NCEES exam pencils

[kevo_55]

I use a Staedtler 775 (0.5 mm) myself. I love Staedtler pencils but can't seem to find them anymore.....

For led, I prefer the B style. It's like writing with black oil.

 

[roadwreck]

I go thru 0.5s like a meth addict thru grandma's inheritance. 0.7 s the way to go.

Bah! Go with a real man's pencil. The 0.9mm. The lead looks like a tree trunk in comparison to the 0.5mm and it comes in an ugly mustard yellow only a real engineer could love. :huh:

 

[DVINNY]

Ya know I love my 0.9mm like a fat kid loves cake

 

[gatormech_e]

or a real thinking woman's pencil!

i use that .9 mm baby also!!! :thumbs:

Bah! Go with a real man's pencil. The 0.9mm. The lead looks like a tree trunk in comparison to the 0.5mm and it comes in an ugly mustard yellow only a real engineer could love.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Shoot, I didn't even know they made a .9. Diggin' that color.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

^ Yeah, the 0.9 is for those that like something with a little extra girth.

 

[DVINNY]

Sapper,

It's not the size of the lead, but how you push the pencil.

But if you have a big lead, then you have to push less, to do as much.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

 

[roadwreck]

Sapper,
It's not the size of the lead, but how you push the pencil.

But if you have a big lead, then you have to push less, to do as much.

I do have a confession to make; I do not use the 0.9mm pencil.

I knew about that ugly pencil simply b/c a friend in college used it. It was ridiculous. His handwriting looked like that of a 3rd grader which can't be blamed completely on the pencil, but the super thick black lines it produced didn't help.

I like 0.7mm lead, but use the 0.5mm in the office simply b/c that's all we have refills for here. I could bring in my pencils from home but since 0.5mm is more common it seems easier to just get used to the 'skinny' lead, rather then be unable to write with one if it's the only thing available.

 

[Road Guy]

our surveying prof. made us use a 4H lead for writing in the survey book for class, you would have a serious indention in your index finger after trying to get 4H lead to show up (especially on water~resistent) paper

 

[Undertaker]

You are good!!!!!!!I'm still laughing. Love the pics of GW with the pencil on his ear.Wonder if he would know that it is a pencil or a pen.

 

[DVINNY]

BLACK IT IS!!!!! October 2007

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

:thankyou: :bowdown:

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I'll post the real deal when I get to work. For some reason, I can't do attachments from home.

Be warned, that it is focused and lit like a bad porn film from th 70s.

 

[DVINNY]

That looks like a software blackened pencil.

know me quite well you do, young Jedi.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Something is screwed up. I can't access the ability to do attachments here either. WTF....

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Something is screwed up. I can't access the ability to do attachments here either. WTF....

Edit...some threads the attachment option is there when I reply, other times not. Odd.

 

[DVINNY]

Edit...some threads the attachment option is there when I reply, other times not. Odd.

I probably don't have all the permissions fixed from where we turned them off during the exam. I'll go fix it.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Edit...some threads the attachment option is there when I reply, other times not. Odd.

That fixed it, thanks.

So without further ado, here's the first, really crappy picture of the fabulous black NCEES pencil parked on top of an ultra rare Tonka truck.

 

[ktulu]

How much for the penc..., no wait, how much for the truck??