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And don't forget the 2nd cousin to the mimeograph--the ditto machine! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_duplicator)

Er, TMK, which was the one with the smelly purple ink?

The ditto machine! (Hey, what can I say. I was a teacher's pet and got to use the ditto machine a lot!)

That explains a lot. ;-)

And now I know what to get you for Christmas.

OMG, that is too sad/funny ;) I keep asking my son if he needs a ride to the airport and he patiently reminds me it's the bus stop.

I think I am too young for mimeographs, but I remember the dittos. I wondered aloud to some kids in my family recently "when did we change it from 'dittos' to 'xeroxes' or 'copies'?" And the disdain dripped from every word, the way only a teenager can make it, when they said, "And just WHAT is a ditto?"
>sigh<
As for the Frankie caption, the only thing that came to mind is, "What a fine piece o' tail in the next tub over!"
And I want to thank you for making me cry at work. Even though you warned me, I cannot NOT go read something heart-wrenching. You gotta wonder - was she born to do good things because her name is Noble? (And if that's so, was I born to be a Doormat or a Knitter with the maiden name of Lamb?)

I feel your aging pain Ryan dear. The other day, I exited a LARGE store that has three exits. I walked to where my car should be.

Wasn't there.

I wandered around...in the rain. No car. I hit my "panic" button on the car remote. NUttin.

I started to cry cause I thought my car had been stolen.

Then I realized, I parked at another entrance.

I was in the store a total of about 10 minutes. That's how long it took me to forget where I parked. I looked for the car for about 20 minutes before figuring out where it was.

I also recently tried to change the tv channel with my cell phone. Repeatedly. Hitting "end" over and over.

THe kids keep handing my cell now and saying, hey mom, change the channel for me, 'kay?

Little demons.

Lisa, is it good or bad that you make me feel better about myself?

And you, too, Barb.

And, Carrie, ditto. (Heh, heh.)

It is so funny and yet I don't want to laugh, but it is so hilarious. I don't know what that machine does, so I will go look it up.
We always tease my MIL because she only keeps a little lamp on in her house--the whole house is in darkness except for that little lamp. We tease her and tell her she is so used to just having a candle that the lamp is a huge improvement. She is a peach and just laughs and teases back.

Lisa--you are hilarious too. I haven't done that one yet, but I have tried to call with my remote, LOL.

Here's a caption for you:

"Just wait. I know where you sleep."

The fact that I have an impulse to sniff a piece of paper that is fresh off the xerox machine surely means you aren't that old. Because I'm not old yet, right?

Um, I also remember typing with carbon paper.

I did catch myself moving something away from my face so that I could read it. That made me shriek. The horror...

It is easy to see what Frankie is thinking. "My crazy ladies are trying to KILL me!"

I can get confused if my phone rings while I'm watching TV because my TV, VCR and DVD all have different remotes (and yes, one of them is the universal remote but they lied. It isn't universal) but I haven't tried to use one of them to open my car. I have, however, locked my car with my key remote and then turned around and pointed the same key remote at my house and clicked the open butten to unlock the front door.

I think that is just a good idea though.

Oh, wait, I have one for you. Have you ever stood in front of doors at a business waiting for them to open for you when you finally realized they were the old fashioned "push" type of door?

Oh - I'm dying, I haven't had the giggles this bad in months.

I have tried to mute the dog, I have tried to rewind radio (DVRs spoil you), I have searched high and low for the remote only to find it in the bathroom.

Bless your funny little pants.

Caption: Sorry mom- I ate the soap!

That mute button is also useless on cats and kids. I've tried.

I remember that purple smell, too. It smelled cold, somehow. And I had a bookcase put in and the guys had some electronic thing to find the wall studs and I was telling them about the old ones with the magnet - and they just stared at me. Yep, I'm old.

OK Now I feel OLD! I remember using a ditto machine in junior high! OLD OLD OLD

And have you ever stopped at a stop sign and sat there and sat there and sat there and sat there....waiting for the sign to change to green?

No?

Oh. Me neither.

My little cousin asked her mom (my aunt) why she always said to "roll the windows down." "Mom, you just push a button. What is there to roll?"

Dog caption=
Hey, guys, that last one was just for practice. Watch me funnel *this* beer even faster!

"See this tongue!?1?" "I clean myself with it you twits, just because your tongues don't work, doesn't mean mine doesn't". "As soon as I'm outta this tub I'm gonna shake all over your silk shirts and suede shoes!!!!!"

i remember the mimeograph. i always thought it smelled like grape (much better than grape in my opinion, i can smell it as we speak). i thought it smelled clean, myself. i'm not sure what a ditto machine is (which one had a rotating drum?).

dog caption:

"(pant, pant)what (pant, pant) are (pant, pant) you (pant, pant) guys (pant, pant) doing (pant, pant) to ME!!!!!", at which point frankie exits stage left.

I liked how damp fresh ditto papers were...
And the clinking of milk bottles when the milk man came.
I am feeling old too... but am determined to "get over it" as soon as radiation is over.

At first I thought you said there was going to be COSMIC relief. That would be a wonderful idea. How can we get THAT to happen?

I can still see ditto machines in my mind, along with cloak rooms an wee cartons of lukewarm milk. Elmer's paste, which was the controlled substance of the elementary school students in my generations, seems to have faded from fashion. Sigh.

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