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Old 06-23-2006, 09:52 AM   #45 (permalink)
maleficent
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Originally Posted by troit
My favorite - Mimeograph paper. You always knew when the teacher made copies in the morning before class because the room would have that smell. Nothing like making copies with a hand cranked machine...

there's a scene in the movie fast times at ridgemont high, where Mr Hand passes out a bunch of mimeographed pieces of paper to the class, and every single one of them sniffs the paper for the "high" that came with it ...

I remember that buzz when I was in grammar school when I was on detention for one reason or antoher, and making copies was one of my punishments

Quote:
Originally Posted by dd3953
215. S&H Green Stamps (but i am not sure how this counts, because they started them up again)
The last grocery store I shopped at, had them, but it wasnt the green stamps anymore - they were the green stamp points that you collected-- on line... The original green stamps used to be fun.. mom would hand us blank books, and a brown paper bag full of the stamps and let us go to town on a rainy afternoon...
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