tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480763369736326403.post6445334756221399408..comments2023-06-08T18:12:39.596-04:00Comments on Water Over Rocks: Omer 42: Bic, Stic...IckAndy Bachmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12793260246107995501noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480763369736326403.post-83927605926295693382010-05-13T12:42:32.788-04:002010-05-13T12:42:32.788-04:00I'll add some Bic history too. The Round Stic...I'll add some Bic history too. The Round Stic was originally called the Biro, but there was an Intellectual Property issue with that (probably infringed someone else's trademark). The dropped k probably relates back to the Bic Clic, the first retractable Bic, probably from the late 60s.Eliotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480763369736326403.post-7462407577438289272010-05-11T09:00:47.712-04:002010-05-11T09:00:47.712-04:00And then I realized that transparency in pens is *...<i>And then I realized that transparency in pens is *in.*</i><br /><br />this comment may not be on point for your larger discussion but permit a (somewhat) aged one to point out styles of Bic pens have been transparent for years and years. through elementary, junior and senior high school in the '60s, i purchased (and knawed on) countless $0.19 Bics with blue caps and clear plastic bodies. how else to see how much ink had been used?<br /><br />this note gives me, albeit in a very indirect way, the opportunity to ask "so what about that wndow which <i>was</i> in the blueprints for the Ark?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908399683243481261noreply@blogger.com