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Do you remeber 'xeroxing' documents?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:27 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:27 am
Back wen Xerox was the only copier in town, you would Xerox copies. It took a while for people to adjust to 'copying machine' instead of 'Xerox'.
Similarly with the Crockpot/slow cooker and Kleenex/tissue. And I believe Lear Jet was synonymous with private jet, until some competitors came along.
Any other examples?
Similarly with the Crockpot/slow cooker and Kleenex/tissue. And I believe Lear Jet was synonymous with private jet, until some competitors came along.
Any other examples?
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Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:30 am to BayouBlitz
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Any other examples?
This is south louisiana... its called coke
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 11:31 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:33 am to BayouBlitz
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Similarly with the Crockpot/slow cooker and Kleenex/tissue.
Those will now and forever be crockpot and kleenex.
Band-Aid is one that probably won't change either.
In the South every drink is a damn coke
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:34 am to TheCaterpillar
My dad calls every electric/hybrid car a "Prius"
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:38 am to BayouBlitz
"Hoover" and "Frigidaire" were synonymous with their tasks for a while.
Hardie Board or Plank is today, maybe Trex decking as well.
Hardie Board or Plank is today, maybe Trex decking as well.
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 11:39 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:38 am to BayouBlitz
if you are of any Latin heritage people call you Mexican
or so I hear
or so I hear
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:39 am to BayouBlitz
Remember when Xerox used waxy paper? Putting the carbon in "cc:"? Getting high on mimeographs?
ETA: Meant the ditto machine, not mimeograph. So easy to enjoy that smell I almost looked forward to tests.
ETA: Meant the ditto machine, not mimeograph. So easy to enjoy that smell I almost looked forward to tests.
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:40 am to OWLFAN86
Shut your whore mouth, you Castillian* scum.
*ETA: See how I cleverly avoided using Messican?
*ETA: See how I cleverly avoided using Messican?
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 11:45 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:50 am to foshizzle
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Remember when Xerox used waxy paper? Putting the carbon in "cc:"? Getting high on mimeographs?
Yes, yes and no.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:52 am to BayouBlitz
polaroid
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:55 am to IT_Dawg
Jacuzzi
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:55 am to BayouBlitz
Before Xerox was the Ditto machine. In school, we used to love the smell of freshly printed papers.
quote:
And the king of all school smells: The ink from test papers and worksheets printed on Ditto machines.
The print on these papers was a strange shade of purple. And, the tests' distinctive scent – the more recent the copy was made, the stronger the smell – was intoxicating.
Literally.
As students passed the pile of papers from the front seat of class to the back, we would press the pages against our faces.
"Ah," one friend groaned every time we got a test. "Love that [expletive deleted] smell!"
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:56 am to soccerfüt
quote:I can never understand you with my dick constantly in your mouth
Shut your whore mouth, you Castillian* scum. *ETA: See how I cleverly avoided using Messican?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:59 am to BayouBlitz
I just opened your post to give you a down vote. 
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:04 pm to oreeg
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Jacuzzi
Ooh, good one.
It must have been nice when these companies were the only game in town. For them, I mean.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:22 pm to BayouBlitz
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:22 pm to BayouBlitz
Cresent wrench and channel lock plyers
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:31 pm to BayouBlitz
Yes, and you haven't lived until you took a big whiff of Ditto fluid from your test paper before the days of Xerox.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:31 pm to BayouBlitz
I remember my first marketing class too.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:33 pm to BayouBlitz
yeah, how about the precursor to the xerox, the
MIMEOGRAPH, with the purple ink all the kids would sniff...
MIMEOGRAPH, with the purple ink all the kids would sniff...
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