Remember when the term "xerox" was used?

[Fritzo]

We used to keep our Xerox between the Frigidaire and the Radar Range in the kitchen.




That's something my grandma would have said

 

[Colt45]

I still say that.

 

[dennilfloss]

I remember using those mimeograph machines during my undergrad years (late 70s). Grey rubbery rubbing-alcohol-smelly paper full of integral equations.:laugh:

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...genericized_trademarks

WTH? someone trademarked Lanolin?

reminds me of the guy in Australia a few years back who filed a patent request for the wheel.

Heroin ? Trademarked by Friedrich Bayer & Co in 1898

lol

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[IronWing]

I still drink from a bubbler.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...genericized_trademarks

:Q

Heroin[8] ? Trademarked by Friedrich Bayer & Co in 1898

I believe they were shooting for a replacement for morphine that wasn't addictive. Whoops.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: mugs
I believe they were shooting for a replacement for morphine that wasn't addictive. Whoops.

Yep.. Hahahaha.

Whoops indeed.

It was actually sold for a while.

pic

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Hell, I'm old enough to remember when copies were carbon copies...followed by mimeographs...sometimes I can still smell the mimeograph fluid...

my fourth grade teacher called it the ditto machine...?

QFT...I still remember that smell too.