Ugh, yeah, that's what they have here in France. Gives me a headache to look at my writing being criss-crossed by the overly heavy ruling :/ Perhaps i should

Ugh, yeah, that's what they have here in France. Gives me a headache to look at my writing being criss-crossed by the overly heavy ruling :/ Perhaps i should sometime become un-lazy and look for some proper paper, rediscover the joy of writing :) My other gripe is that my fountain pen keeps drying up (i use it too infrequently) and as a result i'm reduced to using those horrible throw-away BICs, at least they don't dry up. Does anyone have any golden tips for keeping fountain pens healthy?