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Here’s a very tasteful notebook and pen combo from Callaway golf, which chose to lightly brand the notebook with small logos on the bottoms of pages, and a tiny, impressed logo on the back cover. Surplus dealers appreciate this sort of corporate self-effacement. Has something over 60 sheets, lined on both sides with a date line at the top. Measures 6” x 5” with leatherlike black covers with a gray accent, one pocket on the inside cover, and a slot holding a ballpoint pen. Nice gift classy box, too. Surplus Alert: These sets come with a twist retractable ballpoint pen that will likely be all dried up.

Moving soon? "Laminating" your fake I.D.? You can do it all (and more) with our 3" wide x (110)-yard roll of clear acrylic carton seal tape. Okay, technically it's 2-27/32", but as Uncle Fred says when pitching horseshoes, "Close enough, it counts."  Tape is 1.7ml thick, and wrapped around a 3" core. Sorry, no tape guns or serrated edges as of yet--you'll just get the great tape--but you're a whiz with scissors anyway. Just don't be like Uncle Fred and use your teeth...Yuck!

It’s time to get rid of your old abacus. Why? Just bacus. Also bacus this scientific calculator by Ativa™ is much easier to use with its (2)-line display and (10)-digit with (2)-exponent capability. Has (451) functions, including algebra, trigonometry and statistics, and it’s dual-powered (battery and solar)—and of course the battery’s included. Measures 6-1/4” x 3”. Even if you’re not doing math-whiz stuff, keep one on hand for household bills and budgets—a minor investment for such a useful gadget.

Jarvis Says: The (1) AG13 Battery might be dead so we will include (2) more as replacements. You supply the screwdriver.

No self-respecting number cruncher can afford to be seen without one of these fashion classics. We'll send you (3) classic white vinyl pocket protectors in the traditional 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" size. The front flap is blank so you can add your own name, business or drawing of your favorite Star Trek character. Order quickly; It's only a question of time before these are seen on the runways in Milan.

Our clear tape is an uber-sticky 2” X 55 yards. A high-quality tape made in the USA can be used as protective covering over labels or for sealing cartons. And do compare the savings -- even discount stationery catalogs can't touch these prices.

The low-profile, approx. 5" wide steel clip stands just 5/16" above the 1/8" thick natural-tan pressboard of this trim clipboard. Measures approx. 12" x 9". Made to slip conveniently into a briefcase, but also has a hole on the backside of the clip for easy hanging.

Staple with space-saving style, Surpies! From Swingline®, this Fashion Mini Stapler measures a cute 2-1/2” x 1-1/2” x 1”. It’s a little black beauty. It’s the little black dress of staplers. It’s a design wonder! Includes (100) standard-size staples to get you started. You already have the paper that needs stapling.

It might be time to replace your mouse pad. Even if it’s not, it will be eventually, and it’s not like these things have an expiration date. We have really nice circular ones, 8-1/2” dia, from Staples®. They’re optical-mouse friendly with a non-skid rubber backing. Come in (3) styles—blue with a white floral design, purple-pink tie-die gradient, and ultra-thin purple with a carbon fiber-looking design. We’ll pick the one we think will make you the most productive or creative.

They’re going to steal this in a heartbeat, so lock it in your desk. The PaperPro is the first engineering breakthrough in staplers since, well, the stapler. Push it with one finger’s worth of effort and a spring-loaded mechanism (like a center punch) drives the staple with 30 lbs of force through up to (20) sheets of paper. Doesn’t even feel like it stapled, but it’s foolproof. Use as a hand-held or desk stapler. Opens for use as a staple gun, and with as much power. Takes standard 26/6 staples. Measures 7” long x 3-7/8” x 1-1/2” wide, in sleek and elegant black.

File these 3/4" Acco® No. 3 brass-plated fasteners under “Things it’s always a good idea to have a healthy supply of.” And then call a friend who can teach you how not to dangle a preposition. They’re those things that have the head of a thumb tack and (2) bendable tines below them, like legs. You’ll get a box of (100)—fasteners, not prepositions—and your hole-punch documents will never be loose or unorganized again. Also a favorite item of science projects and crafters.

You sweet erasable, you. Dry-erase markers are the best invention since chalk, and these premium beauties from Monaggio™ are designed for professional artists but suitable for home, school or office. Wherever you are, go ahead and pick: the 12-pack of classic black or the 12-pack of colors, (3) each of red, blue, green and black. All are fine-point, 4-1/2” long with a cap. Get the ones that work for you and go write something you can later erase dryly.

Tired of feeling like a floormat? Ready to take the world by storm, broaden your horizons? This desktop mat/blotter, which features a gray-scale map of the world, could be the perfect transition. Measures 15-1/2" x 36", big enough to hold a keyboard and mouse, and to protect the business part of your desk. Has a rubber, grippy bottom and a smooth foam-like top similar to a mousepad’s. The map has countries in soothing shades of gray on a black background, and for once Greenland doesn’t look like it might swallow the rest of the globe.

These are very nice (48)-page cardboard-bound notebooks with themes and some unobtrusive notes/formats that will be easy to ignore if you’re not into the subject, but twice as nice if you are. You pick: the 3-1/2” x 5” Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood-themed passport/notebook, issued by King Friday XIII, with a drawing of the castle and trolley on the front, a larger trolley on the back, and (7) Mister Rogers traveling tips inside; the 5” x 7” Stargazer’s Notebook with 1/4” rules plus a lightly printed 3-1/4” dia circle with 30-degree markings to chart the sky, and a fold-out back cover with an astrolabe and constellation chart; the 3-1/2” x 5” Entomology notebook with a beetle cover, fold-out back cover showing a metamorphosis of an adult insect, ruled pages and room for observational notes and sketches; or the 3-1/2” x 5” Botany notebook with a fold-out back cover with illustrations of leaves for identification, ruled pages and room for observational notes and sketches.

Vying for the Two-Really-Useful-Things-In-One Award, this 12-inch clear acrylic ruler is also a 2X magnifier! A red alignment strip runs right through the vaulted center of the ruler, which is 1-1/2” wide overall. The domed strip with the red line is about 3/4” wide. Also measures in Canadian, and at 12” long, that means 30cm.

Like Martha Stewart if you poured honey all over her. Also like these little 4-1/4” x 3-1/4” hardbound books of art-themed sticky notes honoring Bob (The Joy of Painting) Ross. The approx (240) notes are in large and small sizes with Bob, his easel or landscape scenes like the ones he painted.

This (75)-page, shiny blue notebook has a matching blue-ribbon bookmark. Measures 8-1/4” x 5-1/2” x 1/2” thick with white pages lined on both sides. Also has a translucent business card holder on the front that wraps around to the back. It’d be a snap to tear it off if you didn't need or want it.

Build yourself a desktop dumpster. Punch out the press-fit fibreboard pieces and assemble this authentic mini-dumpster complete with graffiti. Has a two-piece hinged lid and (3) internal sections; (2) for pens, pencils and paper clips, and the third to hold more than (100) orange and yellow flame-shaped note cards to represent the dumpster fire some days at the office are. Measures 4-1/4" x 3" x 4-1/4” to 2-3/8” deep slanting back to front. Emma, the AS&S Dumpster Inspector, pronounced it “quite sturdy.”

Back by popular demand! Stick the dull, but leaded end of your wooden pencil into the left nostril of this nose and twist clockwise. You will be rewarded with a shiny sharp point on the pencil and a curl of shavings on your desk, lap or floor. Pretty good performance for a life sized, flesh colored piece of hard plastic!! We'll send you (3) in assorted skin tones. If you want to sharpen things up around the office or home, send for this item, and prove you have a nose for great deals!!