Lead pencil crisis....

[meiloyn]

Okay, so I had to stop doing my homework because I was using a wooden pencil.

I had to use that pencil earlier today because I ran out of lead in my own pencil. I HATE WOODEN PENCILS. I don't like how you have to sharpen them every few minutes, as well as the way they feel in your hand. They are useless when you have to write numbers in fraction form. They come out too blurry to read.

Problem is, if my lead pencil runs out of lead, I can't use it (which keeps it in sight), therefore I eventually leave it behind on some desk by accident and lose it. (Also how I lose books half the size of the stack of books I carry around)

That was my last lead pencil, so now I'm really pissed.

Also, does anyone know a guess-free method to finding the square root of an unfamiliar number without having to use a calculator? I'm asking because if this guessing game keeps up, I'm going to fail the future test, or at least manage to answer 4 questions by the time class is over.

[Ruu]

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Hint: Buy a few more lead pencils, buy a cup, or even one of those super fancy, high technology pencil holders. And put them in there. Or put it in your pocket. If you even have a book sock, or whatever, stick it in there.

Or just suck it up and use a wooden.

They've made the little lead re-fills for a reason. Use them. And don't press so hard when you write, only barbarians go through as much lead as you do. Aren't you allowed to carry your backpack around? That helps.

[MeaCulpa]

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Oh noes.
I always carry replacement lead with me because of that.

[Pichu_XP]

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I always use pen. Never have that problem seeing as I (by I, I mean my family) buy in bulk and pens last long.

[sjoecool1991]

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I use a wooden pencil, but I only sharpen it twice a day for all my work.

[DrawingJunkie]

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I love mechanical pencils. Of course, I'm a nerd and carry one each of the .5, .7, and .9 kinds, with matching leads. I hate losing them though, I actually just lost one last week, which wouldn't be that big of a deal except that it costs $2.00 for ONE pencil.

That's why I love pockets, too.

[meiloyn]

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Ah, I remember when I had a pencil holder. It was the size of my LA book, which was half the size of my pile of stuff. Dangerous.

Concerning pockets: Pockets are very useful and often used addition to clothing. They can commonly be found on jeans, and can be especially large on guy's jeans. Due to the popular demands from preps for skintight jeans for girls, nearly all girl jeans are tight on the legs and have much smaller pockets. This makes carrying a pencil in a girl's pocket dangerous, for both the person wearing the pocket and the pencil in the pocket.

Meaning: I wish my mom would let me shop in the guys department for pants, and that the pockets on my pants were bigger and more suitable to pencil carrying.

[jamuko]

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My favorite pencil is a sweet sweet .3 mechanical graphing pencil. I use it for drawing though, not graphing.

It cost me $20 =___=

I'm also a nerd and carry that along with .5 and .7. I use .5 for pretty much everything though.

[meiloyn]

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My favorite pencil is a sweet sweet .3 mechanical graphing pencil. I use it for drawing though, not graphing.

It cost me $20 =___=

I'm also a nerd and carry that along with .5 and .7. I use .5 for pretty much everything though.

.3? Wow, that's thin. My favourite width is .5, but I'm annoyed to find that .7 pencils are more common, and I only have .5 refills.

[spinal_compression]

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I always use pen. Never have that problem seeing as I (by I, I mean my family) buy in bulk and pens last long.

Much agreed.

[MagicCarpetRide]

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Mechanical pencils are where it's at.
.5 seems to break pretty easily though so I generally use .7

[meiloyn]

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I always use pen. Never have that problem seeing as I (by I, I mean my family) buy in bulk and pens last long.

I hate pen because I make writos* a lot, therefore my writing must be erasable. Also, I like to sketch and avoid drawing with a pen at all times. Ballpoint pens, especially the dying ones, make my hand ache after writing a couple paragraphs with them, because I have to press slightly hard.

*Writo: like a typo, but in handwriting.

Mechanical pencils are where it's at.
.5 seems to break pretty easily though so I generally use .7

I usually don't have problems with my tips breaking, but then again, I keep the tip on my pencil short.

[jamuko]

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I agree with the pen-haters. Not being able to erase drives me insane.

I almost never break lead though, even with my .3 pencil. I guess I just press really lightly :/

[AirForceBlue]

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Meh. I never had a problem with wooden pencils, but I can write much neater with a mechanical one.

For the most part though, I use a black pen, even in math.

[DrawingJunkie]

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Concerning pockets: Pockets are very useful and often used addition to clothing. They can commonly be found on jeans, and can be especially large on guy's jeans. Due to the popular demands from preps for skintight jeans for girls, nearly all girl jeans are tight on the legs and have much smaller pockets. This makes carrying a pencil in a girl's pocket dangerous, for both the person wearing the pocket and the pencil in the pocket.

Meh, fashion trends. Even without the skintight jeans, I still manage to poke myself several times with it...

A .3 mechanical pencil sounds awesome, where did you find that, jamuko? I have a slight problem with breaking lead, which is why I use my .9 most of the time. But I like using .5 when I have to cram writing into tiny spaces.

Too fallible to use a pen.