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I get it. I first used .5 mm pencils for drawing class and learned how perfect they are for writing on paper. I still use them for the crosswords and logic puzzles I do daily. For working in the shop I have some basic yellow wood pencils that have to be sharpened to keep a decent point on them, but they are stronger than the mechanical pencils. They are probably the most basic tool I use.
A side note:
I was fixing the chicken coop Saturday and had a neighborhood kid helping. I was cutting 2x4s and trying to teach the kid something and kept forgetting one of the basics. "Find the pencil first!" So there I was, board on the sawhorse, measuring tape in hand, trying to show this kid how it's done - and I had no idea where the damn pencil was that I need to mark the board with. If the kid learned anything that day it was "Always find the pencil FIRST!"
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