I'm so old I Remember when:

[sdm111]

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That and a trapper keeper. I sure miss my trapper keeper. Oh and the old choose your own adventure books.

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

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Oh, yes! High tech!

Reminds me of the (fairly brief) fad for fountain pens where you could choose from lots of different ink cartridge colors. (My fave was "peacock blue".)I think I was in 4th or 5th grade...

Of course they leaked when you put in/removed ink cartridges and there were some blots when writing, but that liquid ink was fun... I had peacock blue stains on my index & middle finger most days.

 

[Sally PB]

Reminds me of the (fairly brief) fad for fountain pens where you could choose from lots of different ink cartridge colors. (My fave was "peacock blue".)I think I was in 4th or 5th grade...

Of course they leaked when you put in/removed ink cartridges and there were some blots when writing, but that liquid ink was fun... I had peacock blue stains on my index & middle finger most days.

Oh, my! Thanks for the memory! Peacock blue was my favorite too!

Some of the really cheap notebook paper made the ink bleed into the fibers, and the surface was nasty for writing on. I LOVED how little pressure you needed to use for writing.

 

[The Moonshiner]

That and a trapper keeper. I sure miss my trapper keeper. Oh and the old choose your own adventure books.

Was it the unicorn and lightening one?

 

[tripletfeb]

That and a trapper keeper. I sure miss my trapper keeper. Oh and the old choose your own adventure books.

Loved those books!

Was it the unicorn and lightening one?

Yes

 

[sdm111]

Was it the unicorn and lightening one?

Heeeellll no! That was definitely not my style, my little pony was where it's at

 

[The Moonshiner]

Heeeellll no! That was definitely not my style, my little pony was where it's at

It was the only one I remembered besides one with like a triangle and shooting star or something.
I never had one

 

[sdm111]

It was the only one I remembered besides one with like a triangle and shooting star or something.
I never had one

If memory serves me right I think I had one with a Lamborghini on it.

 

[Marie2020]

I can remember when I was in the first grade about the adults talking about people losing their minds. I wondered back then if I would ever lose mine. More than once I've been asked "Have you lost your ever loving mind". That's always a possibility.

Now there's a thought. Where ever did I put my mind.

I just seem to lose everything these days

 

[Marie2020]

Books! With covers and pages and pictures. It took two hands to hold them and you had to have a light source over your shoulder to read them because they didn't glow. Reading under the covers at night with a flashlight

I did that to and kept my little battery radio on really quiet. Those were the days

and mom hollering, "Turn that light off and go to bed!" Or during the day, "Get your nose out of that book!"

Sigh. Reading was my worst vice. What a little rebel I was!