Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

vivatifosi

I have a Meisterstuck Pastures. They are the most common, so that's probably what that is. It was the yuppy pen in the 1980s. I don't know whether you can tell by the pen, but I will say that the nibs were interchangeable with others from Mont Blanc, so that probably won't help. IIRC they were different sizes, so measurements may help. I never use mine, my Waterman is much better. Having said that, I tend not to use that either. My carry around pen is a Bic.

Eta: I've been crawling around in the back of my memory to when I bought it. I'm pretty sure Meisterstucks came in different nib thicknesses (as I said I changed mine) and different sizes. The casing was a heavy plastic, very dark blue if I remember rightly though it could have been black. The nib, circular bit round the edge and the catch bit that you hang it onto things with (note my getting down with the technical lingo here - not) were gold plated. It should have a little white mountain top on the lid. Does that help?

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

I have a Meisterstuck Pastures. They are the most common, so that's probably what that is. It was the yuppy pen in the 1980s. I don't know whether you can tell by the pen, but I will say that the nibs were interchangeable with others from Mont Blanc, so that probably won't help. IIRC they were different sizes, so measurements may help. I never use mine, my Waterman is much better. Having said that, I tend not to use that either. My carry around pen is a Bic.

It turned up in a pile of stuff my spendthrift sibling was throwing out about 15+ years ago and it was tossed to me then. Still in the box, inside the outer sleeve box ... and by the looks of it it was used once, not comfortable (for lefties) and never used. Sibling has no concept of worth... and expensive stuff has no doubt been tossed multiple times over the years. I just happened to be there that day and took it.

The one I've got's got a flat top and bottom, there's nothing particularly noticeable about it, but it's possible to compare it against others. Flat top/bottom. Top band is gold and there's no case protruding above that point. Once screwed up there's a thin gold line, then a fat gold line, on the lid part and there's a thing gold line round the body where the two parts meet. Looking/feeling the top white thing it's completely flat, so not engraved/moulded at all.

It's got all the white mountain things and my sibling is the sort of person that would insist on paying top price in top shops for an item, rather than buying from any other source... more interested in name-dropping than getting a bargain, so it must have been bought from a proper shop.... although no paperwork/guarantee etc as the sibling's also careless with things like that.

The plastic box is a "clam closure" type and is flattened oval in shape, so not square/flat/rectangular like most seem to be (which is why I googled for images)

PasturesNew

It's very like the 320, but slightly different. Certainly the top/bottom shapes are the same, but the 320 seems to have a ridge half way down the barrel and mine's smooth.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's got all the white mountain things and my sibling is the sort of person that would insist on paying top price in top shops for an item, rather than buying from any other source... more interested in name-dropping than getting a bargain, so it must have been bought from a proper shop.... although no paperwork/guarantee etc as the sibling's also careless with things like that.

It probably pre-dates the internet, at least in terms of online shopping opportunities, so she'd have had to pay top dollar for it. I got mine from the sort of jeweller that sells expensive watches.

I've found a forum with a ton of stuff on Montblancs. This may help:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/forum/69-the-montblanc-forum/

ETA: sorry, just saw you've found the forum and added it above.

vivatifosi

zagubov wrote: »

Now where's my transmission schedule is it Orsen or the Big Giant Head who's on duty today?

If its Orsen, do you ever pop round lir's, pick up the produce and chuck in the air while calling "fly little egg fly"?

LydiaJ

zagubov wrote: »

OT how many NPs apart from me have never lived in Hertfordshire or owned a smallholding?

I've never had a smallholding, and the closest I've got to living in Herts was when I stayed with my brother for a week when he was living in St Albans back in the early 90s. I've never lived anywhere further east than Oxford - well, not in the UK anyway. I lived in Sydney for a year when I was six.

The new builder came today. He's fitting my little bits and pieces into some Saturdays while continuing with his big job on the weekdays. He did half a day today, and is coming back for a whole day next Saturday. So now I have a working light fitting on the kitchen ceiling, and a blind for the landing window - which is good because it looks out on the street. He's also fixed the doorhandle of one cupboard and the hinge of another, and done some preliminary investigation of the condensate pipe from the boiler. Oh, and he's offered to add removing my tree to his list.

michaels

I went on an all expenses paid weekend to the top hotel in Gstaad as a plus 1 to my then gf who was on a jolly for having made a fortune that year. I was a terrible plus 1 as I just wanted to go to bed early and make the most of the snow boarding and had no interest in smarming to the bosses whereas the other plus ones were all women who weren't really interested in skiing and were happy to drink and flirt. gf got very fed up with me and eventually went drinking with the lads on her own.

Getting to the point, each person got a mont blanc as a take home, I never cared mine and haven't seen it in years. I was also given a cross pencil by my work a few ears again, no idea where that is either now.

CKhalvashi

I’ve been in the garden, on a lounger today, mainly with my girls, but also spending a considerable time racking through EU Government tender forms. I didn’t know I spoke French, Italian or Spanish as well as I do, but I’ve had a native speaker check through all 3 on digital format, and there were 14 mistakes in 46 pages! :eek:

The pen, I have no idea at, sorry about that.

I’ve got another 12 government forms and 46 private forms (mainly record labels) to go, and the aim to get 250 employees by the end of the year is looking good. Currently at 57.

I’ve also received a letter through my door to say we’re entitled to £5m of government-backed funding for the company, so everything’s going good.

Will update when I’ve finished. Want to get the government forms done before sleeping (working through about 1 every 30 minutes to get the initial forms done, will re-check tomorrow between meetings.)

Got another 17 cigarettes until I attempt another give-up session, and have another 4 salmon cuts and a bottle and a half of Saperavi Rose to see us through the night, even though OH is sat catching up on TV, claiming it’s my company, so not her responsibility

CK

vivatifosi

Ok peeps, anyone a bit further north than Hertfordshire, did anyone see the comet tonight?

vivatifosi

CKhalvashi, I have to ask, are you a mad eurovision fan like I am? Sorry, not stalking, have seen some of your music posts elsewhere on the forum and am curious.