Do you remember when schools used Ditto machines? Did you smell your paper when you got a fresh copy?
by 
idne
ANSWERS: 21
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Oh, man! Yes! Does that ever bring back memories. And the best thing was to be the one the teacher picked to hand out a stack of newly ditto-ed papers. Nice and chilly and smelling cool.
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I haven't thought of those in years! Wow! Thanks for the memories. LOL!!!
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Oh yes, those were the BEST.
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Hey, Idne, how are you? I remember that cool smell vividly! Were those copies the ones where you grabbed the handle and rolled the cylinder while it spit out copies? I don't remember if that was them or not. I just remember ruining about 3 shirts (with the ink) and my parents saying "DO NOT help the teacher anymore"! LoL!
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I was hoping the "high" it gave me would lead to better results on the test. Rarely... ; )
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When i taught high school I used it because I could not get access to the copier. (this is in 1995) The kids had never seen a purple memeograph paper. I had to teach them to smell it. They called them "back in the day" copies.
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And the ink was all purple-y? That really takes me back.........
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I loved the smell of ditto paper in the morning.:-)
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takes me back to primary school 45 years ago, the smell of it and of 'perkins paste' :):)
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Is that the same as mimeograph (sp?)? The thing they turned with a crank? I used to love it when the teachers handed out worksheets that were just printed....I loved the smell!
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The mimeeograph with the purple ink! Yeah! Man, first grade spelling tests were always in purple! By third grade, most things were in black, but some were still purple. By the time I went to a new school and was in sixth grade, it was definitely a black copy. I always loved getting papers printed in purple ink!
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Oh my gosh, yes. And funny to think that I was so entranced by the smell that I never noticed if anyone else was doing it. I'm sure we all were... and what a funny image of a classroom of kids all sniffing their dittos. :)
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Ahhhhh yes, that smell. I sure do remember that. I remember half the class would smell their papers.
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There will be plastic clear paper in future and we will see out of this world stroll. pull out film and read or watch tv right on scroll even play video game on compact scroll closer to star trek style
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Yes, I remember them. The paper did smell nice.
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The best thing about taking tests:-)
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It was a special occasion to get the papers just to smell them. You bring back memories of long ago and I think I can almost smell that odor again.LOL.:)
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I think I know what you talking about ,but I remember eating that glue.I also remember eating alot of that wax candy that a man that we named Bernie the Cavity Man used to drive around like an icecream man and sell the stuff.
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Yes and Yes! I'm not sure when they stopped using these machines. I was in 1st grade in 1978 and I thought I remember having these delicious copies right on through elementary school. Awesome post.
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Yes, and I remember my mother coming home from school with purple fingers from running off copies.
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Yes I remember dittos. The type was purple and the more the teacher printed it the fuzzier the type/image. And yes the smell of fresh dittos! How do we explain this to our adult children. Or are we lucky we could have children after smelling them?
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