Use of Pencil?

[sprkarrstr]

Ok, so the weather is starting to get colder and for those of us who have to be outside in the cold we have all had the pain in the @$$ experience of our pen not working.

So my question is; Does anyone know if it is acceptable to use pencil to take field notes.

Obviously you can not use pencil on a report or summons, but, can you use it in your note/memo pad?:confused:

[options open]

i read this exact question somewhere else, not sure if it was this site or another but from what i remember everybody said no you can't use a pencil. i think it was because it was a legal document that can be summoned in court or something

[NYCTNT]

No good.

If you have pen troubles, go to staples and spend the $20 on a SPACE PEN.

It can write on water soaked summonses, below freezing weather and even upside down for extended periods of time.

[MaxPower]

they are your notes, take em however you want

[deputy x 2]

What do you use to write your cites???

Using a pencil is like scratching...like someone already said...a space pen.

[options open]

that is a good point, i didn't really think about that.

I could see the hesitance in buying a 20 dollar pen though when you can very easily lose it or lend it somebody and not see it again. I know i'd go through a few.

one cop i work with has it tied to one of those retracting strings you see on name badges that he clips to his belt which is something you could consider.

[NYCTNT]

a cop you work with?

What job are you on?

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not on the job... emt

[Sled]

He said "field notes". What constitutes a Field Note?

As long as it is not written on any offical document, write it however you want. If you are making a note on a Dunkin Donut wrapper, does it matter if it is in pencil?



I am cheap and I would not buy a $20 pen, so in cold weather, I used to keep 3 or 4 pens in an inside pocket of my jacket, or in my shirt pocket. This would keep the pens warm, I would start to write, and when the pen froze up, I went to the next pen, and placed the frozen pen back in my pocket so it would warm up, and I would repeat this until I was done.

I didn't need the space pen, Bics were much cheaper.





.....as far as the space pens go, do you know what the Cosmonauts used to write with in space?......




They used pencils!

[2971511]

No pencil, fine tip sharpie works well though.