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Ocelot II

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11. 50's into the mid '60s, IIRC.

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:21 PM

Oct 25

Mimeograph devices were being replaced by Xerox machines in the '60s. I was in college in the late '60s, and the library had a Xerox machine that was about the size of an industrial dumpster. You opened the lid, placed the page you wanted to copy onto the glass, closed the lid, inserted a nickel, pushed the Copy button, and waited. And waited. The machine would hum and light up, and eventually it would spit out a warm, chemical-smelling copy. If you had multiple pages to copy it would take awhile, and sometimes a line of impatient students would form behind you. But at least you didn't get that purple mimeo ink all over you.

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Wanna join me in feeling really old? I just stumbled on this list, [View all] Ocelot II Oct 25 OP

Every single one. LuckyCharms Oct 25 #1

Roger that!!! ultralite001 Oct 25 #2

LOL! I guess you didn't have a dog who lurked under the table, hoping for a handout. Ocelot II Oct 25 #3

The poor dog had to stay outside... ultralite001 Oct 25 #5

I hated mom's succotash vapor2 Oct 25 #29

I hated to eat when I was a little kid Bayard Oct 25 #49

The food I didn't like I stuck under the refrigerator womanofthehills Oct 27 #67

Good stuff, but hip folk of all ages use clotheslines more these days than last couple of decades. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 25 #4

I loved my clothesline! I had one until I moved into this community..still have the wooden clothespins Deuxcents Oct 25 #9

For me, getting milk delivered was when someone else milked the cows..... lastlib Oct 25 #15

Didn't milk cows, but we had milk and other grocery items delivered. Habibi Oct 25 #35

Well, that was fun. Biophilic Oct 25 #6

One of the greatest advances in modern times markodochartaigh Oct 25 #7

Remember them all, but think a few were more 50s than 60s. sinkingfeeling Oct 25 #8

50's into the mid '60s, IIRC. Ocelot II Oct 25 #11

In some offices Diamond_Dog Oct 25 #30

Not where I come from genxlib Oct 26 #61

100% remember all, even though my memory is questionable nowadays. Silent Type Oct 25 #10

I remember every single one of those things. But instead of the nostalgia niyad Oct 25 #12

Those things, too. "Duck and cover," which even we kids knew meant, Ocelot II Oct 25 #14

'Duck and cover' wasn't meant to protect students Oeditpus Rex Oct 25 #33

"being told not to seem too smart at school because boys don't like smart girls" Diamond_Dog Oct 25 #34

In those days of girls having to wear dresses or skirts, we girls often worried more... 3catwoman3 Oct 25 #40

Um, #2 is bogus - A Mimeograph Smelled, like, well, ink. Brother Buzz Oct 25 #13

The x-ray machine is the only one I wasn't familiar with. johnp3907 Oct 25 #16

I typed this the same time you did. Irish_Dem Oct 25 #19

I don't remember the X-ray shoe fitting machines. Irish_Dem Oct 25 #17

They were in some shoe stores, also called shoe-fitting fluoroscopes. Ocelot II Oct 25 #21

Thanks, what an odd contraption. Irish_Dem Oct 25 #22

My mother was a nurse, so maybe she didn't approve of this thing. Irish_Dem Oct 25 #23

I remember every single one except the shoe store machine. Diamond_Dog Oct 25 #18

The ice trays were a bone of contention in my house Ocelot II Oct 25 #24

If you ran water over the ice trays first, Seinan Sensei Oct 25 #53

Yes, but it wasn't as much fun that way. Ocelot II Oct 25 #54

It's a wonder I don't have six toes on each foot. chowmama Oct 25 #20

Omg! 😄 Yikes! electric_blue68 Oct 25 #25

Ohioan here. I thought *everybody* had a blanket like that in their car trunk. Diamond_Dog Oct 25 #26

In Minnesota you not only had a blanket, you had (and still have) a winter kit Ocelot II Oct 25 #31

The traditional Christmas gift for my kids... ultralite001 Oct 26 #63

Not all of them. House of Roberts Oct 25 #27

thanks for the walk down memory lane vapor2 Oct 25 #28

No on the X-Ray foot shoe store box... electric_blue68 Oct 25 #32

There's a post office in the city near me Diamond_Dog Oct 25 #36

Woah! Yikes! electric_blue68 Oct 25 #44

I remember most of them. Born in 1951. 3catwoman3 Oct 25 #37

Flav-R Straws! I'd forgotten about those. They were terrible but we loved them. Ocelot II Oct 26 #62

And a baby's arm holding an apple! The Tubes BidenRocks Oct 25 #38

All but... 2naSalit Oct 25 #39

The only list I need to make me feel old Oeditpus Rex Oct 25 #41

The pneumatic mail tube system, to the umpteenth degree. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 25 #42

The pneumatic tubes also make an amusing appearance in the movie Paddington EverHopeful Oct 26 #59

Thank you Ocelot II , I remember every single one. debm55 Oct 25 #43

I used to feel old when I realized that my doctors were younger than me Wicked Blue Oct 25 #45

You bet! MuseRider Oct 25 #46

Is Item #11 Just in case JD came to visit? /nt aka-chmeee Oct 25 #47

My mother let me use her Green Stamps to get my first stereo dflprincess Oct 25 #48

We never had plastic covers either - Mom thought they were tacky - but we had neigbors who did. Ocelot II Oct 25 #50

There was a pretty famous rumor about S&H stamps in Saigon dsvajda Oct 25 #52

No thanx! Living it is making making me feel old enough already! marble falls Oct 25 #51

I still have books of green stamps & metal ice trays ,which I still use. Alwaysna Oct 25 #55

The Fuller Brush Man rickford66 Oct 25 #56

Funny Green Stamp story. boonecreek Oct 26 #57

I also remember each of the items in that article LetMyPeopleVote Oct 26 #58

Sending this post to my cousin EverHopeful Oct 26 #60

Yes, I remember all of them! Sogo Oct 26 #64

It's a very funny movie. I wish I could see it again but not on youtube. CTyankee Oct 26 #65

I remember all those items LogDog75 Oct 27 #66