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Your basic #2 pencil, sharpened when needed, will draw a line on paper a distance of about ______ _______ before being consumed?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 15, 2002

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Two miles?

-- Randal in Brazil (randal@onebox.com), January 15, 2002.

Randal, I think it's a lot more than that. I'm going to say about 50 miles.

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhill@eznet.net), January 15, 2002.

Two miles would be a long way to mark a pencil in my mind, but it's a pure guess. Might the brand make a difference, you reckon?

-- Randal in Brazil (randal@onebox.com), January 15, 2002.

Yes Randal, 2 miles is a long way to draw a line, and I'm not about to be the one to do actual testing. But I still think it's a lot more than 2.

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhill@eznet.net), January 15, 2002.

The same article about pencils said about 45,000 words, and yes it is a lot more than 2 miles.~

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 15, 2002.


I'm a gel pen or pen pen girl myself, but if i used one pencil to write letters, I'd probably get about 9,000 letters written. Heres a question, how long does a keyboard last before it breaks down? some people make it to two years.

-- jillian (daffodil_skunk83@hotmail.com), January 15, 2002.

Jillian Dear, you steping on my thread. The pencil distance is longer than a marathon race.~

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 15, 2002.

Pencil makers claim 35 miles of distance.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 15, 2002.

My sincerest apologies Dear Mitch, would you like me to PENCIL an apology letter. =) I don't know how long it would be though, depends what I feel LEAD to write. OH i'm soo witty.

-- jillian (daffodil_skunk83@hotmail.com), January 15, 2002.

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