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Arpie: They Don’t Make Pencils Like They Used To

Posted by Cindy

May 28, 2009 9:06 a.m. • 8 comments

“Pencils seem to be made more cheaply than they used to be. Quite often the lead is not in the center of the pencil. This yields a poorly sharpened pencil that has wood on one side.” Full comment here: http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/may/27/little-tiny-tables/#comments

Anything else they don’t make like they used to?

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