>>>I know what you mean. I keep forgetting where my Word icon is so I just go to the command window, type 'edlin' and I'm off an running ... ;-) ( just kidding - I fire up Electric Pencil )
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>>If your electric pencil becomes dull, you can always buy the gadget - this is for real, I'm not inventing anything - called "electric pencil sharpener".
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>Does that replace the mechanical pencil sharpener?

It depends. If it takes it off the shelf, it has to replace it afterwards.

> because I found them very unreliable - or at least had very bad luck when trying to sharpen my mechanical pencils ....

...dunno, we used chemical pencils. Which is the expression we used for ballpoint pens.