tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31637511.post8410071847962879738..comments2023-10-28T02:31:30.912-05:00Comments on A Not So Different Place: School Suppliesnboschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219753105416637743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31637511.post-3028639542118566832013-03-11T09:19:42.298-05:002013-03-11T09:19:42.298-05:00Media have become a powerful tool with the help of...Media have become a powerful tool with the help of which it is possible to shape the public opinion.<a href="http://www.onlinessays.com" rel="nofollow">essay writing service</a>buy persuasive essayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363196043389351415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31637511.post-37016815965624459572009-04-16T18:54:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:54:00.000-05:00OK, remind me not to invite you to my next party! ...OK, remind me not to invite you to my next party! You sound like some of my gifted students--won't let me get by with a thing!!nboschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14219753105416637743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31637511.post-82360456953520257282009-04-16T18:52:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:52:00.000-05:00So all the stuff about lead-poisoning was a bunch ...So all the stuff about lead-poisoning was a bunch of hooey?nboschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14219753105416637743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31637511.post-78335214836901440382009-04-16T18:51:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:51:00.000-05:00Another flub. The smelly sheets were from "ditto ...Another flub. The smelly sheets were from "ditto machines" or spirit duplicators---the mimeograph was a slightly more expensive process that used a stencil, produced more copies, and did not smell as bad. People were pretty careless about the terms in the 50s and 60s though, and a lot of schools did refer to their ditto machines as mimeographs, even though they weren't.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplicating_machinesKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528751349030084532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31637511.post-24598312454629816472009-04-16T18:47:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:47:00.000-05:00Sorry, even in the 50s pencils used graphite+clay,...Sorry, even in the 50s pencils used graphite+clay, not lead.<br /><br />http://www.pencils.com/pencil-information/pencil-historyKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528751349030084532noreply@blogger.com