And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I used one this morning for the first time in I don't know how long. 3 minutes after I wrote what I did I didn't know what it said. My signature is nothing but a squiggly line.
A highly under appreciated invention; although the keyboard may eventually send it the way of the dodo...
ReplyDeleteLászló Bíró invented the ballpoint in the 1930's. To this day many Europeans refer to the improvement over the fountain pen as a "Biro"
ReplyDeleteAussies too. Now I know why they call it a "biro". Thanks.
DeleteI used one this morning for the first time in I don't know how long.
ReplyDelete3 minutes after I wrote what I did I didn't know what it said.
My signature is nothing but a squiggly line.
My eyeball in the '70s when I was younger and stupider. Mucho vino and stuff.
ReplyDeleteHe said "stuff". chuckle
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