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June 11, 2011 7:16 AM Subscribe
Where can I buy college-rule yellow legal pads?
So I grew up writing all my stories and keeping everything personal together on college-rule yellow legal pads, which we had in abundance in my family home. Since then it seems like every office supply store has stopped carrying them in favor of wide-rule or something called "legal-rule", or yellow pads that are college-rule but not extra long like legal pads are.
I've tried checking around online but there's almost never an indication of the rule width, and if there is it's always wide-rule.
More particularly I'd like the pads to have clean perforations along the top and no holes down the side, but I'm willing to compromise for college-rule, legal-length.
Does anybody know where I can buy them, deliverable to the US? Writing by hand is just never the same otherwise.
So I grew up writing all my stories and keeping everything personal together on college-rule yellow legal pads, which we had in abundance in my family home. Since then it seems like every office supply store has stopped carrying them in favor of wide-rule or something called "legal-rule", or yellow pads that are college-rule but not extra long like legal pads are.
I've tried checking around online but there's almost never an indication of the rule width, and if there is it's always wide-rule.
More particularly I'd like the pads to have clean perforations along the top and no holes down the side, but I'm willing to compromise for college-rule, legal-length.
Does anybody know where I can buy them, deliverable to the US? Writing by hand is just never the same otherwise.
Oh, sorry, I see that isn't legal length.
posted by procrastination at 7:26 AM on June 11, 2011
posted by procrastination at 7:26 AM on June 11, 2011
Best answer: If you could go with slightly narrower ruling (college ruled is 7.1mm spacing, and narrow ruled is 6.35mm spacing), then there's Ampad model 20-034.
posted by Houstonian at 7:45 AM on June 11, 2011
posted by Houstonian at 7:45 AM on June 11, 2011
Mizu, I sympathize. I once went on this crazy semi-panicked eBay buying spree when I feared that my favorite mechanical pencil was about to be discontinued. And whenever I find the red lead I use with those pencils, I'll buy store's entire stock.
So, I did a little google search and I came up with this, which is yellow, top perforated, legal sized and college ruled. It has the holes on the side (sorry), but it's the best I could come up with. I guess there must not be too much demand for this product, as this AskMe question came up on the second page of the google results.
There's a lesson here, and I want everybody who reads this to take it to heart: If there's a particular type of office supply you really like -- the sort that you'd prefer to keep using forever -- buy as much of it as you can, and buy it now, because you never know when it's going to be discontinued.
posted by .kobayashi. at 7:48 AM on June 11, 2011 [7 favorites]
So, I did a little google search and I came up with this, which is yellow, top perforated, legal sized and college ruled. It has the holes on the side (sorry), but it's the best I could come up with. I guess there must not be too much demand for this product, as this AskMe question came up on the second page of the google results.
There's a lesson here, and I want everybody who reads this to take it to heart: If there's a particular type of office supply you really like -- the sort that you'd prefer to keep using forever -- buy as much of it as you can, and buy it now, because you never know when it's going to be discontinued.
posted by .kobayashi. at 7:48 AM on June 11, 2011 [7 favorites]
So, I did a little google search and I came up with this, which is yellow, top perforated, legal sized and college ruled. It has the holes on the side (sorry), but it's the best I could come up with. I guess there must not be too much demand for this product, as this AskMe question came up on the second page of the google results.
I regret that I post to quibble, but though it says legal pad it also says 8.5x11.75; sounds more like letter sized to me. Legal size is 8x14.
This is the best I could come up with --- yellow, legal size, and it looks college-ruled from the picture but doesn't specify.
posted by Diablevert at 8:05 AM on June 11, 2011
I regret that I post to quibble, but though it says legal pad it also says 8.5x11.75; sounds more like letter sized to me. Legal size is 8x14.
This is the best I could come up with --- yellow, legal size, and it looks college-ruled from the picture but doesn't specify.
posted by Diablevert at 8:05 AM on June 11, 2011
This is the best I could come up with --- yellow, legal size, and it looks college-ruled from the picture but doesn't specify.
Unfortunately, in that link, you'll see that they're all listed as "legal" ruling, which is indeed wide ruled.
You might try calling one of the local office supply stores and see if they'll do a special order. I've snagged some uncommon stuff (older types of pens, etc) that way. You'll probably be more likely to get your request fulfilled if it's not a chain, but that's just a hunch.
As it is this is about as close as I could find, but it's shorter (not the extra long type that Diablevert linked to).
posted by SNWidget at 8:13 AM on June 11, 2011
Unfortunately, in that link, you'll see that they're all listed as "legal" ruling, which is indeed wide ruled.
You might try calling one of the local office supply stores and see if they'll do a special order. I've snagged some uncommon stuff (older types of pens, etc) that way. You'll probably be more likely to get your request fulfilled if it's not a chain, but that's just a hunch.
As it is this is about as close as I could find, but it's shorter (not the extra long type that Diablevert linked to).
posted by SNWidget at 8:13 AM on June 11, 2011
If you can make exactly the 'artwork' you like as an EPS or PDF, any decent print shop will print, cut and pad (glue) as many of these as you like, in any quantity you like. Pick the exact paper, the ink color, even the color of the rubber glue part, the type of cardboard for the back piece, everything. Perforated, not perforated, whatever.
The most important fact: at any quantity of more than 100 pads or so, this costs the same as buying generic ones at the Office Max or whatnot. Get the quantity higher, and it's actually less expensive. And they're yours. Print 'Mizu Rocks' on the bottom if you like.
Slightly less-important fact: Rokusan has kickass graph paper that's just the way he likes it.
posted by rokusan at 8:42 AM on June 11, 2011 [5 favorites]
The most important fact: at any quantity of more than 100 pads or so, this costs the same as buying generic ones at the Office Max or whatnot. Get the quantity higher, and it's actually less expensive. And they're yours. Print 'Mizu Rocks' on the bottom if you like.
Slightly less-important fact: Rokusan has kickass graph paper that's just the way he likes it.
posted by rokusan at 8:42 AM on June 11, 2011 [5 favorites]
Here. I think. The picture doesn't match the description, which does indicate 8x14 and narrow ruling. They're also $56 for a dozen, so not exactly cheap.
Same product here, this time with the right picture.
Considering that you can get legal ruled for a buck a pop, this is sounding like a rather expensive preference.
posted by valkyryn at 8:57 AM on June 11, 2011
Same product here, this time with the right picture.
Considering that you can get legal ruled for a buck a pop, this is sounding like a rather expensive preference.
posted by valkyryn at 8:57 AM on June 11, 2011
Try www.legalstore.com. They have every kind of note pad you'd ever want. Nobody buys those foolscap lengths anymore anyway.
posted by Ironmouth at 9:56 AM on June 11, 2011
posted by Ironmouth at 9:56 AM on June 11, 2011
we get ours for our office from officemax.
posted by thinkingwoman at 11:47 AM on June 11, 2011
posted by thinkingwoman at 11:47 AM on June 11, 2011
buy as much of it as you can, and buy it now, because you never know when it's going to be discontinued.
A good rule of thumb, I've learnt the hard way (since I now own the Bay Area's known supply of MAC Santiago lipstick)
posted by infini at 1:25 PM on June 11, 2011
A good rule of thumb, I've learnt the hard way (since I now own the Bay Area's known supply of MAC Santiago lipstick)
posted by infini at 1:25 PM on June 11, 2011
buy as much of it as you can, and buy it now, because you never know when it's going to be discontinued.
Totally agree. I buy the entire stock of Kyokuto Associates 5mm-space dot Expedient notebooks every time I see them back in stock at Kinokuniya, since I never know if they'll come back again.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:08 PM on June 11, 2011
Totally agree. I buy the entire stock of Kyokuto Associates 5mm-space dot Expedient notebooks every time I see them back in stock at Kinokuniya, since I never know if they'll come back again.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:08 PM on June 11, 2011
Response by poster: Houstonian, I think the Ampad model 20-034 is what I grew up with, or at least the current generation of it. That packaging looks really familiar. This is what I get for having a lawyer for a dad: a penchant for anachronistic office supplies. This also explains why I never found switching to college rule paper in grade school taxing - I apparently learned how to write on narrow rule!
Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I know the thing about buying your favorite office stuff in bulk - I own at least a gross of uni-ball vision micro pens, in indigo. I haven't seen that color in years. It of course goes beautifully with a yellow background.
posted by Mizu at 9:15 PM on June 11, 2011
Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I know the thing about buying your favorite office stuff in bulk - I own at least a gross of uni-ball vision micro pens, in indigo. I haven't seen that color in years. It of course goes beautifully with a yellow background.
posted by Mizu at 9:15 PM on June 11, 2011
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posted by procrastination at 7:26 AM on June 11, 2011