21 Apr
2026
21 Apr
'26
11:57 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:26:16 -0400 Steve Litt via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
Sam K via Talk said on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:18:01 -0000
Hugh, was this copy purple in colour and smelled of vinegar? or was it nail polish?
As an elementary school kid in the late 1950's, teachers passed out those purple printed papers all the time. As I remember, they smelled neither like vinegar or nail polish, but instead had this wonderful industrial smell such that every kid would sit there sniffing his paper.
SteveT
SteveT, I recall Gestetner copiers. I recall typing on the special papers, and engraving drawings. I recall the smell, but it was distinctive at the time. -- Howard Gibson hgibson@eol.ca http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson