tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post1824916064206042948..comments2023-10-29T05:39:08.219-04:00Comments on Tan Lucy Pez: Carbon copyTLPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-25991960330490701232008-07-14T09:17:00.000-04:002008-07-14T09:17:00.000-04:00My father had a couple of old Remingtons in his of...My father had a couple of old Remingtons in his office; as a child, I used to love playing with them. Those metal ridges around the keys were murder, though if you couldn't aim right. Ouch!Belahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935284724145788208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-16236048702728133372008-07-12T21:09:00.000-04:002008-07-12T21:09:00.000-04:00I can't believe the 80s were so long ago!I remembe...I can't believe the 80s were so long ago!<BR/><BR/>I remember mimeographed copies at school -- such HORRIBLE reproduction, really.Lilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068609044580667767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-87012907891468649912008-07-11T21:14:00.000-04:002008-07-11T21:14:00.000-04:00..."anyone?? anyone??"......"anyone?? anyone??"...Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873518747021842739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-46759019612666234822008-07-09T22:51:00.000-04:002008-07-09T22:51:00.000-04:00doesnt everybody remember when the teacher brought...doesnt everybody remember when the teacher brought in the new stack of mimeographed tests and passed them out to us? the VERY fiurst thing we'd do is taje a test off the pile, pass the pile on, and then we'd all sit there and smell that YUMMY paper!!Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873518747021842739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-64952427165549250612008-07-09T19:49:00.000-04:002008-07-09T19:49:00.000-04:00mmmmmm, "toasted ink fumes..." That mimeograph fl...mmmmmm, "toasted ink fumes..." That mimeograph fluid smelled weird. xoxomireillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012296353550408831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-50568941495729281182008-07-09T10:22:00.000-04:002008-07-09T10:22:00.000-04:00I remember Ferris Bueller. I remember Carbon paper...I remember Ferris Bueller. I remember Carbon paper. And I'm so glad they've made computers so I don't have to deal with carbon anymore. Yuck!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00821185386989278726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-32331007730905818262008-07-08T23:20:00.000-04:002008-07-08T23:20:00.000-04:00I remember hammer, chisel and stone tablets.I remember hammer, chisel and stone tablets.Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-77384155135763088862008-07-08T15:55:00.000-04:002008-07-08T15:55:00.000-04:00I remember computer punch cards.It's a sad life: D...I remember computer punch cards.<BR/><BR/>It's a sad life: DNessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-10718008155722773292008-07-08T15:03:00.000-04:002008-07-08T15:03:00.000-04:00I was very young when last I saw mimeographs. I st...I was very young when last I saw mimeographs. I still remember that SMELL though!<BR/>On our trip to east WA we went to a service station that still used carbon copies for the Visa transactions, my youngest was fascinated.Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-37515049012132762402008-07-08T13:40:00.000-04:002008-07-08T13:40:00.000-04:00Ditto machines and mimeograph machines. Those wer...Ditto machines and mimeograph machines. Those were the days.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380165835261203465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-75153858852984041982008-07-08T13:39:00.000-04:002008-07-08T13:39:00.000-04:00I loved Ferris Bueller! I laughed till I hurt wat...I loved Ferris Bueller! I laughed till I hurt watching that movie.<BR/><BR/>I know carbon paper too well. (I just checked my fingers to see if the stains have faded.)<BR/><BR/>As to ditto machines: I worked one semester as the aid in our school office and spent an hour a day in a cramped room overheated by the mimeograph machine, high on toasted ink fumes ....Charlene Amsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417995779960967945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-44542264879559931052008-07-08T13:03:00.000-04:002008-07-08T13:03:00.000-04:00I do indeed remember that nasty old carbon paper! ...I do indeed remember that nasty old carbon paper! Hated it. <BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm just guessing, but I think whipper-snapper must have come from people who knew how to snap the old-time horse whips.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-12717800845489750302008-07-08T12:20:00.000-04:002008-07-08T12:20:00.000-04:00i remember carbon paper, ditto machines, and ferri...i remember carbon paper, ditto machines, and ferris bueller. i reckon that makes me very middle aged.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-6464265999825951022008-07-08T12:14:00.000-04:002008-07-08T12:14:00.000-04:00Ah carbon paper! Made childhood exciting.Ah carbon paper! Made childhood exciting.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828604.post-13568397701857273322008-07-08T11:57:00.000-04:002008-07-08T11:57:00.000-04:00I remember carbon paper. It was so exciting when ...I remember carbon paper. It was so exciting when they invented carbon.<BR/><BR/>I also remember ditto machines. I wonder how many dittoheads out ther remember ditto machines.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com