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Ditto!

I've had ditto machines on the brain lately, too.

I actually googled them the other day and apparently the inks came in all colors, not just purple 🙂 - who knew?


edit: Earlier in the week, I actually got a 😕 from a young coworker when I said ditto 🙁 too young to know their glory.
 
Originally posted by: Rubycon
I loved to smell these things right off the machine back in high school! Anyone else?
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Ahhh, yes, the simple, unexpected pleasures, yes!
 
Originally posted by: rivan
I've had ditto machines on the brain lately, too.

I actually googled them the other day and apparently the inks came in all colors, not just purple 🙂 - who knew?


edit: Earlier in the week, I actually got a 😕 from a young coworker when I said ditto 🙁 too young to know their glory.
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The explanation I remember hearing back in elementary school was that purple ink was the cheapest.
 
Originally posted by: Kadarin
Originally posted by: rivan
I've had ditto machines on the brain lately, too.

I actually googled them the other day and apparently the inks came in all colors, not just purple 🙂 - who knew?


edit: Earlier in the week, I actually got a 😕 from a young coworker when I said ditto 🙁 too young to know their glory.
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The explanation I remember hearing back in elementary school was that purple ink was the cheapest.
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In the modern day, the teachers would say that the ink is purple, just like Barney.

 
Originally posted by: compuwiz1

In the modern day, the teachers would say that the ink is purple, just like Barney.
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Heh when I hear Barney I think of the Flintstones. 😀
 
It was bothering me because I knew we called them by another name. Finally, it came to me: Mimeograph!
 
Originally posted by: Perknose
It was bothering me because I knew we called them by another name. Finally, it came to me: Mimeograph!
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Mimeograph machines != ditto machines, totally different process.
 
Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: Perknose
It was bothering me because I knew we called them by another name. Finally, it came to me: Mimeograph!
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Mimeograph machines != ditto machines, totally different process.
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Ahhh, learned something new tonight. Honestly, I'd never heard of a ditto machine before. Whatever we had in grade/HS were called mimeos, used purple ink, and had that unmistakable smell when hot off the press . . . so I ASSumed. 😱
 
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