The epic search for....chalk

[Doc Sark]

You know, considering I live on the South Coast of England, with all it's chalky cliffs, you wouldn't have thought it would be so bloody hard to find some chalk. I recently purchased a dartboard with a cabinet that you can keep scores on, so I went out in search of some chalk in the town centre. I tried half a dozen stationers and spent over an hour looking for something I eventually found, not white however, multicoloured, and it cost me 25p. I couldn't believe the trouble I had to go to in order to find it. Seriously in Southampton, I could find a hooker faster than I could find some chalk!!!!!

So has anyone else had difficulty finding chalk? Or anything else that you considered to widely available before you realised you needed it?

[Doomgaze]

There are times I am very happy to be an American. This is one of them. I can name at least 5 places in town off the top of my head that I am SURE have chalk for sale.

[Logan]

Staples has nice big boxes of chalk, pens, paper, and anything else I could ever want. :D

[RSL]

Staples has nice big boxes of chalk, pens, paper, and anything else I could ever want. :D

The real question, though, is do they have staples?

Ahaha, I crack myself up.

Ok, sorry.

[Doomgaze]

The real question, though, is do they have staples?

Ahaha, I crack myself up.

Ok, sorry.

They do! :D

[Mindflare]

The real question, though, is do they have staples?

Ahaha, I crack myself up.

Ok, sorry.
I'd be worried if they didn't.

[Rainecloud]

I have a piece of chalk in my car. I don't know where it came from.

I once had difficulty locating an Atlas. I've got one now, though.

[gokufusionss1]

i grew up in dorset and you couldn't move for chalk, did you buy any chance check the ground.

[Doc Sark]

Ha, no I didn't check the ground but then Southampton is concrete heaven so I probably wouldn't have found any there.

[Endless]

Where they sell school/office supplies, they are bound to have chalk here. I'd just have to cross the street and I could buy chalk if I needed.

[Rye]

You can find chalk at ANY arts and crafts store.

[Silmaril]

I have stacks chalk in my house along with pencils, staples, stencils, rulers,A4 paper, coloured pens and pencils. I :love: stationary.

[Doc Sark]

You can find chalk at ANY arts and crafts store.

Maybe where you come from bub.

[Psychotic]

Go into a school and steal some. Tell them you need it to stop racism. If they object, you can scream "RACIST!" at them and they'll have to do whatever you command. :)

[boris no no]

ahhhh southampton! thats where my family live! :D
i sell chalk at work!! just go to the Focus in southampton and demand that you have some!

[Dking'squeen]

The Dollar General has some nice chalk...esspecially the ones i like:love:

[Cz]

If I asked for chalk in East London, I'd probably end up with a bagful of cocaine. :D

[Doc Sark]

lol. Yeah you probably would. And possibly a sucking chest wound. Maybe even a jail sentence.

Focus???? Never heard of it. Is it in the town centre?

[Craig]

Get this, my parents went to Cornwall for the weekend once and had alot of trouble finding a place that actually sold Cornish Pasties.

[boris no no]

lol. Yeah you probably would. And possibly a sucking chest wound. Maybe even a jail sentence.

Focus???? Never heard of it. Is it in the town centre?
you've never heard of Focus?? :( man.
it's the second biggest DIY place in the uk. we bought wikes...and then sold it.
http://www.focusdiy.co.uk
we rock!! :D

anyways! i bet if i could have some dead animals and a few millions years i could make you some! :D

[Denmark]

chalk is simple to get. just take some Ca²⁺ and combine it with some CO₃^2-. there ya go.

[gokufusionss1]

i believe correct me if i'm wrong but it's easier to find chalk then it is to find calcium and carbonate.

[Denmark]

probably. but my way is more fun!

[Cz]

Don't forget to wear safety goggles! :cool:

[Denmark]

WHAT IF I DO? >:O I think I will forget just to spite you, Czechie.

you could like mix some CaCl₂ with ZnCO₃ and harness the Calcium and Carbonate ions as they were changing. Maybe if you were MAGICAL.