{"id":604,"date":"2008-11-02T23:15:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2008-11-04T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:44:21","slug":"78-pencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/?p=604","title":{"rendered":"78 Pencils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m now the owner of 78 old fashioned pencils complete with their own PENS and PENCILS cup wrapped in fake wood. Some of the pencils are from insurance companies, a few seed stores, one says Future Farmers of America and a couple are from folks who ran for political office.  Others have graphical designs like the one with glittery stars or the two with shamrocks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/media\/pencilsgalore2.JPG\" alt=\"Pencils Galore\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Pencils &#8211; November 1st, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are also those with manufacturer names and model numbers.  Pencils like the Blaisdel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandnamepencils.com\/brands\/blaisdell\/ben561red.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Franklin Indelible 561 Red<\/a>, Empire&#8217;s Delco 878 or the U.S. Pencil Company&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandnamepencils.com\/brands\/us\/USCO486.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">USCO 486<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/media\/pencilsgalore.JPG\" alt=\"Pencils Galore\" \/><br \/>\n<em>More Pencils &#8211; November 1st, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of course what good are pencils without a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pencil_sharpener\" target=\"_blank\">pencil sharpener<\/a>?  That&#8217;s why I now have an Apsco VacuHold V-10 sharpener.  It doesn&#8217;t grip to the table anymore so sharpening takes two hands, use of multiple fingers and a helping of patience but it does work in the end.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/media\/vacuholdv10.jpg\" alt=\"VacuHold V-10\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Apsco VacuHold V-10 Pencil Sharpener &#8211; November 1st, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So why do I have 78 pencils and a pencil sharpener which I didn&#8217;t have this time 48 hours ago? It&#8217;s almost midnight and I&#8217;m too tired to share right now.  I&#8217;ll give you a teaser, the answer is part of a larger story which indirectly has something to do with 40 degrees, a broken bird, Buffalo, NY and those crazy B&amp;W photographs I collect for my cube.<\/p>\n<p>Say tuned, I&#8217;ll paint a clearer picture over two upcoming posts.  In the meantime, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandnamepencils.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Truby&#8217;s Brand Name Pencils<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m now the owner of 78 old fashioned pencils complete with their own PENS and PENCILS cup wrapped in fake wood. Some of the pencils are from insurance companies, a few seed stores, one says Future Farmers of America and a couple are from folks who ran for political office. Others have graphical designs like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gelkote.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}