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(154,021 posts) Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:51 PM Mar 2014

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Ok, age check, who remembers? [View all]

for me, many, and I mean, MANY wonderful afternoons.

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Ok, age check, who remembers? [View all] nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 OP

I am 35... Earth_First Mar 2014 #1

Our 11 year old is learning it right now joeglow3 Mar 2014 #86

Hey, me too! Chan790 Mar 2014 #190

Microfiche! Earth_First Mar 2014 #200

i typed all those cards four to five per item for 25 years after teaching all day to help my roguevalley Mar 2014 #240

Yeah, it was all so concrete back then. bemildred Mar 2014 #2

I got my brother's nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #4

I learned all that, and then had to immediately forget it. bemildred Mar 2014 #12

I got a lot of them in electronic form since I have nowhere to put them nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #15

+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #20

I'm with you on that! lark Mar 2014 #107

It's also easier when you move too! We just moved enough books to sink the Titanic. And then RKP5637 Mar 2014 #228

LOL So true! Brainstormy Mar 2014 #284

LOL lark Mar 2014 #292

I still have mine. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #13

There you go. No batteries. I still like to use a pencil sometimes. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #19

My favorite pen... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #61

The Dewey Decimal system is still the system of organization in libraries, of course. maddiemom Mar 2014 #102

Public and school libraries, anyway. eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #189

My favorite razors are all older than I am ... SomeGuyInEagan Mar 2014 #179

my dad worked for gillette for 40 years. mysuzuki2 Mar 2014 #227

I buy online ... SomeGuyInEagan Mar 2014 #261

I have a modern Edwin Jagger double edge... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #239

I can't get the technique down for straights. SomeGuyInEagan Mar 2014 #264

Come visit us... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #274

I've still got mine, but fell in love with TI's SR-10 when it came out. I still have it someplace. RKP5637 Mar 2014 #18

Yes, calculators are much better. bemildred Mar 2014 #23

My first love was an HP 33E GliderGuider Mar 2014 #115

OMG GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #279

"Thanks for lending me your calculator. Now where's the @#%$* equal sign, smartass???" GliderGuider Mar 2014 #282

I had a slide rule collection! Sancho Mar 2014 #59

I still have three. And a couple HP RPN calculators. bemildred Mar 2014 #79

Do you still have a drafting table? kentauros Mar 2014 #105

Nope, sorry, that was sold. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #139

I still have my drafting equipment from college. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2014 #212

The same is true for some of mine, like the drafting machine. kentauros Mar 2014 #215

I still have one. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #178

I just owed up to being that old on another thread. Jack Rabbit Mar 2014 #196

Hi Jack. Nice to see you around. bemildred Mar 2014 #199

I learned the slide rule in the mid-1970s Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2014 #210

Yeah, you're around 10 years behind me. bemildred Mar 2014 #280

I spent many wonderful hours doing that. Autumn Mar 2014 #3

LOL, Yes, at the Library of Congress and also my universities' stacks! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #5

I got to do it at the National Archives in Mexico City nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #10

It was similar at the Library of Congress. I used to get a bunch of stuff at one time, so RKP5637 Mar 2014 #26

They have put a lot of it in electronic form nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #32

That makes good sense, of course, but it kind of takes the mystery of touch out of it ... n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #48

Yeah, but some of those documents are extremely delicate nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #51

Yep! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #53

Yes, throughout my school years and beyond. RebelOne Mar 2014 #6

Yes indeed Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #7

Ugh, remember erasing carbon triplicates? Warpy Mar 2014 #33

Word processing.... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #44

Oh, I hated using Word Star, it just got in the way Warpy Mar 2014 #180

Remember when bosses wanted computers to SOUND like a typewriter? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #257

Triple quadruple ugh! A wonderful bygone technology! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #52

OMG, so many times I typed a stupid page over again because of too many mistakes. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #37

I made nice spending money back then, typing stuff for college kids Skittles Mar 2014 #127

I'll keep that in mind for my next term paper! LOL! RKP5637 Mar 2014 #201

I learned to type in the military while transcribing morse code Skittles Mar 2014 #203

Wow, that's cool! I learned morse code way back then, but nothing close to RKP5637 Mar 2014 #206

I did some typing in England & high school Skittles Mar 2014 #219

My dad did the same. I was in the sciences in high school and was headed off to RKP5637 Mar 2014 #225

Yep.... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #258

yup, I saved one guy bigtime Skittles Mar 2014 #263

Yes and if you had carbons it was worse. Cleita Mar 2014 #145

I took an IBM Standard with me to college. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #161

I got a job once because I could do statistical typing on an IBM Executive Cleita Mar 2014 #185

I used to manage to smear the carbon onto my fingers and somehow ever so gracefully smear RKP5637 Mar 2014 #202

Yeah, it was a state of the art typewriter, and then Xerox and white out came out Cleita Mar 2014 #217

I would have killed to have an electric typewriter... virgdem Mar 2014 #64

I had one of those as a portable, a manual Smith Corona typewriter. Was I ever glad RKP5637 Mar 2014 #233

Yes, but it kept letters-- and legal opinions--short. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #82

Ah, yes . . . IBM typewriters. Brigid Mar 2014 #141

I'm 42 and remember card catalogs AND the IBM Selectric mike dub Mar 2014 #194

Nice selectric Riftaxe Mar 2014 #253

Ah, the Dewey Decimal System. I remember. panader0 Mar 2014 #8

My favorites were the 900s-history and biographies. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #87

We built a huge addition on to our central library here. Brigid Mar 2014 #148

Heaven! SunSeeker Mar 2014 #165

Well, it is the top floor. Brigid Mar 2014 #293

Was in a research library just recently... Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2014 #9

I remember it very well. And the Dewey Decimal System. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #11

But wait, youngster: some of us remember back to the carbon copiers! maddiemom Mar 2014 #108

Oh, yes, the mimeograph machine. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #119

We used to call a variant of that Ditto Machines... mike dub Mar 2014 #195

Well yeah, that too. Too brief to qualify as a "high," however. The ink remover thing maddiemom Mar 2014 #205

Dewey Decimal System alittlelark Mar 2014 #14

Obligatory Weird Al Video Clip... mwooldri Mar 2014 #237

Journalists used Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature for double super secret background research Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #16

my local library has them still, altho I don't know why... CTyankee Mar 2014 #118

Ah, yes. Brigid Mar 2014 #146

Totally Remember this RockaFowler Mar 2014 #17

Damn, like it was yesterday! 11 Bravo Mar 2014 #21

K&R nt. NCTraveler Mar 2014 #22

I spent years sitting on the floor or standing in libraries at home and overseas malaise Mar 2014 #24

You kids these days AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #25

Me! How about old-style Wiki? hedgehog Mar 2014 #27

Ah yes, that ancient wiki nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #34

In our grade school, the third/fourth grade room had HubertHeaver Mar 2014 #248

We had them at home nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #250

I learned so much from World Book! Good times. randome Mar 2014 #40

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #41

I would spend hours and hours at home geardaddy Mar 2014 #67

When I was a little kid, Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #73

I wonder how many of us who did that ended up here! hedgehog Mar 2014 #74

We're ALL weird kids now. Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #75

LOL, I discovered that when I first found DU. All the weird kids got together! And I said RKP5637 Mar 2014 #238

I did that too. hunter Mar 2014 #192

It was Funk and Wagnals in our house Savannahmann Mar 2014 #140

Old-style wiki was not always so good. Brigid Mar 2014 #150

Card catalogues, microfiche, microfilm... malthaussen Mar 2014 #28

Microfiche was cool too RockaFowler Mar 2014 #57

I made microfiche at a bank Skittles Mar 2014 #128

What do you mean, "was"? I used a microfiche two days ago. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #223

I worked in a law library..... llmart Mar 2014 #245

Online, schmonline. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #255

Agreed! llmart Mar 2014 #283

I love card catalogs, and miss them greatly. MineralMan Mar 2014 #29

Money for funding libraries is disappearing. Budget cuts have caused our library to Cleita Mar 2014 #42

They still exist in virtual form ... frazzled Mar 2014 #50

My greatest card catalog experience. longship Mar 2014 #30

Beautiful! Those pictures brought back so many memories of my days at the LC as a student. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #43

It is one of the best tours in DC. longship Mar 2014 #62

I lived in D.C. for years in my youth. I've been to many places. Somehow, in my youth, I RKP5637 Mar 2014 #84

I agree the Library of Congress and the Archives are my favorites.... CherokeeDem Mar 2014 #109

I love the Library of Congress! NastyRiffraff Mar 2014 #231

Will we ever be allowed to build anything this beautiful again? It's OK to spend trillions Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2014 #270

I was born in 1983 but depended on prehistoric googling for my MA thesis. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #31

Yes I remember. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #35

Actually, I miss being able to do that at the library. I actually found it Cleita Mar 2014 #36

I worked at UNM libraries dsteve01 Mar 2014 #38

Actually I find no written word in print junk even pornography. Cleita Mar 2014 #45

I wonder if eons from today DU will be a prehistoric find to savor, lol. Yes, I agree RKP5637 Mar 2014 #71

Not even eons. Maybe a century, but how much electronic media Cleita Mar 2014 #110

Gee you're old ;) NM_Birder Mar 2014 #176

Akin to a treasure hunt, in a way ... Auggie Mar 2014 #39

If Google's Data Centers used Punch Cards demwing Mar 2014 #46

Wow, just wow. RKP5637 Mar 2014 #241

I was just discussing this with my 20-something nephew....... Swede Atlanta Mar 2014 #47

I remember that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #49

Back around 1980... malthaussen Mar 2014 #63

The Apple II was way too expensive nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #72

I used a college grant to buy the Apple... malthaussen Mar 2014 #76

Ah but as a green card holder nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #78

Couldn't agree with you more. malthaussen Mar 2014 #88

Yes they did nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #94

Best typewriter ever wryter2000 Mar 2014 #163

Yes! The lovely card catalog. shenmue Mar 2014 #54

Haha, my college library had two floors Dewey Decimal and two floors Library of Congress! Sancho Mar 2014 #55

It took me years to figure that system out then they threw it out liberal N proud Mar 2014 #56

That was the only way to research anything when I was a child. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #58

I miss the card catalogs. Finding a book was so quick and easy. Not so any more. Paper Roses Mar 2014 #60

The good thing about the "old school" days CJCRANE Mar 2014 #65

It is a little late since most have been bought up already gvstn Mar 2014 #66

Oh WOW!!!!!! nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #69

I was a directory assistance operator for two years using these: IDemo Mar 2014 #68

Now that looks positively painful nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #80

Most of us had 500 or more numbers memorized IDemo Mar 2014 #207

That is one observation my cousin made nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #209

look for the union label IDemo Mar 2014 #216

I remember that sakabatou Mar 2014 #70

47 1/2... and i want... Rhythm Mar 2014 #77

In the larger scheme of things... TeeYiYi Mar 2014 #81

The smell of the ink on those things nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #83

Required freshman course (1st qtr) was: "Use of Library 101" DemoTex Mar 2014 #85

LOL, my co-worker & I were talking about just that with our student worker! catbyte Mar 2014 #89

Ha! Literature major in the '70s. Feral Child Mar 2014 #90

No, that is not me, but I still have a sweater like that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #162

Cool. Feral Child Mar 2014 #166

I gave away my EMS uniforms before we moved to Honolulu nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #168

I remember it all too well Nitram Mar 2014 #91

OOo Dewy decimal and LCC woot woot...did my undergraduate thesis research at LC Drew Richards Mar 2014 #92

I have fonder memories of one of these: kentauros Mar 2014 #93

We have a T square somewhere still nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #97

I think I've got two, somehow. kentauros Mar 2014 #100

Yes, I remember card catalogs and phone books as well. sinkingfeeling Mar 2014 #95

41 and I practically Aerows Mar 2014 #96

And how. I actually rather enjoyed filing back when I was younger. But not now. JDPriestly Mar 2014 #98

Oh, yes, I remember...the library was wonderland for me! Glorfindel Mar 2014 #99

Many for me too!!!! get the red out Mar 2014 #101

Our state historical library still has a card catalog in addition to the digital search. Sognefjord Mar 2014 #103

Yes, and the "computer" was never down. ellie Mar 2014 #104

I remember the Dewey Decimal System and the cards so well lark Mar 2014 #106

The library was my favorite place! Avalux Mar 2014 #111

These marvels of Modern Technology were amazing at the time. bvar22 Mar 2014 #112

I never personally used them, and my college had long migrated away nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #114

Frankly, I fear that in 50 years, people will be unrecognizable. malthaussen Mar 2014 #116

That is kinda frightening. bvar22 Mar 2014 #121

My sentiments exactly... malthaussen Mar 2014 #126

They are already playing with this nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #133

Yes, it brings out the Luddite in me. malthaussen Mar 2014 #134

I see the good thing in it nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #135

Must be your gut telling you something, eh? malthaussen Mar 2014 #143

I watch UFO programs because they are a rich trove for fiction nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #149

Alien threat raises questions of brotherhood of all sapience. malthaussen Mar 2014 #153

Like you, I think likewise nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #154

Popular theory... malthaussen Mar 2014 #155

H.G. Wells had the right idea about pathogens imagine any alien or human exposed to alien pathogens. gordianot Mar 2014 #183

And likely, if and when we do, it will be with drones and robots nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #184

Even if an alien culture were able able to travel here strong odds are we are toxic. gordianot Mar 2014 #186

The biology is there as a problem nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #188

Punch Cards Savannahmann Mar 2014 #147

yep, yep! heaven05 Mar 2014 #113

You had a college cafeteria that produced edible food? malthaussen Mar 2014 #117

We used to get lots of mystery meet with brown gravy on it, with a side dish of RKP5637 Mar 2014 #236

Some things man was not meant to know... n/t malthaussen Mar 2014 #286

We used to get something else about once per week. I guess it was some kind of RKP5637 Mar 2014 #288

well heaven05 Mar 2014 #285

Writing college research papers passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #120

I was in my late 50s when I went back for a Master's. Even then, in 2000 CTyankee Mar 2014 #151

Not only do I remember those, but despite not having used it in years, I still recall 920 ET Awful Mar 2014 #122

Still in use in many archives that I frequent! blackspade Mar 2014 #123

Afternoons tooeyeten Mar 2014 #124

ME, ME!!! Skittles Mar 2014 #125

I used to work in the school library when I was in high school Skidmore Mar 2014 #129

Took twice mgardener Mar 2014 #130

They still have card catalogs Metro135 Mar 2014 #131

I remember this. It was a long time ago. I was still young then.\nt Mass Mar 2014 #132

I remember card catalogs fondly. Shrike47 Mar 2014 #136

One day, about 3 years ago, I passed a large dumpster... Javaman Mar 2014 #137

It pre-dates color images!!! Yikes!!! rppper Mar 2014 #138

I personally like good black and white photography nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #142

Brings back memories of high school.... rppper Mar 2014 #169

Hubby used his K1000 for military photography nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #172

I had a sweater exactly like that in ivory, amandabeech Mar 2014 #144

Ahhhh. Some of the best hours in my life. Jakes Progress Mar 2014 #152

Dewey!!! denbot Mar 2014 #156

Ex-Researcher Here tea and oranges Mar 2014 #157

I remember that. Graduate thesis advisor recommended it. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #159

Rubber Bands tea and oranges Mar 2014 #182

I'm old enough to remember all the things mentioned in this thread so far, but I don't get the color kath Mar 2014 #271

Rubber Band Thing Is tea and oranges Mar 2014 #291

In my day the file cases were all wood and didn't have the "fancy" handles. LoisB Mar 2014 #158

Oh, lordy wryter2000 Mar 2014 #160

I used those in elementary school. liberal_at_heart Mar 2014 #164

Don't forget prehistoric newspaper archives! Shandris Mar 2014 #167

K&R!!! DeSwiss Mar 2014 #170

I constructed and produced (read: typed) catalogue cards as cataloger in the 70's. No Vested Interest Mar 2014 #171

Dang, I did that as a volunteer in High School... malthaussen Mar 2014 #174

No need for envy - the pay wasn't that great. - just pin money really. No Vested Interest Mar 2014 #175

Not to mention the hot girl I worked with... malthaussen Mar 2014 #177

Well, that's another story...... nt No Vested Interest Mar 2014 #187

I bought one of those...lol. It's been sitting in my cellar for about 10 years while I try to seaglass Mar 2014 #173

I had a book of lined paper and a No. 2 pencil. asjr Mar 2014 #181

I helped maintain one of those ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #191

I remember those, carbon paper, manual typewriters, real ink pens: the age of paper northoftheborder Mar 2014 #193

When I was in college the card catalog was still actively maintained. hunter Mar 2014 #197

Me. and then I went to law school!!! elleng Mar 2014 #198

I can smell it now! Blue Owl Mar 2014 #204

Ha! I remember well... davekriss Mar 2014 #208

Thank goodness for progress. pacalo Mar 2014 #211

Yes and no, next week we are going to cover covering disasters nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #214

I hope you don't have any problems when you're doing your job. pacalo Mar 2014 #222

Most of the time nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #224

I Had to Learn Dewey and LOC ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #213

Academic libraries use LOC. llmart Mar 2014 #247

One of the things I like best about the Los Angeles Central Library is how petronius Mar 2014 #218

31...I remember those cards TxDemChem Mar 2014 #220

dewey decimal.... spanone Mar 2014 #221

I'm 44 and I remember those days too. The microfiche was also fun. muntrv Mar 2014 #226

I feel sorry for all the people who never had to go through those catalogs to hunt down Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #229

In my day... baldguy Mar 2014 #230

I DO! nt LiberalElite Mar 2014 #232

Ahhhhh, the smell of fresh mimeographed copies!!! I still remember well in grade school, we RKP5637 Mar 2014 #234

Ah, the card catalog plus open-stack libraries. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #235

The card catalog was digital by the time I was using it, but I still made much use of the library... Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #242

All I can say laundry_queen Mar 2014 #243

Research was a treasure hunt for knowledge. nt Ilsa Mar 2014 #244

I loved the card catalogue. efhmc Mar 2014 #246

DDS blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #249

I remember seeing that, but ... Martin Eden Mar 2014 #251

I admit, nobody ever hit on me at the library. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #252

And library's GP6971 Mar 2014 #254

You know, I am almost 50 and I find the new way of googling so much more efficient tandot Mar 2014 #256

aw lost art form mind you sad-cafe Mar 2014 #259

Microfiche, 8mm movies, slide projectors, dittos and transparency overheads. I remember them all Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #260

36 (nt) bigwillq Mar 2014 #262

Here's an age check - I could have been part of the demise of card catalogs csziggy Mar 2014 #265

I am glad you chose to follow your dream though nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #266

I am too - I would have regretted not living my dream more csziggy Mar 2014 #267

It is always good to have dreams. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #268

I do. ;-) ReRe Mar 2014 #269

Yes, that's how I got through college. That, and reading the Congressional Record in the library R B Garr Mar 2014 #272

I wasn't born yet!!!! But seriously, finding the book I want on a computer just doesn't compare. DesertDiamond Mar 2014 #273

Can't say I miss that. Live and Learn Mar 2014 #275

Back when research actually burned calories. gtar100 Mar 2014 #276

Almost 59 here. MarianJack Mar 2014 #277

I remember those sweaters too. gollygee Mar 2014 #278

Dive Tables? DiverDave Mar 2014 #281

I really miss that. Greybnk48 Mar 2014 #287

Type in "Google 1998" and hit enter. JohnnyRingo Mar 2014 #289

WOW, Bring Back The Memories! ChiciB1 Mar 2014 #290