The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Wonky Jenga.

Rubbers are useless; I use the propelling pencils and the rubbers on those are hard and all they do is create a dark smudge. Rubbers used to be much better years ago....

I did buy one propelling pencil which has good rubber tips....that was a Faber Castell Grip Plus, funnily enough.

I've got it here, but I prefer the ordinary pencils, while they last. I did get in a supply of the eraser tips for the propelling one, though, just in case. Perhaps I'd better get some more.

I can't remember what it cost.... I got it in Smith's.


Just googled..... the 0.7 size is £6.89

PasturesNew

He's out in the van, "getting a quote" for me....

"It won't be cheap" ... he said ....

The plate heat exchanger's going.

Jackmydad

Pyxis wrote: »

Have they got eraser tips, though?
I'm working through said supply of Berol Mirado. The original sort. The eraser tips on them are good.

No, their mechanical pencils that use the thin lead do though. It's under the "button" and replaceable. MIne (20+ years old) are a decent eraser.
Some of the clutch pencils have (had?) a sharpener in the button. That seems to be random though, could be earlier ones. I don't know.
Really though I'd rather have a decent "proper" eraser, than the thing on the end of pencils these days.
I've got a stock of the Bic mechanical pencils, used for work. The pencils are great. The rubbers aren't.
Posted before I saw Pyxis' post)

Jackmydad

Just realised that my good mechanical pencils are Staedtler.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

He's out in the van, "getting a quote" for me....

"It won't be cheap" ... he said ....

The plate heat exchanger's going.

No, it won't be cheap. What make boiler is it, and how old?

I had a Worcester Bosch one go *just* outside the 5 year guarantee, but fortunately they kindly fixed it free of charge. It was a full hour of the fitter's time, plus the part on the WB would have been £300.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

No, it won't be cheap. What make boiler is it, and how old?

Well, I thought he was outside, about to return, but he's gone.... so I guess quotes aren't done by looking up a price list and adding on his labour off the top of his head

Ariston, 9 years old.

PasturesNew

I guess you could say "I'm ahead" because ... if I'd taken out a boiler cover at, say, £15/month, I'd have spent £825 by now on "nothing".

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well, I thought he was outside, about to return, but he's gone.... so I guess quotes aren't done by looking up a price list and adding on his labour off the top of his head

Ariston, 9 years old.

Modern boilers don't last long.

You could ask him what a like for like boiler replacement would cost. A new boiler is a definite selling point for the house, whilst hundreds spent tarting up an old one is not. Bummah!

Pyxis

Jackmydad wrote: »

Just realised that my good mechanical pencils are Staedtler.

I'll have a look at those.

Yes, the erasers,on the end of the Faber Castell propellers are good.

For big rubbings-out, an ordinary rubber is best. I've got one that is good, even though it is yonks old.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Modern boilers don't last long.

You could ask him what a like for like boiler replacement would cost. A new boiler is a definite selling point for the house, whilst hundreds spent tarting up an old one is not. Bummah!

I did think of that.... if it's £300 -v- £3000 then it's a part.