Gray Matters by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler for May 15, 2018

And don’t forget the blackened fingers from the carbon paper.

I can still recall being assigned to go outside and clap the erasers together to get rid of the dust built up from the chalkboards. That was always a fun job, sure hope all that chalk dust wasn’t toxic (I hope).

I have smelt a mimeo since Jr High …

I miss the simple high we used to get from fresh mimeograph

Ditto!

I used mimeograph machines as a teacher. When I was in Vietnam in the US Army, I typed on mimeograph stencils in the Staff Judge Advocate Section of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. I typed a number of orders that were a “copy” of what the Brigade Commander signed; but, at the bottom of the order, I had to type “For the Commander,” and under that the JAG officer put his signature and under the signature, was the JAG officer’s typed name, rank and position.

Ah, the heady scent of ditto fluid!

I never saw a Mimeograph in a school. It was always Ditto machines (sometimes miscalled “Hectographs”). I used a Mimeograph on the summer camp paper, though.