The epic search for....chalk

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?

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.

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

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Originally Posted by Winged Sorceress

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

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

Ahaha, I crack myself up.

Ok, sorry.

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Originally Posted by RSL

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

Ahaha, I crack myself up.

Ok, sorry.

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They do! :D

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Originally Posted by RSL

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

Ahaha, I crack myself up.

Ok, sorry.

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I'd be worried if they didn't.

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.

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

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

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.

You can find chalk at ANY arts and crafts store.

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

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You can find chalk at ANY arts and crafts store.

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Maybe where you come from bub.

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. :)

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!

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

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

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?

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

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Originally Posted by 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?

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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

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

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

probably. but my way is more fun!

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

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.