Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-11 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 01:52:24PM -0700, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: > Tom mentioned "old-timers."  Remember "Ditto" machines?  Remember the odor?  > They were in common use when I was in high school (1960). > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph Yeah, everyone at school would sm

Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-10 Thread Adrian Ho
On 11/6/21 4:52 am, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: Tom mentioned "old-timers."  Remember "Ditto" machines?  Remember the odor?  They were in common use when I was in high school (1960). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph Was intimately acquainted with them during my military servi

Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-10 Thread Francisco Olarte
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 10:52 PM Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: > Tom mentioned "old-timers." Remember "Ditto" machines? Remember the odor? > They were in common use when I was in high school (1960). > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph I was in the spanish equivalent of high sch

Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-10 Thread Rob Sargent
Indeed I "ditto" remember them! And the smell was the prize for running an errand for the teacher to pick up copies from the Mimeograph room. -Tom Hand-cranked Gestetner, anyone?  Blotchy ink, indelible mess but made one feel a brother of Gutenberg.

Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-10 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 15:52 Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) < postgre...@mailpen.com> wrote: > On 2021-06-10 13:21, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > On 2021-06-09 14:41:47 -0700, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: > > ... when paper memos were the norm ... > > ... before photocopiers were invented..

Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-10 Thread Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
On 2021-06-10 13:21, Peter J. Holzer wrote: On 2021-06-09 14:41:47 -0700, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: ... when paper memos were the norm ... ... before photocopiers were invented... Tom mentioned "old-timers."  Remember "Ditto" machines?  Remember the odor?  They were in common use