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PrettyVacant said:
Don't get the Papermate ones from Officeworks. I cheaped out and figured "hey, that's 17 cents per pen!".

The red and blue ones are okay, but for some reason the black ones are just shit.
Had the exact same problem many times over, but still find myself buying papermate kilometricos.
 

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lols officeworks stuff is always expensive .. even during back to school sales, their prices are rocket high (compared to bigW and all them).

digging my bic crystal gels xD
 

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yeah i cant ever find the right black pen without it being gel ><"
the ink always comes out shitty and light , like a HB pencil almost.

whats bic smoothie ? where dyou get those ? ohh i wann one now .. is the ink dark ? hate light inks .. urgh
 

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all together i think i spent around 40 bux on pens. But then a bought quite a few, after a day of testing the Bic Smoothie is rocking ass. I think ill stick with this pen from not on. The ink is reali dark, and hen u write theres not friction or resistance. AWSOME PEN
U can buy it from kmart or any news adgency i tihnk. It has a trangle grip tho, so that might put u off, but for me, it really helps me keep a good hold on the pen.
 

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OHH I used that for a while.
The ink starts off alright, but after a while it starts thinning out and its get all light and shitty again.
 

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i have - for the past year - only used a pilot retractable ballpoint...must be FINE tipped.

lightest pen in the world...lets me write fast albeit illegably :p
 

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ey hung..im currently using a parker and i would say its better than those cheap bic or pilot pens i usually use. for the price of a cheap parker pen which is around 10 bucks, i would say its not bad compared to how many crappy pens i would find in a packet of 10 bic medium point pens. + after the ink runs out, replacement ink would be like 5 bucks each.
only problem with the parker i use is that sometimes my hands get sweaty in exams and it then becomes slipperly. lol but if u dont have sweaty hands then it wont be much of a problem.
 

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True that lol.
I used parkers once upon a time, but then I lost it .. like argh .. cheap bastards.
 

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drynxz said:
ey hung..im currently using a parker and i would say its better than those cheap bic or pilot pens i usually use. for the price of a cheap parker pen which is around 10 bucks, i would say its not bad compared to how many crappy pens i would find in a packet of 10 bic medium point pens. + after the ink runs out, replacement ink would be like 5 bucks each.
only problem with the parker i use is that sometimes my hands get sweaty in exams and it then becomes slipperly. lol but if u dont have sweaty hands then it wont be much of a problem.
take out the grip form aonther pen and put it on the parker..
but yes parkers are good and smooth
 

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has any1 used those teahcers union pens..they are very good. Blue on the outside.. slender and light just the way i like em..

usually they are lying around on teachers desks
 

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I don't mind much about smoothness... All I require is a DARK PEN!
I literally, during year 12 would go through about 3 blue pens a week, buying them, using them, throwing them. As soon as they get light, I can't handle them.
Any advice on a good dark pen that lasts?
 

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Can we try them? Cause most shops have them in packets, and we have to rip them out to try them :p
 

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Hahah true that , Kujah !
The ones @ newsagencys are usually dark at first but get all crappy afterwards.
Parker medium point ^^ lasts ages & really dark
 

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Does anyone know whether or not students are allowed to use laptops in class at school? For reasons such as having poor handwrtting etc...
 

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Punctuation M said:
Does anyone know whether or not students are allowed to use laptops in class at school? For reasons such as having poor handwrtting etc...
Yes, it was in the HSC cheater's thread but you need a doctors certificate or something like that.
 

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lols hrm I don't see why not .. but it depends on ur skewl I guess.
My school hasnt got a problem with it .. I think.
 

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Punctuation M said:
Does anyone know whether or not students are allowed to use laptops in class at school? For reasons such as having poor handwrtting etc...
Oh, I was talking about in exams, but there are schools where you have to have laptops.
 

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