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The day the teach was demonstrating the metal sodium in the lab. He put a tiny piece in a beaker of water. Seconds later an explosion occurred on the ceiling. Static electricity ignited the hydrogen released on the ceiling.
Did your fingers sometimes get stuck between the keys?
Yes, they did. Those old manual typewriters needed a lot of maintenance. If you didn't clean the ink off the keys, they'd stick to the paper or make a smudge on it. Good old-fashioned rubbing alcohol worked pretty well to keep the keys and roller clean.
Do you remember the old duplicating machines from the 60's and the way the paper smelled when the teacher handed out the copies in class?
Yes, they did. Those old manual typewriters needed a lot of maintenance. If you didn't clean the ink off the keys, they'd stick to the paper or make a smudge on it. Good old-fashioned rubbing alcohol worked pretty well to keep the keys and roller clean.
Do you remember the old duplicating machines from the 60's and the way the paper smelled when the teacher handed out the copies in class?
I remember the duplicating machines from the 70s. Yes, the paper smelled, but it was okay. The paper was warm, too (like now). Heat is energy, right? Or energy produces heat? It's something how important heat is.
I agree about the rubbing alcohol. I think that's what we used for our keys and rollers.
Another thing about the manual typewriter: that big lever at the end that you had to push to make a paragraph, or after you typed a sentence and wanted a space between that sentence and the next. Oh, it's hard to describe (especially on a hot and tiring day).
The electric typewriter was great. We pushed a button (not a big lever) to make spaces between sentences/paragraphs. I remember the IBM Selectric. Oh, we thought we were SOMETHING using those "modern" machines. Today in my "older" age, I sometimes want to relive my younger days because I was less cynical and more optimistic. Things seemed newer and brighter. Oh well... Play with the cards dealt to us now. It's okay.
The old typewriters are a beautiful piece of art but I wouldn't trade the word processing advancements of today. It's much easier to correct a mistake now than using an ink eraser or white-out. And making copies by printing more than one, instead of using carbon paper. Oh that carbon paper! What a mess.
I remember the duplicating machines from the 70s. Yes, the paper smelled, but it was okay. The paper was warm, too (like now). Heat is energy, right? Or energy produces heat? It's something how important heat is.
I agree about the rubbing alcohol. I think that's what we used for our keys and rollers.
Another thing about the manual typewriter: that big lever at the end that you had to push to make a paragraph, or after you typed a sentence and wanted a space between that sentence and the next. Oh, it's hard to describe (especially on a hot and tiring day).
The electric typewriter was great. We pushed a button (not a big lever) to make spaces between sentences/paragraphs. I remember the IBM Selectric. Oh, we thought we were SOMETHING using those "modern" machines. Today in my "older" age, I sometimes want to relive my younger days because I was less cynical and more optimistic. Things seemed newer and brighter. Oh well... Play with the cards dealt to us now. It's okay.
I think they were called ditto machines. The ink was purple.
I remember cigarette vending machines being in restaurants, bowling alleys, drug stores*, grocery stores then when they put signs on for minors. Saying you had to be 18 to buy them.
*Drug stores before they were pharmacies that had penny candy, soda fountain counters, gift wrap & cards and speckled all over little towns in America.
I remember getting milk in glass bottles in school, with a paper cap and paper straws. It was 2 cents when I was in kindergarten. Jumped to 5 cents a couple of years later.
Block parties. And you didn't need to obtain a permit from the city to have one.
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