"Everlasting" (or inkless) metal pencils use a specially engineered metal alloy tip that oxidizes paper, leaving faint, graphite-like marks. They never require sharpening and can write for miles.
I'm jealous, Michael! I lived 30 minutes from the Cosmosphere, so it was a regular field trip at school and a fairly frequent trip for my family. I always wanted to do the Space Camp, but my parents couldn't afford it. I'm glad to hear how much fun it was!
As a native Kansan who lives ~30 minutes away from Hutchinson, it's WILD to get the Cosmosphere name-drop in this episode. Like, on one level I've known for years that Michael is also from Kansas. But to know that we both have the same fondness for the Cosmosphere blows my friggin mind. HELLO FROM KANSAS!
Doing scuba diving, I've experienced a complete loss of sense of direction. The first time that happened it was really scary. I had no idea what was up or down, and had to let out bubbles to see which way they took. My brain did NOT agree that the direction the bubbles went was "up", and I had to really work hard on accepting that it was up. After that first time, it's been a lot easier to manage when something like this happened. But that first time, I got a sense of what can happen to a fighter pilot or astronaut when our sense of balance disagrees with the instruments. It's a really rough situation, and extremely stressful.
I have a space pen I got when I was in the US the first time, in the 1980's. Then I didn't use it until the late 2010's. It had some gummy stuff at the tip, then it just worked as normal. I got a few more after that, as I'm a scuba diver. Using them with waterproof paper is practical on a boat. Never had any use for one underwater though. The B4 black grid space pen is my favourite, though it's very nice.
The pressurised cartridge is the same format as a Parker-type ballpoint refill. You can use them in any other pen, or just get normal Parker style refills
The comments on this channel are always so much fun to read through- almost as good as the videos! You've both cultivated such a nice corner of YouTube, it's like a little garden of pleasant thoughts.
XKCD did a version of the clap thing, but with everyone jumping.
He concluded that society would end because moving everyone back from the jump site would overwhelm local transportation and would take literal years, and food would run out. Also power is off and there is no water... because everyone is stuck at the jump site.
really teasing everyone waiting for the fountain pen episode with that title
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Amazing. You're both awesome!
Thanks to you both for your great work 😊
I have a space pen I got when I was in the US the first time, in the 1980's. Then I didn't use it until the late 2010's. It had some gummy stuff at the tip, then it just worked as normal. I got a few more after that, as I'm a scuba diver. Using them with waterproof paper is practical on a boat. Never had any use for one underwater though. The B4 black grid space pen is my favourite, though it's very nice.
The pressurised cartridge is the same format as a Parker-type ballpoint refill. You can use them in any other pen, or just get normal Parker style refills
"I want you to do the honors.😊"
"Nooooo😮"
"Okay."
"I DO"
God I love Hannah so much lol
He concluded that society would end because moving everyone back from the jump site would overwhelm local transportation and would take literal years, and food would run out. Also power is off and there is no water... because everyone is stuck at the jump site.
Michael: “I don’t want to put anyone down...”
Hannah: “I do, that’s RUBBISH”
😂😂😂