Remember when the tests you took in school were in purple ink and had that certain odor? How old is the youngest person out there who knows what I mean?
2006-07-24 11:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by Nightwalker 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
While mimeograph machines were still around in the mid 1980s, there weren't many of them left, as Xerox had become a force to be reckoned with by that time. I last used one in 1975, so I'd say that the average person would have to be around 35 or so to honestly remember the smell. There may be younger ones, but the machines they had to be using were very rare, so there won't be many.
Wow, what a memory. The smell and the purple ink. LOL.
2006-07-24 11:33:50 · answer #1 · answered by Crooks Gap 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm 50 and I remember that. Gave me a bit of a high, which probably explained why I did so erratic on the tests.
I used a mimeograph machine as late as 1977.
2006-07-24 18:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ran a college newsletter around 1980 that was mimeographed. I'll guess about 20.
2006-07-24 18:27:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought those were called ditto machines. I don't remember the odor but I remember it getting on my fingers. So long, ditto machine! I never loved thee.
2006-07-24 18:48:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 47, and you brought that memory back in a flash!
2006-07-24 18:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by racingcowboy58 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, man!!! I'm 36 and I remember that. Wow...
2006-07-24 18:48:12 · answer #6 · answered by Nora T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i still remember coal and a shovel (you don't want to get caught cheating when you hand in your shovel)
2006-07-24 22:38:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am 32 and have no idea what it is.
2006-07-24 18:32:43 · answer #8 · answered by cindy loo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋