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Daily Archives: February 16th, 2012

pens


Earliest Modern ball point pen was invented by Georg Biro and his bother Laszlo in 1938 (this item was first invented in the late 19th century but never produced until the Biro brothers exploited it in the 30’s).
Early in the 1940’s Patrick J. Frawley acquired his first company, a ballpoint pen parts manufacturer that defaulted on its loan. In 1949 The Frawley Pen Company developed a revolutionary new ink, which dried instantly. The pen that delivered this ink was called “The Paper Mate”.
In 1955 the Frawley Pen Company was acquired by Gillette for $15.5 million. So what does this mean? In 1955 i was just starting high school and one of the first ball point pens I purchased was a “papermate”. This purchase was also my first experience with the dreaded leaking ball point pen .When the only available ink writing device was a fountain pen this problem was expected and cautiously avoided by not placing the pen in your shirt pocket with the point down. The earlier ball point pens were more prone to leakage until Paper mate came along but the advent of the dry ink of papermate did not completely go away until later in the 60’s as the ink making process improved. This just a little note about writing and how I am happy to have a computer with spell chek? check?.

What Is Wrong With Us?


The endless political speeches, rants and assaults on the current and past Presidents is ridiculous! This onslaught comes from all sides and all Races, meanwhile no one seems to know what they want. We have proven that we are spoiled and want it all yet give nothing for it. The many factions political and private are seeking support for their  issues and are not concerned about the effect it may have on someones elses life or civil rights.  These forces pressure the legislature, the President and even the Supreme Court Justices to get their way. It is unfortunate that we have missed the basic idea of the Constitution   yet many of us quote from a document that is fully misunderstood. If by some slim chance “we the People” could put aside the detritus of innuendo and misinformation, we might have a chance at correcting the economic  problems we face.

What It Takes.


In thinking about the past 4 years of political bluster and turmoil, I have  come to the conclusion that our Government is indeed in trouble.  Looking at a larger picture and back about 10 to 15 years, we have had a neer do well Congress who  gets a bit perturbed when something or someone seeks to change the status quo of their work(?). This has been the case with the past few Presidents and especially now with a non white Commander-in-Chief. Each  candidate enters the Oval office with some  debts to pay, these debts are to their constituents  and unfortunately many of us constituents want whats best for us individually and collectively. With this in mind we cajole and threaten  Representatives into taking actions that do not benefit our country as a whole. Once taken these actions (if they become laws) are very difficult to reverse and take valuable time from other needed work. The other part of the debts to be paid are to the “other” constituents who have deep pockets and other agendas that do not include the good of the country. To take us to where we all want to be requires us first sacrifice our attachment to individual party’s , put aside the issues of color, religion and ethnicity.  The ability to look at what is required for  good of all of the people will take stepping out of our comfort zones and look toward the changing of the guard in the Legislature.