journal on an airplane and "There are only 76 blank pages - which are the real reason I bought the Moleskins." Right there, she shows that her intended use is counter to the book's design. 6. Just because there are 32 removable pages doesn't mean you have to remove them. Duh. So, add them to the aforementioned 76 blank pages and have 108 blank pages. 7. The translucent pages are for those who don't want to mark their routes permanently. Why is she intimating that giving users an option is bad? Since I plan to mark my routes permanently and don't mind the inclusion of those pages, her comment leads me to view her as a petty, narrow-minded, control freak. 8. About the labels - this is where she proves that she's stuck in a single-minded rut, ignoring the stated primary purpose of the City Notebooks as being DIY travel guides. Why should anyone go plowing through pages of "chronologically organized notes and thoughts" to find the address of a particular restaurant? If they bothered her that much, all she had to do was cut off the tabs and add those 96 presumably otherwise blank pages to the 108 blank pages we accumulated above to have a total of 204 pages she could have used for her journaling. Since she said there are a total of 228 pages in the book, that means there are either less than 36 pages used for maps as she complained about or she can't count or there's another reason for the page counts being off. I'm glad it isn't your blog I'm dissing. She obviously was expecting the City Notebook to be a replacement for her journal which it could never be since it's a niche product and not a more general one like a journal. That she's suffering from buyer's remorse, ranting about a product designed for a different purpose than what she wanted is unduly illogical and totally unfair. I'm confident that my intended use is more in line with the designed purpose than was hers. We'll see how well my expectations are met after mine arrives. Only four more days! -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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Bluesea wrote: I'm confident that my intended use is more in line with the designed purpose than was hers. Perfect! John |
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My First Moleskine is Due to Arrive on Tuesday!
"Bluesea" wrote in message ... It's exciting to anticipate something new to try with my fps and the bonus is that it's in the name of "organizing"! I'm disappointed that it didn't arrive today. Tracking shows that it was in Dallas on Friday. Since it doesn't take me three days to drive round-trip to Dallas, maybe it'll be here tomorrow. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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My First Moleskine is Due to Arrive on Tuesday!
The more you want something.
The longer it takes. I just hope your around when it shows up. I hate those tags on the door. Bluesea wrote: "Bluesea" wrote in message ... It's exciting to anticipate something new to try with my fps and the bonus is that it's in the name of "organizing"! I'm disappointed that it didn't arrive today. Tracking shows that it was in Dallas on Friday. Since it doesn't take me three days to drive round-trip to Dallas, maybe it'll be here tomorrow. |
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My First Moleskine is Due to Arrive on Tuesday!
"The Visitor" wrote in message ... The more you want something. The longer it takes. I just hope your around when it shows up. I hate those tags on the door. Heh, I used a business address. The lady who receives incoming mail will call me when it arrives. She's very good about that . -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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