"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
news:20141203145931.7bc6f47d@linux-tn3p...
On Wed, 3 Dec 2014 14:10:14 -0000
"Eskimo Will" wrote:


"Stephen Davenport" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:33:56 AM UTC,
wrote:

Gosh eraser and 4B pencil - those were the days, I went
through erasers incredibly quickly iirc :-)

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I seem to recall a frequent shortage of 4B pencils as well, because
Ray Nurney (?) used to hoard them.
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Ah yes Ray Nurney, he was a dour sort of chappie, nice though.
Purple crayons were always in short supply. My favourite was blue as
that was what you used to colour sleet/snow obs as. :-)
Haven't drawn up a chart for 20 years.
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"Purple crayons in short supply"? You young whippersnappers don't know
yer born; when I were a lad, we 'ad to buy air own purple pencils as
they weren't guvmint issue - either that or mix red and blue.


Mixing? Luxury, ....... :-)

Will
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