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So, as is well documented hereabouts, I've been waiting a while and a half for my Witcomb.
As is his wont, Barrie assured me he could source a Nitto Pearl and some 123s.
I already had a Jaguar on order from eBay.
Dropped off a bunch of parts to SE8 the other week, only to be told that I was still Nitto-free.
So off I jog to CONdor, who inform me they have a container load of all things Nitto on the high seas, ETA last Wednesday. Having listened to the sound of silence for long enough I called up this a.m. only to be informed the vessel was now expected "end November". CNUts.
Time to go stemless?
I think not.
Time to break my unbreakable rule and give a well-known establishment on the Bethnal Green Road one last chance?
Waste of valuable drinking time. Never again.
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I have a quill on order.
From a dodo. Or an Albert Ross.
Or some kinda nonframeproviodingholidaytaking genius bird.
Or similar feathered (or non-feathered) flying (or flightless) framebuilder (or framenger).
I never leave home (or borrowed sofa) without a (or some) Staedtler Lumocolor markers (nicked and/or stolen).
Jesus, pen envy.
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So i won a Nitto 72 from some dodgy dude in Japan.
Never turned up, currently pursuing a refund through PayPal.
Here's the rub. It was half Hubjub price (still more than I could really afford) so the refund doesn't get me anywhere.
The ugly mate S83 is forty sheets or so with Will.
Do I take the ugly mate cos she's there or splash the cash for the one I really wanted.
Apparently the S83 is sturdy and reliable and a good everyday choice.
But so's the Mrs.
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Will has 26mm Pearls (I want 25.4), no CroMo 123s.
:-(