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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: candyterrius on November 11, 2012, 07:59:39 pm
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Do you still use them? Lead pencils are also known as mechanical pencils. I prefer to use them when I was a student in school. I still do today.
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I don't use them a bunch but I do use them some.
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i like to use them when i draw. the mechanical pencils
offer a much neater, smaller line which is great for
details. they're really good for shading too because
you don't have to apply much pressure to get the
lightness/darkness you want.
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no, hated them when my kids needed them for school, and wont buy them again. I wil use the old wood pencils.
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I liked them for a while but the lead always breaks so I prefer really sharp pencils.
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I use mechanical pencils for my crossword puzzles. I have to erase. Not yet good enough to do them in pen. I wouldn't be able to read the puzzle after awhile! I suppose a lot of people who like crosswords do them online, but I can't seem to get into computer crosswords yet. Nothing like a good medium level crossword from a paperback to me!!!! Sometimes, low tech is better.
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I love my good old fashion #2 Yellow wooden pencil
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Yes we still use them. My son needs them for when he takes a scan-tron test and also during class. I home school my lil guy. Old faithful number 2 pencil.
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Do you still use them? Lead pencils are also known as mechanical pencils. I prefer to use them when I was a student in school. I still do today.
??? According to my dictionary lead pencils are "pencils of graphite enclosed in wood". Mechanical pencils are mechanical pencils, not lead pencils.
I never cared much for mechanical pencils. As an artist I much prefer the feel, function and even smell of lead pencils. :thumbsup:
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I don't think I have touched a led pencil in a long time...computers everywhere but writing my homework out I use a pen
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I am not sure of they are still made out of lead anymore. But I still love the traditional number 2 pencil.
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:) I still use lead pencils. I also have a "dark spot" in my chest from my grade school days.
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I will use a mechanical pencil sometimes. My highschooler prefers them but the fifth grader uses the old number 2 pencils' but with her we had her name put in them that way her class mates don't say they belong to them.( which is a big problem)
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My work only provides the lead or mechanical ones and I personally prefer them to the conventional pencils. My daughters prefer the mechanical one for school, say that they are easier to handle
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I rarely use a pencil anymore.
When I write, I use a pen.
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I still use them.I like the real and mechanical pencils.
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Sometimes I still use pencils since there' re eraseable.
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Sometimes but usually I use pens. I never liked pencil's. There is just something about them. :dontknow: :confused1:
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I use the mechanical pencils when I want to do really fine drawings and the good old fashioned wooden pencils for shading and sketching - ranging from 4H to 6B. I even use the builders marking pencil with the square point as it is blacker than black!
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I have always preferred a pencil to pens unless the pen is erasable. And even then I will usually use a pencil. Good old no. 2 is fine for me, though I don't discriminate against the mechanicals. I just don't like having to purchase refills which is why I stick with regular wooden pencils. I usually prefer soft pencils if I can get them.
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??? According to my dictionary lead pencils are "pencils of graphite enclosed in wood". Mechanical pencils are mechanical pencils, not lead pencils.
I never cared much for mechanical pencils. As an artist I much prefer the feel, function and even smell of lead pencils. :thumbsup:
During my primary school days, we used to call them lead pencils. I also like the good old fashion soft No. 2 pencil (HB) for marking the bubbles on tests and sketching/shading drawings too. The only inconvenience for a regular pencil is the tip eventually becomes dull so it has to be sharpened very often. I just discovered today pencils and mechanical pencils are referred as lead pencils. :)
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I have been using mechanical pencils for a very long time now. Once they were introduced into my life, I couldn't pick up another wooden pencil unless I was using a #2 one for testing. Mechanical pencils are much more convenient in my opinion because they last longer and you don't have to sharpen them all the time.