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Back in the early 90's I happened across a Brookstones Catalog Store in the DFW Area, I spent $19 on a pen, not just any pen, a Fisher Bullet Space Pen.
This pen was my traveling companion, it traveled the world with me, Europe, Asia, and the US, I wrote many reports, corrected many exams and signed hundreds of certificates, toward the end of my traveling in the late 90's I decided to retire my pen and bought a new one at Office Max for about $15.
With my older pen stashed away, my new pen became my new pal, it went everywhere, played countless games of tic tac toe with my daughter while waiting for our dinners to arrive, drew more brilliant ideas on cocktail napkins than I remember.
Hell it was filling in the void left by retiring my first pen, everyone knew three things Ted always had was a knife, a flashlight and a pen, it actually enjoyed a little notoriety, people loved it cause you could write at any angle with it.
Than one day the unthinkable happened, I lost my new pen, no it couldn't be lost, must be misplaced. I went to pull the old one out of retirement and like the good friend it always was, it was there.
Two weeks later my wife found my pen in the wash,(I looked everywhere for it, the car, under the bed, in the dirty laundry,(my wife said for all the lookin' I did if I just would have done a load of laundry I could have saved myself 2 weeks of anguish).
With my new pen back in hand I ceremoniously replaced the the retired pen in its box and on the shelf next to my bed, all was well, until 2 days later I lost the friggin' pen again, no worry, I pulled out old faithful, I can always count on that one, I'd never lose the original :footinmou , well 2 days later I did, since then I've torn everything apart countless times, and retraced my steps to the point where I don't know if I'm commin' or goin'.
2 days ago I broke down and went to Staples and bought a 3rd new pen, but I'm still bummed out about the original one, the new on don't feel right, I haven't written anything prophetic with it or designed a new knife locking mechanism, hell I haven't even won the restaurant dots championship, or a single game of tic tac toe.
What do ya think am I being to sentimental?
Haven't you ever been fond of something besides knives and family,(some family more so than others).
This pen was my traveling companion, it traveled the world with me, Europe, Asia, and the US, I wrote many reports, corrected many exams and signed hundreds of certificates, toward the end of my traveling in the late 90's I decided to retire my pen and bought a new one at Office Max for about $15.
With my older pen stashed away, my new pen became my new pal, it went everywhere, played countless games of tic tac toe with my daughter while waiting for our dinners to arrive, drew more brilliant ideas on cocktail napkins than I remember.
Hell it was filling in the void left by retiring my first pen, everyone knew three things Ted always had was a knife, a flashlight and a pen, it actually enjoyed a little notoriety, people loved it cause you could write at any angle with it.
Than one day the unthinkable happened, I lost my new pen, no it couldn't be lost, must be misplaced. I went to pull the old one out of retirement and like the good friend it always was, it was there.
Two weeks later my wife found my pen in the wash,(I looked everywhere for it, the car, under the bed, in the dirty laundry,(my wife said for all the lookin' I did if I just would have done a load of laundry I could have saved myself 2 weeks of anguish).
With my new pen back in hand I ceremoniously replaced the the retired pen in its box and on the shelf next to my bed, all was well, until 2 days later I lost the friggin' pen again, no worry, I pulled out old faithful, I can always count on that one, I'd never lose the original :footinmou , well 2 days later I did, since then I've torn everything apart countless times, and retraced my steps to the point where I don't know if I'm commin' or goin'.
2 days ago I broke down and went to Staples and bought a 3rd new pen, but I'm still bummed out about the original one, the new on don't feel right, I haven't written anything prophetic with it or designed a new knife locking mechanism, hell I haven't even won the restaurant dots championship, or a single game of tic tac toe.
What do ya think am I being to sentimental?
Haven't you ever been fond of something besides knives and family,(some family more so than others).
It aggrevates me and consumes me till my item is found, which usually happens.
, what was I talkin' about? ........Oh yea, losin' stuff, but eventually after retracing my steps enough I did find what I was lookin' for.
I was happy.
