Wrong Union: Pencil Sharpener Repair

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 10/23/2017 at 12:53 • Filed to: None

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There are these CRAPPY pencils that are wrapped in a decorative plastic layer and made of some miserable non-cedar wood and they shred and tangle up the works. Disassemble, clean, reassemble.

benjrblant > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/23/2017 at 12:55

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Back when I was in school, you had to sharpen your own damn pencil. By hand. Uphill too. And in the snow.

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/23/2017 at 12:59

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And that lovely surface layer leaves curly-qs on the edge when you’ve finally managed to get a nice point. What is this world coming to!?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > benjrblant 10/23/2017 at 13:10

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We used slates.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Chariotoflove 10/23/2017 at 13:10

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Crimes against nature.

Brian, The Life of > benjrblant 10/23/2017 at 13:13

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... with a hand crank model mounted to the wall. None of this child-coddling electric sharpener stuff! ::hitches up pants::

benjrblant > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/23/2017 at 13:17

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And I bet you had to carve them out yourself. You didn’t have a fancy slate cutting machine, did you?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > benjrblant 10/23/2017 at 13:32

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My slate was provided to me. I had to work in the mine that provided the chalk, plus, I was required to shovel the coal into the stove because I was always the first one done with my work. But my father would hook up the sleigh when it snowed, and that was fun, but the long black woolen underwear, while warm, was itchy.

benjrblant > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/23/2017 at 13:54

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I’m sure you’re a better man for it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/23/2017 at 14:09

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Mirado Black Warrior or nothing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > benjrblant 10/23/2017 at 15:09

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Except for mining the chalk, that was my grandmother’s narrative.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/23/2017 at 15:10

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As long as it’s cedar, it’s good.

shop-teacher > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/23/2017 at 15:35

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Black Warriors are great, but I the classic prefer Dixon Ticonderoga.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/23/2017 at 15:38

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I went all out and bought a $165 pencil annihilator. In manages to chew threw that crap good and propa. Having control of my own supply budget makes things nice.